Welcome to Year 6!

From Left to Right: Mr. Mhyn, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Todd, Mr. Burtonshaw and Miss Jones.

Welcome back after a great first term. In term 2, we will continue our enquiry titled 'What happened after the Bristol Blitz?' During this enquiry, the children will build on their knowledge of WWII and uncover how the war ended in Europe, what happened to Bristol after the war, as well as investigating specific examples of how the Windrush generation helped shape the Bristol we know and love. Year 6 will also design and create a WWII dish based on a 1940's rationing recipe.

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.

Year 6 will have PE lessons with Mr Boon and Mr Evans.

PE Days: 

6W - Friday PM - Mr Evans

6B - Friday AM - Mr Evans

6J - Tuesday - Mr Boon

Mid-Term Plan:

Social Skills
Dynamic Balance – On a Line
Counter Balance – With a Partner

PE Kit Reminders:

Long hair tied back;

White T-shirt;

Black/white shorts/joggers;

White/black trainers/daps.

Dates for your diary:

Monday 3rd November - Term 2 begins

Friday 7th November - Fruity Friday (at break time)

Wednesday 19th November - Flu Vaccination Day

Wednesday 26th November - Individual School Photos

Week Beginning Monday 24th November - Year 4 Class Assemblies

Thursday 27th November - National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)

Monday 1st December - Papaya Class Workshops

Thursday and Friday 11th and 12th December - KS1 Christmas Production

Friday 12th December - RockSteady Concert

Monday 15th December - School Disco

Friday 19th December - Term 2 ends.

Your class teachers are:

Miss Jones (6J)

Mr Burtonshaw (6B)

Mr Wilson (6W)

Mr Todd

Mr Evans (PE)

Mr Boon (PE)

Our support staff include:

Mr Mhyn

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.