A very successful week!

This week Year 6 have had a very successful week!

On Wednesday, a team of 6 children travelled to Meadowhead School for the annual Y6/Y7 Maths Challenge. They had to complete 4 tasks, working together to solve them as quickly as possible. Some of the questions were really hard but they showed great resilience and made their brains work really hard. We were really impressed with the great teamwork they showed and how determined they were to succeed. In the end, all their hard work revising beforehand worked...as they were crowned champions for 2017! They beat teams from Meadowhead, Greenhill and Woodseats to the title. Well done.

Last night, several of the Year 6 children travelled to Woodbourn Road Athletics Stadium for the Sheffield City Finals after qualifying earlier this month. They competed against teams from all over Sheffield and far more teams than normal due to a cancelled heat. They performed brilliantly, some having to move quickly between events, and it was announced very late last night that the whole team from Bradway qualified for the South Yorkshire Finals after finishing 4th. Unfortunately, as these dates were not known before residentials were planned, we will be in Whitby on the day of the finals! However, everyone should be incredibly proud of their efforts in getting Bradway there and the Year 5 team will be representing us instead, so we would like to wish them the best of luck!

It has been another busy week in maths, with everyone working in teams to design their own theme park! They have been given a budget of £5 million to build, run and advertise the theme park. So far,plans have been drawn up, with decisions made about whether they want thrill rides, family rides or water rides (or a combination) and they are starting to look at running costs for the year. By the end of next week, we should know which parks will be successful and make lots of money and which (if any) end up running into debt!

In Literacy we have been working on activities based on Room 13, which we finished on Monday. Children have written a book review, thinking about who they would recommend the story to. They are now in the process of creating a leaflet for others which gives them information about how to defend themselves against vampires!

Finally, Bugsy rehearsals are in full-swing, with the dress rehearsal scheduled for Monday! We have also begun creating our end of year booklet and working towards the talent show. 
Phew! What a busy week! Hopefully everyone will have a nice, relaxing weekend!