PE Day - Thursday

Welcome to Year 6

Spring Term

Welcome to Year 6! I hope you have had a great half term break and are ready for a fun Spring term! On this page you will find all the information you need for our class including what learning to expect this half term.

Here are some useful reminders and links to web pages for you:

• TTRockstars for times table practice.
• Reading eggs for online reading and comprehension practice.
• Mymaths for online mathematical activities.

Class Teacher:  Miss Shotton

English

During our English learning this half term, we will begin learning on our new text 'Holes' by Louis Sachar. We will work on understanding the characters, setting and themes of the story and will work towards two extended pieces of writing: a balanced argument (Is Camp Green Lake a fair punishment?) and a newspaper report. 

Key skills we will be focussing on are:

- Using paragraphs to clearly organise our writing

- Using colons and semi - colons

- Using ambitious vocabulary to describe a setting 

- Writing for a range of purposes 

We will continually be revising all our Year 6 reading skills through our guided reading sessions this year. This half term, we will be focusing on:

- Using the context of a sentence to work out the meaning of a word

- Retrieving key details from a text 

- Make predictions based on details that have been read

Maths

This half term in Maths, we will continue our work on percentages by learning how to calculate a percentage of an amount before moving on to our next unit of area, perimeter and volume. Later in the half term we will begin our shape unit as we continue preparations for SATs in May.

Objectives we will cover are:

• Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure
• Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time
• Convert between miles and kilometres
• Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa
• Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes
• Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles
• Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids 

Here are some useful websites:

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

https://nrich.maths.org/

Science

Our Science topic for this half term is ‘Electricity’. During this unit, we will be learning to:

• Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
• Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches
• Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

Topic

Our Topic for this half term is 'Crime & Punishment. During this unit, we will be comparing different time periods we have learnt about in previous year groups, with a specific focus on how crime & punishment has changed over time with a final comparision to modern day.

• Understand what is meant by 'Crime and Punishment'
• To discover what crime & punishment looked like during the Anglo-Saxon period
• To discover what crime and punishment looked like during The Industrial Revolution
• To explore the focus on reform during the Victorian period
• To compare different time periods with the modern day and identify the chnages that have happened

RE

In our RE learning this half term, we are going to be focusing on the journey from Galilee to Jerusalem. We will begin by discussing the ten commandments and why rules are important, introducing the story of the Transfiguration dicussing the story of the Good Samaritan and why Christians say the 'Our Father. Later in the unit, we will also be looking at The Beatitudes, how they link to the ten commandments and how relevant they are today.

PSHE and Mindfulness

Inter weaved throughout all of our topics is the importance of self-care and reflection. At home we encourage you  to use a  journal to write down our thoughts, feelings and emotions which is key to regulating how we are throughout each day like we do in class. Additionally, we will post some online meditation and yoga you can practice at home.

Homework

Here are the Home Learning tasks that pupils should complete each week. If you need any support accessing these resources, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

1) Reading - Pupils should be reading for 10-15 minutes every night. Pupils can change their books as and when they need to in the Class Library or the KS2 Library. Year 6 pupils are welcome to bring in books from home. Please help your child to record their reading in their Reading Record. Listening to your child read can support their fluency, develop their comprehension skills, and help them to progress. 

2. Reading Eggs – Children have a weekly comprehension assignment to complete on Reading Eggs.

Reading eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. Children love the games, songs, golden eggs and other rewards which, along with feeling proud of their reading, really motivate children to keep exploring and learning.

3. My Maths  - Children have a weekly assignment to complete on MyMaths that will help them to practise the skills we have been learning in school. 

Pupils can also access Mathseeds (using their Reading Eggs login) and TT Rockstars for fluency practice.

4. Spellings – practice daily

Pupils have 10 spellings to learn per week, on which they will be tested every Friday. A PDF copy of the spellings is available below. 

5. Learning logs –  In Autumn 2 (November - December), pupils will have a home learning project to complete. At the end of the half-term, they willl bring in their project to share and celebrate with their peers.