WELCOME TO YEAR 6!

Staff:

6 Cedar: Ms Barkerwood, Mrs. Mollett, Miss Scadden, Miss Buller

6 Oak: Mr Sheffrin, Ms Howe, Miss Humphreys, Miss Lloyd

Across both: Mrs. Sherman

Welcome to year 6 everyone!  This term we are going to be starting our year 6 learning journey.   In English, children will be learning a range of creative literary devices through our study of the book Street Child. In addition to this, we will be writing a biography of Thomas Barnardo. We will continue to develop our understanding of grammar, focussing on clauses as well as consolidating our spelling patterns.

In maths, we will develop our understanding of place value, including reading, writing, ordering and rounding numbers up to ten million. We will also learn about multiplication and division, including squares, cubes, factors, multiples and prime numbers, alongside formal methods for long multiplication and long division.

In science, we will learn to group and classify organisms according to their characteristics. We will be finding out about Carl Linnaeus and his classification system, and we’ll explore what microorganisms are and how they can be grouped.

In history, we’re going to be learning about the Victorians and the Industrial Revolution. We’ll be putting them on a timeline and connecting them to what was going on in the world at the time. We’ll look at Victorian artefacts and research how the Industrial Revolution changed people’s lives in Britain.

In art, we’ll be looking at the work of LS Lowry and have a go at creating our own pictures in his style, developing our skills in composition, layering, shading and texture.

Key Information:

Reading

Please can you make sure that your child reads to you at least twice a week and sign their reading book to show that this has happened. As a reward for this, children will get stickers on our reading leader boards. 

PE  

PE Day: Friday

Please note: Children should come to school in their PE kits on PE day.  They will spend all day in these so they do not need to bring school uniforms.

Homework

Homework will be set on a Friday and will consist of times tables rockstars, spelling and reading. We strongly recommend that you encourage children to complete it as it is extremely important in their learning journey. 

Times Tables Rockstars

Each child has an account that they can access at home - there is also a 'Times tables Rockstars' app that you can download to your phone or tablet. It has been proven that those children who use these perform better in school and in tests. 

Bread making 15th December 2023