The children had a great day at Lewisham’s Junior Citizens event. They engaged in interactive workshops with the Police, The London Fire Brigade, TFL, Well-Being support teams and Anti-Drug campaigns. Over the course of the morning, Year 6 learned some important lessons on how to keep safe whilst travelling to secondary school; how to use […]
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Year 6 visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum
Before half term, Year 6 visited the V&A Museum to see the Food: Bigger than the Plate exhibition. We also spent time in the galleries sketching the sculptures. The interactive exhibition had five sections: composting, farming, trading, cooking and eating. We will be responding to this exhibition in their art lessons this half term.
Year 6 and Reception enjoying Buddy Reading
Year 6 children from Cedar Class reading with Reception (Oak) Class in their weekly Buddy Reading lessons.
Victoria and Albert information
Victoria & Albert Food Exhibition Cedar Class: Wednesday 16th October Elder Class: Thursday 17th October Year 6 will be visiting the exhibition: “FOOD: Bigger than the Plate” at The Victoria & Albert Museum. It is a multi-sensory exhibition that unwraps the global food chain. It asks the question, what can we eat to be […]
Year Hockey Tournament 15/07/19 – 2nd Place!
Congratulations to the Year 6 Hockey A Team who came in 3rd place at the Lewisham Summer Hockey tournament. The team won all of their matches leading up to the final, and continued to impress with such a high level of skill and game understanding in the final. Rathfern had four teams competing at the […]
Year 6 High 5 Netball Tournament 8/07/19
Well done to the Year 6 children who competed brilliantly in the Forest Hill and Sydenham Schools Netball competition. The team played a High 5 format of Netball, which involves them rotating their positions at the end and half-time of every game. The team worked together so well, and did a fantastic job remembering […]
Year 6 end-of-year performance
In the last couple of weeks, Year 6 have begun preparing for their end of year performance. In a similar vein to last year, the production will take the form of a variety performance with song, dance, drama and instrumental and oral performances. Pupils have selected and been selected for a variety of roles, to […]
Rathfern Comes 3rd in the Year 6 Lewisham Borough Quad Kids Athletics Finals! 6/06/19
A big well done to the Year 6 Athletics team who came in 3rd place the the Lewisham Borough Quad Kids Athletics Finals. We we very proud to see they being awarded their bronze medals! There were 20 schools battling it out for the title and a lot of talent on display. Every member of […]
Year 6 Gymnastics 25/01/19
Year 6 have been exploring the apparatus are are building a bank of movement ideas for their next topic. Children have been learning about matching and contrasting body shapes with their peers. They will now start to experiment with different relationship dynamics such as synchronisation and canon, and use these to develop interesting paired sequences […]
Restorative Justice Training
This term, year 6 have received restorative justice training from a former head teacher, who specialises in behaviour management. The training allowed children to discuss strategies on how to handle confrontation/problems in the playground effectively. The children also explored how different perspectives can effect how people recount an incident. The training finished with the children designing […]