Week 5

This week, we have continued with our sessions in Dance despite having hall access problems, which makes us use our skills of adaptability! We have practised how to keep a beat and move in time to the music. we also worked as a team to perform a sequence of moves.
 

Homework:

mymaths - fractions

Reading Plus and individual reading 

Spelling practise

Week 4 

We have had a fun filled week this week, beginning with our reading mornings. We shared our love of books with parents and had a great t8me reciting poetry and performing scripts - the witches scene from Macbeth was particularly memorable! Later in the week, we learnt how about shadows in our Science topic and investigated how the angle of the light impacts the size and shape by creating a shadow puppet theatre. 
Congratulations to Isla - our year 6 winner - who created a Christmas poster for Dolce (our catering company). She received a small cash prize and will be entered into the national competition.

Homework:

mymaths - fractions

Reading Plus and individual reading 

Spelling practise

Week 3 

This week, we have had the invaluable opportunity to visit the Crucial Crew team in Stockport. This is where we had various workshops with representatives from Greater Manchester Police, British Transport Police, the Canals and Waterways trust, Stockport Housing Association and School Nurses. We learnt about how to keep healthy and safe.  Please ask us what we learnt.

Homework this week:

Maths - My Maths Fractions

English - Reading and Spelling

Optional Homework, please make a poppy.

Autumn 2 Week 2

This week, we have enjoyed a whole curriculum day for R.E. During this time, we reminded ourselves of ways in which we can show resilience and discussed strategies to overcome challenges and trials in our lives. We researched famous sports stars who have differing religious beliefs to see how this enhanced their performances. We also had a visit from the company, Christians in Schools, where we looked at how the bible teaches about adversity and how some people believe that God helps them through tough times.

Homework: 

My maths - fractions

Reading

Spelling

Optional Art Task:  If you would like to create a 3D poppy for our remembrance display, please complete one at home and bring it to school as soon as you can. 

Autumn 2 Week 1

Welcome to a new half term!  

Please note that P.E. days have changed to Tuesday and Friday.  Tuesday will be indoor and will be Dance, while Friday is outdoors and this half term will be Netball.  Please can you ensure that children have their P.E. kit with them in school.

This week’s homework is:

MyMaths - fractions

Reading 

Spelling

Our highlight this week was having our Computing Specialist Teacher come into school to show us how to use coding to create Moving images with text and sound.

Week 7

What a wonderful half term and beginning to year 6! The children have shown great resiliency during their adaption to Year 6 and are well on the way to making their final year “the best year ever!”.

This week, we are looking forward to a super Spanish day on Thursday and a marvellous music day on Friday, look out for pictures to follow!  This week, the children have explored the use of the new Play Pod equipment and Sports Ambassadors organised team games such as ‘Crossing the River’. 
 

Homework:

Optional homework for half term is set out in Google classroom however, please continue to read with your child and practise spellings.

APPEAL:

Please could your child bring an empty cardboard cereal box to school for the first week back after half term.  This is for work in Science.

Please enjoy your half term with friends and family and thank you for your support this term.

Year 6 team

Week 6

What a busy week!  We have really enjoyed seeing all the children's homework projects coming in from their World War 2 research.  They are amazing! Hopefully they have also enjoyed sharing their knowledge at home and relished learning about relatives who may have been involved during this period of history.

Homework: Please see Google Classroom

Maths - My Maths

English - Reading comprehension

Please continue to remind children to practise their individual spelling lists at home and continue to learn times tables.

Many thanks.

Year 6 team

Week 5 Update

Week 5

In Y6 this week we have:

Maths:

In Maths this week we been revising our knowledge of multiplication facts and practising long multiplication techniques.  Please support your child to learn the times tables as quickly and reliably as possible.

History:

We are loving spending so much time on our Discovery Learning of World WR 2.  This week we are code breaking to reveal key information about British hero - Alan Turing.  

Home learning this week:

Please login to Google Classrooms to discover the learning challenges we have set for this week.

Key Information:
PE Days
Indoor PE is on Monday and outdoor PE is on a Thursday. Please ensure that all children’s PE kit is appropriate. Some children are still forgetting to bring their kit in on the appropriate days and will miss out on some sessions if they do not have their P.E uniform with them.  Please can we remind the children that they must not wear any form of jewellery and that earrings must be removed for P.E.
Thank you for your support.

Dates for your diary:

We look forward to speaking to you about how your child is settling into Year 6 on Monday or Wednesday at our parents appointments.

Below are the highlights of our week in action. 

Have a lovely weekend.

What does reading look like in Year 6?
 

We love reading in Year 6 and have lots of challenging books that we borrow as a class from the library service.  Guided reading is a taught session with a teacher which happens every week.  We also have  a Reading Plus competition between both Year 6 classes in which we try to read more words than the other class! Who will win this term’ s coveted prize?

WEEK 4 UPDATE

Week 4: Week Commencing Monday 25th September - Friday 29th September 

In Y6 this week we have:

Maths:

In Maths this week we have looked at the 'prime factors’ – looking for prime numbers within a number’s common factor.

For example, the prime factors of 28 are 2,2 and 7. We know that 2x2x7=28 and that 2 and 7 are prime numbers.

Ask your child and see if they can remember what these are.

History:

In our history lessons, pupils shared their incredible presentations on an inspiring individual from WW2. 

Child Voice : Cai shared “this is my Fy Hen Daid Godfrey Griffith on the U Boat U-619 which was torpedoed- but don’t worry he survived!”

Home learning this week:

Please login to Google Classrooms to discover the learning challenges we have set for this week.

Key Information:
PE Days
Indoor PE is on Monday and outdoor PE is on a Thursday. Please ensure that all children’s PE kit is appropriate.
Thank you for your support.

Dates for your diary:

Below are the highlights of our week in action. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 6 have been channelling their inner zen over the last couple of weeks to learn how to quieten their minds and bodies.  We attempted some tricky poses and tried to end with some breath work and relaxation - with varying degrees of success.

Maths this half term is consolidating Place Value understanding. The children need to have knowledge of using numbers to 10,000,000, rounding and negative number.

In Year 6, we have been questioning this image to help us form a prediction of the story. Questions generated were:

I wonder who this is?
I wonder where she might be going?
What is she carrying with her?
She looks like she is hurrying along, who or what is she running from or to?

We then created a descriptive passage of writing based on the image.