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Year 6

Welcome to the Year 6 class page  – Mrs Parton, Mrs Belford, Mrs Wilson and Mrs Yasmin are looking forward to spending this year with you!

Our Class Saint – Saint Maximilian Kolbe

St. Maximilian Kolbe is the patron saint of Journalism, the media and the family.  St. Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Poland. He was a Polish Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. He is a martyr as he gave up his life the safe the life of another man in the concentration camp in Auschwitz.   

 

 

Home Reading

Reading helps children with their knowledge, understanding and language. The children are taught to read in school however it is important that you encourage your child to read at home daily for 20 minutes and listen to them read a couple of pages of their book every night.

Reading books will be changed regularly and every week the children will also choose a library book to read over the weekend.

Click the video link below for tips on how to support your child with reading at home.

https://youtu.be/-OG2Q6pPQYw

Parents, you must sign your child’s reading diaries so your children can be rewarded with a stamp for their efforts.

Homework

Children will be given 1 piece of maths and 1 piece of grammar homework each week. Homework will be handed out every Tuesday (to be completed by the following Monday)

Children also have logins to Times Table Rockstars and Emile and are expected to practise their times-tables and spellings weekly.

Click the link below to access our school login in page. Then log on using your child’s username & password will also be stuck in your child’s reading diary.

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/12628

https://emile-education.com/log-in-to-emile-resources/

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What will we be learning this Term?

Spring Term 2

Key events for the half term 

 

  • 26th  February – parent consultations 

  • 5th March – War Horse 

  • 12th and 21st March – 100 years of Stoke on Trent workshops 

English – We will use our class book as inspiration for our own writing. We will learn key language and grammar skills to help us to write non-chronological reports, explanation texts and poetry.

Ongoing throughout this and each term will be a strong focus spelling, punctuation and handwriting. Please help your child to practise these skills at home. There will be weekly homework to help with both grammar and reading. 

 

Guided Reading

 

We will use Risks and thrills and text extracts  to explore key reading skills whilst also enjoying this well-loved story. We will focus our reading skills around:

  • summarising ideas from more than one paragraph
  • making inferences using evidence to support ideas
  • predicting what might happen from details stated and implied

We will explore a range of poetry and non-fiction texts to further enhance our learning too. 

 

Maths

 

This half term we will focus on:

Statistics 

  • Read and interpret line graphs 

  • Learn about circles 

  • Read and interpret pie charts 

  • Learn about the mean 

 

Geometry – Shape  

  • Angles 

  • Circles 

  • 3D nets 

  

Position and direction 

  • Co-ordinates 

  • Reflection 

  • translation 

RE

This half term we will be studying Lent 

We will be learning about the season of Lent. We will be looking at the reasons why Jesus spoke of prayer, fasting and almsgiving being important and how we can apply this in their own lives. We will be looking at Scriptures that speak of God’s mercy and forgiveness and they will understand how the Church celebrates this in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 

 

Science - We will study Living things and their habitats

 

We will learn :

  • Classification based on characteristics 

  • Linnaean system 

  • Microorganisms 

  • Learn to give reasons for classifications 

 

Geography - Trade and Economics

Our Geography work this half term involves studying trade links around the world. We learn about imports and exports and continue to learn about fair trade.

D&T - Automata animals  

Children will create a moving animal by: 

  • Learning about cams 

  • Design their own product 

  • Construct an automata animal with assistance 

 

Computing – We are publishers

 

Children will create their own revision guide. They will learn to: 

  • To combine software from a variety of devices 

  • Use a range of technology to create a final product 

  • Discuss online safety and how to minimise risks 

French 

 

Planning a French Holiday 

Learning to use a combination of present and near-future tenses, and becoming familiar with holiday-related vocabulary around packing a suitcase and planning a journey.   

PSHE – Relationships

Life to the full 

Children will continue to learn about the changes to their bodies as they continue on their journey to becoming an adult. They will also learn how to take responsibility for their own health and well-being.  

P.E –Dance(Tuesday and Thursday)

Create some complex sequences of movements relating to a stimulus​ 

Please ensure that your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days.

                      

Useful links to websites that could help at home:

http://maths.co.uk

Arithmetic practice

https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-papers/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

https://www.mathswithamouse.co.uk/

This is an excellent site, providing revision help for KS2, KS3, KS 4 and KS5. This covers all subjects through activities and tests.

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm

A wide range of KS2 SATs questions, from both past papers and their own team of teachers.

www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk

 

https://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

The following link is to a website that is full of maths activities: https://www.themathsfactor.com/