Welcome to Year 6. Our class teacher is Jillian Brown and she is assisted by Rachel Walker . You can find out more about them on our Meet The Staff page
Below are a selection of documents with information about our Year 6 class.
Year 5 6 National Curriculum word list
This term, our PE lessons will be on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday mornings, the class will have their swimming sessions so will need their swimming kit for this. On a Thursday afternoon, the class will have an athletics session and for this they will need their PE kit. Our Thursday lessons will be outdoors as often as possible, so your child will need PE shoes that are suitable to be worn outside. They may also want to bring an extra layer for when the weather turns cooler.
Literacy
In literacy this term, we will be reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling. We will be developing and improving our writing using the skills that we have learned in previous years. The children will be further practicing their grammar skills this year and will have the opportunity to apply each aspect learned to their writing.
Numeracy
In maths, we will be following White Rose maths. We are beginning the term with work on place value before moving on to apply our skills to the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A quick recall of times tables will really help with our maths topics this term. In class we are working hard on this and recommend that children practise at home using TT Rockstars. Children on the top 5 leaderboard each Friday will earn money for their class bank account.
Science
Our science topics will begin with Electricity. The children will be building on their previous learning about making circuits and will investigate what happens when components are added/taken away/ changed. After half term, we will move on to the topic of Light
Foundation subjects
In our geography topic ‘Fantastic Forests’ we will be learning about the locations and different types of forests around the world. We will be discovering why we need forests and will explore how deforestation is affecting the world.
In French lessons we will be learning about how to talk about what our perfect weekend looks like. We have a French lesson once a week and spend an extra five minutes each day revising key concepts.
Every child in Year 6 has a Duolingo account so they can practice at home either on the Duolingo app or on the Duolingo for school’s website. Let me know via Tapestry if your child has forgotten their login details and I can send them again.
In DT, we will be continuing where we left off in year 5 and will be further developing our cooking skills. The children will design and make a ‘Come Dine with Me’ menu.
Our first topic in PSHE will be Me and My Relationships.
How can you help your child?
We believe that any work you do at home with your child should be simple and purposeful. We would ask you to support you child in the following:
Reading- We will send home a reading book assessed at your child’s current reading level but reading any texts with your child will help improve their fluency and knowledge. Children will get money to add to their class bank account each time they read to someone at home and get a signature in their planner.
Number skills- Basic number skills are a great way to help improve your child’s confidence in maths. We would ask that you support them to play Numbots/ Times Table Rockstars as this will help to improve the basic skills that will support them in all areas of numeracy.
Spellings- Each week the children will have a new list of spellings based around our sound of the week. The children will write the spellings for the next week in their planners on a Friday. The spellings will also be shared on Tapestry every Monday. Spelling games such as letter scramble (mix all the letters up and then put them in the correct order) or hangman are a good way to practise at home.
All children in Year 6 have a Duolingo account and can complete levels online to help support their French learning in school.
As children are in their final year of primary school and preparing to move to secondary school, we are promoting independence. I am sure with your support this will enable children to be more than ready for the transition to secondary school. Any problems please do not hesitate to contact school for an appointment.
