Miss Wood

Welcome to the final term in year 6!

We are looking forward to an exciting and memorable last term together!

We are all working hard getting ready for our SATS tests in May.

As we get closer, it’s important that we remember:

SATs focus on what children know about Maths and English.

They will not reflect how talented they are at science, geography, art, PE…, and they certainly won’t highlight all their amazing personal characteristics.

SATs don’t tell the whole story.

As long as we try our best, everyone will be proud of us!

English: This term we will be looking at a range of writing styles. Firstly, we will be writing a balanced argument then we will be writing spy stories! We will continue to apply grammatical features from the KS2 writing objectives in our writing.

Maths: In our maths lessons we will be covering the Year 6 objectives from the maths Curriculum. We will be focussing on the using and applying aspect of maths through problem solving, reasoning, explaining and investigating.

Topic: We are covering two topics this half term. We will start with a short topic looking at Climate change and how this affects our local area. We will then move on to study the amazing Ancient Greeks! Although Climate change is only a short topic, we will study in detail how the area of Haughton Green and Denton is affected. During our Ancient Greece topic, we will also complete lots of art work and use clay to try and recreate some of the beautiful vases and sculptures they created.

Science:
Classifying Living Things: In this unit children will learn how to classify living things using the major classification kingdoms. They will identify and describe the observable characteristics of a range of classification groups including micro-organisms, plants and animals. Children will make careful observations to identify the characteristics that help scientists classify all living things, such as whether a living thing has a backbone and how they reproduce. Children will also be able to use their observations to construct classification keys of increasing complexity. They will use evidence from their investigation to predict and investigate how to accelerate the rate of decay. We will complete this unit in the summer term.

Evolution and Inheritance: In this unit children will have worked towards answering the Quest question ‘How do living things evolve?’ They will have investigated how living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. They will have had the opportunity to make a visit (real or virtual) to a Natural History museum and they will have constructed a geological timeline. Children will have identified how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. They will have explored the principal of inheritance, recognising that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but that normally such offspring vary and are not identical to their parents. Children will have researched how plants and animals are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and they will have identified some beneficial adaptations that may lead to evolution. They will have explored natural selection through drama and designed their own species.

Homework
The children will continue to get English and maths homework every week. We will always set the homework on a Friday, and it must be brought back into school by the following Wednesday.

We will be doing P.E. on Tuesday and Thursday. The children need their kits in school on these days. Just a reminder that school P.E. kit comprises of a white t-shirt, black shorts and pumps. All jewellery must be removed for P.E. Our units this term will be Danish long ball and athletics.

We also have lots of exciting things to ensure that the end to our time at Corrie is memorable! This includes the Year 6 show, Sports and Health week, Corrie’s Got Talent, Leavers Assembly and Go Ape trip!

Mrs Millard, Mrs McDade, Mrs Alderson

Happy New Year! We hope that you had a lovely Christmas break and that you are ready for an action-packed term ahead. We have lots of exciting things planned, which include our WW2 workshop on 21^st January and Bike-ability 9^th and 10^th February. All of the children have also been invited to attend SATs boosters starting w/b 19^th January and should have a letter to inform you of the booster and day.

English

We will kick the term off by looking at the classic book Goodnight Mr Tom set during WW2. We will use this to inspire two pieces of writing: a non-chronological report and a formal letter. After half term, we will then be looking at the short film ‘Francis’ which tells the story of a girl’s mysterious disappearance in a National Park in America. The children will be focusing on applying all the Year 6 grammar objectives into their writing.

Reading

Our novel this term is Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carrol. Letters from the Lighthouse is set during World War II. It’s a story that is wrapped in mystery, secrecy and suspense. When Sukie goes missing, her brother and sister embark on a remarkable journey to find her. The children are evacuated from London to the countryside and it’s there where young Olive and her brother Cliff will plunge into a mysterious, rollercoaster of an adventure to be reunited with their sister. Twists, turns, coded messages and conflicts prevail in this beautifully pitched story that provides a fine balance between sensitivity and adventure.

Maths

We will continue to use Power Maths in our lessons. We will start the year by looking at algebra before moving onto decimal and percentages. We will then move onto perimeter, area and volume. We will continue to develop our arithmetic skills through Fluent in 5 and weekly arithmetic practice tests.

Topic

Our topic this term is WW2. We will learn about the outbreak of the war and what life was like for civilians during WW2. We will develop our historical enquiry skills by looking a range of sources to learn more about the impact of WW2 on Britain.

RSE

We will continue working on our RSE scheme ‘Jigsaw’ and discussing issues which are important to us and help us work together as a team. Our topic is Dreams & Goals.

Computing

Our new computing unit explores the concept of variables in programming through games in Scratch. First, learners find out what variables are and relate them to real-world examples of values that can be set and changed. Then they use variables to create a simulation of a scoreboard

PE

PE will be on Mondays and every other Thursday.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PE KIT.

HOMEWORK

We will continue to have a creative approach to our homework this term. You will be given Maths and Spelling homework each week as well as being able to choose from a range of creative activities in Topic.

Homework is given out on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.

Reading records are checked every Wednesday and children should be reading a minimum of twice per week.

If you have any questions or concerns or wish to discuss any aspect of your child’s learning, please come and see us before or after school.

We are really looking forward to a great half term with you all!

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Millard, Mrs McDade, Mrs Alderson

We are looking forward to this busy and exciting year ahead and hope to make the children’s final year in primary school a successful and memorable one!

Each pupil in year 6 has been given a different responsibility across school. We have sent out letters for the prefects to give them permission to come into school at 8:30am each morning to help in different classes.

Just a few notes to make everyone aware of when things will be happening:

PE will be every Wednesday afternoon and every other Thursday morning, so the children need their kits in school on these days. Just a reminder that school P.E. kit comprises of a white t-shirt, black shorts and trainers or pumps and if P.E. is taking place outside and the weather is cold, the children are allowed to wear dark jogging bottoms and trainers. All jewellery must be removed for P.E. If the children cannot remove the jewellery themselves, it is best if they do not wear it on the PE days.

English
This term we will be looking at a range of writing styles. We will be basing our writing on King Kong by Anthony Browne and will use this famous story as inspiration to write newspaper reports.

We will also be looking at a video called ‘The Eye of the Storm’ and will be completing our own narratives based around this.

In SPaG lessons we will be revising all areas of punctuation and continuing to work on all the aspects of grammar to make your written work better. Remember the children have weekly spellings to learn.

Maths
In our maths lessons we will be covering the Year 6 objectives from the maths Curriculum using the Power Maths scheme. We will start by focusing on place value of numbers up to 10,000,000. We will then cover the 4 operations before tackling long division!

Topic
The first topic we are covering this year is a North America. We will be looking at lots of Geographical skills during this topic and will be finding out lots about all the different countries and diverse cultures within this fascinating continent. Part of the weekly homework in Year 6 will again be to complete some topic based activities and the homework menu will again be used to choose activities from.

Science
Our Bodies: In this unit children will learn how to identify and explain the different systems which are constantly at work within the human body. We will look in detail at some of these systems including the circulatory system and we will look at how the heart works to circulate our blood around the body.

Changing Circuits: In this unit, the children will learn how to create and develop increasingly difficult and complex circuits, building on the work they did in year 3.

Computing
The children will become web-designers this term and will be creating websites for a chosen purpose. We will identify what makes a good web page and use this information to design and evaluate our own website using Google Sites.

Homework
The children will continue to get spelling and maths homework every week and they will also have a topic sheet which they can select homework from. We will always set the homework on a Friday and it must be brought back into school by the following Wednesday. The children will also be bringing home their reading books every day and it is vitally important that they read every day. We are really working on the children’s comprehension skills so it would be great if you could ask them questions about their books every time you read with them.

If there is anything you need, or any help we can give you with anything, please let me know by either messaging on Google Classroom or on the year 6 school email (year6@corrie.tameside.sch.uk), catching me in the morning or after school, or giving me a phone call.

Mrs Millard