Welcome to Year 6!

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

Welcome back after a lovely half-term break. In term 6, we'll continue to explore evolution as part of our science-based enquiry: how do animals and plants adapt to suit their environment? Across this unit, we'll investigate the term evolution, look at famous scientists in the field of biology and explore examples of animals and plants that have changed over time.

Below you will find the Medium Term Plan for Term 6. 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 Boon

6B - Friday PM - Mr Evans

6J - Tuesday PM - 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 1st June - Term 6 starts;

Friday 5th June - Crazy Hair Day;

Tuesday 9th June - Year 6 Camp Meeting (after school);

Friday 19th June - Summer Fair;

Wednesday 24th June - Sports' Day;

Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July - Camp Week;

Monday 6th July - Year 6 Adventure Day;

Tuesday 14th July - 6J Leavers' Assembly;

Wednesday 15th July - 6W Leavers' Assembly;

Thursday 16th July - 6B Leavers' Assembly;

Tuesday 21st July - Last Day for Pupils;

Wednesday 22nd July - INSET Day.

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.