Year 6
Welcome to the Summer Term Year 6!
We hope you enjoyed a relaxing Easter holiday and are ready for the next term in Year 6. We are looking forward to continuing all the learning.
Theme
Our current theme topic is ‘Many Worlds One Planet: Asia’. The children will continue their learning about this area of geography focussing on the physical and human geography of the continent. We will then move to our final theme of the year ‘Geography Detectives: A Planet Under Threat’. Our reading and writing along will continue to link closely with our topic which will deepen the children’s understanding.
Maths
Before our SATs week, we will complete the Year 6 curriculum with a unit on shape followed by position and direction. This will allow us some time to revise topics from earlier on in the year and then move to some project based maths learning after SATs.
Science
Our next science topics will cover light and electricity. We will learn about how light travels, the use of the eye to see light and how shadows are formed in our light topic. In the electricity topic we will cover working scientifically whilst investigating the association between the brightness of a lamp and the voltage of cells used in a circuit, as well as using recognised symbols to represent a simple circuit.
Homework
There is an expectation that children will read at home daily, either with an adult or independently. Children are expected to record their daily reading in their reading logs – these should be in school every day and will be checked by an adult.
All children should have their login details for TT Rockstars. They should continue to improve their rapid recall of multiplication and division facts using this. Quick recall of times tables is integral to the children’s arithmetic success this year. Children also receive a weekly homework sheet linked to reading. These should all be completed and handed in weekly on a Friday.
PE
Children are to come in to school on their PE days in their PE kit. Our PE days until May half-term are Wednesday and Thursday, so please wear a full PE kit, including trainers, on these days. Lessons will focus on fitness, athletics and swimming.
Further classroom information
Please ensure that children have a spare set of shoes in school at all times (wellies are fine) as the children will be playing on the field even if the grass is wet. These spare shoes should be different from their PE shoes.
Please ensure children come to school each day with a water bottle so that they keep hydrated. They are welcome to refill this throughout the day.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Fletcher and the Year Six Team.
