PE Day - Thursday

Welcome to Year 6S!

Autumn 1

Welcome to Year 6! I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break and have had the chance to relax in preparation for a busy and exciting final year in Primary School!

On this page, you will find information about any keys dates such as, PE days and assemblies, as well as lots of information about what we will be learning about in each subject this half term. There are also lots of useful links to help you with your learning.

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

We will begin our English lessons this half term by studying Michael Morpurgo's 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. During this unit, we will be focusing on a range of different genres including: a descriptive piece of writing, a monologue and a narrative.

Key skills we will be focussing on are:

- Making predictions about characters and key events of a story 

- Collecting evidence to create an impression about a character

- Use descriptive language effectively

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 begin with place value before moving onto the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Some of the key skills we will be covering in our first unit are:

• Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
• Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
• Use negative numbers in context
• Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above

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 ‘Earth and Space’. During this unit, we will be learning to:

• Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system
• Describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth
• Describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies
• Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky

Topic

Our Topic for this half term is 'The Vikings'. During this unit, we will be focusing on both History and Geography objectives. We will begin by creating a timeline of key events and identifying the rule of the Vikings on a British history timeline. By the end of the unit, we will be able to:

• Identify the Vikings on a British History timeline
• Investigate where the Vikings came from and create a timeline of their invasions
• Discuss why the Vikings chose to settle
• Find out what coasts are and how they are formed 
• Research a significant person from the Viking times
• Create a newspaper report on the invasion of Lindisfarne
• Compare religious beliefs over time
• Compare law and justice during the rule of the Vikings with modern day punishments 

RE

Our topic in RE this half term is 'Ourselves' where we will be focusing on our unique talents and qualities and how we can use these to guide others. We will be focusing on scripture to help us understand the term 'peacemaker' and discuss how we can offer advice to others in their time of need.

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.