Year 6

Year 6 have had a fantastic year, embracing changes to staff, COVID enforced bubbles and getting to know their counterparts at Bedford Girls School. They have been led by their amazing tutors, Mme Chaillou-Kindred, Miss Hone, Mrs Leeson and Mrs Powell, with Mr Loader handing over the reins of Head of Year in January. I have loved visiting the boys during tutor time and watching their assemblies. I have discovered more than I knew possible about: unusual water vehicles; inspirational women in sport; outstanding World records; and debated the number of wheels Vs doors in the world. They have enlightened us all.

Wordle has become a big hit in the morning form times along with growing some amazing sunflowers. The boys have become more independent as the year has progressed and took full ownership of their sunflowers. They took great pride in explaining their various scientific, and less scientific, approaches to growing them. The winning form, 6C, earnt a visit to enjoy Eagle House during their Thursday afternoon tutor time. I have particularly enjoyed tasting their technical bakes, along with the other staff on a Monday morning. They certainly are a talented group of boys.

We enjoyed our first event with BGS in the Autumn Term. The boys and girls enjoyed getting to know each other across a range of team building activities including marble runs, climbing and tower building. Spring Term saw the activities focussing on internet safety at BGS and communication skills at BPS, with the friendships starting to develop. In the Summer Term, we were fortunate with a lovely day at the BGS fields in Cople. The boys took part in archery tag, rounders, blind obstacle course and scavenger hunts in scorching heat. We managed not to melt and enjoyed an ice lolly to cool off! I hope the boys can take the relationships and skills learned from these days forward into Year 7.

With COVID rules fluctuating throughout the year the boys adapted to ever changing circumstances. We bubbled as forms and a whole year group, looking to take the positives from each experience. The boys didn’t let COVID bubbles spoil their fun and had a bubble animal care club in their Science lesson! We are all grateful to be back to a more normal routine with assemblies and activities back in person.

This year, the boys have been back to sporting fixtures, competing in a wide range of fixtures including: rugby, hockey, swimming, cricket and tennis to name a few. They have also been performing in informal

Year 6 REPORT

WORDS BY Mrs Charlie Walker, Head of Year 6

concerts, musicals, Shakespeare slams, Play in a Day and more. I have enjoyed seeing the boys show their skills outside of the classroom. It is a real pleasure to see so many talented boys showcasing their abilities this year.

There have been many highlights this year but one stand out moment for me has been hearing the boys relay information from the Global Citizens group to their forms, in particular listening to Chris Gentry articulate the events of the holocaust clearly and accurately to 6W. Not being able to answer 6H’s questions about gender equality in sport was another stand out moment, I hope one day they can implement some solutions to this global issue. Visiting tutor time and observing 6L talking to their sunflowers, encouraging them to grow taller with gentle kind words was another highlight. A final personal highlight for me, is with 6C when they pretended I wasn’t there to make Mme Chaillou-Kindred jump - for which I did apologise when we had stopped laughing!

Well done to all the boys in Year 6 - you have been amazing! Keep working hard in Year 7, keep in contact with your new friends at BGS and enjoy yourselves next year. A great year boys!