We kicked off the week by wearing our odd socks to show how different we all are and to celebrate those differences!
Following from that, we have been busy looking at what respect means to us. 
What does respect mean?
How do we show respect?
What does repect look like?
From these three questions we spent time thinking about and discussing respect before creating some lovely messages about others; poems, raps or songs; and posters to show how to be respectful.

Take a look a some of our work we displayed for our anti-bullying showcase on Friday afternoon (16th):

All of year 6 had an amazing time at Crucial Crew on 9th November.
We learnt a lot about how to be responsible and keep safe in the community and online. 
Did you know the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years old? 
Children got to take part in a lot of different scenarios:
- Mock trial in a Magistrates court
- First aid where we learnt how to put someone in the recovery position
- Anti-social behaviour
- Healthy friendships
- Arson
- Road safety
- Home safety
- Bus travel.

We all had a fantastic day and learnt lots! Ask us about what we found out!
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Year 6 have won Top Table Diners this half term! Wow!
We get millionaire tokens for showing good behaviour over lunchtime such as eating sensibly at the table, helping and using our manners. 

Check out our children already making progress in Year 6! Amazing work!

In Culture Week, we have been looking at different Creation stories and comparing them. We found some creation stories were very similar which was surprising. 

We also had a go at writing our own creation story. 
Here are some examples; what do you think?

What a wonderful morning, linked to our topic Inspirational People: Aspirational Us!
Parents have been in to help us make sculptures of Hominid Primates, Homo Hablis, Homo Erectus, Homo Neanderthalensis and Homo Sapien to conclude our topic. 
We focused on inspirational people both past and present and we have really enjoyed learning about Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution. 

Take a look at our hard work below!

Year Six have been absolute Rock Stars! Not only have  nearly the whole  year group made progress in  ttrockstars but there was also a closely fought battle of the bands.  This is where the two classes competed against each other  to earn the most points. Both  wonderful classes scored nearly  70000 points making it the  highest scoring battle in the school. 
Check out our amazing  children below. 

Below are the children who contributed  the most to Battle of the Bands!

It is the end of our first half term and  we have just awarded  Pride awards to those pupils that meet all that PRIDE stands for. 
Preparation
Respect
Integrity 
Determination 
​Excellence

Another last!
Today was our last Cross Country run as High View! 
All Year Six joined in the race held at Cannon Hall through to wonderful autumnal leaves. It really is a lovely setting.  Exhausted, we finished the 1500m course: up hill and down dale! 
We all finished in good time and gave it good go!

Believe it or not, this week we have been exploring evolution through biscuits!
The children compared different types of biscuits and created a cladogram to display the links between them. We then applied the same method and theory to a group of animals.
See the pictures below of our finished cladograms and the features we identified to link them!