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Welcome Back Year 6!

Welcome to a busy but exciting first term in year 6. It’s really good to see you all back and ready to learn! We’ve missed you! Here’s what we are going to be learning about in the Autumn Term.

English

In English, we will be looking at Anthony Browne’s King Kong. We will be working hard on our writing every day and covering a variety of genres including journalistic writing, persuasive writing, character descriptions and writing for a purpose and an audience. We will be continuing to improve our SPAG skills throughout all aspects of our written work.

Maths

In Maths, we will now be working in class We will continue to develop and extend our skills in the 4 rules of number, our understanding of place value, decimals, percentages, and fractions and measurement. We will be using a mastery approach to focus on the using and applying aspects of maths through reasoning and explanation.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at Animals Including Humans and how we can stay healthy and how eating well and exercising has a positive impact on our bodies. We will be learning about the different systems in our body and their function.

Topic

Our Geography topic this term is all about North America. We will be learning about the physical and human elements of this continent and investigate aspects such as climate and population. We will be doing lots of work in school but will also be expecting lots of brilliant homework.

RSE

In Jigsaw, our theme is Being Me In My World. We will be discussing our goals for this year, talking about and understanding our fears and worries about the future and knowing how to express them. We will be talking about democracy and the school community.

 

Please remember to encourage your child to carry on practising their times tables up to 12×12 as it is essential that they have rapid recall of all tables facts, including the inverse. Encourage them to go on TTRockstars every week to have fun and practise at the same time.

Homework

Homework will be set 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.

We keep track of the homework and reading on charts in the classroom that are linked to the assertive mentoring scheme that we use in school. In order to achieve a green mark their homework MUST be completed and handed in on WEDNESDAY.

We will be doing P.E. on Monday, so the children need their kits in school on this day.

Just a reminder that school P.E. kit comprises of a white t-shirt, black shorts and 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.

We are looking forward to sharing all these exciting learning opportunities with you.  Don’t forget to keep in contact using Blogs!

Below you will find the statutory spelling list for Y5 and Y6 which need to be learned.

spellingframe.co.uk is a wonderful website that will help you learn them.

Thank you for your support!

Miss Turner, Mrs. Marsden, Mrs Mitchell, Mrs. Farrington & Mrs Davies

	Mon   13.7.20	Tues    14.7.20	Wed    15.7.20	Thur    16.7.20	Fri  17.7.20
9.00 – 9:15	Spelling: Go on Spelling Shed or learn words from your 5/6 wordlist	Mad Maths! Times Table Rockstars	Spelling  Go on Spelling Shed or learn words from your 5/6 wordlist	Mad Maths! Times Table Rockstars	Spelling  Go on Spelling Shed or learn words from your 5/6 wordlist
9.15-10.00	Reading: Use your pack “The Ultimate Guide to Elves and Sprites” Read Cave Elves and highlight useful words, phrases and sentences you can magpie. Think about what kind of elf or sprite you will write about.	Reading: Read about the Cave Elf again and do Activity 2 – Draw a Cave Elf with labels	Reading Free Choice of: Twinkle online reading e-book of choice or Active learn book. Or listen to a story Audible books https://stories.audible.com/discovery Or reading book of choice.	Reading: Activity 5 What is in a Cave Elf’s Knapsack?   Read the short poem, discuss it and plan ideas of your own	Reading: Activity 6 in the pack Magpie useful words and openers
10.00- 11.00	English: Vocabulary and sentences   Complete activity 1 from the booklet – Match the Vocabulary to its Definition Then use the words in interesting sentences.	English: Write a descriptive paragraph about a Cave Elf’s home   Complete Activity 3 – Where do Cave Elves Live?   Write more than three sentences. Describe their home in detail. Get creative!	English: Writing Design a Menu for a cave elf using Activity 4. Get creative!	English: Create a poem   Ten Things Found in a Cave Elf’s Knapsack. Use lots of description and similes and metaphors please.	English: Activity 7 Read the boxed up version and consider ideas for your own paragraph
11.00- 11.15	Break– Go outside and get some fresh air, or try some activities from active classroom if it is raining. https://www.activekidsdobetter.co.uk/active-classroom
11.15-12.15	Maths: Understand Percentages Watch video- Go to Lesson 1- Week 8 on White Rose Website Y5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/   Then complete lesson 1 worksheet	Maths: Percentages and Fractions and Decimals Watch video- Go to Lesson 2- Week 8 on White Rose Website Y5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/   Then complete lesson 2 worksheet	Maths: Adding Decimals with the same number of decimal places Watch video- Go to Lesson 3- Week 8 on White Rose Website Y5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/   Then complete lesson 3 worksheet	Maths: Adding decimals with a different number of decimal places Watch video- Go to Lesson 4- Week 8 on White Rose Website Y5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/     Then complete lesson 4 worksheet	Maths: Go on Rockstars and Active learn today. Find percentages and decimals games.
12.15-1.15	Lunch
1.15-1.30	Reading for pleasure – Read a book or continue to listen to your audible book.
1.30 -2.30	P.E – 5 –A-Day Try some yoga/ Play outside/ create your own indoor exercise and fitness plan	ART: Andy Goldsworthy –British Artist Read the fact file about the artist Andy Goldsworthy then Watch the video showing Andy Goldsworthy creating art using natural materials. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zh4wmp3 You could look at more of his work online. Discuss Why are they temporary sculptures? What shapes have been used? What lines can they see? How has the artist used colour in his work? How do the sculptures make them feel? Which one do they like the most and why? Then select an activity or from the land challenge cards to make your own sculpture.	ART: Andy Goldsworthy –British Artist   Create a cave for an elf using natural materials that you have found outside in your garden or on a walk.   Remember that Andy Goldsworthy’s work is not always permanent. You could record your work using a camera.	ART: Using Natural Materials   Read through Pebble Art activity sheet   Can you create a pebble that could be in an elf’s knapsack? OR The pebble could be a sign for an elf’s home.	P.E – 5 –A-Day / Try some yoga / Play outside/ create your own indoor exercise and fitness plan
2.30-3.30	French: Numbers to 50 Revise counting numbers to 10. Then revise counting from 11 to 20. Use video Alain le Lait song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY Then count from in the following steps: 20 to 30; 30 to 40; 40 to 50; Use the website Alain le Lait song to support counting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlYqz2unHKc Make a set of dominoes using the worksheet. You may need to stick the pieces on to card – use an old cereal box.				Golden Time Treat this as Golden Time if your parents agree. You may now do an activity of your choice.