Year 6
WELCOME TO YEAR 6!
Staff:
6 Cedar: Mr Graham, , Miss Lloyd, Miss Scadden
6 Oak: Mr Sheffrin, Miss Richmond, Mr Blake
Welcome to Year 6!
Welcome to our Year 6 class page. This page will keep you up to date with what is happening in our classroom and give you an overview of what your child will be learning this half term. Autumn 1 is the first taste of Year 6 where they get into the swing of things and do their very first practice SAT. We are looking forward to exploring some important topics together while continuing to build independence, confidence and resilience.
What We’re Learning This Half Term
In English, children are going to be introduced to the book Street Child to tie into our work on the Victorians and the Industrial Revolution. In addition, we are going to be writing a biography of Thomas Barnardo. We will continue to develop our understanding or 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 micro-organisms 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.
In PE, we will be building our football skills, developing our ability to work as a team to defend and attack as well as scoring powerful penalties.
In Computing, we will be learning about coding. We will make our own games with timers and scores using variables. We will also use functions in our programming
Other Areas of Learning
In Spanish, we will be learning about the classroom in Spanish and be able to answer the question ¿Qué tienes en tu estuche? – What is in your pencil case? In RE, we will be learning about how and why are Jewish festivals celebrated?
Key Information for Families
The school day begins at 8:45am and finishes at 3:15pm. Please ensure children arrive on time and are collected promptly. Remember to inform the school office of any changes to contact details.
For homework, children should read for 20 minutes every evening, practise weekly spellings and times tables, and complete any additional tasks set by their teacher. Times Tables Rockstars is used to support multiplication practice.
School dinners cost £2.95 per day (£14.75 per week) and should be paid at the start of the week via Parent Mail.