Year 6
Spring 1
Welcome to Year 6:
Filaree and Calathea Class
Mrs Borecka is teaching Calathea this year and Mrs Clark is a class teacher in Filaree Class.
Welcome
Welcome to year 6! We hope you find the information below useful. This information will help you support your child at home with the organisation of their week and their learning at home.
Key Times
| Homework | Each week, children will be given maths, reading and English homework on a Thursday. This will be due on the following Wednesday. |
| PE | The P.E days are Monday and Friday. The children may sometimes do P.E outside, so please make sure they have a warm PE kit and appropriate shoes for these sessions. |
| Trips | This half-term we will have Shakespeare Workshop. |
| Key Times | For Year 6, the school day will begin at 8.45, and end at 3.30. Pupils can arrive at school from 8:30 to come in for a soft start activity. If a child arrives after 8:45, they must be taken round to the school office.   |
 
What are we learning?
| Literacy | In Literacy, we will be reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. It is a fiction story based during WWII at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. It tells the story of two young boys who make an unlikely friendship. Our writing focus will be diary entries, newspaper reports and information texts. |
| Maths | In maths, we will be focusing on statistics before moving on to measurement and then time. We will be having a heavy focus on reasoning skills this half-term. |
| Science | Classification will be our focus in science, thinking about how we can sort organisms into groups, why we need to classify organisms and we will be using classification keys to classify animals. Week 3 is also science week where we will be taking part in a whole school science focus. |
| Geography | We will be looking at migration, looking at the different types of migration, the positive impacts on migration on London as well as focusing on refugees and what happens to them when they move to a new country. |
| History | In History, we will be learning about how WWII changed Britain. We will be looking at the impact of the war on different groups of people and aspects of life including young people, women, healthcare and the people of the HMS Windrush. |
| RE | In RE, we will be exploring the question ‘Is Christianity still a strong religion 2,000 years after Jesus was on Earth?’. |
| Computing | We will be focusing on spreadsheet, how to format data in a cell and learn about formulas. |
| Art | In Art, we will be learning about stencils, being able to design our own stencils, with a focus on something that is important to us. We will be using our stencils to create a collaborative piece of artwork. |
| French | In French, we will be studying different festivals and learn how to speak about them in French. We will be learning some conversational French skills including how to give our opinion about something. |
| PSHE | In PSHE we will be exploring media literacy and digital resilience. We will look at how our data is used online and the impact of social media on our lives. |
| PE | In PE we will be doing tag rugby. |
| Music | For our music lessons, we will be focusing music technology using a programme called Launchpad. This can be accessed at home if you’d like to have a go! |
| DT | In DT we will continue to design, make and test our own utility belts. |
How can I help at home?
One of the key ways every parent can help is to ensure that your child is at school every day and on time. Other than this, the main way you can help is by ensuring that your child reads every day, for at least 30 minutes – this can be with you, or on their own, but it is the most effective way of ensuring that your child progresses and learns outside of school. Practising times tables frequently is vital.
Children have logins for Times Table Rock Stars and Purple Mash– please encourage them to use this frequently, as it will really help with their quick recall of mathematical facts.
If you have any questions, please talk to Mrs Borecka or Mrs Clark
Thanks,
Mrs Borecka and Mrs Clark
