Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 8th May 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

In Oak Class this week, the children have been writing explanation texts about plastic pollution in our oceans.

In Maths, the children have been revising fractions with the four mathematical functions.

In Geography, the children learnt about how the United States generates energy and today, they will be completing a macrophotography task in Art.

In Core Skills the children have revised:

3 mark reading comprehension questions (for poetry)

Fractions of amounts

Percentages of amounts

How to turn remainders into decimals

BIDMAS

 

In PSHE, the children completed a lesson with the learning objective of ‘To understand that there are different stages of grief and that there are different types of loss that cause people to grieve’.

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

 

Homework for this week:

  • There is no homework this week.

Certificate winners

Effort = Isaac for trying his absolute best in lessons and completing work tasks to a high standard. Keep it up!

Values = Myra for showing our Bourn values of friendship and hope through her excellent teamwork skills when working with her table group and learning partner.

 

Next week...

 

Next week it’s SATs week! An email was sent out with some final bits of information earlier this week. I hope the children have a very restful weekend and I look forward to seeing them on Monday morning.

In PSHE next week, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning objective of: ‘I can recognise when people are trying to gain power or control’. The vocabulary covered in this lesson will be:

  • Power
  • Control
  • Authority
  • Bullying
  • Assertive
  • Strategies

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.

Monday 11th May – Friday 15th May – SATs Week

Friday 15th May – Non-school uniform for Oak Class

Friday 15th May – Breakfast with buddies and sports afternoon

Thursday 21st May – Bluebell Woods Walk with Acorn buddies

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 1st of May 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

In Oak Class this week, the children have been considering the thoughts and feelings of people after reading a chapter of a book and they have been writing letters from Greta Thunberg’s perspective to her parents.

In Maths, the children learnt about how to complete translations and reflections.

In Geography, the children learnt about where renewable energy comes from and today, they will be completing their photomontage pieces in Art.

In Core Skills the children have revised:

3 mark reading comprehension questions (for poetry)

Long division

Fractions of amounts

Percentages of amounts

Identifying phrases and clauses

In PSHE, the children completed a lesson with the learning objective of ‘To know how to take care of my mental health.’

The children have also enjoyed writing their letters to Sir David Attenborough as part of our school’s ‘6 by year 6’ personal development curriculum. The letters are nearly ready to send now!

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

 

If you have any magazines or newspapers that you would be happy to donate, we would be very grateful to have these as resources for our Art unit this half-term.

 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar activity mat
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading every day and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list. These have now been updated.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners

Effort

Jameson for working very hard on the practise SATs papers that we have completed this week. Jameson should be very proud of the progress that he is making.

Values

Henry for being a super star! Henry is kind, polite and very caring and does all of this whilst working extremely hard. He is a model of behaviour. Thank you, Henry, keep it up!

 

Next week...

 

Next week in English, the children will be reading the book ‘Plastic Planet’ and the children will be writing an explanation text about plastic pollution. In Maths, they will be revising fractions.

In PSHE next week, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning objective of: ‘To understand that there are different stages of grief and that there are different types of loss that cause people to grieve’. The vocabulary covered in this lesson will be:

  • Emotions
  • Feelings
  • Sadness
  • Loss
  • Grief
  • Denial
  • Despair
  • Guilt
  • Shock
  • Anger
  • Acceptance

I hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend, and I look forward to seeing all the children back in school on Tuesday, for the final week before SATs!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
May 11th-15th: SATs Week

21st May – Bluebell Woods Walk with Acorn buddies

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: Friday 24th April 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

In Oak Class this week, the children have been writing diary entries from the perspective of Greta Thunberg after they learnt about her school strike. In Maths, the children were learning about circumference, diameter and radius as well as starting to learn about the four quadrants on a coordinates grid.

In SPaG the children revised determiners and as part of their SATs preparations, they completed a practise arithmetic test. They have also completed a full test of all the year 5 and 6 spellings words. I am now in the process of updating their individualised spelling lists and will get these sent home to you as soon as possible.

As well as this, the children also started a new unit of work in Geography. The first lesson was about where energy comes from and today, the children will be writing letters to Sir David Attenborough to tell him what they have been learning about in both English and Geography so far, this half-term. These letters are going to be sent, too!

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

 

If you have any magazines or newspapers that you would be happy to donate, we would be very grateful to have these as resources for our Art unit this half-term.

 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar activity mat
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading every day and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners

Effort

Yasmin for putting lots of effort into her diary entry for English this week. She is working hard on all her targets and requesting feedback as often as possible.

Values

Shrirang for consistently being kind and polite to everyone around him. Shrirang loves to help people whilst also ensuring he completes every task to the best of his ability.

 

Next week...

 

Next week in English, the children will be learning about how to effectively use colons and semi-colons in lists as well as learning about how to differentiate between fact and opinion. In Maths, they will be learning about how to complete translations and reflections. In Art, the children will be completing their photomontage pieces and in science, they will be learning about volts as part of their unit of work on ‘Electricity’.

In PSHE next week, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning objective of: ‘To know how to take care of my mental health’. The vocabulary covered in this lesson will be:

  • Mental health
  • Worried
  • Signs
  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • Warning
  • Support

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
April 28th-30th: Parent Consultations
May 11th-15th: SATs Week

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: Friday 17th April 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great Easter.

This week in Oak Class, the children have started a new unit of work in English based on the book ‘Plastic Planet’. They started the week by learning about climate change and then learnt about what being a sustainable school is. They then spent two lessons writing a page for the school website about how Bourn Primary is a sustainable school.

In Maths, the children have been learning about how to find missing angles and how to find angles in quadrilaterals and polygons.

In SPaG the children revised past and present progressive tense and in Art, the children started a new unit of work that mixes art and photography. Their first lesson was focused on planning a photomontage piece, which they will create as part of their Art lesson, next lesson. 

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

 

If you have any magazines or newspapers that you would be happy to donate, we would be very grateful to have these as resources for our Art unit this half-term.

Recently the government published new advice for parents regarding screen time. As part of this, the Government are also running a consultation over 'Growing up in the online world' which both adults and children (aged over 10) can take part in by completing a survey - link here: Growing up in the online world: a national consultation - GOV.UK. We wanted to share this with you so that the children have the opportunity to take part in this consultation.

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar activity mat
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading every day and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners

Charlotte - for showing hope and courage by answering questions even when she is not 100% sure of the answer. This shows great growth mindset thinking too.

Lauren – for putting lots of thought and effort into her written work this week. She has created an excellent page for our school website about sustainable schools.

 

Next week...

 

Next week, in English, the children will be writing a diary entry focusing on using a wider range of devices to build cohesion.

In Maths, they will be learning about how to draw shapes accurately, nets of a 3D shape and how to read and plot points in all four quadrants on a coordinates grids.

In core skills, the children will be completing some previous SATs papers and completing another whole year 5/6 spelling test so that their individualised spelling lists can be updated.

In PSHE, the children will be starting their ‘relationships’ unit of work. The learning objective for this lesson will be: ‘I know that it is important to take care of my mental health’ and the vocabulary that will be covered in the lesson, is detailed below:

  • Mental health
  • Ashamed
  • Stigma
  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • Support

In Art, the children will be creating their photomontages. I look forward to sharing them with you all!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
April 28th-30th: Parent Consultations
May 11th-15th: SATs Week

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 27th March 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

The week in English, the children have finished their unit of work based on the book 'The Day War Came' by Nicola Davies. To complete this unit the children wrote their own letters with a focus on raising awareness about refugees in the UK. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout this unit and I have seen some amazing progress across their pieces of work.

In Maths, the children finished their unit of work about angles and also completed several practise SATs tests. Their scores and papers will be sent home, after Easter for you to look through.

In RE, the children enjoyed their Easter experience day where they revised the Easter story. They did this by making Easter cards with their buddies, creating an Easter comic strip and completing other exciting activities including the BSA's wonderful Easter Egg Hunt (thank you to all those who helped organise this).

The children loved having additional time with their buddies this week where they got to help each other thread string through their Easter cards and write  a message to family members. The Oak's embraced this opportunity and could be seen helping the Acorn's revise the alphabet and other core writing skills.

What we have enjoyed this week...

Extra buddy time and other Easter activities

           

 

 

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Homework for Easter:

10 for 10 Maths

10 for 10 Reading

10 for 10 SPaG 

Writing booklet

Please refer to the letter attached to your child's homework pack for more information.

Thank you all for your continued support.

No Certificate winners this week due to being in church

 

Next week...

 

It is the Easter holidays!
Thank you all so much for your continued support and I hope you and your families and a lovely and restful Easter. I look forward to seeing all the children back in school, ready for their final term, on Monday 13th April.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 20th March 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

The week in English, the children have been completing more role-play tasks, they wrote several diary entries and they made predictions from known facts in texts. In Maths, the children have been learning about angles (acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex). They also learnt how to calculate different angles, including vertically opposite angles.

In Art, the children were using analogous colours to re-create a small section of a photograph. Their attention to detail was brilliant and it was wonderful to see them showcasing the skills that they have been learning throughout this unit. In RE, the children completed a lesson with the following learning objective: 'To understand why Christians believe Isaiah 53 speaks about Jesus.'

The children also completed a 'Big Write' this week. The purpose of the text was 'to inform' and the children did this in the form of a newspaper. I have really enjoyed looking through them all.

For core skills this week, the children have:

  • Completed an arithmetic paper and marked this
  • Completed a SPaG test and marked this
  • Revised the six tenses

What we have enjoyed this week...

   Art in action

       

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar activity mat
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading everyday and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Severn - for being incredibly diligent and working extremely hard to make progress, in all subjects, whenever possible. 

Values:

 Evelyn for showing our values of hope and friendship by always going out of her way to show kindness to her peers. Thank you Evelyn!

Next week...

In English the children will be writing an extended piece of writing, based on the focus book for this half-term. The aim of this piece of writing will be for the children to showcase everything that they have learnt. I am really looking forward to reading their final pieces!

In Maths, the children will be revising core concepts and completing reasoning papers.

In PSHE, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning objective: 'I can recognise stress, and the triggers that cause this.'

The vocabulary used in this lesson will be:

  • Stress
  • Triggers
  • Strategies
  • Managing Stress
  • Pressure

The children are also very excited about their trip to see a Science Lecture on Monday and they will have extended time with their Acorn buddies next week too!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday

 

Other diary dates:

23rd March - Year 5 and 6 Trip to Cambridge University

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 13th March 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

The children have had a very busy week with lots of learning opportunities and some very exciting events!

The week started with a wonderful online, live Science lesson which taught the children about the different jobs available that mix Science with health. The children also had the opportunity to create a device that would help with a health issue for example: a device that quickly identifies all allergens in a food item by scanning the packaging (or a plate) to take away the need for a person to read the whole ingredients list. There were lots of other very interesting and inventive ideas too!

On Monday afternoon, Mrs. Garrad and I swapped classes and read a story to the children. The Oak Class children loved reminiscing about their time in Acorn and enjoyed trying to remember which was their 'bug spot' to sit on when they were on the carpet. They enjoyed the story that Mrs. Garrad read them too!

In English, the children were writing a descriptive and persuasive piece about refugee camps and in Maths, they learnt about how to read dual bar charts and pie charts as well as how to create their own.

In RE the children continued to learn about the Easter Story and in Art they were learning about analogous colours. In PSHE, the children had a lesson with the learning point: 'Understand that some people can be exploited and made to do things that are against the law'.

In addition to all of this, the children have also enjoyed engaging with other World Book Week activities such as 'cosy reading' in the classroom and debates about their favourite book characters. 

The children also enjoyed an enrichment morning and a trip to the Bourn Airfield New Development on Thursday morning. The children went to see the Bourn Development site and spoke to an archaeologist working there. They saw some of the archaeological work that is taking place and got to hold some of the ‘finds’ that had been dug up in the last two weeks. They also went to see an old bunker. Lots of adults were part of this event and all of them commented on the children’s brilliant questions, excellent engagement, and beautiful manners. I am so proud of them!

As well as this, the children also had a workshop as part of Science Week. The workshop was titled: ‘Our world, Our future’ and involved learning about climate change through dance and drama. The children engaged in this brilliantly and loved the experience!

For core skills this week the children have:

  • Completed a reasoning paper and marked this
  • Practised 3-mark reading questions
  • Learnt about how to incorporate direct speech into their writing correctly (SPaG focus of the week)

What we have enjoyed this week...

   

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar activity mat
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading everyday and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Wilf - for putting a HUGE amount of effort into his English work this week. He has taken great care to present his work neatly and he has thought carefully about his grammar and vocabulary choices.

Values:

 Cameron for a being an excellent model of our values of hope and friendship through his kindness and generosity to all those around him.

Next week...

In English the children will be completing more role-play tasks, writing a diary entry and they will be making predictions from known facts in texts. Their SPaG focus for the week will be on using colons in their work.

In Maths, the children will be learning all about angles. 

In PSHE, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning point: 'Know why some people join gangs and the risks this involves'. The vocabulary covered in this lesson will be: 

  • Gang
  • Pressure
  • Strategies
  • Reputation
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Crime
  • Illegal

 

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday

 

Other diary dates:

13th March - Mother's Day Giftshop

17th March - GENr8 Easter Assembly

23rd March - Year 5 and 6 Trip to Cambridge University

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 6th March 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

The children have all been working very hard this week. 

In English, the children have continued their unit of work based on the book 'The day war came' by Nicola Davies. This week, they have been writing from a first person perspective, using emotive vocabulary. They have also been writing in the passive voice. The grammar focus this week has been: using passive verbs and using devices to create cohesion.

In Maths, the children were learning about how to calculate volume and the area of a parallelogram.

In Art, the children were learning how to identify the basic shapes of the subject that they wanted to draw, in order to be more detail-focused overall and in SPaG this week, the children learnt about the subjunctive mood.

This week in Core Skills the children have:

  • Completed two practise 3-mark reading comprehension questions. We wrote a model answer together as a class, the children had time to share their thoughts and ideas with their learning partner and then they had a go at writing their own.
  • Completed a previous SATs reasoning paper and marked this
  • Completed a previous SATs reading paper and marked this

The children also enjoyed a live lesson as part of World Book Day and several other reading related activities.

What we have enjoyed this week...

Learning about volume, using cubes, in Maths.

            

The children also enjoyed drawing the front covers of books as part of a World Book Day activity on Tuesday.

 

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar task about homophones
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading everyday and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Dorothy for putting a lot of effort into her English work, taking care to edit closely and carefully. 

Values:

 Ranaldo for being a consistently excellent model of all our school values. Thank you Ranaldo!

Next week...

In English the children will be completing more role-play tasks, they will be working on their speaking and listening skills and they will be making predictions based on details that are either predicted or implied.

In Maths, the children will be learning how to read, interpret and create their own: line graphs, dual bar charts and pie charts. 

In Science, the children will be learning about volts as part of their electricity unit of work.

In PSHE, the children will be completing a lesson with the learning point: 'Understand that some people can be exploited and made to do things that are against the law'. The vocabulary covered in this lesson will be: 

  • Exploited
  • Vulnerable
  • Drugs
  • Criminal
  • Illegal
  • Gangs

 

For our World Book Week, the children will be enjoying cosy reading on Monday, character quizzes on Tuesday and a discussion with the title 'Which 5 book characters would you invite to school for lunch and why?' on Thursday. It's going to be great fun!

In addition to this, the children will have their enrichment morning based on the Bourn Airfield Development next week. Permission slips for this have to be returned by Monday 9th March. On the afternoon of Thursday 12th of March, the children will joining a drama workshop as part of Science Week. The title of the workshop is: 'Our World, Our Future'.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. 
  • 16th March

 

Other diary dates:

2nd-6th March - World Book Day Golden Ticket Event

9th-13th March - Science Week in School

12th March - Oak Class Visit to Bourn Airfield Development

12th March - Science Week - Drama Workshop

13th March - Mother's Day Giftshop

17th March - GENr8 Easter Assembly

23rd March - Year 5 and 6 Trip to Cambridge University

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 27th February 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 It has been lovely to welcome Oak Class back to school for this half-term. They have come back very refreshed and ready to learn and I have been very impressed with their engagement. 

In English this week, the children have started a new unit of work based on the book 'The day war came' by Nicola Davies. This week, this involved them writing a formal, persuasive letter, building vocabulary and learning how to use Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions. In terms of grammar, they revised using passive verbs and using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses.

In Maths, the children were learning about area and perimeter. As part of this week's work, they learnt the formula for calculating the area and perimeter of rectangles and any triangle.

In Art, the children started a new unit of work about patterns in nature (photos below) and in RE, the children revised the Easter Story by creating their own story map. In History, the children started a new unit of work about Bourn during WWII.

This week in Core Skills the children have:

  • Completed two practise 3-mark reading comprehension questions. We wrote a model answer together as a class, the children had time to share their thoughts and ideas with their learning partner and then they had a go at writing their own.
  • Completed a previous SATs arithmetic test and marked this
  • Revised how to use the four functions (add, subtract, divide and multiply) with fractions

What we have enjoyed this week...

Tonal strips and mark making practise in Art    

        

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Homework for this week:

  • A grammar task about relative clauses
  • A reading comprehension task
  • Pages in their 'Go books' (the specific page numbers can be found on the homework cover sheet)

Please also ensure that your child is reading everyday and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Rocco - for putting lots of thought into his vocabulary and punctuation choices when writing his formal, persuasive letter to a local MP.

Values:

Amelia for modelling excellent manners when speaking to other pupils and adults this week.

Next week...

In English the children will be considering and evaluating different viewpoints as well as participating in role-play activities. The grammar focus for this week will be: 'To use a wider range of devices to build cohesion'.

In Maths, the children will be calculating the area of parallelograms and learning about volume before moving on to a new unit about statistics.

In Art, the children will be learning how to simplify images into basic shapes.

It is also World Book Day on Thursday the 5th March which marks the start of our whole-school World Book Week. There will be lots of exciting activities happening throughout the week. For Oak Class specifically, the children will be able to enjoy: a live online lesson by an author on Thursday, re-writing a well-known story on Friday, cosy reading on Monday (9th), character quizzes on Tuesday and a discussion with the title 'Which 5 book characters would you invite to school for lunch and why?' on Thursday. It's going to be great fun!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 2nd March
  • 16th March

 

Other diary dates:

2nd-6th March - World Book Day Golden Ticket Event

Thursday 5th March - World Book Day

9th-13th March - Science Week in School

12th March - Oak Class Visit to Bourn Airfield Development

13th March - Mother's Day Giftshop

17th March - GENr8 Easter Assembly

23rd March - Year 5 and 6 Trip to Cambridge University

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 13th February 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 

Another half-term completed and this one marks the halfway point in the children's final year at Bourn Primary School! The children continue to impress me everyday with their positive attitude to learning and application of growth mindset principles. I hope they are able to reflect on everything they have learnt so far and feel proud of their achievements.

This week in English, the children have been working on writing a persuasive piece about a product that they designed. We have had a variety of products from cars, running tracks and chocolate burgers! The persuasive pieces have included many excellent examples of the persuasive writing features that the children have learnt about this term.

In Maths, the children have been revising decimals, including how to round them and divide them by integers.

In Art, the children loved making their animal head sculptures – there are some photos below!

What we have enjoyed this week...

 Some of the children's wonderful animal head sculptures!

     

   

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Please use this link to access the slides shown at the parent/carer information meeting about SATs. 

Please use this link to access a helpful national curriculum grammar overview document.

Your child has been given a homework pack to complete as much as possible of, over the next week.

Please also ensure that your child is reading everyday and practising the spellings from their individualised spelling list.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Forrest - for putting lots of effort into hockey lessons, during PE, this week. Keep up the great work!

Values:

Sam. T - for having a positive attitude towards his learning journey. Sam is very motivated to make progress in both English and Maths, which is great to see.

Next week...

Next week it is half-term. I hope you all have a good half-term holiday and I look forward to seeing all the children again on Monday 23rd February.

In the first week back, the children will be learning about area, perimeter and volume in Maths, they will continue to work on core reading comprehension skills in English and in PSHE, they will complete a lesson with the learning objective: 'I know about different types of drugs and their uses, and their effects on the body particularly the liver and heart.' The vocabulary that will be covered in this lesson is detailed below:

  • Drugs
  • Effects
  • Motivation
  • Prescribed
  • Unrestricted
  • Over-the-counter
  • Restricted
  • Illegal
  • Volatile substances
  • Synthetic highs
  • New psychoactive substances

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 2nd March
  • 16th March

 

Other diary dates:

2nd-6th March - World Book Day Golden Ticket Event

9th-13th March - Science Week in School

13th March - Mother's Day Giftshop

17th March - GENr8 Easter Assembly

23rd March - Year 5 and 6 Trip to Cambridge University

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 6th February 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 

It has been another brilliant and busy week in Oak Class. 
In English, the children have work extremely hard on producing a high-quality, persuasive text. The objective was to create a persuasive letter, for Mr. Fraser, about something that they think will improve the school. This task provided children with the opportunity to showcase everything that they have learnt about persuasive writing during this half-term.
In Maths, the children have continued with the topic of algebra by learning about how to solve one and two step equations.
In RE, the children learnt about the Four Noble Truths and in Computing, the children learnt about Blogs. As well, in Art this week the children created their armature for the sculpture that they are going to make, next week.
The children also spent additional time with their buddies on Monday. More information about what they did is below!

What we have enjoyed this week...

 On Monday, Oak and Acorn Class spend additional time together, in the afternoon. They made paper snowflakes, where the Oak Class children helped to teach the Acorn's about the names of 2D shapes; they completed a construction challenge, where they had to make a home for an animal that the animal could actually live in and they spent time making crafts to go inside their special buddy journals.

     

 

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A reading comprehension task
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Ivana for putting 100% effort into her persuasive letter that she wrote in English this week. Excellent work Ivana, keep it up!

Values:

Tanmaya for showing our values of Friendship and Hope by always doing the right thing and taking the time to show kindness in little ways.

Next week...

In English, the children will designing and product and writing a persuasive advertisement for it.
In Maths, the children will be revising decimals where they will go over: adding, multiplying, subtracting, dividing and rounding them.
In Science, the children will be learning about scientific data and in Computing, the children will be continuing to learn about blogs by planning and creating their own on PurpleMash. As well, in Art, the children will be creating making their animal head sculptures.
The children will also be spending time with their buddies on Monday.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 9th February

 

Other diary dates:

  • School Disco - Wednesday 11th February
  • Y6 SATs information meeting - Thursday 12th February (5:30-6pm). The online meeting link will be sent out two days before, via email.

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 30th January 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 

It has been another brilliant and busy week in Oak Class. 
In English, the children have been continuing to learn about persuasive writing. To do this, they have been practising using the PEEL method for writing effective paragraphs and they have analysed - in detail - several persuasive texts. They are now building up to writing their own persuasive text. Where possible, please spend your time talking to your child about persuasive writing and see if they can spot any persuasive texts around the house, or in other places, at the weekend. Further revision material on the topic of persuasive writing can be found by clicking this link.
In Maths, the children have continued with the topic of algebra by learning about how to form expressions and how to simplify fractions. Additional revision material on algebra can be found by following this link.
In Geography, the children were learning about extreme weather types and in RE, they were looking at images and writing what they could tell just from the image and what they wanted to ask. In Computing, the children were learning about different forms of online communication and how to stay safe when using these. As well, in Art this week the children started to plan their final piece which is going to be an animal head sculpture.
The children also spent time with their buddies on Monday where they enjoyed reading books together.

What we have enjoyed this week...

 

Some of the children's excellent Maths work this week.

 

   

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A reading comprehension task
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Warren - for having such an amazing week in Oak Class. He has been trying his best and challenging himself whenever he can!

Values:

Elisha - for always showing the values of hope, friendship and justice by being kind and polite to all those around her.

Next week...

In English, the children will be applying their new knowledge about persuasive texts and PEEL paragraphs by writing a persuasive letter. They will also then start to plan another persuasive text about a product of their choice.
In Maths, the children will be continuing with their unit of work on algebra. To do this, they will be learning about how to solve equations. The following lessons will then be focused on solving one and two step equations.
In Science, the children will be continuing to learn about microorganisms and in Computing, the children will be learning about blogs. As well, in Art, the children will be creating their armature for the sculpture that they are going to make in the final week of half-term.
The children will also be spending additional buddy time with the Acorn children on Monday afternoon where they will have the opportunity to join in with various craft activities.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 9th February

 

Other diary dates:

  • BSA Quiz Night - Friday 6th February
  • School Disco - Wednesday 11th February
  • Collective worship in Church - Wednesday 11th February

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 23rd January 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 

It has been another brilliant week in Oak Class. It has been very busy and all the children have worked extremely hard!
In English this week, the children revised core skills through completing some assessments. They completed SPaG papers and a Reading paper. They have also been tested on all of the year 5/6 common exception words. More information about the results of these tests will be sent home, soon.
In Maths, the children revised core skills through completing assessments too (one arithmetic and two reasoning papers). As well as this, the children started their new unit of work about algebra. The first lesson consisted of them practising using one-step function machines.
In PSHE, the children were discussing the things in the world that concern them as well as their dreams for the world. They presented their 'dreams for the world' on a piece of bunting using words and pictures. In Science this week, the children were learning about the classification system for animals and they also had a go at creating their own 'curious creatures'.
The children also loved seeing their buddies this week and spending time reading with them.

What we have enjoyed this week...

Some examples of the children's 'curious creatures':

   

 

  

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A reading comprehension task
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

 Isla - for working hard and trying her very best in all the assessments that we have completed this week. Well done Isla, keep it up!

Values:

 Yasmin - for going out of her way to be kind and helpful to as many people as possible this week making Bourn School a brighter and happier place. Thank you for spreading joy and modelling our Christian value of friendship Yasmin! 

Next week...

In English, the children will be learning how to structure a paragraph using PEEL (point/purpose, explain/evidence, evaluate and link). They will also be reviewing other model texts and learning how to improve them by adding more effective persuasive devices. This will help to prepare them for planning, drafting and editing their own texts, which they will start working on over the coming weeks.
In Maths, the children will be continuing with their unit of work on algebra. To do this, they will be using two-step function machines and they will learn how to form expressions with algebra as well as to understand substitution.
In Science, the children will be learning about microorganisms and in Computing, the children will be identifying different forms of online communication. 
The children will also be spending time with their buddies on Monday.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 26th January
  • 9th February

 

Other diary dates:

  • BSA Quiz Night - Friday 6th February
  • School Disco - Wednesday 11th February
  • Collective worship in Church - Wednesday 11th February

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 16th January 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

 

It has been another super week in Oak Class. The children have showed great kindness towards each other this week and they have been working incredibly hard - producing some outstanding pieces of work!
In English this week, the children have been learning about how to write persuasive texts and what literary devices they can use to enhance their writing, for this purpose, even further. To do this, the children learnt about the structure of persuasive texts, looked at some model texts and revised modal verbs.
In Maths, the children were learning about scale factors. They learnt what a scale factor was, how to calculate these and how to enlarge or shrink shapes according to the scale factor given.
In Spanish this week, the children were learning about how to talk about the weather and in PSHE, the children were building on the work that they did last lesson on their dreams and goals. In the first lesson of this PSHE unit, the children were asked to identify two dreams/goals for the future. In our lesson this week, they were working out what steps they need to take in order to achieve that dream/goal as well as how they can motivate themselves to reach it.
The children also loved seeing their buddies this week. They spent time reading together before doing some craft activities.

Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity all about modal verbs.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Charlotte - for putting a huge amount of effort into her Maths work this week. Charlotte is learning from mistakes and making great progress because of this!

Values:

Lauren for consistently showing all of our Christian Bourn values, all of the time. She is an excellent model of valued behaviour to everyone.

Next week...

In English, the children will be building on the learning that they have completed this week, by starting to write sections of a persuasive text. They will also be revising core SPaG and reading comprehension skills.
In Maths, the children will be starting a unit of work about algebra. They will start this unit by learning about how to use one and two-step function machines. They will also have opportunities to practise their reasoning skills.
In Science, the children will be learning about classifying living things and in Computing, the children will be learning how to identify the credibility of a webpage. 
The children will also be spending time with their buddies on Monday.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 26th January
  • 9th February

 

Other diary dates:

  • BSA Quiz Night - Friday 6th February
  • School Disco - Wednesday 11th February
  • Collective worship in Church - Wednesday 11th February

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 9th January 2026

What we have been learning this week...  

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after their festive break. They have started the new term, and year, very positively and have been modelling valued behaviour as well as putting their full effort into all lessons.

In English this week, the children wrote a mini story that had dramatic effect. They learnt about what literary strategies they could use to create the drama within their writing and spent a whole lesson planning, where they thought carefully about the vocabulary that they were going to use and the grammar and punctuation that they needed to include.
In Maths, the children revised the following topics:
  • Mean, median, mode and range
  • Place Value
In Science, the children started a new unit of work on the topic of living things and their habitats and in Computing, the children started a new unit of work on the topic of safe searching and researching. In their first lesson of this unit, the children learnt about how to apply filters when completing online searches to help make the results of the search more accurate.
This half-term the children will be doing Geography and their unit of work is all about the difference between climate and weather. In our first lesson of this unit, the children learnt about the difference between climate and weather and they enjoyed analysing some weather maps and forecasts.

What we have enjoyed this week

 Some of the children's fantastic writing from English this week.

        

    

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity all about tenses.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners of the week

Effort:

Myra - for putting high levels of effort into her work, thus modelling our school value of readiness. By having such a positive approach to her learning, Myra is maximising her opportunities to make excellent progress in lessons. 

Values:

Jameson for showing our Christian Values of hope and friendship by always being enthusiastic and positive towards his peers when they share ideas or talk to him about things that interest them. This kindness and supportiveness is wonderful to see.

Next week...

In English, the children will be starting their first full unit of work for this half-term, which is learning how to write to persuade. Next week, the children will learn about the genre of persuasion, the writing techniques that are used in this style of text and how they can use them, in their work.
In Maths, the children will be finishing the unit of work about ratio and proportion by learning about scale drawings and scale factors.
In Science, the children will be learning about the Linnaean system and in Computing, the children will be learning how to identify the credibility of a webpage. 
The children will also be spending time with their buddies on Monday.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Nature Reserve Dates:
On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
  • 12th January
  • 26th January
  • 9th February

 

Other diary dates:

  • BSA Quiz Night - Friday 6th February
  • School Disco - Wednesday 11th February
  • Collective worship in Church - Wednesday 11th February

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 19th December

What we have been learning this week...  

 

The children have worked so hard this term and I am have been extremely impressed with their enthusiasm for learning, resilience and kindness. 
As the term draws to a close, the children have been working on a few festive activities this week. Today, they will be bringing home some Christmas crafts, a calendar that they have made and a photograph of the toy that they made for their buddy. On Thursday, the children spent some additional time with their buddies and they had a little 'Christmas Party'. All the children had a great time and the Acorn's were really grateful for their gifts!
In English, the children were writing a new chapter for Malamander which included the new character that they invented. They then spent a lesson peer marking and giving feedback before further editing their work. In Maths, the children learnt about ratios and ratio language. In History, the children learnt about Henry VIII's final wife and started to prepare for their 'big question' task which they will complete. 

What we have enjoyed this week

 The finished products waiting for the Acorn children under the tree!

     

    

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

There is no homework over the Christmas holiday however, please do continue to ensure that your child reads regularly.

no Certificates this week

 

Next week...

It's the holidays! Thank you all so much for your continued support this term and thank you also for all the very kind and generous Christmas gifts. I wish you all a very happy and restful holiday and I look forward to seeing all the children back in school on Tuesday the 6th of January.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 12th December

What we have been learning this week...  

The children have been working very hard again this week and were all very excited to share their news about Christmas Capers! Thank you to all those who supported this fantastic event and a huge thank you to the BSA for organising it all!

This week has also been full of excitement because the children have started to prepare a very special surprise for their buddy! Our DT focus for this term is 'sewing' and the children's product specification is to make a cuddly toy for their Acorn buddy. The children will wrap up their gift and give it to their buddy during our Acorn and Oak Christmas Party, which is taking place next Thursday. I can't wait to share photos of the final products with you all!

In English this week, the children invented a new character for the story of 'Malamander' and then wrote another short chapter with a focus on this character. They put lots of effort into carefully considering their character's just like Thomas Taylor does in his novel. In Maths this week, the children were learning about how to find fractions of an amount. In History this week, the children learnt about Henry VIII's fifth wife.

All the children thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful trip to see Snow White on Thursday, too.

What we have enjoyed this week

 A little preview of some of the cuddly toys being made... don't tell the Acorns!

  

    

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity which is a SPaG practise test.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificates

 Values

Sophie - for consistently modelling our Bourn values both in lessons and when paying outside. She is kind, supportive and has an excellent attitude towards her learning. Keep it up Sophie!

Effort

Sam. B - for going above and beyond to make a surprise present for his Acorn buddy this week. Sam is putting a huge amount of effort and thought into this DT project!

 

Next week...

 In English, the children will be planning, writing and editing a formal, impersonal magazine article about Eerie-On-Sea. In Maths, they will be learning about ratios and ratio language and in History they will be learning about Henry VIII's sixth wife - Catherine Parr.

The children will also have some time to finish their Christmas gift for their Acorn buddy and they will have their Christmas 'Party' with the Acorn's on Thursday afternoon.

There will be lots of other festive activities taking place next week, too!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. 
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Wednesday 17th December - Christmas lunch
  • Friday 19th December - Carol service in Church

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 5th December 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

The children have been putting a huge amount of effort into their learning this week and they have been spreading so much joy around the classroom through their kindness and helpfulness, which has been lovely to see.

In the run up to Christmas, we have started a daily activity of sharing our 'positive things' straight after the register. It has been lovely to hear the children sharing what's made them laugh, smile or just feel good every day, so far.

In English this week the children have been writing their own chapter of the novel 'Malamander'. The work that they have produced is excellent! In Maths, the children have been learning about how to multiply fractions by fractions and by integers, as well as learning how to divide fractions by fractions and by integers. 

In Art this week, the children were learning about Banksy. They learnt about Graffiti, as an art, and then produced their own artwork in this style. In History, the children learnt about Henry's VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

The children have also been finishing their stalls, ready for Christmas Capers on Saturday. They have worked really hard on these in their sessions with Mrs. Wheatman, and they are looking forward to sharing them with you all, on Saturday. 

What we have enjoyed this week

 Christmas Capers preparations!

    

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about subordinating conjunctions.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificates

 Values

Zach - for modelling our values of 'justice' and 'friendship' by being a team player when making a stall for Christmas Capers. 

Effort

 Adrian - for putting a huge amount of effort into his English work this week. Adrian has been keen to get feedback and act on this to ensure that he is continually improving his work.

 

Next week...

 In English, the children will be creating a new character for the novel 'Malamander' which they will then include in a descriptive, character-based chapter. In Maths, the children will be learning how to calculate fractions of an amount before practising answering questions all about fractions. 

In Art, they will be finishing their spin paintings and it will be DT week. The topic of DT week is textiles and the children will be working on creating a surprise, Christmas present for their buddy! In History, they will be learning about Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII and in Science, the children will be learning about how to stay safe around drugs and alcohol and the impact that these products can have on the body.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Saturday 6th December - Christmas Capers
  • Monday 8th December - GenR8 Christmas Assembly
  • Friday 12th December - Christmas gift shop
  • Wednesday 17th December - Christmas lunch
  • Friday 19th December - Carol service in Church
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 8th December

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 28th November 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It's been another busy week in Oak Class with lots of fantastic work being produced! 

In English, the children have been writing a 'thank you' letter in the style of a character that they think might appear in the book. After writing the letters, the children revised using relative clauses in their work before writing a piece of description based on Malamander.

In Maths, the children have been learning how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers. To do this, the children learnt how to convert fractions so that they had the same denominator.

In History, the children learnt about Henry VIII's third wife - Jane Seymour and in Computing they learnt about keeping their data safe when using apps on their devices.

In Art, the children learnt about Damien Hirst and had a go at completing their very own spin paintings - pictures below! The children are really looking forward to finishing these off, next week.

 

What we have enjoyed this week

 Some of the children's work from Art, this week.

     

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about semi-colons and colons.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.
The children have now started to create their stalls for Christmas Capers. There are some items that they may need to bring in from home (recycled tin cans, cardboard boxes etc.). If you have any of these items that you are happy to donate, please send them into school with your child, next week. Thank you! 

Certificates

 Values

Locke for showing our Bourn values of hope and friendship by bringing a smile to other children's faces with his kindness and generosity this week. Small acts can make a big difference!

Effort

Evelyn for being imaginative and thoughtful when writing her 'thank you' letter in the style of a character from the Malamander. She should be very proud of the work that she produced.

 

Next week...

 In English, the children will be writing a new, descriptive chapter for the book 'Malamander'. They will spend the week building up their writing, editing, re-drafting and peer marking. I am really looking forward to seeing how their writing develops over the week. In Maths, the children will be learning how to multiply fractions by fractions and integers, and they will learn how to divide fractions by fractions and integers.

In Art, they will be finishing their spin paintings and exploring graffiti as art. In History, they will be learning about Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII and in Science, the children will be learning about diet and exercise.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day. On the dates that the children will be visiting the Nature Reserve (detailed below) they can bring in a change of shoes if they would like to. Hats, scarves and gloves are also recommended!
We now have our Christmas Caper Hamper box ready and would be grateful for any red-themed donations you’re able to send in. Chocolates, drinks, smellies—anything you think fits the theme (and is nut-free!) would be very much appreciated.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Saturday 6th December (2-4pm) - Christmas Capers - More information about the year six children's involvement in this was sent out, via email, this week.
  • Monday 8th December - GenR8 Christmas Assembly
  • Friday 12th December - Christmas gift shop
  • Wednesday 17th December - Christmas lunch
  • Friday 19th December - Carol service in Church
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 8th December

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 21st November 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

The children have settled back into the classroom routines very well after our residential to Rock UK last week. During the residential the children modelled our Bourn values beautifully and were extremely kind and polite to all those that they encountered. 

This week in English, the children have started a new unit of work based on the book 'Malamander' by Thomas Taylor. The start of this unit involves the children making inferences about characters based on photographs of items that they own and they also made predictions about the story based only on the front cover, the blurb and the first chapter of the novel.

In Maths, the children have started a unit of work about fractions. They have started with revision of equivalent fractions, converting fractions and fractions on a numberline.

In Art, the children were learning about how we define 'art' and were shown several different art pieces which they were asked to analyse. In History, the children learnt about Anne Boleyn and in RE the children started a unit of work about Incarnation.

The children also enjoyed a visit to the Book Fair on Thursday and now have a list of books to share with you. They also loved spending time with their Acorn buddies on Monday.

What we have enjoyed this week

Just some of the many Rock UK photos that we have from the trip. I am currently compiling all the photos from the week and I will share more of these with you all, soon.

    

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about prefixes and suffixes.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.
The children have now started to create their stalls for Christmas Capers. There are some items that they may need to bring in from home (recycled tin cans, cardboard boxes etc.). If you have any of these items that you are happy to donate, please send them into school with your child, next week. Thank you!

Certificates

 Values

For Oak Class, for modelling all of our Bourn values extremely well whilst they were on their residential trip to Rock UK. Their manners and kindness were noted by the instructors.

Effort

Shrirang - for putting lots of effort into his written work this week, challenging himself to include higher level vocabulary and punctuation.

 

Next week...

 

In English, the children will be writing a 'thank you' letter from the perspective of the main character from the novel and they will be using relative clauses to add descriptive detail to a piece of work. In Maths, they will be adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.

In Art, they will be exploring the work of Damien Hirst and in History, they will be learning about Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. In Computing, the children will be making their own coding game which uses the launch command function. 

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Saturday 6th December (2-4pm) - Christmas Capers - More information about the year six children's involvement in this will be shared with you, early next week.
  • Monday 8th December - GenR8 Christmas Assembly
  • Friday 12th December - Christmas gift shop
  • Wednesday 17th December - Christmas lunch
  • Friday 19th December - Carol service in Church
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 24th November
Monday 8th December

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 7th November 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to Oak Class after half-term. This week, they have been busy completing assessments in reading, maths, SPaG and writing. All the children have worked very hard and have tried their best in each test. Their papers will now be marked and analysed and the results will be shared with you in due course.

In addition to this, the children loved spending time with their Acorn buddies on Monday and they started a new unit of work about Henry VIII and his wives in History. 

The children also started to complete their final self-portraits as part of their Art unit of work.

There has also been lots of discussion and preparation for the residential next week. We are all really looking forward to it!

What we have enjoyed this week

Some of the children's Artwork!

 

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

There is no homework as the children will be on their residential trip next week.

Certificates

 Values

Juliana for modelling valued behaviours when in lessons and with her buddy. Very well done and keep it up!

Effort

Cameron for trying extremely hard in the lessons leading up to writing his final 'big write' piece. Cameron knows that the planning process is key and really challenged himself in these lessons to best prepare for the final task.

 

Next week...

 It's Rock UK!

Please don't forget to pack two towels into your child's suitcase as well as a bin bag for all of their muddy clothes!

The rest of the kit list was sent home before half-term and more information about extra items to pack can be found on the information slides. This link will provide you with access to those slides.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Monday 10th November - Rock UK
  • Saturday 6th December (2-4pm) - Christmas Capers - More information about the year six children's involvement in this will be shared with you after the half-term holiday.
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 24th November
Monday 8th December

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 23rd October 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It has been a great week in Oak Class and the children have continued to impress me with their effort levels and enthusiasm for learning.

In English this week, the children continued to learn about historical recounts as well as how to effectively edit and proofread their work. They also revised relative clauses and had a go at including these in their writing.

In Maths, the children have been revising the order of operations as well as learning strategies for mental calculations and how to make appropriate estimations.

In Art, the children learnt the final few skills required for drawing a self-portrait, which they then started to complete.

The children also had their half-termly extended buddy session on Monday. They completed a carousel of activities which included painting self-portraits of each other, creating a front cover for a very special journal and playing 'getting to know you' activities outside. They had an amazing time!  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

There is no homework for the half-term holiday.
The children should however continue to read and practise core Maths skills such as times tables.

There are no certificates this week

 

 

Next week...

 

It's the half-term holiday!
The children have worked extremely hard this half-term and should be very proud of all their efforts. After half-term they will be completing some practise SATs papers, there will be lots of Christmas Capers preparations, they will have their DT week and... ROCK UK!! As well as lots of other exciting learning opportunities and time with their buddies.
Thank you all for your continued support.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
Rock UK
Please click this link to access the slides following the Rock UK Information Meeting.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Monday 10th November - Rock UK
  • Saturday 6th December (2-4pm) - Christmas Capers - More information about the year six children's involvement in this will be shared with you after the half-term holiday.
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 24th November
Monday 8th December

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 17th October 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It's been another busy week in Oak Class and the children have been working very hard!

In English this week, the children have been learning about historical recounts. After learning about the structure and language that is required for this text type, the children planned, wrote and then edited their own historical recount.

In Maths, the children have been learning long division. This can sometimes be quite a challenging concept to master but the children have used all of their growth mindset knowledge to help them and they have worked incredibly hard in the lessons. They also very much enjoyed listening to the long division rap! 

In PSHE, the children wrote a poem about the brain and in Art their learnt how to draw noses. In Computing, the children are developing a game, on PurpleMash, that is focused on Online Safety.

The children also spent time with their buddies on Monday where they read them stories before home-time.  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about active and passive voice.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners this week

Values:

Dorothy - for showing our value of hope by not giving up, even when work is challenging. Dorothy gives everything a really good go and knows that making mistakes are all part of the learning process!

Effort:

Ranaldo - for working extremely hard to master the concept of long division this week. Keep up the excellent work!

 

Next week...

Next week in English, the children will be continue to learn about historical recounts. We will be working on a class, model text about an famous adventure. The children will then use this to help them write their own historical recount on the same theme.

In Art, the children will be learning how to draw eyes and ears and in SPaG, the children will be learning about how to write effective, complex sentences as well as when you to use 'who' or 'whom'.

In Maths, the children will continue to learn about long division and revise the order of operations.

On Monday, the children will be going to the Nature Reserve and they will be having their half-termly creative afternoon with their buddies. This will involve lots of wonderful games and activities! 

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
Rock UK
Please click this link to access the slides following the Rock UK Information Meeting that was held earlier this week. Today, the children will be given their Kit List for the trip, too.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
Tuesday 21st October - Parent Consultations
Thursday 22nd October - Parent Consultations
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 20th October

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 10th October 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It's been another busy week in Oak Class!

In English this week, the children have been drafting, writing and editing their own explanation text about the circulatory system. When editing, they completed some peer marking as well as self editing. The focus this week has been on the children using the correct tone for this text type and ensuring that they have all the correct punctuation in their work.

In Maths, the children have been revising prime, square and cube numbers as well as learning about multiplying a 4 digit number by a 2 digit number and solving word problems about multiplication. 

In Geography, the children answered their end of unit question and in PSHE the children completed a lesson with the following learning objective: ‘To understand the impact of a happy mind.'

The children also really enjoyed going to the Nature Reserve on Monday and they have loved taking on the new responsibility of 'play leaders' on Key Stage One playground. 

What we have enjoyed this week

The children loved their time in the Nature Reserve this week!
   
  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about using commas in a list.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

Certificate winners this week

Values:

 Severn for being an outstanding model of our values in lessons and when with his buddy. Severn brings joy to our classroom through showing valued behaviours and by always having a positive outlook.

Effort:

Elynn for trying her absolute best in Maths lessons this week. She has really been challenging herself which has led to excellent progress.

 

Next week...

Next week in English, the children will be learning about historical recounts, before having a go at planning and then writing their own.

In SPaG, the children will be revising how and when to use apostrophes.

In Maths, the children will be starting to learn about long division.

On Monday, the children will be going to the Book Bus and they will have their weekly 'Books with Buddies' session.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
Rock UK
Please click this link to access the slides following the Rock UK Information Meeting that was held earlier this week.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
Tuesday 21st October - Parent Consultations
Thursday 22nd October - Parent Consultations
Nature Reserve Dates:
Monday 20th October

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 3rd October 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

This week in Oak Class the children have been working extremely hard!

In English this week, the children have learnt about non-fiction explanation texts. As part of this, they have also learnt about causal conjunctions, using adverbials to aid cohesion and restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses. The children engaged really well with these lessons and challenged themselves to use their new grammar knowledge in their written work, which was great to see.

We also celebrated National Poetry Day on Thursday 2nd of October. The children wrote their own poems which are going to be entered into a competition and they enjoyed watching videos by poets and reading some new poems as a class.

In Maths, the children have started a new unit of work about the four functions. This week, they have been revising common factors and common multiples as well as learning about the rules of divisibility. 

In Science the children completed another experiment and in Geography, the children made a leaflet about Jamaica.

In PSHE, the children completed a lesson with the following learning objective: ‘I understand how democracy and having a voice benefits the school community'

In SPaG the children were learning about the different ways that they can use commas in their writing.

The children also really enjoyed going to the Book Bus on Monday and they are looking forward to their Harvest Church Service later on this morning. 

What we have enjoyed this week

 Our Geography work:
  
  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about relative clauses.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
10X Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

No certificates this week due to our harvest church service

 

Next week...

Next week in English, the children will be learning how to take effective notes. They will then be building up to writing a full explanation text. Each lesson will give the children time to see model texts, draft and then write up a paragraph for the text.

In SPaG, the children will be revising when and how capital letters should be used in writing.

In Maths, the children will be revising square and cube numbers. They will be learning about long multiplication and they will be solving word-problems about multiplication too.

In Spanish they will be learning about how to say 'what I and others do' by using the verb 'hacer'.

On Monday, the children will be going to the Nature Reserve and they will have their weekly 'Books with Buddies' session.

Notices

I would like to say a huge thank you to all those who were involved in organising and running Bourn 2 Run this year. It was wonderful to be a part of the event this year and to see so many people there taking part!
Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:

Friday 3rd October - Harvest Service in Church

Tuesday 7th of October - Rock UK Information Meeting 6-6:30pm (the Zoom link for this meeting was sent out, via email) 

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 26th September 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

This week in Oak Class the children enjoyed their first ‘Books with Buddies’ session on Monday afternoon. This session will happen weekly and is a time for the Oak and Acorn children to sit, relax and read together before the end of the school day. The Oak Class children have also now created an introductory note which they are going to give to their Acorn buddy, very soon. A letter about this and some other information about buddies has been sent home today. Please ensure you read this letter as there is a permission slip attached.

In addition to this, the children also found out who this year’s house captains, eco councillors and school councillors are. Congratulations to all those children who have been voted into the roles and a huge well done to all the children who showed our school values of courage and hope by reading their wonderful speeches in front of their classmates and other year groups!

In English this week, the children continued to learn about informative writing by learning about the structure of an informative paragraph before then planning, writing and editing their own informative text.

In Maths, the children have been focusing on negative numbers and how these are used, in context.

In Science the children completed an experiment and in Geography, the children continued to learn about the key features and location of Jamaica and then wrote an answer to the following question: ‘How does climate affect the way of life in Jamaica?’

In PSHE, the children completed a lesson with the following learning objective: ‘I understand that my actions affect myself and others’ where they were able to make links to their recent ‘Cool Choices’ workshop by Genr8.

In SPaG the children were learning about clauses.

The children also really enjoyed going to the Nature Reserve on Monday. They will be going to the Nature Reserve on a fortnightly basis and the timetable for the rest of the half-term is below. Please ensure your child has a coat on these dates as we will be going into the Nature Reserve in almost all weathers!

  • Monday 6th October
  • Monday 20th October

On the other Mondays, the children will be going to the Book Bus.

What we have enjoyed this week

  Some of our creative (and festive) activities!
  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about suffixes.
1X Maths task - These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
10X Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

This week's certificate winners are:

Values:

Henry for consistently showing all of our Bourn values, especially our value of ‘hope’ through his wonderful manners and positive attitude towards all the learning tasks and opportunities that come his way.

Effort:

Jerusha for putting lots of effort into her Maths work this week. She has worked diligently and has made sure that her tasks are completed to a very high standard.

Next week...

Next week in English the children will be learning about non-fiction explanation texts. To help the children with the style of writing that is required for this type of text they will also be learning about causal conjunctions, using adverbials to aid cohesion and restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses.

 

In Maths they will be starting a new unit of work based on the four functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). The children will be revising common factors and common multiples as well as learning about the rules of divisibility.

 

In PSHE they will be completing a lesson with the learning objective of: ‘I understand how democracy and having a voice benefits the school community.’ And, in science, they will be learning about refraction.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:

Sunday 28th September - Bourn to Run

Friday 3rd October - Harvest Service in Church

Tuesday 7th of October - Rock UK Information Meeting 6-6:30pm (the Zoom link for this meeting was sent out, via email) 

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 19th September 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

It's been another really busy in Oak Class. On Tuesday morning, the children had a wonderful session led by Genr8. The session was all about 'cool choices' and helped the children understand the impact of their choices and how they can make their own 'cool choices' in life. 
In English this week, the children have been learning about informative texts. They have learnt about the structure of an informative texts, read some model texts and discussed the difference between fact and opinion. 
In Maths this week, the children continued their unit of work about Place Value. As part of this, the children have been ordering, comparing and rounding any integers and they have been exploring negative numbers.
In SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) the children learnt about prefixes and suffixes and how these change the meaning of a root word.
In Core Skills, the children were revising fractions, decimals and percentages.
In Science, the children were learning about reflections and in Geography, the children were learning the location and key features of Jamaica.
In PSHE, the children continued learning about the rights of a child and continued their learning from the 'Cool Choices' workshop by completing a lesson with the learning point 'I understand that my actions affect other people locally and globally'. 
On Friday, those who wanted to, read out their house captain speeches to years 2-6. This takes lots of courage and the children did a great job! The results of the votes will be announced on Tuesday 23rd September. School Council and Eco Council will also be voted for, and announced, next week.
Very excitingly, the children were also given their buddies this week and they spent time together in Acorn Class. Mrs. Garrad and I can't wait to help the children develop a wonderful bond with each other and to see the year sixes taking on this excellent - and big - responsibility!

What we have enjoyed this week

  

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
1X English task - A grammar activity about adjectives and adverbs. 
1X Maths task - this is the first time that the children have brought home their new Maths revision books. These books must be brought into school on a Wednesday every week as we will be using them in class as part of Core Skills. Please ensure your child keeps these books in good condition throughout the academic year.
10X Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.

This week's certificate winners are:

Values:

 Wilf for showing our values of hope and friendship by instantly starting to build a very positive relationship with the Acorn children. Being a buddy to an Acorn is a huge responsibility and Wilf has taken this on with great enthusiasm.

Effort:

 Isaac for trying hard and ensuring that all his academic work, is his best. An excellent start to year six!

Next week...

In English, the children will be revising formal language and they will be planning and writing their own informative text.

In Maths, the children will continue to learn and explore negative numbers.

In SPaG the children will complete their weekly spelling test and learn about clauses and how to use these to enhance their writing and in Computing, the children will be learning about the impact of their online behaviour.

There will be lots of other exciting things happening next week, too including the children's first 'books with buddies' session on Monday.

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:

Sunday 28th September - Bourn to Run

Friday 3rd October - Harvest Service in Church

Tuesday 7th of October - Rock UK Information Meeting 6-6:30pm (the Zoom link for this meeting was sent out, via email) 

 

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 12th of September 2025

What we have been learning this week...  

That's the first full week of the new academic year complete and the children have continued to really impress me with their enthusiasm for learning and resilience when it comes to learning new and tricky concepts.
In English this week, the children have been working on persuasive advertising. To do this, they spent several days analysing examples of persuasive advertising such as the text on the back of a cereal box. After we created a class success criteria grid for this product packaging, the children started to design their own cereals and then they created their own 'back of a cereal box'. Their final products are wonderful and photos will follow, next week!
In Maths this week, the children started their unit of work about Place Value. The lessons this week have involved the children writing, reading and exploring numbers up to 10 million. Their reasoning skills have also been tested with some puzzles and questions designed to get them thinking deeply about the positioning of digits within a place value chart and the relationship between numbers.
In SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) the children learnt about the active and passive voice and modal verbs. They also completed their first spelling test.
In Science, the children started their new unit of work about light and in Geography, the children used atlases to find key features of the Caribbean Islands which they then used to label their own versions. 
In PSHE, the children learnt about the universal rights for all children.

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

Full homework has started from today. The children have been given the below homework to complete by next Wednesday.
The homework this week is:
2X English tasks - one is writing a school council speech or a paragraph about what makes a good school councillor and the other is writing a house-captain speech or a paragraph about what makes a good house-captain.
1X Maths task - focused on place value of numbers, which links to our learning this week.
10X Spellings - the children will be tested on these, on Wednesday.
Please make sure children complete the Math's tasks in pencil and that all writing tasks are completed neatly in either pen or pencil. If your child has any questions about the homework, please encourage them to bring it into school and talk to me about it on Monday so that they have time to bring it back home and complete before Wednesday.
Please see below for a link to the slides that were shown at the 'Welcome to the Year Ahead' meeting on Thursday.
Oak - Welcome to the Year Ahead 25-26

This week's certificate winners are:

Values:

 Emily - for quickly learning and then always showing our Bourn values, everyday. Emily has settled into Oak Class, and Bourn School, exceptionally well!

Effort:

  Aaron, for putting a huge amount of effort into his Artwork this week. He has also been spending time helping his new classmates with their portrait drawings too, which is excellent to see.

Next week...

 The children in Oak Class will have a visit from Genr8 next Tuesday morning. This session is called 'Cool Choices' and is specifically aimed at year six children. 

In English, the children will be learning about the purpose of informative texts, the difference between fact and opinion and the paragraph structure of informative texts.

In Maths, the children will continue to learn about Place Value with a specific focus on learning about powers of 10 and negative numbers.

In SPaG the children will complete their weekly spelling test and learn about prefixes and suffixes and in Computing, the children will be revising the concepts of their digital footprint.

There will be lots of other exciting things happening next week, too!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
Tuesday 16th September - GenR8 in Oak Class

Thursday 18th September - Individual photographs

Friday 19th September - Flu Vaccinations

Sunday 28th September - Bourn to Run

Friday 3rd October - Harvest Service in Church

Tuesday 7th of October - Rock UK Information Meeting 6-6:30pm. (the Zoom link for this meeting was sent out, via email, earlier this week) 

 

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Oak Class - Year 6

Date: 5th of September 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

 

Welcome to Oak Class!
It has been lovely to welcome the new year sixes into Oak Class this year. I am very excited about the year ahead! All the children have enjoyed their first few days of the new academic year. They have modelled our school values beautifully and they have eagerly taken on lots of new responsibilities, which has been great to see!
This week in English, the children have been completing a piece of writing, of their choice. They were given some pictures - as ideas - and we spent some time on Wednesday talking about different text types before the children starting their piece of work. The purpose of this task is for me to asses their handwriting style, SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) knowledge, their vocabulary and their overall writing style. They have all tried really hard with this and it was lovely to read their final pieces! 
In Maths, the children have completed a three day revision unit on telling the time, both 12 and 24 hour. This is a very beneficial unit to start with as it is something that I will now refer back to throughout the rest of this academic year.
In SPaG, the children learnt about expanded noun phrases and had a go at writing their own and in Core Skills, the children were working on some reading comprehension tasks with a focus on answering inference questions.
In Music, the children started to learn about different genres of music. This week, the focus was on Calypso music. The children listened to some different songs and next week they will be having a go at creating their own.
In Geography, the children started to learn about the difference between weather and climate and then built on this knowledge by learning about the climate in North America and the Caribbean.

End-of-Day Pick Up Information

Oak Class children who are being picked up at the end of the day should be collected from the bottom of the school ramp, at the end of the carpark. Please remember to update Debs with any changes to pick up information, in advance. 

How you can help at home...

All homework will start from next week and information will be shared about this on the weekly review. This week, the children just have spelling homework and these have been given to them on a piece of paper.

Certificates will start again from next week

  

Next week...

 

In English, the children will be learning about active and passive voice and will be developing a product that they can then advertise. As part of this one-week unit the children will be looking at the style of writing that is used on household items such as what information is included on the back of a cereal box.
In Maths, they will be starting a unit of work about place value. For the first week of this unit, the focus will be on exploring, reading and writing numbers up to 10,000,000.
In Geography, the children will be building on last lesson's knowledge and will start to learn about the features of Caribbean Islands and in Science, they will be starting a unit of work all about Light. The first lesson is focused on optics.
There will be lots of other exciting things happening next week too!

Notices

Please refer to this weekly review page each week as it is where I will be sharing all the important information about Oak Class.
Please make sure that your child brings a coat to school with them everyday as we will be going outside in all weathers. Please also make sure that your child has a water bottle with them each day.
PE days:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Diary dates:
  • Thursday 18th September - Individual photographs
  • Friday 19th September - Flu Vaccinations
  • Sunday 28th September - Bourn to Run
  • Friday 3rd October - Harvest Service in Church
 

Email (Miss Hensleigh): khensleigh@bourn.cambs.sch.uk  

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