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Welcome to Year 6

   

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!

Our topic for this half term is…

The Mighty Maya

            

In English, we will start the term by writing a biography about the author Judith Kerr.  Our writing will then take its inspiration from our mentor text ‘Oh Maya Gods’.  This book is written by Maz Evans, who also wrote ‘Who Let the Gods Out’ a book the children read in Year 5.  We shall be comparing characters and looking at family links.

In Maths, we will be looking at decimals.  Children will start to understand decimals as fractions and fractions as decimals.  It is also key for them to have a sound understanding of place value and how to multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.  We will also be learning about equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.  The children will also be introduced to algebra before completing a recap of converting units of measure.

In our topic lessons, we will be learning about the Maya Civilisation in history.  We will be exploring what life was like in the Maya and how it compared to life in Britain.  In science, we will be learning about evolution and survival of the fittest.

Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below:

Civilisation

Trade

Codex

Hierarchy

Mesoamerica

Architecture

Scribe

Hereditary

Evolution

Offspring

Environments

Species

Adaptation

Inheritance

Survival

Variation

 

In art, we will be studying collage and will create a Maya-inspired piece of artwork.

 

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 12th January 9:00am

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

Summer 1 - Craft Afternoon - Tuesday 19th 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

A book shelf with books on it AI-generated content may be incorrect.

Create a character profile about Vesper or Aster

A poster with cartoon characters AI-generated content may be incorrect.

 

Design a leaflet about the weather in Spanish

A flag with a red and yellow stripe AI-generated content may be incorrect.

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

A cartoon of a child with a stack of books AI-generated content may be incorrect.

 

 

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)

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