Class 6

A Showcase of work from from Class 6

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2 months ago
Posted on 27th Feb 2026 by

Biscuit and Fudge in the Half Term Holidays

Holidays for Fudge and Biscuit 
Over the February half term, the guinea pigs went to stay with one of our Year 6 pupils.
I really enjoyed having them to stay – giving them plenty of cuddles. Biscuit and Fudge very much enjoyed their tasty snacks including Kale and Spinach and always squeaked whenever they saw us near to their food. Biscuit was especially excited whenever you brought her some more hay or fresh snacks. Fudge enjoyed the daily cuddles and attention.
Time quickly flew by and before long it was time to return them to school but I took plenty of photographs to remember having them.
By Harriet
If anyone would like to care for the guineas pigs over a weekend or holiday please contact Miss Darmanin 
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2 months ago
Posted on 12th Feb 2026 by

Storytelling Week 2026

Storytelling week was the second event in our calendar of events to support the National Year of Reading 2026. We enjoyed a range of events to highlight the importance of listening to, telling and reading stories.

 

On Tuesday, Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a ‘Soundtrack Your Story’ workshop from the National Literacy Trust where they learnt about rhythm and rap with Alim Kamara.

On Wednesday, we held a storytelling assembly where each class shared their Talk for Writing text. Reception told ‘The wheels on the bus’; Year 1 told ‘Lost and Found’; Year 2 told ‘Edgar’s Adventure’, a warning tale, and Year 3 told a suspense story ‘The Manor House’. Year 4 carried on the suspense stories with Zelda Claw; Year 5 shared the non-chronological report ‘The Rhiswanozebtah’ and Year 6 told the story ‘Red’, a twist on the traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood.

 

On Thursday, we had a special visit from Sal Tonge who is a storyteller. Each class enjoyed a workshop with Sal where they listened to and joined in with lots of stories and songs.

 

We have also held a class reading swap where the older children read with the younger children.

We hope that our storytelling events will have provided enjoyable experiences for all!

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3 months ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2026 by

Reading Champions 2026

Hodnet Reading Champions 2026
Miss Darmanin has appointed a highly enthusiastic team of Reading Champions to help to promote reading through the school this year as part of the Year of Reading campaign.
The girls have many great ideas and are currently preparing to lead an assembly in order to share their plans.
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3 months ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2026 by

Sports Hall Athletics Team Competition

The Year Six Sportshall Athletics team had a tremendous competition this week. Once again, their sportsmanship, manners and positive attitude was impeccable. In addition, they also had incredible success, with the girls’ team coming first in their events and the boys second.
Overall, the team placed first, winning the competition. Well done to all!
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3 months ago
Posted on 29th Jan 2026 by

London experience!

Our very excited Y5&6 pupils have been given the ‘save the date’ for our London experience day – this year it will be on Friday 26th June.

We organise the London experience day to provide our pupils with the opportunity to visit our capital, to travel by train, take in key sites and experience city life for the day. We usually go every other year, close to Christmas, but we have decided to change this going forwards to a summer event, meaning we have a longer day and more options to visit landmarks. This links with school themes of monarchy, sustainability, British Values and much more! It’s a magical day, something staff and pupils look forward to as a staple KS2 Hodnet experience.

At the core of our trip this year is visiting the Houses of Parliament, which we were lucky enough to secure this week when the tour booking slots opened for schools – thanks to the staff members who were eagerly waiting for the time slot and ready with fastest fingers first to get the booking!

We have also secured workshops in the Royal Mews and Buckingham Palace. Our next steps are to confirm the other activities – tour of Westminster Abbey plus one other yet to be confirmed, possibly a river cruise! Watch this space for more information, but for now please save the date. Letters with full information will be sent to Y5&6 families in the coming weeks when our travel and full itinerary is confirmed.

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3 months ago
Posted on 17th Jan 2026 by

National Year of Reading 2026!

 

Hodnet School is excited to embrace the National Year of Reading in 2026.

 

What is the National Year of Reading?

The National Year of Reading is a UK wide campaign by the Department for Education and the National Literacy Trust. The campaign’s theme is ‘Go All In’ meaning read about things that really matter to you. Whether it’s sport, music, fashion so something else, if people ‘go all in’ on a topic, the hope is that they will enjoy what they are reading and do it more.

 

Why is this the National Year of Reading?

Studies have shown that reading is connected to lots of lifelong benefits, including wellbeing and confidence, and improving writing and conversation skills. Unfortunately, reading for pleasure among young people is at its lowest for 20 years. We need our young people to read in order to improve their own life chances, both in education and the workplace.

 

Is reading just about books?

Definitely not! The National Year of Reading is promoting all types of reading including comics, magazines, online blogs, e-readers, instruction manuals and audiobooks. The campaign wants everyone to read in a way that works for them.

 

What is happening during the National Year of Reading?

Throughout 2026, there will be lots of events across the UK. At Hodnet School, Mrs Bessant has created a calendar of events to ensure that we enjoy a reading event every month of 2026.

National Year of Reading Calendar

Our first event is ‘Reading Resolutions’ – allowing our children to set a reading goal for the year. This could be about trying a new format of reading or perhaps trying a new author or genre.

The Department for Education want children and families to read for at least 10 minutes every day and Hodnet School we want that for our children as well. How amazing would it be if we could all achieve that goal!

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3 months ago
Posted on 09th Jan 2026 by

School closure 9th January 2026. Information on work for Class 6.

Good morning Class 6,

As discussed yesterday, I have set some online activities for you to complete today. All work is set on Edshed. Remember your logins are in your reading journal, or were given to you separately.

Maths :
To be able to read and plot coordinates.

English:
1. To sort adverbials  – remember, an adverbial is a word or group of words (a phrase or clause) that adds more information to a sentence, similar to an adverb, by explaining how, when, where, or why something happened.

2. I have also set a piece of work on conjunctions. This is a short piece of revision work.

Geography:
Quiz on Volcanoes

Spellings:
These are our weekly spellings – please complete both, if you have not already done so.
Spelling words with silent first letters.
Spelling words with le ending.

Finally, please take ten minutes to do TTRS and Rollama. Note; you do not need to complete everything set on the Rollama teacher tasks- just have a go at a couple).

Have a lovely weekend everybody!

Miss Darmanin

 

 

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7 months ago
Posted on 09th Oct 2025 by

Learning with a Member of the House of Lords

This term we have been learning in more depth about democracy, rights and governance, including the way in which parliament works. This which has been helpful as the children have been able to apply their knowledge to their wider roles within school.

As part of our learning, we have had a teams call with The Baroness of Richmond, who is a member of The Houses of Lords. In preparation for the call, the children used their learning to prepare questions for her.

The Baroness was incredibly knowledgeable and had many interesting stories to share with the children.

 

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11 months ago
Posted on 16th May 2025 by

318 Belonging Framework reminder

There is now just a week to go until the official launch of The 3-18 Education Trust’s Belonging Framework! Watch the launch video here.

The Belonging Framework is designed to guide and support staff, parents/carers and external agencies to offer appropriate knowledge and tools which help students in our schools to feel valued and understood. This is something that school and Trust staff have been working on throughout this academic year, led by Sadie Howson our Trust Director of Safeguarding and SEND.

To celebrate the Belonging Framework the Trust has launched a Trust-wide competition to encourage our students to start thinking about what belonging means in their school.

Students from all schools have been invited to submit a creative response to the brief, with house points for all participants and an Amazon voucher for each school’s winning entry.

The deadline for entries is Friday 23rd May.

In our school we have shared the launch video in classes and started to think about what belonging means to us as classes and as a school. Children are encouraged to participate in the competition to share what belonging means to them, this could be in a variety of ways – a picture, words, poem, dance or a piece of art work. Get creative! We look forward to seeing your entries. 

We will be selecting a Belonging Ambassador for our school based on the competition entries. All schools will have Belonging Ambassadors, who will work as a team to support the essential sense of belonging within their schools.