Singing Assembly
Year 6 had an amazing educational visit to University College Birmingham. As part of IntoUniversity [a government scheme inspiring young people to achieve], the children were invited to UCB to have an insight into university life.
We were given a tour of the 6 different buildings on the university campus, which has over 7500 thousand students from around 90 different countries.
The children visited different departments, where lectures and training were being held. For example, aviation and airport management, beauty therapy, business enterprise, chef cookery and many more.
The children celebrated their time with IntoUniversity with a graduation ceremony by wearing a gown and cape and receiving a certificate.
Today, Year 6 celebrated #Hello Yellow by wearing yellow clothes. Hello Yellow is Mental Awareness Day, an event which is focused on young people's mental health. Created by the charity, Young Minds, the day is all about promoting mental health support for young people.
Year 6 held a parent reading workshop. Parents were invited in school to share with their children a love of reading.
Parents were encouraged to have fun with reading, allowing children time to talk and ask questions, to clarify what is they think is happening, or to give their thoughts on what is going to happen next.
Reading is a broad subject; one which fits into an umbrella of learning, which in turn is broad in itself. Encouraging our children to engage with books, to look at books and to think of books will eventually develop a love of reading that, once established, will last a lifetime.
Year 6 had an Engineering Workshop with IntoUniversity.
IntoUniversity is an organisation set up to encourage and support young people to be inspired to achieve their ambitions.
As part of our workshop, children explored lots of making, testing, coding, measuring, recording and learning about forces and the scientists and engineers that have helped us to get where we are today.
Welcome to Year 6. We hope that you have had a fantastic summer and are prepared for an amazing academic year packed with excitement and discovery. Accept new challenges, show resilience and let's make this a memorable year!