Welcome to Year 6

Our P.E days are:

• Thursday (Outdoor)
• Friday (Indoor) 

On these days, your child may come to school in their PE kit: plain white T-shirt, black shorts or joggers and plain black trainers. A plain black hooded jacket may also be worn.

If your child has long hair, please ensure it is tied up.

For safety reasons, earrings are not permitted.

Week beginning 06.01.25

English

This week we will be starting our new writing unit which is based on a short film called ‘Paperman’. We will look at a selection of black and white films before starting our sentence stacking lessons. 

Maths

In maths we will be continuing with fractions. We will multiply and divide fractions by integers as well as multiplying and dividing fractions by fractions.

RE

This week we will be focusing on Hinduism., specifically, what do different Hindu people believe about God.

Art

This week we will analysing Hockney’s painting ‘My Parents’ and acting out the scene within it.

Science

This week we will begin our topic of Electricity. We will start with a quiz before looking at the different symbols.

In Year 6, Children will be given Maths, Reading comprehension, Spelling and TT Rockstars homework.

Children will be set the homework on a Friday which must be returned by Wednesday the following week. If children do not complete the homework, then they will be supported by an adult with this at breaktime.

Alongside the maths and reading comprehension homework, children will also be expected to access TT Rockstars 3x a week for a minimum of 10 mins.

Children who are on the reading scheme are also required to read to an adult 5x a week with an adult signature acknowledging this in the reading record.

Children who are free readers are required to read 3x a week with an adult signature acknowledging this in the reading record.

W/C 16.12.24

Your child’s  homework will need to be returned by Wednesday 8th January. If your child is not able to complete it then we will support this during break time. They need to complete the following pages:

Reading pages 34, 35,36

Maths    Adding and subtracting fractions

We have also attached this week’s spellings which the children need to learn ready for the test on Friday 10th January. These spellings are focusing on adding suffixes to a word with a short vowel sound and doubling the last letter before adding the suffix. (unit 5.1).

Spelling lists consist of Read Write Inc spellings and Orange words.

Read Write Inc spellings follow a scheme, looking at spelling rules, patterns, prefixes, suffixes etc, and we aim to complete 1 unit every fortnight. Every 2 weeks, the children will receive a new spelling list with their Read Write Inc spellings.

Orange words are the words from the National Curriculum Y5/6 spelling list. On the weeks in between, we will send out a list of Orange words for the children to practise. They will practise their spellings during registration slots as well as a few short focused lessons throughout the week. There will be a spelling test every week alternating between Read Write Inc and Orange word spellings.

Our Year 6 representatives on the School Council were chosen by each class in a democratic vote. This year our School Council members are:

• 6SB: Muhammad Yusuf 
• 6TS: Abdullah 
• 6GE/MS: Skyla 

This is a very prestigious award presented every 2 weeks to a child in each class who has impressed their teachers with their academic work, effort, engagement or demonstrated one or more of our core values.

Our Famous For a Fortnight awards were presented to:

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6SB: Kyra O’D

6TS: Iris H

6GE/MS: Scarlet M

BLOSSOM: Amy F

This is also a very prestigious award presented every 2 weeks to a child in each class who ALWAYS does the right thing and makes the right choices relating to for example: behaviour, manners, showing kindness and compassion, working hard, trying their best and even ensuring they always arrive on time ready to learn. Children chosen for this award are role models in our school and an example to all.

Our Always Child awards were presented to:

07.11.24

6SB: Holly HH

6TS: Karen A

6GE/MS: Amy F

All children in Year 6 must be able to recall their multiplication tables. We use Times Table Rock Stars  to support their rapid recall of these. All children have a login and are encouraged to use it as often as they can.

Here is the link to the website:

https://ttrockstars.com/