b"Issue 14 The British School of AmsterdamYear 6Year 6 have had a terrific start to the year and have worked very hard.In September, many pupils applied to become prefects. We now have many prefects who help around the school in different ways every day. From hearing readers to house point collection - They never seem to stop!The children have learnt so much this year already! We started the year off by learning about coastlines and how they can be affected by erosion. Year 6 investigated different types of coastal defences and explored which were the most effective by creating and testing their ownRemembrancemodels. The topic culminated in a visit to the world-famous Delta Works, in Zeeland, whereOn the 11th November, the the children saw coastal defences in action. school held a minute's silence The children also wrote diaries based on the central characters in the novel, Skellig,to mark Armistice Day. a fabulously thought-provoking novel.Each year, we think about the meaning of They wrote newspaper reports based onremembrance, and we held special assemblies the unexpected arrival of a refugee and thewith the children to explain the importance reactions of the locals in the picture book,of remembering all those who have given The Island. The children explored how the usetheir lives or been injured in conflicts since of bias can influence readers of the news.the end of the first world war in 1918. For the second half of the term, Year 6 travelledAcross the School, the children marked back in time to the 1940s to explore howRemembrance Day by showing their respect children were affected by the Second Worldby observing a minute's silence at 11am on the War. There were several focuses including11th of November, as James, one of our sixth Evacuation from British cities during the Blitzformers, played The Last Post in the globe. as well as how the whole of society contributedThe sound carried through the whole to the 'war effort more so than ever before.building - a very moving moment. In the week leading up to Remembrance Day, the children bought poppies by donation to commemorate those who died in wars. On Saturday 12 November, the children in Chamber Choir and some of the Senior Choir were once again invited to represent the school at the annual RAFA Remembrance Service at the Nieuw Ooster Begraaftplaats in Amsterdam, where there is a memorial amongst the war graves of allied servicemen killed in action in the second world war. The children sang Nobody Knows as part of the service, and Mrs Sanderson did a reading and laid a wreath on behalf of the school. Many thanks to Mr Dasarathy, Mrs Gardner, Mrs Stout and Mr Bielchowsky for their work with the choir. YEAR 611"