Willow Class (Y6)

Welcome to Year 6! Willow Class are taught by Miss Sheardown and Mrs Woolsey.

For PE, please ensure that you have a fully-labelled kit in school, which is both suitable for indoor and outdoor activities, on Mondays and Tuesdays. Any lost property will be stored safely until it can be returned to its rightful owner and Year 6 pupils have their own lockers and trays to store their personal belongings.

Our homework is set weekly on a Friday and is due in by the following Wednesday.

Please check this page regularly for updates and photos all about our fantastic learning journey.

Our Weekly Timetable

PGL Update - Monday 29th September

The day has finally arrived! We’ve all been settling in well to our residential here at PGL. After arrival, we had an orientation walk around the site with Connor, our group leader for the week. We learned about the activities and sang songs as we explored. We then split off into our three groups and headed for the first activities. This afternoon, different groups tried out the zip wire, took part in some rifle shooting, fencing and some even tried the trapeze – a real challenge for the first day! At 5.30pm we had dinner together, with options tonight of fish fingers, chicken in a cheese and tomato sauce or vegetarian chow mein with a choice of pasta or potato wedges and steamed vegetables. There was also a salad bar to choose from, an assortment of fruit and iced cake for dessert - yum!

We then had a bit of free time to settle into our rooms before our evening activity, so just after dark we headed off to light a campfire, where we sang songs, danced and, of course, toasted some marshmallows – a fantastic end to our first day of adventure.

Have a look at the photos below to see more from our day!

Zip Wire - Charlotte

Fencing - Group 3

PGL Update - Tuesday 30th September

After a relatively good night’s sleep, with all rooms having fallen silent by 11.30pm, we were woken at 6.30am to begin our action-packed day with breakfast at 7.15am. Today there was a choice of bacon, beans, tomatoes, toast, hash browns, an assortment of cereals, porridge and fruit, then we split off into our 3 groups again and began our main activities.

Today, at different times all groups headed down to the lake for a spot of canoeing. Everybody threw themselves into the experience and we had a great time paddling around the lake, playing games and having the occasional splashing war! Most of the class even went for a VERY refreshing dip afterwards! Our lunch today was a choice of sandwiches or jacket potatoes with different fillings to fuel us up for the afternoon. Throughout the day, we all had a go on the giant swing, which really got the adrenaline pumping, as well as getting our bearings a bit more with an orienteering activity and also taking part in 'survivor', where we practised our bushcraft skills, including whittling kindling with knives, lighting fires and building shelters.

After all of that, we were ready for a filling dinner of katsu chicken or macaroni cheese, with optional sides of green beans, carrots, potatoes and rice, followed by homemade brownies… some very unusual combinations of food were consumed! We've also had a lovely visit from Miss Reeder, who joined us for a high-energy evening activity of laser tag. Take a look at the photos below for more!

Canoeing

A refreshing dip!

Giant Swing - Lexi, Isla and Jasper

PGL Update - Wednesday 1st October

Our third day of adventure has arrived, and after a good night’s sleep (with all rooms quiet by 10.30pm) and a hearty breakfast, we all got ready for another adrenaline-fuelled day! The day began with a slightly drizzly morning, and we tried out abseiling and the sensory trail, where we had to follow a route through the forest while blindfolded, relying on our other senses to help us find our way around various obstacles. We then had a filling lunch of pasta bolognese, sandwiches or ratatouille. In the afternoon the weather brightened up, and we faced some problem-solving tasks, the vertical challenge (an obstacle course going straight up into the air) and the other groups completed the fencing activity. We then regrouped for dinner, which was a choice of chicken or veggie curry with rice or cottage pie with veggies, followed by jelly for dessert. After a bit of free time, and a second visit to the gift shop, we headed to the sports hall for our evening entertainment, which was a silent disco! We can't believe there's only one more full day to go! Take a look at today's pictures below...

Abseiling - Logan

Sensory Trail

PGL Update - Thursday 2nd October

Our final full day already… where has the time gone? Most people had to be woken up by Mrs Webb, Miss Simpson and Miss Sheardown for our 7.00am breakfast, but once we had refuelled with cooked breakfasts, toast, cereals, fruit and yogurts, we were ready to go again! Today’s activities included the trapeze, archery, zip line, problem solving and rifle shooting, for those who hadn’t attempted these activities yet, plus all groups took on the climbing wall! It’s a good job we had burgers and chips / a selection of sandwiches and salad for lunch to keep our energy levels up!

After another couple of activities for each group, it was time for dinner, which was a choice of lasagne or chicken nuggets, with a choice of potato wedges, vegetables and an assortment of salads, followed by waffles for dessert. Tonight's evening entertainment required us to camouflage ourselves in our darkest outfits and split the class in half to play ‘ambush’, a huge after-dark game of hide & seek with a few added twists and turns. We had a great time running about in the dark! After returning to our cabins, we played our traditional last night round of the after-eight game, followed by the delicious cakes that Mrs Harrison had kindly dropped off for us to commemorate the school's Macmillan coffee morning. What a great way to finish our last full day!😊

Climbing - Fergus & Harry

Trapeze - Evie

Archery - Henry P

The After Eight Game!

PGL Update - Friday 3rd October

'The Flying Nightingales Experience' at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre - Friday 12th September 2025

We were invited to Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre to learn more about the history of some of our local wartime heroes, The Flying Nightingales, as a valuable pre-learning experience for our World War II topic. We were put through our paces during some basic nursing training, had to think on our feet during an emergency lifeboat drill and took part in an immersive battlefield experience, during which we got to sit in the Dakota aircraft!

Marching Drill

Inside the Dakota

Field Nursing

Year 6 Yearly Overview

This document shows what skills and themes we will be studying in each of our non-core curriculum subjects. Please note that our yearly overview is for guidance and may be subject to small changes and tweaks.