Sponsored by
West Park pupils are working hard for final year
Thomas Lister
IT’S proving to be a hard-working time for the Year 6 pupils at West Park Primary School.
Now they are in their final year, the youngsters are stepping their work-load up ahead of the SATs exams at the end of the year.
They are also working on a number of classroom projects and have homework to do as well.
Mail reporter Dominic Shaw caught up with the youngsters to find out how they are finding their final primary school year.
THE Year 6 pupils at West Park Primary School, in Coniscliffe Road, Hartlepool, are well into their final year at primary school.
Thomas Lister, 10, said: “We don’t get loads of homework, but we are getting more this year than we have done in the past.
“We mainly get literacy or maths and it’s just more practice for us.
“I try to get my homework done straight away when I get home.”
Natalia Carter, 11, said: “One of the projects we have done recently was really enjoyable.
“We were given one word which was food and had to then go away and do our own project.
“I made a poster and some models.
“The project was planned to prepare us for secondary school because we will do a lot of things like that when we leave primary.” Annabel Hall, 10, said: “We have been working harder this year.
“Some of us have been doing some extra work on a Wednesday lunchtime to help us get to a level five in our SATs exams.
“I think it’s important to do extra work in our final year and it has been really helpful.”
Sam Bird, 11, said: “If homework helps us out in the classroom then I think it’s a good thing.
“We don’t get too much homework so it’s ok, but we normally have to do some maths and some spelling.”
Sam joked: “My favourite subject is PE, I wish we could do homework for that.”
Thomas Harvey, 10, is working very hard this year.
He said: “I do my homework and I have a tutor as well to help me get the results I want in my SATs so I do have quite a lot of work to do.
“I go to school all day and then I go home and I have even more work to do.
“Hopefully it will all pay off though and I will get three level fives in my SATs.”
Aimee Littler, 11, said: “We do get quite a lot of homework, but I think it is very helpful.
“It has always helped me in the past.
“Year 6 is definitely tougher than every other year, but I do enjoy school.”
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Hartlepool
Monday 28 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 8 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: East
