Leila says....

YEAR 6

Year 6 has been a magnificent year that I will never ever forget. That is thanks to the wonderful Miss. Bates Mr. Watson Mrs. Hislop and Mrs. Qayyum.  I have enjoyed every second of it and cannot believe that it is almost over.

My favourite parts of the year have most definitely been Dibba, because of all the adventures, activities and bonding experiences, hatred and hope, because of the enthusiasm that everybody showed and put into the act, and the spirit of the circus, which even though we have only worked on for two days, is coming together already, and I am sure that it will be a fantastic performance, even better than hatred and hope.

Hannah's review of the year

This year has been a fantastic year!
I have really enjoyed hatred & hope and the Dibba trip.
The mould growing was also really fun.
I am looking forward to meeting new friends at secondary school.
I will really miss Kings!

Hannah

Katie S reflects

 

What I Enjoyed Most:

• The Dibba Trip, especially climbing the mountains and having such a wonderful experience.
• Art Week, completing my animal photo story and painting a detailed picture of a white Lion.
• Hatred & Hope, auditioning for a part in the show and learning and performing my lines.
• Lastly, getting all my SAT exams out of the way!!!

Next Year:

• Going on trips to different countries and helping charities.
• Progressing further with my art, by attending more art classes.
• Playing my Guitar during school time.

Best wishes,

Katie

Rosie's review of the year

I have had an amazing time at year 6 so far and can't wait until year 7. It is going to

be really funny, because from being the top of the school, we're suddenly at the 

bottom!

The highlight of the year had to be the 'Hatred and Hope' production as

it was  really good and incredibly fun! My role as a grandma was really fun to play

and I really enjoyed it.

I hope that I am as successful in year 7 as I was in year 6 and that I enjoy it just as

much. I am really going to miss Kings' Dubai, and of course, living in the UAE. (I am

moving to England this summer) I am also really going to miss all my friends, but

I also can't wait to move into a new life and have a fresh start at a great English

school!

Rosie Collins

Kahlil's post

Y6 has been one of the greatest years at Kings' Dubai for me and Miss Bates has been an excellent teacher, I have really enjoyed school this year. One of the major high lights of the year was the 'Hatred and Hope' production because we all saw how talented people are in the year at acting and singing.  Even the people who are shy stood up and gave a brilliant performance.  Dibba was just awesome and a trip that I will never forget. Some of the activities were extremely hard physically and really made me tired.  I am really looking forward to the Y6 pool party and sleepover, Can't wait!  I am sure the end of year production will be 'The Greatest Show on Earth' and will be remembered for a long time.  I am a bit nervous about going to JC but also excited, everything will be new and the lessons will be hard, but I am ready for the challenge.  Bring it on! 
Kahlil

Will's review of the year

hi its me Will

This year has been great so far and i really am looking forward to the big show that we have practiced today.

The show will be just "wow" todays run through was great so imagine what it will be like once we have finished it.

I am enjoying sketching my picture of a animal in the school. i am drawing a tortoise shell.

I cant wait for next year to come because i really  want to find out what high school is like.

 

Thats all from me

                                                  

 

Amaury's post

It has been a amazing year . Through out the year everybody enjoyed themselves not only having fun but progressing with their work. Miss Bates and Mr Watson were the best teacher that had ever taught me and I'll miss them a lot during year 7.

Jack review of the year

So far The things i have enjoyed are:

The fantastic Dibba/Oman trip because it is the longest time I have spent away from home, three whole nights! Also I really enjoyed the mountain biking activity because we went over some insane jumps and got some huge air!
I also enjoyed the Y6 show, Hatred & Hope because everyone acted there parts brilliantly and it made the performances run really smoothly. I really liked the feeling of being part of the team and is proud of what we achieved together!
Art Week was also great fun which it was tied in with our Animal Photostory work with Mr. Donaghey who helped us create a awesome Photostory. I did mine on the Peregrine Falcon and I managed to create a excellent piece of art work!
Not to forget the superb Brainiac Show at DUCTAC. It was really funny and a absolutely great show with the tomato ketchup experiment, and the slide test!

Next year I look forward to going to a new school, meeting lots of new people and being able to use proper science and DT facilities and equipment!

Jack

Cameron's review of the year

I have really enjoyed year 6 and I think it has been my best year so far.I have loved everything we have done so far this year but my favourite things have been, Hatred and Hope, Dibba, Art Week, and Avatar. I liked Hatred and Hope because I love acting and singing, I liked Dibba because we did so many great activities and my favourite one was mountain biking. I really liked the fact that we went for 3 nights. I enjoyed art week because I love doing art, especially painting. When we did Avatar as a theme, I think that I produced one of my best ever pieces of writing, which I really liked writing. I really dont want to leave kings' but at the same time I can't wait for next year when I go to DC.I will always remember kings' because it will always be a part of my heart.

Cameron

Claudia says.....

This year i have enjoyed pretty much everything. My highlight of Year six has to be Dibba because it brought everyonr together as a team. My favourite theme is probably imagine, and i really like the great escape. i am really looking forword to doing our play this year and i think it will be fantastic. Next year i am going to DC and will miss kings alot. Kings is like a home to me and will be sad to leave. Nevertheless, i am looking forward to starting a whole new year in a new school. I hope everyone will keep in touch somehow.

GOOD LUCK Y6!!!

GOOD LUCK YEAR 6JW and 6LBa!!!

You have all been working really hard over the last few weeks as we have been preparing for your SATs. Time now to just get them done!

Remember all you can do is try your very best! Your Best is OUTSTANDING!

Don't panic and try not to worry - just work through and SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW and WHAT YOU CAN DO!

Although I'm not going to be with you for SAT's week I will be thinking about you!!! I'm really proud of you. I'll be in touch.

Good luck and may the force be with you!!! ;-)
See you soon!
Mr Watson ;-)

Remember

Lucy says

Dear Mr Watson & year 6
A year has now passed since I left and soon my year will be leaving Kings.
We are all well and enjoying life in the UK.
It's exam time in our house - Hannah has started her GCSEs and Matt his transition exams into senior school.
I am enjoying my new school, i have made lots of friends and doing lots of great things. I have exams next week and then my year are going to Cornwall to do lots of outdoor activities.
I am in the end of year production - Back to the 80s. I am singing a duet and dancing. Lots of fun!
I am still going to ballet and take my Grade 4 in July.
I still miss Kings and wish everyone Good Luck in their SATs.
Say Hello to everyone for me.
Love Lucy x

Ethan shares a link:

Hi guys

so some people in year 6 claim they Beat-Box.

Watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A94EEk2rZpU

from 

Ethan

SATS TIMETABLES

Kings’ Dubai Year 6 SATS Timetable 2011

Term 3  Week 5

Tuesday 24^th May 2011

• English :Writing task (short)
• Maths paper A (non-calculator)
• English:  Spelling

Wednesday 25^th May 2011

• English: Reading  paper
• Maths paper B (calculator)

Thursday 26^th May 2011

• English: Writing task (longer)
• Maths Mental paper

Term 3  Week 6

Wednesday 1^st June 2011

• Science paper a

Thursday 2^nd June 2011

• Science paper B

Eden's science links

http://primarygamesarena.com/Science

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/science_10_11.shtml

http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/science/science.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/

http://www.gamequarium.com/science.htm

Marie shares...

cool math games :


http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Joe's big day out

Today we went on a kayaking trip in the mangroves in Abu Dhabi.It was really cool and there were lots I learned about this ecosystem.The mangroves are very importannt because they are where fish lay eggs and baby fishes learn to fend for themselves before going out into the ocean, the mangroves also protect the shore. it is sad that in Abu Dhabi the mangroves were dredged to make channels for boats which disturbed the water and wildlife. Our guide showed us some tunnels which were made by a pack of arabian red foxes who had been forced to move when the channels were dredged they went to another part of the mangrove, but the water level at high tide went into their tunnels and the guides didn't see them again - this is sad. The foxes had special webbed feet so they could swim - I did not know foxes could swim or even that they liked water.

 

The other cool thing were the roots of the mangrove trees they poke out of the muddy sand and this is how the tree breathes in oxygen because they cannot get it from the sticky mud which is full of saltwater. At low tide they get the oxygen they need, then the trees get rid of the salt through their leaves, the salt can be seen on the leaves when it dries in the sun. This reminded me of the science work we've been doing on filtration, and different states of matter and how water can be seen in different forms.

 

I got to hold and release a sea bream that a fisherman caught, and a swimmer crab which had very spiky nippers! I also tried stand up paddle boarding - it was awesome.

 

I want to do the trip again it was great fun but I hope that the dredging has now stopped so that more wildlife comes back.

 

Joe G

6JW's King of the week Term 3, week 2 is Francois ;-)

Congratulations!

Francois Maureta

Thursday 5^th  May 2011

Everyone in your class said lots of lovely things about you. They think that you:

are extremely funny     are a fantastic swimmer

are an awesome friend    are an excellent saxophone player

are a great and entertaining friend    are cheerful   are polite

are extremely enthusiastic   say funny things 

are good at P.E.   are an excellent rugby player  

are stupendous and ‘whacky’    you have a good smile 

   

have neat handwriting   you make everyone laugh 

always the same – consistently positive and polite

are nice to have around    are a superb writer  

are a great table partner    have a good sense of humour

We think:

The class wouldn’t be the same without you

There is never a dull moment when you are around

Our table wouldn’t be a dream team without you

Well done for being such a fantastic person!

Claudia shares....

Yesterday when I came home from school, a peahen (female peacock) flew into our garden (we already have a peacock) and these are a few pictures that I took this morning:

Claudia

Marie's science link for Forces

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/science_10_11.shtml

Gold Book!

Congratulations to Rosie, Bethan and Maddy for being in the Gold Book. They thoroughly deserve recognition for their consistently outstanding work! A massive well done girls!

6JW's King of the week Term 3, week 1 is Rory!!!!! ;-)

King of the Week – Rory

We all think Rory is a great person  - we said lots of lovely things about him in class. We think Rory is:

• a great table partner
• fun to play with
• an excellent footballer
• able to take a joke
• a good sportsman
• Good at Maths
• Funny
• Polite
• A stupendous member of the class
• A funny table member
• Cheerful
• Great fun to have on a table
• A Great friend
• A Happy Chappy
• Good to have around
• Always enthusiastic
• Keen to participate in all activities
• Friendly and supportive to all

We think Rory:

• Has weird and wonderful hair styles
• Has a big smile
• Has a good sense of humour
• Has neat handwriting
• Tries hard at all you do

CONGRATULATIONS - A WONDERFUL PERSON AND SUPER CLASS MATE!

Harry's first day

Today was my first day at my new School called All Hallows. I started school at 8.20am . In the morning I had to go straight to my tutor group where my tutor, Mrs Colgan, gave me my folder. Mrs Colgan teaches science, R.E. (religious education) and Geography. There are 4 other Harrys in my group and 3 of them are Harry H's too!!

After register, we went down to Chapel and my new Headteacher, Mr Murphy, talked about what was going to happen over the next few days and we were each given a prayer book. After that I had a science lesson where we learnt about acids and we put acid into test tubes, I had to wear a lab coat and goggles. It was really cool but a bit scary because we were playing with things that can burn through your skin. Next, I had English and we listened to a tape of Artemis Fowl and we had to write notes, then it was break where I played tag with some of the boys. It felt weird, not the same as Kings Dubai. After break, I had Music with Mr Redman and we learnt a song called Consider yourself at home from Oliver Twist, then it was reading, followed by lunch where I had Roast Turkey and lots of vegetables. Afterwards we had Art where my Art teacher, Mr Somerfield, set a quiz about portraits and I got 8 out of 10! The last lesson of the day was Maths and we did rounding up of decimals, which was quite easy.

I had a great first day and I saw Patrick a lot. Since I am taller than Patrick lots of people in his year kept on calling me Big Patrick or Big Brother and Patrick, Little Brother. It was kind of annoying. I hope everyone is enjoying school at Kings and I miss you all.

Bye from Harry H

Please Mr Watson will you put on the blog for me? Here is a picture of Rose and I on our first day. The blue bags are all our Sports kit!

Science games and links - Mr W

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/

http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/science/index.html

http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/essentials/science/index.shtml


Science Games & info  galore!
Mr W

Harry says Hi!

Hello everyone
I hope you had great Easter holiday because I did. I will email tomorrow because it is my first school day, I will tell you about it .
I like to ask a question , does King's Dubai have a day of school on the 29th because it's the royal wedding day, my new school does.
Bye
From Harry H

Science Links - by Erin

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/
this is a link to a science games website

Erin

Sophie shares Science links

Hi Mr Watson & Year 6
Here are some science links i found this morning!

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/


http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=878&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=f2bce2ce-de13-42f3-9c40-33814acbce43


http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/

Sophie

Tom T's review of Hatred and Hope

Hatred and Hope review

I thought Hatred and hope was absolutely brilliant!!

I think everyone tried their hardest, especially the people who had solo parts. My favourite part was the medic scene because all of the soldiers that were in that scene (me, Matty, Felix, Harvey, Cameron, Francois and Will) we had to be really dramatic to get across the tense emotion to the audience! But my second favourite scene was the one with Ross and Kahlil in it, mainly because I liked the way they made it really powerful and how they made the audience not speak what so ever!

Everybody sang brilliantly, all the songs were immense and the audience were able to sing along, as they were all songs our parents and grandparents know!  The last song WAR got across the message that War is stupid and good for nothing – it just makes people suffer.

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE!!!

Thanks Mr Watson and Miss Bates for making this a brilliant show!

Tom

Term 3 - the final act!!!

   \
HAPPY EASTER Year 6!
Here's a great term 3 ahead of us!!!! Your last term at Kings'!!!!
Mr Watson

Marie's Term 2 Review

Term 2 was good. It was fun and the show was awesome.


I liked everything.I especially liked dibba it was really fun.
I wish we could go back.It was absolutely awesome and i loved
the talent show.The show today was awesome everyone put there
best effort it was just great i loved it.All i can say is that we had a great term.

Well done to all year 6!!!!!!!!!!

Rory's report

Ferrari World:

On Saturday 16th of April I went to Ferrari World with my Mum,Dad,Sister and friends that came out from the UK. 

We had a 45 minute drive to get there.When we arrived we went to Starbucks for a snack( as my Mum got there 2 and a half hours early!!!!) When it opened we went straight to the ticket desk and found out that Formula Rossa( the fastest coaster in ther world) was closed along with G-force, so we got 2 complimentary tickets.

When we got in we went straight to my Dads' companys' ride called: Speed of Magic.A 3D simulator where a funny little alien stole a boys Ferrari keys and he went after it. It was suprisingly good. Next we went for a bite eat. I had a fab chicken shwarma.

After that Joe,Harriet,Mike,My Dad and I went on the 2nd fastest ride in the park:Fiorano GT Challenge. It was quite funny because the 3 kids started singing Livin' on a prayer by Bon Jovi and half way through we heard somone throw-up.We went on it once, did Speed of Magic, then we did it three times. 

We then found out about an awsome simulator called Driving with the champion. It was ssssssssooooooo realistic. When the car drove in water, water squirted out of the chair. It was sssssssoooooooo fun. 

It had to be the best day of the holiday!!!!!!!!!! 

Rory

Francois says...

Hi there!

Everybody who was at Harry's leaving 

party, this is a funny but painful 

thing which happened to me:]

I got bitten on my lower lip by a 

jelly-fish when we were doing the 

'Harry Jump'!! 

That's all. I just wanted to share 

this with everyone.

Everyone, have a GREAT, HAPPY AND 

PAWESOME (a funny way to say 

awesome) EASTER!!!

From Francois 

CHARITY!!!! Well done Jasmine!

Thankyou sooo much!

Over three weeks we raised 670 DHS !!

This will feed 16 children this coming year and will hopefully

make their lives a little bit easier!

Thanks again,

Jazz

Claudia reviews Year show

I really enjoyed hatred and hope, I think it was brilliant ! I think everyone put effort into their parts and their costumes, It is really hard to choose my favourite character but i think it has to be Jasmine because she enjoys the spotlight and is really confident infront of people. I really enjoy performances because we are all working together as a team. Without help and encouragement from staff the play would be nothing like it is now. This play has given a chance for the audience to realize How horrible it was for people during WW2 and inspired lots of children. I cant wait for our next play!!

Tom T - Term 2 reviews

Term Review

This term has been the best term I’ve ever had! Also, it’s been the most enjoyable one because of all the great things that we’ve done including Dibba, Sports day, Art week, etc. My favourite bit of this term was Dibba; mainly because we had a brilliant time and we did awesome activities such as; rock climbing, mountain biking, kayaking and trekking. In my opinion, rock climbing and mountain biking were the best. In mountain biking I was the person of the day which I was really proud about.

My other favourite highlight was art week partially because I got in the gold book for my piece of art; which was a Wolf – my favourite animal – and partially because I loved doing all the painting side of it!  For art week, we had to do a close up painting of any animal we wanted to do, so I choose a Wolf, I found a really eye catching photo of one to work from. The reason I got into the gold book was because I listened to all the advice that Mr. Watson gave me and I worked very hard on the painting to make it look as much like the photo as possible.

My third highlight has been playing cricket for the Kings Dubai cricket team – we have won all our matches so far.  In our match against Raffles last week, I was chosen as Man of the Match.

My fourth highlight is the production that is going on right now! Hatred and Hope is my third highlight because I’ve loved doing all the rehearsals and singing songs in class.  I especially enjoyed today’s proper performance in front of the whole school because we made a lot of teachers cry and we all did our parts well.  I also enjoyed playing my part more than I have ever done in a school production – I can’t wait to find out what we are going to be doing next term ......

Thanks for making this such a great term Mr W!

Tom T              

Jazz reviews Hatred&Hope

Hatred and Hope was a spectacular performance

put on by Kings' Dubai's year 6 students.

The emotional storyline touched many hearts in the audience.

The show demonstrated fabulous teamwork and outstanding effort

put in by the staff and students of year 6!

It was an amazing experience seeing two classes form such

a wonderfull team. It was great to be part of!

 

Jazz

Harry & Karina Leave Y6

Cameron Reviews Hatred and Hope

I absolutely loved doing Hatred and Hope. Everyone did a great job and it was fantastic. I think that I put on an excellent performance just like everyone else. I really enjoyed being my character ( Peter Mickelwhite ) but my favourite character was probably Alfie Johnson because he is really enthusiastic and energetic. As I said earlier everyone performed well, but in particular I think Jasmine and Harry H really stood out because they acted extremely well and stayed in character for the whole show.

 Cameron

Leila reviews y6 Show

Hatred and hope

Hatred and hope is the heart warming performance about the horror of life in World War 2. With the humungous amount of help from Mrs. Q, Mr. Watson, Miss Bates and Mrs. Hislop y6 kings Dubai managed to touch every member of the audience’s hearts. Everybody was in character all the way through and very loud and confident. The performance would not have been to the same standard even if only one person had been removed from the cast because without the teamwork that the staff and year 6 produced was phenomenal! A special thanks to everyone that helped make the production as special as it was!

The plot of the story is that there are three main families that get ripped apart because of the war. Fathers and sons go off to fight and give their lives while all children get evacuated to the countryside to flee from bombs.

In this production there are many songs that have been wonderfully picked and sung. Not only has this play given the audience a chance to think about all the history that they may have never cared about but it also brought out the liveliness of many in the cast. I also think it has been a bonding experience in some ways but this time not only for y6 but also for the teachers. If the standard of play 1 this year its anyone’s guess what next play will bring.

Well done to everyone involved in the best school production in the world!

Hope and Hatred Reviews by Jack 6JW

I am really proud of myself and I think I read my lines slowly and clearly and I came in at the right time. I think my performance was okay in the rehesals, even  I had to repeat my lines a couple of times because they were not clear enough! I also think Ethan's performance was very good, he put loads of expression into his lines and he had quite a bit to learn, so he should be really proud of himself. My favourite character has to be Danny because his experiences throughout the play was very exciting and interesting.  Will, who played Danny, had a lot to learn and his acting was great. He used lots of  expression in both his word and body which really suited the character he was playing. I think Ross performed well, he was very grown up and sensible about hugging Anna and his expression and enthusiasm kept all of us on our toes. He also had one of the biggest parts in the whole performance and he learned his part of by heart. Overall I think the play went absolutly brilliantly and I would love to do it again!

Jack

Joe G - Term 2 Review

Dear Mr Watson

 

I have really enjoyed term 2 of year 6 I had great fun but learnt lots on the way. I have to say my 2 favorite things were Dibba and Hatred and Hope because they both were amazing . I really enjoyed Dibba because I learnt lots of new amazing stuff and had a truly wild adventure. My favourite things I did at Dibba were trekking , talent show and dhow cruise because they were all fantastic fun. I loved spending time with my best friends away from home, we did lots of fun things together and giggled a lot. I have lots of happy memories from this trip.

 

I really enjoyed Hatred and Hope because I learnt what it must have been like to live in the war, but had great fun doing it on the way. The families who had sons or husbands fighting must have been so scared for their loved ones. I would not have liked being sent away from my family to fight or to live in the countryside as an evacuee.

 

I think Year 6 worked really well as a team on the show, I am now more confident on the stage than I was before and challenge myself to do better in every show I take part in. I am going to try really hard to get a bigger part in the end of year production, I am already practising my singing!

 

I would also like to say a thank you to the teachers of Year 6 because without them none of these things could have happened.

 

Joe

Hope & Hatred - Year 6 Performance