Year 6

Year 6

 

Welcome to the Autumn Term!

We hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer holiday and are ready for your first term in Year 6. We are so excited to be guiding you through your final year in primary school.

Theme

Our first theme topic is ‘Leaving a Legacy: Vikings’. The children will learn about this period of history including who they were and information about the raids and eventual settlements in England. Our reading and writing along with DT lessons will link closely with this topic which will deepen the children’s understanding of the topic.

Maths

Maths lessons will follow the Year 6 curriculum and include focused arithmetic sessions, as well as TT Rockstar’s practice. We will begin the year recapping and furthering children’s knowledge of place value before moving on to the four operations and fractions.

Science

Our first science topic of the year is ‘Classifying Living Things’.  We will recap our knowledge of different species whilst using classification keys to aid us in determining unknown species. 

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.

PE

Children are to come in to school on their PE day in their PE kit. Our PE day is Tuesday, so please wear a full PE kit, including trainers, on this day. Lessons will focus on tennis and dodgeball for the first half term.

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 – we are very much looking forward to the new school year.                       

Miss Fletcher and the Year Six Team.