Welcome to Year 6

 

INTRODUCTION

In Year 6 our teachers are Mrs Link - Phase Leader for Years 5 and 6 (Eagles); Mrs West (Ospreys); Mr Hill - KS2 English Leader (Hawks).  We also have Mrs Hunt working in Year 6 teaching maths. We are supported by Mrs Wilcox, Mrs Hicks, Mrs Bruce, Mrs Darbyshire and Mrs Parsons.

 

WELL DONE AWARDS

Friday 14th January 2022

Our Awards this week go to:

Hawks - Darcey D

Eagles - Ethan A

Ospreys - Eddie E

There was no Well Done Assembly on Friday 21st January due to Ingestre Residential

FOR IMPORTANT DATES PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE CALENDAR 

Year 6 arrival and collection

Children enter through Lych Gate to the left - entrance opposite puffins between 8.30am - 8.45am.

Children exit through exit point opposite Puffins or staff park at 3.10pm.

REMOTE LEARNING

If your child is having to self isolate, we have put together some Maths, English and Topic activities for your child to complete. This is based on their maths group as the selection of White Rose material is dependent on each Maths set.

Mr Hill's Group

Week Beginning 24.01.22

Isolation Grid

Maths Worksheets

Maths Answers

 

Mrs Link's Group

Week Beginning 24.01.22

Isolation Grid

Maths Worksheets

Maths Answers

 

Mrs West and Mrs Hunt's Group

Week Beginning 24.01.22

Isolation Grid

Maths Worksheets

Maths Answers

Arithmetic Test

 

CURRICULUM

Please click here to view the Curriculum Overview for Year 6.

For the UKS2 curriculum morning Powerpoint please click here

TOPIC

Autumn 

Conflict - We begin our focus on Conflict by exploring World War 2 and finish with a focus on Ancient Greece.

ENGLISH

Autumn 

We have a very exciting term of English planned. We begin our topic of ‘Conflict’ starting with a focus on the Second World War using Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden. We will then be inspired by a visit from the Young Shakespeare Company in October to perform Macbeth.  We will then be exploring Ancient Greek myths, writing our own versions.

In writing, the genres we will explore will be: poetry, informal letters, description, balanced argument, instructions, myths and scientific writing. 

This year we will be continuing with the Read Write Inc. spelling scheme which involves the children practicing a set of spelling rules in a range of activities. There will also be a focus on the year 3, 4, 5 and 6 common exception words. 

Please click here for a copy of the Year 3/4 word list.

Please click here for a copy of the Year 5/6 word list.

Recommended reading 

To access the BookTrust recommended reading for 9-11 years olds click the icon. 

To access another useful Year 6 reading list click here. 

MATHS

Autumn 

 In maths this term we will be focusing on the following areas:

• Number and place value
• Addition and subtraction (written/mental)
• Multiplication and division (written/mental)
• Fractions

We will continue to concentrate on the children’s mental calculation agility.  We hope that you will be able to support the children in every day mathematical opportunities. In addition, it is crucial that the children continue to learn and revise their multiplication and division tables to 12 x 12.  These will be tested on a regular basis through Times Table Rockstars quizzes.

The children will continue to practise the skills required for the mental arithemtic paper. This will require the children to have a solid understanding of the written methods for all four operations. In order to feel confident with the four formal operations, it is vital that the children are fluent with their times tables and addition and subtraction facts such as bonds to 100 and decimal complements to make one.

PE

Mondays - Outdoor PE

Fridays - Indoor PE

PE Kit

• Gold polo shirt with logo
• Green shorts (football type, not Lycra) OR dark coloured tracksuit bottoms (particularly during the Autumn outdoor sessions) 
• Dark green or dark coloured tracksuit jacket OR school jumper / cardigan 
• Trainers 
• Optional - Drak green skort

Children are asked to come to school in their PE kits on PE days.                                  

HOME LEARNING TASKS

Maths is set on 'MyMaths' on a Tuesday and is expected to be completed by the following Monday.

English is set on 'Active Learn' on a Tuesday and is expected to be completed by the following Monday.

Spellings - please click here 

How you can help at home:

• Help children to practise the recall of timetables and division facts. The children have their TTrockstars logins in their maths home learning books

• Playing games – e.g. countdown where children are given a number to make with the four operations. Whilst we set home learning on Mymaths, there is also the opportunity to play games through the children's individual logins. These games are linked to the National Curriculum and will help to build fluency. 

• Encourage children to explain their answers and describe how they have solved a problem.

• Discussing everyday application of maths e.g. weight, money, time, spotting Roman Numerals

• If you have purchased a revision guide, please encourage their use.

                   

 

How you can help at home:

• Regular reading – at least three times per week. This could be your child reading to you or to themselves. Discussing what your child has read, making connections with similar texts, discussing preferences and predictions will all support your child in preparation for reading comprehension tests. Please sign regularly in the reading diary that your child is reading and recording this at home. Reading diaries should be brought into school every day.

• Spellings – take opportunities to discuss spelling patterns, common errors and definitions of words they come across in their reading or in daily life. Please see the spelling home learning sheet for further support.

Ingestre Hall Residential

Click here to see the Year 6 Ingestre Hall residential trip presentation from Wednesday (11th November).