Dolphins - Mrs Rose/Mrs Eades & Mrs Milner                

Jaguars - Mrs Pridmore & Mrs Wright 

Welcome to the Year 6 class page.  We are so excited to have you here for your final year in primary school – we cannot wait to see you flourish.  Year 6 is full of learning, fun and new challenges as we get ready for secondary school.  Keep checking this page for updates, news and all the exciting things we will be doing this year!

In English, we will continue looking at our mentor text – ‘Oh Maya Gods’.  This half term we will focus on writing instructions with a humorous twist and writing a narrative

In Maths, we will be looking at our measurements unit.  This will explore converting measures as well as recapping on area, perimeter and volume.  We will also refresh our knowledge with geometry by looking at shapes and will also look at statistics.

In the afternoons, we will be working in focused groups and targeting areas of misconceptions in maths.  In reading, we will be expanding our knowledge of how to answer 2- and 3-mark questions.

In art, we will be comparing the impact of water colours and sketching pencils.

Detailed planning can be found on the subject pages under the Curriculum tab. 

 

Important Information

Dolphins

Our P.E days are Wednesday and Thursday.

Jaguars

Our P.E days are Wednesday and Friday.

Please make sure your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with their name and class.

Spellings – we will test the children on the spellings every Friday.  Scores will be recorded in their planners.

Times tables and Arithmetic – We will test the children on their times tables and arithmetic every Friday.  Arithmetic scores will be logged in planners.  This score will be out of 40.  We would expect to see an improvement to these scores as we approach the SATs tests.

Dates for your diary

Spring 1 - Parent Workshop (SATs) - Monday 12^th January 9:00am

Spring 2 - Parent Workshop (residential) - Tuesday 24^th February 9:00am

Summer 1 - Craft Afternoon - Tuesday 19^th May 1:30pm

Summer 2 - Graduation - TBC

 

 

Home Learning

Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try. 

British values Create a poster to show what the British Values are	Practice your times tables on TTRS	Design, and label, your own Maya Village
Reading – complete a book review for a book you have recently finished	Create a character profile about Vesper or Aster	Design a leaflet about the weather in Spanish
Create a warm up for a PE lesson	Choose a recipe to make with an adult and write a food review	Reading – Write a book review about a non-fiction text

 

 

Other home learning activities for Spring 1 are

• Reading at least 4 times a week
• Testing yourself on 10 past spellings each week
• Using TT Rockstars for 20 minutes (or spending 20 minutes each week revising times tables)

Useful websites

• https://www.mathsisfun.com /Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary.
• https://www.thenational.academy/pupils/years Revision through high quality resources.
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ Useful for maths revision including interactive resources.
• https://nrich.maths.org/ Useful for developing problem solving skills.
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zncsscw Year 6 learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers organised by subject and topic.
• https://wordwall.net/en-gb/community/y6/spag  Resources to support SPaG learning.
• https://www.theschoolrun.com/system/files/attachments/articles/parent-handout-ks2-sats-2024-km.pdf  A parents guide to SATs