Thursday 25 May 2017

Eisteddfod, Music and More...

What a wonderful week it has been watching some fantastic Eisteddfod performances by pupils across the school. It's so lovely to have the opportunity to see what the children get up to outside of the classroom. We have some very talented performers in year 6!


Aside from Eistedffod, the children have been working very hard in English, editing and improving their work and showing off all the skills they have learnt this year. We are very proud of the effort they have put in and what they have achieved.


If you want to further support your child at home, we would like them to learn the words to the following songs they will be singing in the music concert:





Bilbo’s Riddle

 
All that is gold does not glitter

Not all those who wander are lost

The old that is strong does not wither

Deep roots are not reached by the frost

From the ashes a fire shall be woken

A light from the shadows shall spring

Renewed shall be blade that has broken

The crownless again shall be king.

El cumbanchero
 
A cumba, cumba, cumba, cumbanchero,
A bongo, bongo, bongo, bongo sero.
When in Cuba you can do the cumbanchero, bongo sero
que seva
Bongo sero que seva
 
Hear all Havana bongos drum,
Bum bum ba.
See all Havana guitars strum,
Tum tum ta.
 
 
A cumba, cumba, cumba, cumbanchero,
A bongo, bongo, bongo, bongo sero.
When in Cuba you can do the cumbanchero, bongo sero
que seva
Bongo sero que seva
Cumba!

Riddles in the dark
 
What has roots as nobody sees?
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes
And yet never returns?
 
Voiceless it cries
Wingless it flutters
Toothless bites
Mouthless mutters
 
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt
It lies behind stars and under hills
And empty holes it fills
It comes out first and follows after
Ends life, kills laughter.
 
Alive without breath
As cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail, never clinking.
 
This thing all things devours
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers
Gnaws iron, bites steel
Grinds hard stones to meal
Slays king, ruins town
And beats mountain down.
 
We are the Young
 
We are the young, the children of the world
We hold tomorrow in our hands
We are the young, the promise of a brighter day
The future waits at our command.
 
Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.
 
We are the young, and so we look to you
To show us how the world should be
We are the young: we trust in your experience
To help us shape our destiny.
 
 Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.
 
That day is dawning when we will be grown
We will inherit this world for our own
 
We are the young, the children of the world
We hold tomorrow in our hands
We are the young, the promise of a brighter day
The future waits at our command.
 
Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.
We are the young
We are the young.
 
We hope you have a wonderfully restful half term break and look forward to seeing the children bright and bubbly on Monday to depart for the Isle of Wight.


The year 6 team


Friday 5 May 2017

You can do it year 6!


It’s hard to believe we are now well over half way through the year and year 6 will be doing their SATS tests next week- how time flies!
Image result for motivational quotes for studentsAs we are sure your children will tell you, the last few weeks have been very busy with lots of revision in maths and English. We are really proud of all the children and the effort they have put in, especially the way they conducted themselves in school on Thursday. We have no doubt they are more than ready to go!
Apart from revision, we have nearly completed our Ancient Greek topic and the children are looking forward to making their Greek theatre masks in DT next week. In Science, the children have also been enjoying our new topic: Evolution and Adaptation.
No homework has been set this weekend to enable the children to rest and relax, ready for an enthusiastic start on Monday. The timetable for the week is as follows:
Image result for motivational quotes for studentsMonday: Reading Comprehension

Tuesday: SPAG

Wednesday: Arithmetic and Reasoning 1

Thursday: Reasoning 2
We hope you all have a lovely weekend; the children really deserve it. Pupils of Elm and Elder, we are so proud of all you have achieved so far this year!
The year 6 team
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