Welcome to Year 6!

Welcome back to Year 6 after a lovely half-term. This term we'll be continuing to investigate WWII and its relationship with Bristol within our history-based enquiry: 'What happened after the Bristol Blitz?' As part of this enquiry, we will explore the impact of WWII on Bristol, as well as the restoration of the city following the Blitz.

Below you will find the Medium Term Plan for Term 2. We aim to stick to this as closely as possible throughout the term, but there may be a few changes as we go along.

PE Days: 

• 6W - Monday PM - Mr Boon
• 6B - Friday PM - Mr Evans
• 6J - Friday PM - Mr Boon

Mid-Term Plan:

• Social Skills:
• Dynamic Balance – On a Line;
• Counterbalance – With a Partner.

PE Kit Reminders:

• White/Black T-Shirt
• White/Black Shorts/Joggers
• White/Black Trainers

Key Dates

Dates for your diary:

• Monday 2nd November - Term 2 begins;
• Monday 2nd November - Poppies Sale Begins;
• Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November - NCMP days;
• Friday 13th November - Children in Need;
• Monday 16th November - Anti-Bullying Week;
• Tuesday 24th November - Year 6 WWII Guest Speaker;
• Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December - LifeSkills Trip;
• Thursday 3rd December - Coffee Morning;
• Friday 11th December - Rocksteady Concert;
• Friday 11th December - Christmas Caroles;
• Monday 14th December - Christmas Disco (3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.);
• Wednesday 16th December - Christmas Lunch and Jumper Day;
• Friday 18th December - Last Day of Term 2.

Important Information

Your class teachers are:

• Miss Jones (6J)
• Mr Burtonshaw (6B)
• Mr Wilson (6W)
• Mr Todd (6B/6J/6W)
• Mr Evans (PE)
• Mr Boon (PE)

Our support staff include:

• Mrs Burt

Reading:

It is important that the children in Year 6 are reading as much as possible. This will help improve their stamina and comprehension in preparation for secondary school. It is expected that a child reads with an adult at home at least 3 times a week. This might be only reading a page and then discussing some of the following areas: characters, setting, plot line, language used, inference skills, author intent etc. These discussions can sometimes be more beneficial than reading a whole chapter. If you have any questions regarding reading activities you can be doing with your child, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher.

Mornings:

Please try to ensure your child arrives at 8:55 am ready for doors opening. Can you ensure your child has brought a full water bottle (at least 500ml). If you have a message for the class teacher, please email it to the office and they will pass it on. We are not able to stand at the door to discuss issues at registration time.

End of day:

We will release children to their respective adults from the classroom door at 3.25pm. If you wish your child to walk home alone, or even just to meet you at the edge of the school grounds somewhere, you will need to complete the online permission form. We recommend doing this even if you don’t want your child to walk home alone; it just means that you do not have to be physically present right at the classroom door.

TTRockstars:

A reminder to all parents and carers: please encourage your children to use the TTRockstar App as much as possible; just 10 minutes a day can have an impact on their times table knowledge. If there are any problems with the app or you have misplaced a log-in, please let your class teacher know! Maybe this term your child’s class will win the cup! 

Homework:

Homework is in and out every THURSDAY. This will be linked to the weekly learning and taken from the CGP books the children will be given at the beginning of the year. This is to be marked with an adult at home prior to handing in. 

The children will also be given five questions from the wider curriculum to answer and will be set ten spellings from the Year 5/6 spelling list. These will be tested on Thursday.

We will also expect your child to have practised at least two types of question from the previous week’s arithmetic test.