Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please ensure that your child has their correct PE kit in school. We recommend that they bring this into school on a Monday and bring it home again on a Friday to be washed.
Homework will be set daily. There will be a daily Times Tables Rockstars and Ed Shed assignment. There will also be a weekly SPaG and Spelling assignment that needs to be completed 3 times over the week. Please remember that your child should read daily. Every child has a book in their bag that is linked to the school reading scheme plus a free-reader. The free-reader is a book that they have chosen themselves to read for pleasure - please encourage them to do so!
If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s class teacher, email or phone the school office to book an appointment. Thank you for your support.
Miss Price and Miss Chandler
Maths
This half term, we are looking at fractions, decimals and co-ordinates.
We would like the children to focus on their timetables and inter-related division facts by working on them at home through TTRockstars.
Useful websites:
MathShed
TTRS
https://uk.ixl.com/maths/year-6
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
English
This half term we will be reading the text Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy.
In writing we will be writing our first narrative based on 'Kidnapped'. We will then write a newspaper article about the Battle of Marathon.
How can parents/carers support writing at home?
Here are some writing opportunities for Year 6 children at home:
Shopping lists, recipes, writing a diary, thank-you letters after a party or birthday, send a letter or email to a family member who lives in another town or country.
Useful websites:
Once Upon A Picture provides images and prompts for creative writing.
Crystal Explorers is a game for children to practise their SPAG learning.
History
In history this half term we will be learning about the Ancient Greeks. We will start this topic by having our Ancient Greek Day.
DT
This half-term we will be making bags using our sewing skills.
PE
This half-term, the children will be doing PE on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The sports that we will be teaching are dance and hockey.
It is important that every child has the correct PE kit in school, that is clearly labelled. Please bring a PE kit to school on Monday and then take it home to be washed on Friday.
Computing
For our next unit, we will continue our Big Data unit and begin to learn different skills to manage data.
RE
In RE this half term, special things and sacred texts.