Year 6

Termly class booklets for 2025 -2026:

Below is the class booklet for this term, for your child's class. It details what your child will be learning and how you can help at home.

Penarlag 50:

The Penarlâg 50 is a list of 50 challenges for all children (from Nursery right up to Year 6) to complete during their time at Penarlâg School. The intention of the project is to encourage the children to try something new, to develop their resilience and, most importantly, to encourage the children to celebrate and be proud of their achievements.

Some challenges will be completed at school, many will need a little guidance from either home or school, however it will mostly be up to the children to keep on top of their 50 in their own time. With the  Penarlâg 50 record sheet,  they can keep track of which challenges they have completed and  keep evidence if they wish e.g photo, drawing.

Once a term I will invite children to bring in their record sheet and any evidence they may have collected to share in celebration assembly and display their photos etc on the wall.

We  hope your child and family enjoys completing our Penarlag 50!

Weekly Class updates for 2025-2026:

Friday 5th June 2026

The children have got straight back down to work following the half term break. This week, Blwyddyn 6 have been learning to use personification to plan poetry linked to our class novel - Wonder.

Blwyddyn 6 have worked extremely hard to improve their understanding of percentages.

They carried out a pattern-seeking investigation to answer the question ‘Does the person with the longest arms have the longest throw?’ The conclusions will be written next week.

Preparations are underway for Sports’ Day with the children improving their athletic skills.

Have a lovely weekend all,

Mrs W

Friday 22nd May 2026

We have had a fabulous week celebrating our school turning 50. Well done to those children who have completed many of the birthday tasks so far. Remember - you have until after half term to complete these.

This morning Blwyddyn 6 helped out at the celebration Coffee Morning and shared some of their research and presentations with a range of special visitors.

Enjoy your well-earned half term break everyone and I look forward to welcoming you back for your final term here at Penarlâg CP School.

Hwyl

Mrs Wright

Friday 15th May 2026

This week has been our International Week and Mental Health Awareness Week.

Year 6 have been keeping active this week as we know it is an important way to be healthy both physically and mentally.

We learned about the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 technique for helping keep our minds healthy.

When you are out on your walk find: 

5 things you can see

4 things you can hear

3 things you can touch

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste.

We have been learning about the links we have with other countries. We realised that we are more closely connected to the wider world than we thought!

We have also been comparing life here and in our class country of ‘Germany’. We learned that we have many things in common.

Friday 8th May 2026

This month is certainly flying by. Year 6 have been extremely busy this week. Blwyddyn 6 have been continuing their learning about finding the volume of solids. 
 

In LLC, we have been planning writing our own chapter of Wonder from the perspective of other characters.

We have also been busy writing and redrafting letters to local garden centres to ask for kind donations in the hope that we will receive trees to plant to celebrate the school’s upcoming 50th birthday.

We finally finished reading our Welsh text ‘Gwyliau’ and wrote our own postcards yn Gymraeg.

It really has been a busy week.

Have a lovely weekend all,

Mrs Wright

Friday 1st May

It has been another busy week of learning in Blwyddyn Chwech.

We have been analysing the features of our novel ‘Wonder’. We have been learning how to find the area of triangles in a variety of ways.

The children have been designing tech that could improve their favourite sports in the future.

This afternoon, the children began learning about how to make sure we ‘Do not judge a book by its cover’ - by understanding and challenging stereotyping.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend,

Mrs Wright

Friday 24th April 2026

This week started with an Eco-champions workshop for Year 6. The children were learning how to protect animals in our local area. We have made the most of the beautiful weather- taking our Maths work outside to find the perimeter of different shapes made from natural materials.

We used role play to explore a range of issues linked to our novel ‘Wonder’.

Through our ‘Getting on together’ work, we have been learning about what being a good citizen means. I’m sure the children will be able to tell you all about making the right decision across a range of situations.

Enjoy the weekend all.

Mrs Wright

Friday 17th April 2026

What a wonderful first week back it has been.

The children have all got straight back down to work and are enjoying our new class novel ‘Wonder’. In our Maths and Numeracy, we are learning about perimeter and area.

Our new topic ‘Be the best you’ has started with Year 6 planning a meal plan and warm up routine for junior athletes.

On Wednesday, we had a fantastic afternoon at Hawarden High School. The children took part in a variety of cricket-based activities. Fun was had by all.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Wright 

Termly class booklets for 2025 -2026:

Below is the class booklet for this term, for your child's class. It details what your child will be learning and how you can help at home.

Friday 27th March 2026

It has been a very busy final week of the term for everyone in Blwyddyn 6. The children have been finishing their Antarctica Tourism Adverts which we throughly enjoyed watching. In Maths, the children have been learning to convert between different units of measurement to solve length related problems.

Some of the class worked with Lego Spike to develop their Coding skills showing great teamwork and resilience throughout.

Have a lovely Easter 🐣 holiday all and I look forward to seeing you all again after the Easter break.

Mrs Wright 

Friday 20th March 2026

This week, we have been able to take our learning outdoors. The children have been learning about decimals. Children collected, measured and converted between units. 
 

Blwyddyn 6 have also been working in groups to plan the scripts and camera angles for the adverts that they will be filming next week.

Have a great weekend all.

Mrs Wright

Friday 13th March 2026

Blwyddyn 6 have had a fantastic week finishing their final drafts which they should all be very proud of indeed. In Maths we have started learning about Decimals.

As it has been British Science Week, the children learned to tabulate their results and draw conclusions from their findings. The class have been creating posters for the competition linked to this year’s theme.

Enjoy the weekend all,

Mrs Wright

Friday 6th March 2026

What a busy week it has been. The children had a fantastic World Book Day.

Today we were working in our Science investigation to see if the number of penguins in a huddle affects the temperature of the penguins. More details to follow. 
 

Have a lovely weekend all,

Mrs L

Friday 6th February 2026

This week, Blwyddyn 6 have been discussing whether tourism should be allowed in Antarctica. We have been discussing the points for and against. Children have found a range of evidence to support their points. They have also been using Welsh phrases to describe what they would wear if they were going to Antarctica.

Our Maths work has focussed on multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by 3 and 4 digit numbers.

If children would like any further support, there are always a range of challenges for them on Google Classroom.

Blwyddyn 5 a 6 had a great Eco-workshop with Uniper through Xplore where they learned all about what a ‘carbon footprint’ actually means and how we can help reduce our own.

Have a fantastic weekend all,

Mrs Wright

Friday 30th January 2026

Blwyddyn 6 have had another fantastic week. They have been proofreading, editing and writing the final drafts of their job application letters. Next week, we will be holding interviews for the upcoming ‘expedition to Antarctica’.

The children have also been developing their Maths and Numeracy skills through journaling tasks.

Through their Expressive Arts work, the children have been finishing their dioramas linked to Shackleton’s Journey.

In PE, Year 6 started learning some badminton strokes and we will continue to develop these as the weeks progress.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Wright 

Friday 23rd January 2026

Blwyddyn 6 have had an exciting and busy week with the Xplore workshop and their trip to Dangerpoint. Ask your child for tips about how to stay safe both in the home and out and about. 
In Maths and Numeracy, we finished our unit on Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers.

we have been busy self and peer assessing the first drafts of our letters of application. Next week, we will complete the final drafts.

Enjoy the weekend, pawb,

Mrs Wright

Friday 16th January 2026

This week, our Year 6 children have been learning about negative numbers. They have started to solve problems by adding and subtracting both positive and negative numbers.

In our LLC work, we have continued to compare the weather in various locations in Welsh. Blwyddyn 6 have also been thinking about the qualities, skills and experiences that would be needed to join an Antarctic expedition. Next week the children will be finishing their first drafts and assessing their work with their peers.

Reminder- on Tuesday we have are trip to Dangerpoint. Please refer back to the emails for further details.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Wright

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda,

Welcome back to the Spring Term.

Blwyddyn 6 have settled back in really quickly and have enjoyed the launch of their new topic - Journey to Antarctica. They have also been learning to subtract fractions by finding the lowest common multiple and converting fractions so that they have a common denominator.

We have been learning to describe the weather here and in other locations using a variety of Welsh language patterns.

Apologies again for the lack of photographs.

Have a lovely weekend all,

Mrs Wright

Friday 12th December 2025

What a fantastic week it has been! Today was our final Pantomime performance and the children were spectacular.

The children have been creating electrical circuits, adding fractions and writing eye-witness statements linked to our class novel.

Have a lovely, restful weekend all.

Diolch,

Mrs W

Friday 28th November 2025

Blwyddyn 6 have had an extremely busy week rehearsing for the upcoming pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. 

The children have been finishing the final drafts of their non-chronological reports. 

In our Mathematics and Numeracy, we have been learning about Multiples, Factors and Prime Numbers. If you would like a challenge, see our Google Classroom for a range of links to different challenges.

Apologies, due to technical issues, I am unable to upload any photographs this week.

Enjoy your weekend,

Mrs W

Friday 21st November 2025

We’re all getting very excited for our pantomime and rehearsals are well underway.

Blwyddyn 6 had an amazing time at the Indoor Athletics competition on Wednesday. Everyone tried their best and excelled - showing fantastic teamwork and resilience.

Da iawn.

Remember to keep learning your lines this weekend, ready for more rehearsals next week,

Diolch,

Mrs Wright 

Friday 14th November 2025

Well done for a fantastic week of hard work, Blwyddyn 6.

On Tuesday, our Year 6 children produced some sensitive Remembrance Day work. 
We completed the audition process for this year’s Penarlâg Pantomime.

On Thursday, Richard and Leonie from Hawarden Singers came in to teach the class some WW2 songs. We really enjoyed it and are looking forward to singing with them again very soon.

On Friday, today, the children dressed up to raise money for this year’s Children in Need appeal.

Have a restful weekend, everyone,

Mrs W

Friday 7th November 2025

Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn term. This week, the children have been completing their final drafts of their narrative writing.

In Maths and Numeracy, we have been learning about the order of operations.

Today, our Head and Deputy pupils visited Hawarden High School for their Service of Remembrance. This afternoon, we held our own service of Remembrance.

Also, this afternoon, we started discussing this year’s Penarlâg Pantomime.

“Oh no we didn’t!”

“Oh yes we did!”

We are all looking forward to sharing this with you later this term.

Friday 24th October 2025

Year 6 have had a very busy week. Here are some of the highlights.

Blwyddyn 6 had a fantastic and interactive afternoon with Gail and Hannah the town planners. The children learned about what town planning involves and planned their own towns.

Diolch Gail a Hannah.

Dave from Trelleborg came in to talk to us about all the different skills and job roles that can be undertaken within his company. It was great for the children to see the links between what they learn in school and the skills they could use in the world of work in the future.

Diolch Dave

This afternoon, former pupil, Declan came in to talk to the class about his role as a Physiotherapist. We learned about the skills and attributes needed and how this links to what the children do in school.

Maybe, in the not so distant future, some of our current Year 6 pupils will come back to tell us about their jobs.😊

Diolch Declan

Friday 17th October 2025

This week, the children have been writing the first drafts of their WW2 themed stories. I’m really enjoying reading what has been written so far.

In Maths, we have been learning to use rounding to estimate the answers to multiplication problems. 

We tested the effectiveness of blackout curtains in our Science work. 

Friday 10th October 2025

Today the children learned to recognise a range of emotions and thought about how the simple act of ‘doodling’ can help when working through these emotions.

We have started our next Maths focus - Multiplying by 10s, 100s and 1000s which will continue into next week.

The children have been learning how to use rhetorical questions and estimation of time phrases to open sentences. We’ll be using these in our writing next week. 
 

Have a great weekend all,

Mrs W

Friday 3rd October 2025

What a successful week it has been in Year 6!

This week, we have been working on lots of different ways to create interesting sentences using the DADWAVERS technique.

In our spelling work, we have been focussing on the prefixes uni- and mono-. Ask your children for examples of where these prefixes can be seen. 
We have been developing our rounding and estimating skills in our Mathematics and Numeracy work. Children have been planting some tiny vegetables plants and designing propaganda posters following their research work. Hopefully we’ll have a successful harvest in the future.

If anyone has any shoe boxes that they would be willing to donate then that would be fantastic. Thanks to those of you who have already brought these in.

Have a fantastic, safe weekend,

Mrs W

National Coding Week - children created and improved their existing codes for their own games.

Friday 26th September 2025

A huge Diolch to all of you who attended the coffee morning this morning. It looks like we have raised well over £200 for Macmillan Cancer charity so thanks again.

On Tuesday, PC Woodworth came in to talk about Substance Misuse with the class. The children have learned about making safe choices now and in the future.

As part of our topic, Lenni and Lloyd brought in medals that their Great Uncle had been awarded during the Second World War.

Have a lovely weekend all,

Mrs W

Friday 19th September 2025

This week, the children have been working extremely hard in many different ways. Some of our Year 6 children took part in Cycle Safety training - giving them a range of important skills so that they can use their bikes safely at all times.

In our Maths work, we have been looking at how to represent numbers up to 1 million. 
 

The children have been creating role plays to explore how some of the characters feel in our class text.

Have a restful weekend all, 

Mrs Wright

Penarlag 50:

The Penarlâg 50 is a list of 50 challenges for all children (from Nursery right up to Year 6) to complete during their time at Penarlâg School. The intention of the project is to encourage the children to try something new, to develop their resilience and, most importantly, to encourage the children to celebrate and be proud of their achievements.

Some challenges will be completed at school, many will need a little guidance from either home or school, however it will mostly be up to the children to keep on top of their 50 in their own time. With the  Penarlâg 50 record sheet,  they can keep track of which challenges they have completed and  keep evidence if they wish e.g photo, drawing.

Once a term I will invite children to bring in their record sheet and any evidence they may have collected to share in celebration assembly and display their photos etc on the wall.

We  hope your child and family enjoys completing our Penarlag 50!

Weekly class updates for 2025- 2026:

Friday 12th September 2025

What an exciting first full week back it has been. The highlight of our week has been our WW2 themed visit to Tatton Park. The children behaved impeccably and took part in all of the activities with enthusiasm.

It’s going to be another busy week next week as the children have been invited to take part in Cycle Safety training. The children will be going out whatever the weather so please ensure all of those taking part have a change of clothing along with a suitable bike and helmet.

Have a restful and enjoyable weekend.

Mrs Wright 

Friday 5th September 2025

Croeso’n nôl bawb. Welcome back everyone. Blwyddyn 6 have settled in extremely well into their new classroom and have already been working hard.

This week we have been learning how to balance our screen time with other activities and why it is vital that children do not spend too much time online/on screens. 
 

We have been reflecting on the UNCRC to understand the importance of protecting ourselves against discrimination. We also discussed how important it is to treat each other kindly.

We have started thinking about our new topic linked to WW2 and have discussed the plans for our PS3 trip on Wednesday. Just a reminder that all children need to be in school at 8:30am on Wednesday and we will return at 3:30pm.

Well done for working so hard this week, Blwyddyn 6.

Mrs W

Thursday 17th July 2025

Goodbye and Good luck to all of our wonderful Year 6s!

What a fantastic year it has been!

Friday 11th July 2025

This has been a busy, exciting and HOT week for our Year 6 children. As part of our international week work, the children learned about Germany - both in the past and in the present day. We even learned and used a few basic German phrases. Sehr gut!

Our main focus this week has, of course, been our Leavers’ Assembly. The children had their first proper rehearsal today in front of the whole school. Despite a few issues (technical, personnel and temperature), the children were absolutely amazing. A real credit to Penarlâg and they can’t wait to show you all on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend,

Frau Wright

Friday 20th June 2025

What a sporty week it has been - and a hot one too.

Well done to everyone who took part in all of the events during Sport’s Day and the Race for Life too.

Have a good rest this weekend and stay cool!

W/E Friday 13th June 2025
 

Well, we are firmly into transition season now. This week we have been planning letters to introduce ourselves to our high schools and finishing the first drafts of their ‘Wonder’ chapters.

In Maths, we have been learning about inputs and outputs linked to function machines.

Our main focus is rehearsing for our Leavers’ Assembly. The children have thoroughly enjoyed rehearsing their lines and scenes so far.

Friday 6th June 2025

What a busy first week back it has been!

This week, Year 6 have been continuing to read our class novel ‘Wonder’ and working towards writing our own chapter. We have been completing our Welsh Government tests - the children have worked extremely hard.

We have started our ‘Getting on Together’ unit focussing firstly on what it means to be a good citizen.

In our Future Me topic, we have been thinking about how exercise and a healthy diet can make us into sports stars of the future.

Friday 23rd May 2025

It has been another hardworking week here in Blwyddyn Chwech.

The children finally completed their World War 2 topic by testing the durability of D Day boats.

We are continuing to read and enjoy the book ‘Wonder’ and after half term, we will be planning to write our own narratives based on this text.

We have been developing our Mathematics and Numeracy skills whilst becoming ethical citizens of Wales and the world through our financial literacy work. This has brought about many discussions about what ‘best value’ really means.

Year 6 finished the half term with their ‘Show and Tell’ session where the children shared their learning with families. Thanks to all of you who were able to attend.

Enjoy the half term break, everyone.

Mrs Wright

Class booklet for Summer Term 2025:

Below is the class booklet for this term, for your child's class. It details what your child will be learning and how you can help at home.

What an amazing week it has been.

Da iawn to our wonderful Year 6 children who made VE Day 80 a day to remember.
What a fitting tribute and close to our Peace and Conflict - World War 2 topic.

Diolch Miss Walford for helping with the technical difficulties. You should all be able to enjoy some of the photographs from our trip below.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Wright 

Apologies - due to technical issues, photographs from the trip will follow as soon as possible.

Friday 9th May 2025

What a fantastic residential trip we had last week at Glan Llyn. The children made us all so very proud and were an absolute delight to take on a trip. Here are some of the photographs from the trip for you to enjoy.

Friday 11th April 2024

Today, Blwyddyn 6 had a WW2 themed day.

We made a wartime recipe, sent coded, secret messages from behind enemy lines, built an air-raid shelter, took part in WW2 themed role play and learned a WW2 themed dance.

The children worked really well and enjoyed their day as WW2 evacuees, land army and home front volunteers.

Well done for working so hard this term. Have a wonderful Easter and a well-deserved rest.

Pasg Hapus

Mrs Wright

Friday 4th April 2025

This week, Blwyddyn 6 took part in a fantastic Cricket session at Hawarden High School organised by Hawarden Cricket Club. Details about how to join up with Hawarden Cricket Club will be on this week’s newsletter.

We have been learning how to convert between percentages, fractions and decimals this week. In our LLC work, we have been recalling on the main features of biographies linked to our topic.

In Science and Technology, the children have been creatively thinking about different shaped hulls for their boat designs.

Group 2 had their final Forest School session while group one used their coding skills with Lego Spike.

A busy and successful week.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs Wright

This week, Blwyddyn 6 have been working on the final drafts of their Newspaper articles. I can’t wait to read their finished pieces.

We did some further exploration with our parachutes.

While half of the class enjoyed their penultimate Forest School Session, the other half of the class completed their dioramas and explored coding using Lego Spike.

Well dine for working very hard this week. Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs L Wright

Friday 21st March 2025

This week, the children have been learning how to calculate the mean average of amounts. We took our learning outdoors to make the most of this week’s beautiful sunshine 🌞.

Blwyddyn 6 have also been writing the first drafts of their newspaper reports.

Today, the children all wore the ‘Wrong Clothes’ and donated to Comic Relief. Don’t worry if you forgot to donate, you can do so in all the usual ways.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Wright 

We have also started learning to identify the features of newspapers.

Friday 14th March 2025

This week the children have been celebrating British Science Week by designing posters linked to our World War Two topic linked to ‘Change and Adaptation’. 
We have also been designing, making and testing our own parachutes.

Our Maths work has focussed on solving problems linked to triangles. 
The children have all worked really hard this week.

Friday 7th March 2025

Blwyddyn 6 have had an exciting and busy first week back after half term. On Tuesday, our Health and Wellbeing session involved a Welsh/Pancake Day/Treasure Hunt session. The children had to work as a team to find the letters to spell out ‘Crempog’.

We have almost finished our unit on calculating the area of all types of triangles. Luckily, we had some beautiful weather for our outdoor learning session to consolidate our understanding.

For World Book Day we took part in a Football and Reading live lesson. Then the children chose their favourite character to battle it out in order to choose the ultimate character in ‘Character Battles’.

Today, Blwyddyn 6 have been to Hawarden High School to take part in their Eisteddfod. We were  able to enjoy a variety of performances including drama, music and cheerleading. Well done to Milligan and Morgan for winning the handwriting and art competitions respectively.