MNA - Year 6

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Year 5 are having a wonderful time on transition this morning, celebrating what makes us unique by creating portraits inspired by the book ‘Wonder’. Well done Year 5; we are all very excited for September! @morley_newlands @MNA_Year5

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

This week has been Music Week and in Year 6 we have been learning about the musical Wicked! As part of this, we have begun to learn the song, ‘For Good’ - a powerful song about friendship! @morley_newlands #MNAMusicWeek

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

As part of our new unit on persuasive writing, we are exploring lots of different persuasive texts and identifying the tools that have been used to try to persuade the reader. Lots of us were convinced to be Henry VIII’s new wife! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

In Year 6 this morning, we are creating police incidents board about the German plane crash in Letters from the Lighthouse to help us gather all the information we need for our newspaper reports. @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Thank you to everyone for all your support with our Year 6 production this year. We couldn’t be more proud of our children. They were all uh-may-zing! Watch out for this week’s newsletter for more pics! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We are on our way back home! We are due back to school at approximately 4.30pm. Please collect your children from the Year 6 door. We will be going back to the classrooms to drop off our lanyards and high vis jackets before leaving, but will be out shortly after @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Changing coastlines workshop: We are testing the hardness of different rocks using the scratch test! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We have arrived! The weather is beautiful, the sea is blue and we are fully immersed in our activities for the day. This morning we have a coastline erosion workshop and cliff sketching! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Year 6 have been working hard this afternoon on their polar animal sketches @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Our new theme is ‘Into the Unknown’ and we have started by making our own compasses by magnetising needles and floating cork circles on water to find magnetic North @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

Our new Creative Curriculum theme has started with the arrival of a mysterious suitcase full of interesting artefacts! Can you work out what we are going to be studying this term? @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We are hard at work in the Purple Zone in maths this morning! Long multiplication can be tricky but we’ve shown great perseverance and resilience. @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We’re having great fun this afternoon measuring out different ingredients to learn about how food was rationed during the war! #culturalcapital @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We’ve had a great start to our evacuee day today in Year 6! Everyone has made a huge effort and looks amazing! #culturalcapital @morley_newlands

[The Morley Academy @themorleyacad]

We can’t wait to open our doors to prospective families tomorrow evening. Our Principal, Adam Ryder, will be delivering his speech at 6.15pm and then again at 7.15pm. Come and see what The Morley Academy has to offer for your child - we look forward to meeting everyone.

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We’ve had a great morning at the RERF, finding out about how we recycle in Leeds. Our favourite part was the claw! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

This afternoon we took part in a seashore safari activity. We hunted for lots of different creatures and some of us were brave enough to hold some of the wildlife! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

When we arrive back at school, please collect your children from the Year 6 doors. The top gate will be open for you to walk around and down to the playground. Thank you!

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

This morning we had a great time cliff sketching; it was so interesting seeing the coastal features we have learnt about in class! @morley_newlands

[MNA - Year 6 @MNA_Year6]

We are currently expecting to be back at school at around 4.40pm. We will bring the children back upstairs to the classrooms to drop off their high vis jackets and pick up their phones before they can be collected to go home. See you all soon!