Teaching & Learning Weekly Summary
Below you will find our weekly teaching and learning summary to find out how we develop and enrich your child's teaching and learning whilst they are with us.
Week ending |
What we have been learning about |
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| 23/10/25 |
What a fantastic half term it’s been! Everyone has worked so hard, and the challenge now is to keep up this brilliant effort throughout the year. This week, we have been writing our own setting descriptions, and the children have impressed us with their use of amazing expanded noun phrases. In maths, we’ve been focusing on multiplying numbers with increasing confidence and accuracy. Across our wider curriculum, the children have enjoyed exploring artists inspired by Black History Month, producing thoughtful and creative work. Well done, Year 6 - we’re so proud of you all. Have a wonderful half-term break! |
| 17/10/25 |
A huge well done to Year 6 for completing their first mock SATs week! We are incredibly proud of the resilience, focus, and positive attitude they have shown throughout - everyone gave it their best effort and should feel very proud of themselves. In the wider curriculum, Year 6 have been busy investigating the diversity of living things. As part of our science work, the children explored different areas of the playground to observe how various environments support different types of life. It was fantastic to see such curiosity and teamwork in action! Keep up the brilliant work, Year 6 - your effort and enthusiasm are really shining through! |
| 10/10/25 | Year 6 has been busy this week! In English, they have written their own balanced arguments, carefully considering different viewpoints. In Maths, they have moved on to exploring factors and multiples, building strong number skills. In Art, the class has continued developing their cityscape projects, showing great creativity. Meanwhile, in PE, they have been working on attacking moves in football, building both skill and teamwork. |
| 3/10/25 |
This week, Year 6 have been busy writing their own balanced arguments, carefully considering both sides of an issue before reaching their conclusions. In maths, the children have moved on to adding and subtracting using written methods, showing great focus and accuracy. In science, they have continued their work on classification, learning more about different types of animals and how they are grouped. The children also enjoyed researching and writing an informative fact file about Queen Victoria, linking their history learning with their writing skills. |
| 26/9/25 |
It’s been a busy and exciting week in Year 6! In English, we’ve been hard at work writing our very own newspaper articles. After drafting, editing, and polishing, we published them - you can now check out our fantastic new display outside the classroom showcasing all our hard work. In Maths, we successfully completed our unit on Place Value, showing great understanding and confidence with large numbers. In History, we’ve been diving into the Victorian era, exploring key events that shaped this fascinating period. Well done, Year 6, for another brilliant week of learning! |
| 19/9/25 | This week in Writing, we began work on our newspaper reports. In Maths, we continued exploring place value, with a focus on comparing numbers and rounding. In Reading, the children worked on developing their fluency as well as making inferences about characters. In Art, pupils created cityscapes, experimenting with different line thicknesses to add detail and effect. |
| 12/9/25 | Year 6 have had a fantastic start to the term! We began our new core text, The Last Wild, and have been focusing on developing our reading fluency. In Maths, the children explored place value and deepened their understanding of the relationships between numbers. Our Science lessons started with thinking about what it means to be a scientist, taking inspiration from a range of scientists before moving on to study living things and their habitats. Well done, Year 6 – and thank you for making my first week at Darley Dene such a pleasure! |
