Assalamualaykum! As I am sure you are aware from Ust Asif’s correspondence, this term our focus has been reading. Being a keen reader myself, I am passionate about developing reading habits in the children so that they appreciate and understand the magic of reading. I was just discussing with another teacher (outside of school) that…

Assalamualaykum parents and carers We have had a fantastic half term full of engagement and learning and children have come along in leaps and bounds- both in their learning and personal development. Here is an update of what we have been doing: Maths: We have been further consolidating our learning of number and place value;…

Following on from a previous post about Reading Day, I wanted to update parents about how the day went. Alhamdulillah, the day was really successful and enjoyable! Reading day is a firm favourite in the Y6 annual calendar- even the most reluctant readers find that they are excited and involved. After break, we moved the…

I am pleased to announce that Y6 will be having their Annual Reading Day on Thursday 13th December! This is an annual reading event to promote reading for pleasure and sustained reading periods which many children find challenging. Children should bring in: A pillow/cushion (no blankets please!) A book they haven’t read before- preferably the…

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Dear Parents/carers, Assalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu   I’m pleased to inform you that during Anti-Bullying Week, we will be having Friendship Week at Suffah Primary School.  Friendship Week will start on Monday 12th to Friday 16th November 2018. During this time, we aim to foster, develop and encourage social and personal skills. Forming, developing and…

Assalamualaykum Please find proposed learning for Y6 in Autumn 2: English Book focus will be Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and Flotsam Biographies, narrative, persuasion, reframing the narrative, comprehension skills, hyphenated compound adjectives, the passive voice and formal and informal language as well as continuing with our focus on vocabulary and whole class guided…

Assalamualaykum Homework for this half term holiday is the following: Two maths sheets (only complete columns circled) Two grammar sheets A double sided sheet about Greek/Latin prefixes A comprehension piece which covers all of the areas of reading focus including retrieval, inference, language and vocabulary. A poster about the impact of climate change and what…

Assalamualaykum A few weeks ago, we had an introductory parents evening and it was lovely to meet a number of parents that attended (both familiar and new faces!). There was a PowerPoint presentation shared on the day and I am going to upload it here so it is available for all parents- those who attended…

Assalamualaykum! Welcome to the Y6 class blog! Here you will be able to join us on our fascinating learning journey through the Y6 curriculum. You can expect to find information about: our learning, trips, homework, excerpts of the children’s work, updates on activities, essential information, book reviews as well as anything else that may be…

Assalamualaykum parents! For reading homework today, children will be completing simplified double bubble maps -which, as the children quickly recognised, are similar to Venn Diagrams. A double bubble map is a thinking map which helps children to visually consider similarities and differences between two things (in this case characters from books). As children become more…

Assalamualaykum As promised, please find below the radio interviews that the children conducted on Reading Day. I could not upload them as the files were too big, but have shared the links and so they should hopefully work. They are absolutely delightful and really enjoyable so please do take the time to listen. Aaleyah: https://drive.google.com/a/suffahprimaryschool.co.uk/file/d/1zsfjImcfa5_GawhOj46uINbW5y9SagQa/view?usp=sharing…

Assalaamwaalaikum, We have come to the end of our cooking club. I hope you have enjoyed the treats that were sent home every Wednesday. We have had a fun time trying new methods of making foods such as mug cakes, pizza, wraps, cupcakes, cookies, smoothies, and our most recent adventure; chocolate cornflakes cake! The children…

Assalamualaykum! I am sure you have been hearing from the children about the Islamic Exhibition in the final week of half term. The children are very excited for this and I thought I’d write a blog post to explain the concept to parents. The whole of Suffah School will be participating in an exhibition about…

It was lovely to see many year 5 and year 6 parents attend the strategies afternoon today and we hope you found it useful. It is invaluable for your children’s education if the same strategies and techniques are being used and consolidated at both home and school. Following on from our discussions at the parents…

Assalamualaykum Y6 were really fortunate to have a visit from a very good childhood friend of mine: Dr Dhoparee. Dr Dhoparee came to visit us on Thursday 18th October and facilitated an exciting heart dissection with the children. Y6 have been learning about the function of the heart and lungs all of this past half…

Assalamualaykum. Here is the first of a set of weekly book reviews. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Available from The Book People for £3.99 and other book sellers. Liam is an abnormally tall 11-year-old boy- at 6 feet tall he is too big for his clothes and his shoes- in fact he is so tall, that…

Assalamualaykum I am often asked by parents for a reading list. Here is a list of 100 books compiled for Y5 and Y6 children. There is something here for everybody. A word of caution and disclaimer, you know your child best and if you are particular about what they read please do check book reviews/summaries/blurbs…

Assalamualaykum I am sure you may have heard from the children or the school newsletter we have a class set of Chromebooks (perhaps you may have seen my lugging the trolley back and forth across the corridor after school!). This is incredibly exciting Alhamdulillah and the children have spent the past half term familiarising themselves…