PE Day - Thursday

Welcome to Year 6S!

Spring 1

Welcome back to Year 6! I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas with your families and a good rest ready for a busy spring term.

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

During our English learning this half term, we will begin our new text which is Michael Morpurgo's 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. Our first piece of writing for this unit will be a narrative where we will be retelling a part of the story focusing on some of our Year 6 objectives. 

Key skills we will be focussing on are:

- Making predictions about characters and key events of a story 

- Using verb tenses accurately and consistently 

- Use descriptive language effectively
- Integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action

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 by continuing with our decimals unit from last term. Later in the half term, we will be linking our fractions and decimals learning with percentages. We will also continue to recap previous learning in our skills lessons as we prepare for SATs. During this unit, we will cover the following objectives:

• Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to 3 decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1,000 giving answers up to 3 decimal places
• Multiply one-digit numbers with up to 2 decimal places by whole numbers
• Use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to 2 decimal places
• Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalent
• Calculate percentages of an amount

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 ‘Forces’. During this unit, we will be learning to:

• Give real-life examples of friction and identify the effects of friction that act between moving surfaces
• Identify and explain balanced and unbalanced forces
• Explain that supported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
• Identify the effects of air resistance that act between moving surfaces
• Identify the effects of water resistance that act between moving surfaces
• Recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect

Topic

Our Topic for this half term is 'Civilisations' focussed on The Mayans and South America. During this unit, we will be focusing on both History and Geography objectives. We will begin by creating a world history timeline so we can see where different civilisations fit in with other periods in History we have learnt about. Throughout the unit, we will cover the following objectives.

• Order events in chronological order 
• Locate where the Mayan civilisation came from 
• Compare aspects of South America with the UK
• Explore the religious beliefs of different civilisations 

RE

Our Topic in RE is Local Church - Community: Mission.  We will begin by showing how our own and others' decisions in carrying out their mission are informed by beliefs or values. We will also identify and make links with how Jesus carried out his mission and that it still needs carrying out today. Finally, we will understand how people may be inspired to share in Jesus' mission and explore what the Bishop's role in the Catholic Church is.

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.