Welcome to Year 6
Miss Slater and Mrs Peters
In Year 6 we love working together to build on our learning. We have so much fun learning lots of different things. We focus on our Times Tables, Mental Maths, Maths and English in the morning and then we enjoy expanding our knowledge of so many other different subjects in the afternoon, such as:
- History
- Geography
- Art
- R.E.
- P.E. – Tuesday (Appropriate PE clothing and footwear required) and we go swimming on a Thursday
- French
- Computing
- Science
- PSHE
Maths:
In Maths we follow Abacus. Abacus Mathematics Scheme as the basis of our progressive curriculum across the whole school. This ensures that learning is consolidated and built on year after year.
English:
In English we use ‘Literacy and Language’ We work during each lesson understanding various texts within the genre we are studying. The outcome being us writing our own piece of writing (fiction and non-fiction) in the style of the genre we have learned about.
Spelling:
By the end of Year 6, your child should be able to spell all of the following words. Please take 4 or 5 at a time.
Homework:
Reading – At least four times a week please. Please make sure you keep your reading record up to date by recording your independent reading/reading to an adult in here.
Spellings – Your child will have a spelling test on a Friday (individual spellings).
Maths – Homework will be given out on a Wednesday to be handed in by the following Wednesday. Also, please keep practising your times tables!
Please see attached document which gives you an overview of what we will be learning during the Autumn term:
Celebrating Our Achievements
Every week we love to celebrate all the incredible things we have done. We look for people in our class who have shown our school values, had a fantastic attitude towards their learning and shown a super effort throughout the week. Join us on a Friday afternoon for our Celebration Assembly so we can share all of our achievements with you too.
Moving on to High School
Please see the attached poster about moving on to High School. If you would like your child referred to this programme, please let me know as soon as possible.
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