We are the oldest in school and we work hard to be kind, honest, determined and positive as role models to everyone around us. We are a mixed aged class of Year 5 and 6 children (9-11 year-olds). Our teacher is Miss Harrison and we sometimes work with Mrs Myers and Mrs Thurlow as well.

We know, it is our attitude to learning which is going to help us be the very best we can be – other people cannot make us learn – that is a choice we have to make (everyday!). Throughout our school, we are learning to become independent thinkers, developing our own voice and being responsible for our own choices – this is really important as we join Wainwright Class. Our year starts with either a trip to London (which we help plan) or an outdoor and adventurous residential. This really helps us build new friendships, see what more we can be capable of and gives us confidence as we experience new things in preparation for the transition to Year 7.

We begin each day with an independent task which could include completing a previous task or answering a question that Miss Harrison has set us for ‘next steps’ in our work. We work really hard to improve our writing – particularly organising our ideas, making the reader feel desperate to read on because of our sentence and vocabulary choices. Our learning in reading focusses on understanding and explaining why the author made the choice or word or phrase they did -this helps our own writing as well. In maths we concentrate on becoming even more fluent with our core skills and knowledge, as well as explaining our thinking and solving different types of problems after all, that is what maths is about). We have tests at the end of Year 6 – a great chance to show where we are up so far in our learning.

In Wainwright Class, we get to be House Captains, help set up the Summer Fair, organise the BIG BAKE, and often we use our oracy, presentation or writing skills to campaign for change – in our school, community, nation or the wider world. We recently wrote to United Utilities about polluting the lakes – it is important we use our learning for things that are important, purposeful and meaningful to us. We also get the chance to engage with the House Public Speaking Competition (either as orators or judges), help with House Art Exhibition and create an instrumental talent show.