b'Issue 11 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 litter picking to house point collection, to organising the library shelves in corridors and to presenting at assemblies, 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 seriously affected by erosion. Year 6 investigated different types of coastal defences and which were the most effective by creating their own using Lego, submerging them in water and creating waves. The children also wrote diaries based on the central characters in the novel, Floodland, a book which also tackled the topic of coastal erosion. They also wroteRemembrancenewspaper reports based on the unexpected arrival of a refugee who appears in the pictureAcross the Junior School, the children book, The Island. The children explored how themarked Remembrance Day by showing use of bias can influence readers of the news. their respect by observing a two-minute For the second half of the term, Year 6 travelledsilence at 11.00 on the 11th of November.back in time to the 1940s to explore how children were affected by the Second World War.One of our Sixth Formers played The Last Post The main focus was on how children werein the globe, and the sound carried through the evacuated from British cities to the countrysidewhole building, it was a very moving moment. In the to escape bombings in The Blitz. week leading up to Remembrance Day, the children bought poppies by donation to commemorate those who died in wars. The children learnt about the significance of the day during a special assembly in which they learnt about the history surrounding the annual event and what the poppies symbolise.As well as this, children in Year 5 and 6 who sing in our choir went along with some of the Senior choir to the 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. This event is organised each year by the Royal Air Force Association, last year we could not attend due to Covid-19, so this year felt very special. The children sang Let it Be as part of the service, and Mr Morgan laid a wreath on behalf of the School, as well as giving the reading. Many thanks to Mr Dasarathy, Mrs Byrne and Mr Bielchowsky for their work with the choirYEAR 6VISIT TO RESISTANCE MUSEUM11'