<![CDATA[Rosehill Junior School Blog Feed - Year 6 Blog]]> https://www.rjsch.uk%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D24%26amp%3Bnid%3D4 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:43:09 GMT Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:43:09 GMT <![CDATA[ 🚨 Crucial Crew Special – Year 6 Learn Lifesaving Skills! 🚒👮‍♂️🛟 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=726 🚨 Crucial Crew Special – Year 6 Learn Lifesaving Skills! 🚒👮‍♂️

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:43:09 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=726 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 6 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=725 🍂 Year 6 Weekly Round-Up – Autumn 1, Week 6! 🍂

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:39:16 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=725 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 5 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=715 🍂 Year 6 Weekly Update – Another Busy Week! 🍂

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:17:04 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=715 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 4 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=714 🍂 Autumn Term – Week 4 🍂

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:16:04 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=714 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 3 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=713 Year 6 Whitby Residential 2026 – A Fantastic Adventure!

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:15:08 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=713 <![CDATA[ Autumn 1 - Week 2 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=712 Autumn 1 - Week 2

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:12:19 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=712 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 1 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=711 Autumn Term - Week 1 

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2026 21:11:01 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=711 <![CDATA[ Spring Term – Week 2 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=611 Spring Term – Week 2

]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:59:08 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=611 <![CDATA[ Spring Term – Week 1 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=610 Welcome Back

]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:57:27 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=610 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 14 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=595 ⭐ Year 6 Weekly Learning Summary ⭐

]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:55:31 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=595 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 13 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=594 Autumn Term - Week 13

]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:53:50 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=594 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 12 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=582 ⭐ Year 6 Weekly Learning Summary ⭐

]]> Wed, 3 Dec 2025 16:01:40 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=582 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 11 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=576 ⭐ Year 6 Weekly Learning Summary ⭐

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:13:01 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=576 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 10 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=575 ⭐ Year 6 Weekly Learning Summary ⭐

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:11:30 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=575 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 9 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=574 Wow – and just like that, we’re back in school with a bang!

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:08:44 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=574 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 8 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=554 Autumn Term - Week 8

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:44:40 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=554 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term – Week 5 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=537 Autumn Term - Week 5 

]]> Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:46:47 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=537 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term - Week 4 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=533 Autumn Week 4

]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:53:35 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=533 <![CDATA[ Autumn Term – Week 3 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=525 Autumn Term – Week 3

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:32:58 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=525 <![CDATA[ Welcome Back ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=513 Welcome Back & Residential Updates

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2025 16:14:37 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=513 <![CDATA[ Summer 1 - Week 1 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=459 Summer 1 - Week 1 

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:35:45 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=459 <![CDATA[ Easter Holiday Revision Packs ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=458 Easter Holiday Revision Packs

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:23:19 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=458 <![CDATA[ Spring 2 - Week 4 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=457 Spring 2 - Week 4 

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:18:05 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=457 <![CDATA[ Spring 2 - Week 3 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=455 Spring 2 - Week 3 

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:14:58 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=455 <![CDATA[ Spring 2 - Week 2 ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=440 📢 Year 6 Weekly Update! 📢

]]> Fri, 7 Mar 2025 15:51:57 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=440 <![CDATA[ Welcome Back! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=434 Please enter an introduction for your blog post here.

]]> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:19:13 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=434 <![CDATA[ NSPCC Number Day ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=426 Mystery Solved in Y6 

]]> Sat, 8 Feb 2025 17:04:44 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=426 <![CDATA[ What a Busy Week! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=425 Year 6 Weekly Update

]]> Fri, 7 Feb 2025 15:31:58 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=425 <![CDATA[ Welcome Back! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=320 Welcome Back!

]]> Fri, 6 Sep 2024 13:40:35 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=320 <![CDATA[ Spring 2 - End of week 5 Message and Updates ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=250 Please read on to find out what we have in store for next week.

Just a few reminders for next week:
-After-school SAT's boosters are cancelled this week. They will start again after Easter. Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the meeting this week. The information can be found attached on the previous blog.

- We will be going for a walk around the local area on Wednesday as part of our geography field work. 
-All children need their correct PE Kits for their lessons on Tuesday and Thursday please.

-Reading journals need to be in school every day.

-We break up for Easter on Friday. Thursday is the last day.



Next week's learning:
- In Maths, we will be completing our learning on shape by looking at the area of different triangles.
- In English, we will be writing and publishing our non-chronological reports.
-In Reading, we will continue to analyse our exciting text 'The Extinction Trials' by S M Wilson, moving on to Chapter 8.
- In Science, we will be learning about microorganisms.
- In Geography, we learn how to use compass directions and carry out field work in our local area. 
-In PE we are learning the skills and movements of line dancing.

-In DT, we will be designing and making a moving vehicle.

Have a great weekend.
Mrs Norris and Miss Smith

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:53:02 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=250 <![CDATA[ Y6 SATs Information Meeting ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=248 Many thanks to the parents and carers who were able to attend the meeting this week. I hope that you found the information useful. If you were unable to attend - the information shared is attached below.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:36:49 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=248 <![CDATA[ Research for Reports ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=247 The children have enjoyed learning about different dinosaurs this week - researching key facts and information in preparation for report writing next week. They are fascinated!

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:30:56 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=247 <![CDATA[ Spring 2 - End of week 4 Message and Updates ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=239 Another busy week! Please read on to find out what we have in store for next week.

]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:37:50 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=239 <![CDATA[ How can we classify...? ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=238 As scientists, the Y6 have learnt about the process of classification, how to use and create their own classification keys to sort a range of living things, learning the scientific terminology for them all too.

]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:08:29 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=238 <![CDATA[ Drug & Alcohol Awareness with PC Paul Gray ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=236 Our Y6 pupils had another great and important lesson from PC Paul Gray - this time about drug and alcohol awareness, learning about the laws and the risks.

]]> Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:56:00 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=236 <![CDATA[ Spring 2-End of Week 3 Message and Updates ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=225 What a week full of learning, disco dancing and book-loving this has been! 

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2024 15:53:17 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=225 <![CDATA[ Reading at Ryecroft Infants ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=224 As part of our 'World Book Day' celebrations, both Y6 classes enjoyed being reading role models for the children at our local Infant school, listening and supporting children with their reading and sharing stories too.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:55:36 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=224 <![CDATA[ We are Geographers! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=223 Y6 have enjoyed using their map-reading skills to locate all the different states in America and learnt how to read 6-figure grid references too.

]]> Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:40:05 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=223 <![CDATA[ Spring 2-End of Week 2 Message and Updates ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=213 What another productive week! Thanks to those who were able to attend the parents' meetings this week too. 

]]> Fri, 1 Mar 2024 15:19:59 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=213 <![CDATA[ We are writers! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=212 The Y6 pupils have been working hard this week to improve, edit and work towards publishing their own narratives, inspired from the class text: 'Pig Heart Boy' by Malorie Blackman. It has encouraged a few of them to start writing their own stories at home too! How wonderful! 

]]> Fri, 1 Mar 2024 15:06:40 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=212 <![CDATA[ TT Rockstars Superstar! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=211 Well done to Alfie in Y6N for coming in first place in the school in the most recent TT Rockstars competition during our Number Day!

]]> Fri, 1 Mar 2024 14:57:49 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=211 <![CDATA[ Spring 2-End of Week 1 Message and Updates ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=203   What a productive and enjoyable week back it has been after half term! Here are a few notices needed for next week . . .

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:03:57 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=203 <![CDATA[ Geography - Where in the world? ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=202 This week, the children have started their new Geography project.To build on prior knowledge, they had the challenge of remembering where all the continents and oceans are positions and what they are called. They were pretty accurate too!

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 11:39:09 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=202 <![CDATA[ Banksy inspired Art ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=201 Y6 have loved learning about the artisit Banksy - his unique style and the messages that he controversially shares through his work. They have designed their own stunning name tags - graffiti style.

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 11:26:29 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=201 <![CDATA[ NSPCC Number Day ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=200 A fantastic effort to wear 'number-related' outfits was made today. The children enjoyed taking part in some fun number investigations and their second TT Rockstars competition too.

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:36:25 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=200 <![CDATA[ English - Formal letter writing ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=199 Y6 have been working hard in English lessons to write letters in a formal style, inspired from their class text 'Pig Heart Boy' by Malorie Blackman.

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:18:06 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=199 <![CDATA[ Internet Safety with PC Paul Gray ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=198 The Y6 children enjoyed another lesson from PC Paul Gray - this time about being safe online. This is more important than ever, as many more children have phones and computers and there are so many safety updates and new APPs that we all need to be aware of.

]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:04:54 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=198 <![CDATA[ History - Civil and Human Rights ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=197 As historians, the Y6 children have enjoyed learning about different significant events and people in history, such as the suffrage movement, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and the bus boycott, Malcom X and Nelson Mandela, in order to learn about human and civil rights and how these people had an impact ion them.

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:52:49 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=197 <![CDATA[ Science- Evolution & Inheritance ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=196 The Y6 children enjoyed a spot of geology in science today, as they studied, observed and classifyed a range of different fossils, for their science studies on 'Evolution and Inheritance' and learned about scientis Charles Darwin and his theories too.

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:43:36 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=196 <![CDATA[ Let's Party! ]]> https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=195 Lot's of festive fun and games were enjoyed at our Christmas party. The children also enjoyed their party treats too. Thank you to parents for providing this.

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:34:58 GMT https://www.rjsch.uk/blog/?pid=24&nid=4&storyid=195