Year 6 Newsletter 6.5.22

Living our values

We are motivated and engaged

Key Dates

Well-being

Music Performance week

Please remind your child to bring in their instrument and sheet music if they are performing during our music performance week. Performances will take place during scheduled music lessons. Encourage your child to practise over the weekend.

Child accessing adult content - IMPORTANT!

It is now very easy for children to view adult content online, including sexual and graphically violent images. Some parents and carers may not be aware of just how easy it is for a child to access pornography, even if this is just being shown a clip on a friend’s phone.

It is no longer uncommon for children to stumble upon sexually explicit images. For example, if your child is interested in manga and anime, they may be directed towards hen-tai sites. Hentai is a genre of manga that often includes highly sexualised characters and explicit images and stories.

We have filters at school which prevent the viewing of such images and strongly encourage parents to check the parental control filters on any personal devices used at home.

It’s important to note that there are many excellent anime sites that are suitable for children, and which take into account a child’s age, interests and level of maturity.

https://www.wikihow.com/Choose-Anime-for-Children

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-anime-movies

For more general guidance about children’s access to pornography, you may find this website helpful.

https://itstimewetalked.com/parents/

Learning

PSHE - Relationships and Sex Education Programme (RSE)

This week we have taught the students about puberty in girls, including discussing body changes and periods. 

Next week we will be focusing on puberty in boys. Next week boys and girls will continue to be seperate for these lessons.

Please reach out to your child's class teacher if you have any questions regarding our RSE curriculum.

PE Learning

Current PE Blocks

Home Learning and Class Blogs

Home learning is set every Friday on the class blogs - students are expected to complete their home learning by  Wednesday of the following week.

 Here is the link directly to the Year 6 blogs.

Global Citizenship

Events around the world

You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show. Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

General Information

Please be reminded that school shoes should be completely black. If your child has black trainers as their school shoes, they should bring a different pair of shoes to wear during PE.

From the Tiger Shop

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Birthdays 

Happy Birthday to: Parker and Ethan (6C); Daniel (6S).

We are a NUT FREE school. Please when ordering birthday treats double check before bringing treats on the campus. Many toppings offered by some donut shops have flaked almonds in their toppings and peanut butter fillings.

• We are unable to have parents in Year Group buildings at this time, so ask that Individual treats can be brought into school with your child in the morning

Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.

Important Contacts