Year 6 (21/22) - St Stephen

Quad kids 2022

PGL Day 5

Today’s activities were Survivor and Jacob’s Ladder.
See you in a few hours

PGL Day 4

We have had another fun day here at PGL. Today’s activities included Archery, Climbing, Capture the Flag and Abseiling.
We had a visit from Mrs Lavelle and we read your letters. Thank you!
We are packing up our belongings tonight before bed as we have another early start in the morning.
See you all tomorrow,

PGL Day 3!

We have had a great second day here at PGL! We woke this morning, all well rested after a much needed night’s sleep and got set for the morning’s activities; PGL Sports Night and Vertical Challenge. In the afternoon, the activities consisted of Giant Swing and Sensory Trail. The evening activity was SPLASH! We are all looking forward for our final full day of activities tomorrow!

PGL Day 2

We have had the BEST first day ever here at PGL!
Today’s activities included Buggy Building, Passport to the World, Trapeze and Canoeing, followed by our evening activity, Wacky Races.
We are all exhausted this evening but we are looking forward to what tomorrow will bring.

PGL Day 1

We have arrived safe and sound at PGL!
The afternoon began with a tour of the grounds before moving in.
Later, we had dinner which we all agreed was AMAZING and then it was time for our first evening activity - Quiz Show. It was really fun.
We need to get up at 6:45am tomorrow morning so Miss Mc Daid is hoping we fall asleep soon.
More updates tomorrow evening.

Sports Praise Assembly Summer 2022

Girls Cricket 2022

WW1 Drama Workshop

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Goodbye Mr. Davis!

Champions League Grand Final (and winners’ match against the All-Stars!)

After 45 matches, we finally reached the Lunchtime Champions League Grand Final: Salzburg vs Real Madrid.
The teams had fought through the group and knockout stages to reach this point. It was a very exciting game with lots of children supporting the teams as they tried to find a winning goal. In the end, Real Madrid narrowly won with their second goal scored by Finn. It ended 2-1.
Real Madrid we’re awarded the trophy and their prizes and were then faced with a daunting prospect- taking on the mighty All-Stars!
With Mrs Lavelle leading the attack it was all one-way traffic until Dylan managed to sneak through and grab a goal, nutmegging goalie Ms Usher in the process! Despite a late onslaught, Real Madrid hung on for a famous victory.

Children's Parliament Winners!

Congratulations to Year 6, but especially the team of eight children who visited Kensington Town Hall to present their food waste project, on winning the Children's Award at the Children's Parliament on the Environment. This prestigious prize was awarded to Good Shepherd by the nine other schools who also presented their projects on the day. Maria, Thamar and Andreas were wonderful representatives, bravely speaking in front of around one hundred adults and children.

Hard work pays off!

Silly Science at Good Shepherd!

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To celebrate British Science Week, all year groups were treated to a Silly Science workshop - we had so much fun!

Tag Rugby @ Good Shepherd

Kitchen Design Project

This term, we were given the task of designing the interior of the summerhouse kitchen which will be demolished and rebuilt in the summer.

Mr Steel has been sharing his expertise with us and Mr Davis has been demonstrating how to use Sketch Up software to enable us to complete the task.

We are almost finished - our final step is to prepare a presentation for Mrs Lavelle, Mrs Moore-Jaunaii and Etain. We hope they will be very happy with our suggestions.

Times Tables Rock Stars- Battle of the Bands!

World Book Day 2022

Year 6 have been very busy this World Book Day!

We started our today with a whole-school assembly, where we got the chance to show off our costumes to everyone. We also had a go at trying to identify the masked reader.

Later, we took part in a live virtual quiz about all things book-related.

In the afternoon, we read our fables to the children in Year 2. We really enjoyed sharing our work with them and we hope to do something similar again.

Beats - The Stonks

From the Year 6 Songwriting Project in music.

Friends - The Big Mamas

From the Year 6 Songwriting Project in music.

Never - DAWC

From the Year 6 Songwriting Project in music.

Drowned Out - The Six Flamingos

From the Year 6 Songwriting Project in music.

So Lonely - The Unknown

From the Year 6 Songwriting Project in Music Class

Girls’ Football Tournament @ Power League

The Y5/6 girls’ team had a great day at Power League playing in four exciting matches against other local schools. Our player of the tournament was Rioghna, who made a fantastic save in the last moments of a match from a thunderbolt penalty shot. The team supported each other throughout and all gave their best effort. Well done to her and the whole squad!

Trip to Phoenix School Farm

As part of our 'Children's Parliament for the Environment' project, we visited Phoenix School Farm today to look at ways we can live more sustainably, both at school and at home. We learned that we can grow many different types of fruit and veg at home (no garden needed) and that we simply must do better with our food waste habits.

We planted some of the fruit seeds and vegetable bulbs and took them back to school in the hope that we will be able to grow some of our own. We also dug up some carrots which might look 'weird', but we realise these are just as good as any other carrot and should not be wasted. We are going to use our fruit and veg leftovers at home to make soups and smoothies, rather than throwing them in the bin!

We have also been auditing our food wastage at school and we are hoping to make some changes - watch this space!

Year 6 Reading Corner

Using the money made from our recent cake sale, we purchased some more cushions for our reading corner and added some lights to make it even more pleasant and comfortable than before! We love spending time in our reading corner!

Kitchen Design Project: research stage

Multi-skills Festival @ St Paul’s Girls’ School

Nine children from Y4, 5 and 6 competed in an exciting multi-skills competition hosted by St.Paul's Girls' School. They had a variety of activities to try, including bowling, football and curling. Our team had a great time and were awarded medals for their team's high score. Well done to all of them!

Y6 Indoor Athletics @Sacred Heart

Year 6 competed in the annual H&F Indoor Athletics Tournament held at Sacred Heart High School. The class had competed in the junior version of this competition when they were in Y4 in 2020, so it was all familiar to them.

The team raced in exciting team relays and took part in a range of field events such as triple jump, speed bounce and javelin.

They finished in 4th place overall, just two points behind third place! It was a great effort from everyone.

William Morris Workshop

Printmaking at Kite Studios

Good Shepherd Carol Concert 2021

The viewing password is the same as usual. Please ask your child's teacher or the school office if you don't know it.

Christmas dinner!

Mayor’s Cup: Good Shepherd vs St Mary’s

Our fourth match of the season saw us take on St Mary’s at Ravenscourt Park.

The girls were first to play, they took the game to their opponents and spent most of the first half attacking. The second half saw the debut of Milka who played in midfield. We were very unlucky not to snatch a winning goal with Paloma going very close near the end of the game. It finished 0-0.

The boys also started on the front foot, denying St Mary’s any time or space. William scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season, both of them at close range. Tadhg rounded off the scoring with two goals of his own. Junix made a confident debut in defence. It finished 4-0.

E-Safety: online appearances

We talked about how viewing images and videos online might affect our self-esteem. Each group roleplayed a scenario in which a friend offered advice and support to someone with negative feelings about their own appearance.

NESSY

Black Icons Workshop

Our workshop celebrated influential black people in history who spoke out against injustice, including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.

Because we are learning about justice in our religion topic and about the transatlantic slave trade in history, this workshop was the perfect way to gain a deeper understanding of injustices faced by so many.

All Saints Day

What were they doing at Club 144’s first top secret meeting of the year?

Mayor’s Cup football vs Old Oak

Our girls’ and boys’ football teams played their first matches of the season against Old Oak.
The girls played first in a fast and furious encounter that saw Rioghna make a series of brave saves in goal. The game ended 0-0.

The boys spent most of the first half camped in their opponents’ half and ended the half 1-0 up after Tadhg finished calmly after the ball zipped around the penalty area. A great second goal for Good Shepherd from William in the second half secured the win for the boys.

Black History Month

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Science - Components of our Blood

We learned about the components of our blood in science and then made some 'blood smoothies', with different ingredients representing each of these components. They were delicious!

Can you remember which component each of the ingredients represented, as well as the functions of each component?

Drama and Role Play - A Midsummer Night's Dream

We explored the four 'worlds' of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' through drama and role play. We look forward to finding out more about the story in this way.

Box-Fit

Easy Riders Cycle Club

We had our first outing of the year to Wendell Park. I’m sure the other children in our lunchtime learn-to-ride club will be joining them on the next one!

A-Life Mental Health Workshop

We learned about the 5 ways to improve our mental wellbeing. We used the simple acronym 'GetCALM.' Can you remember what each of the letters in bold stand for?

Get Giving

Get Connecting

Get Active

Get Learning

Get Mindful

Club 144’s Secret Meeting in Wendell Park...

We had another top secret meeting at the end of last term. What do you think they might have been doing?

Keep practising your tables so you can join Club 144 too!

Welcome to Year 6!

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2020 -2021 ARCHIVE

School Musical 2021: The Little Mermaid

H&F Summer Football Tournament @ Ravenscourt Park

The boys’ and girls’ football teams took part in the annual summer football tournament at Ravenscourt Park. They competed against seven other schools in several exciting matches. The teams were a mix of year five and six footballers.
The girls’ team- captained by Gabrielle- won one and drew two group games. They qualified for the knock-out stages and played St.Stephen’s in the semi-final, narrowly losing 0-1. They finished joint third overall.
The boys also qualified for the knock-out stages after finishing second in their group. They won their semi-final against Brackenbury after the game went to a penalty shoot-out. Julian saved twice to ensure our victory. They faced St.Stephen’s in the final. A very close game ended 1-1. It went to sudden death penalties and Julian saved the day again with a great diving save, winning the match and crowning the boys’ team champions!
The teamwork and support for one another on both teams during the tournament was great to see.

Sports Day 2021

We managed to avoid the rain and have some fun at Sports Day!

Activity Day at All Saints Catholic College

Year 5 were invited to the annual Activity Day at All Saints Catholic College. We split into two groups to try out pizza-making and trampolining.

Sports Festival @ Burlington Danes Academy

Year 5 were invited to take part in a sports festival at Burlington Danes Academy. We worked in teams and competed in a variety of fun sporting events. The weather was lovely and everyone had a great time. It was the first sporting event the class (and anyone from the school) has been able to take part in since the indoor athletics competition last February!

The Young Shakespeare Company perform Hamlet

We love Shakespeare at the Good Shepherd! The Young Shakespeare Company made their annual visit and performed a fantastic production of Hamlet for us.

Club 144 summer meeting

What secret things were they up to this time?
Clue: there was lots of adding up of decimals and it was something to do with the European Championships...

Sphero Temple Run!

We had to code Sphero to escape the monster by following the path. There was a wild river to cross, too. Some of us built a seesaw, others built a ramp or a bridge. Next week, we will debug our code and add matrix animations and sound effects

Using block code with Sphero

We started using block code to control Sphero. Each pair managed to make their Sphero move in a square shape and designed a simple LED matrix animation to show the shape we were drawing. Some groups even managed to code a route in the shape of a triangle. Tricky!

Virtual Galleries 2021- Year 5

Please take a look around the fantastic virtual galleries created by Year 5 to display their artwork.

Easter egg hunting

Skip Week Champions: Blue Team!

Good Shepherd Skip Week 2021

Years 2,3,4,5 and 6 took part in Good Shepherd's first ever Skip Week! Each child skipped for one minute each day and had their total skips recorded.
The Blue Team managed the most, well done to them! Remember: keep on skipping!

Exploring ways to measure area- creating one square metre with newspaper

Good Shepherd Carol Concert 2020

The viewing password is the same as usual. Please ask your child's teacher if you're not sure.

Merry Christmas!

Club 144 Meeting: The Egg Drop Challenge!

We explored the physics of dropping an egg from a height of 3 metres. We worked out that we needed to:

Increase the time over which the egg was brought to rest.

Decrease the egg's velocity at the time of the crash.

Milka, Caoimhin, Olivia and William won the challenge. They succeeded in protecting their egg, designing a parachute with padding to absorb some of the force of the impact. Well done to them!

Using apparatus helps us in Maths

Medium Term Curriculum Maps

Autumn

Welcome back, Year 5!

2019 - 2020 ARCHIVE

Year 4 2019 - 2020

All messages and documents relating to home learning activities can now be found on the Year 4 Google Classroom page. This can be accessed by logging in with your child's unique login details at www.classroom.google.com.

Club 144 times tables booklets

A lockdown message for the children of Good Shepherd...

We hope you enjoy it as much as we had fun making it!

Y4 Home Learning Activities Mon. 1st June - Tues. 2nd June

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Year 4 Home Learning Activities Thurs. 21st to Fri. 22nd May

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Year 4 Home Learning Activities Mon. 18th - Wed. 20th May

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Year 4 Home Learning Activities Thurs. 14th - Fri. 15th May

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Y4 Home learning activities MON. 11TH - WED. 13TH MAY

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Y4 Home learning timetable of activities WED.6TH - FRI.8TH MAY

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Y4 Home learning timetable of activities MON. 4TH - TUES. 5TH MAY

Year 4 home learning tasks for Mon. 20th Apr. to Wed. 22nd Apr..pdf

Y4 home learning timetable of activities WED. 29TH APRIL - FRIDAY 1ST MAY

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Y4 home learning timetable of activities MON. 28th APRIL - TUES. 29th APRIL

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Y4 home learning timetable of activities THURSDAY 23RD - FRIDAY 24TH APRIL

Year 4 Home Learning 23.04 24.04.pdf

Y4 home learning timetable of activities MONDAY 20TH - WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL

Y4 home learning 20.04 to 22.04.pdf

Indoor Athletics Championship 2020- We finished in 2ND PLACE!

Yr 4 Class Assembly Tues.10th March - 'Electricity'

Assembly script - Electricity year 4.pdf