Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
Summer 1
Welcome back to the first half of the summer term. This half term is going to be very busy in the run up to Sats. We have lots of fun activities planned for you all to enjoy over the next few weeks.
We will be continuing with our questions ‘Where are we going and who are we going to meet?' throughout every unit of work. We will be travelling around the world and meeting many significant individuals and looking at many different places around the world.
All of our spring 2 learning is listed below. We will be posting lots of photographs and documents to aid learning on the school website and on Dojo to keep you updated of all of the fun things we get up to. If you have any questions do not hesitate to speak to us before or after school, where a staff member will be available on the door.
Maths
This half term the children in year 6 will be completing work on negative numbers and graphs and averages. We will also be completing some revision sessions in preparation for our Sats.
English
In English the children will be reading the book Grimm Tales for Young and Old
by Phillip Pullman.
During this topic, the children will be learning all about the structure of fairytales and writing their own.
The children will be mainly covering the grammar objectives for their year group but will cover some objectives across previous years to recap and reinforce their learning. Every English lesson begins with a daily SPaG starter. These are carefully designed to help pupils retrieve prior knowledge, correct errors and apply specific skills, which in turn, will support them with their independent writing.
The children will take part in 5 guided reading sessions every week which will focus on reading comprehension by using a range of questioning techniques to develop their skills. The children will also be given the opportunity to read independently or with a member of staff daily to develop their fluency.
Science
Our topic in science for this half term is electricity. During this topic, the children will be learning how to compare variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches. They will also be learning how to use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram. Finally, they will be learning how to associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.
History
In history the children will be learning all about WW2. During this topic, the children will be learning about how WW2 started, The Blitz and the story of Anne Frank.
Art
Our topic in art this term is Sculpture and 3D. During this topic they will be looking at a range of sculptures and making their own based on their memories at St Thomas’s.
RE
In RE we will be focusing on creation and science and the conflicting and complementary opinions on these.
Life Education
This half term we will be learning all about Safety and the changing body. During this topic, the children will be talking about the effects of alcohol and social media. They will also be learning about puberty and first aid.
Rights Respecting Schools
During RRS lessons the children will be discussing the articles, linking them to subject topics and voicing their opinions.
French
Our topic in French is visiting a town in France. During this topic, the children will be looking at directions in French, sightseeing and tourism.
Music
We will be continuing to learn how to play the ukulele.
P.E
Our P.E topic for this term is gymnastics.
The children can come into school wearing their PE kit on the day they do PE, which for 6A is on Tuesday and 6B on Monday The children are required to wear-
Black shorts/tracksuit bottoms/leggings
Red t-shirt
Black pumps or trainers
Homework
Children will be given homework weekly to support the teaching that we have been doing in school. This will be mainly in the form of the Sat Booster Booklets. This homework will mainly focus on developing Maths and English skills. The children can complete this work independently or with the support of parents.
It is also extremely important that as part of their homework, your child completes the below for at least 10 minutes every day-
Reading
Playing TTRS
Plays games on Spelling Shed
Please see below for more information.
Reading Books
Reading books will be changed as often as the children need to. We use accelerated reading as a tool to give the children personalised goals to work towards each half term. The children are given a specific level of books to read and once they have finished reading they take a quiz to assess their understanding. Reading quizzes monitor comprehension, while literacy skills and vocabulary quizzes extend student learning.
It is important that your child reads every evening for at least 10 minutes with the help of an adult or older sibling and 10 minutes independently.
TTRS
The children will have individual logins for Times Tables Rock Stars. They can access the app at home on a laptop or iPad. Please encourage your child to access the website at home for at least 10 minutes a day as this will give them much needed practice of the Times Tables they are unsure of.
Please cut and paste the link into Google to access the TTRS website
Spellings
Children will be given a spelling list every Tuesday. Please ensure your child practices these as they will be tested on these spellings the following Tuesday. To support them further, encourage your child to access the Spelling Shed website for at least 10 minutes a day. This gives the children a variety of learning games to maintain engagement. Students are able to play live games with each other, challenge others to games, earn rewards, monitor their own progress, and even check their ranking with others across the world.
Please cut and paste the link into Google to access the Ed Shed website
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to us in the morning or at the end of the school day.
Mrs Thomas and Miss Shah