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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
On Thursday 17th and Friday 18th January, Year 6 visited the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill. Each class had a chance to handle replicas of historical artefacts that could help us understand more about the ancient Kingdom of Benin. The children learnt how brass plaques would have been made and the skill that was required […]
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Congratulations to the Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics team who competed against 19 other Lewisham schools in the hope of representing the Borough at the London Youth Games. The team came in 2nd place in the morning competition, and 3rd place overall once the afternoon competition had taken place and the results of the two […]
Year 6 are currently learning about newspaper and recount writing. We will eventually write a newspaper report on Hercules’ defeat of the mighty Nemean Lion. To support your child’s learning, you can read newspapers with your child and discuss the various newspaper features such as: headlines, captions, lead paragraphs, etc. You might also discuss how journalists […]
