Welcome to Encore class! We are a class of Year 6 children, our teacher is Mrs Hearn and we are supported by Mrs Thomas and Miss Buller. Together we make up a friendly, happy and hardworking class. Every day is busy – full of a wide variety of lessons and subjects.

Our day starts with registration and Culture Connoisseurs (where we learn about music, art, vocabulary, poetry and significant individuals), followed by assembly. Every day, we go into our maths and English groups with the one of the Year 6 teachers: Mrs Jones or Mrs Hearn. In English, we explore stories, poems and non-fiction texts, and develop our writing skills and, after break, we improve our problem solving and number skills in our maths lessons.

In the afternoons, we enjoy learning from a number of different teachers, who teach us a range of curriculum subjects: history, geography, science, computing, art, life skills, outdoor learning, RE and French. We are particularly fortunate to have Madame Bastable teaching us as a specialist French teacher.

On Monday afternoons, we get active with our PE rotation including physical skills (such as balance, speed and agility), outdoor sports and gymnastics.

On a Thursday afternoon, we are taught a range of performing arts by our specialist teachers: dance by Claire, drama by Sam, and music by Miss Lynch. These sessions help us work together, explore movement and rhythm and develop our confidence in performing in front of an audience. This year we are also learning steel pans to broaden our musical knowledge and experience.

We’re excited to think of all the things we’ll learn and experience this year and we look forward to putting them all into practice.