Year 6 Friday Blog 7th June 2024
Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 9:31am
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Dear parents,
Welcome to the Year 6 Friday blog!
Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.
Homework
Homework for Summer 2-As we enter our final half term of Year 6, I have taken the opportunity to create a set of 4 pieces of homework, each feeding directly into our learning in the classroom. I have decided to give out these 4 mini-projects altogether so that the children can get to work on what inspires them, but please do take note of the deadlines. It is vitally important that the children bring their completed work to school on time as it will be used during their lessons. You will find the homework document below.
Important notice: can children please bring in a blindfold/scarf for our Friday PE lesson next week. It will be needed as part of our Outdoor Adventurous Activities curriculum.
SPECIAL REQUEST-Please email any 'first day of school' pictures you have to [email protected]
Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please ensure your child is still reading every night. Our libary day is Monday, when the class are given the opportunity to change their books. We also have plenty of books from our class library to choose from.
Spellings -
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Times table / Division facts - Although SATS are now distant memory, it is still vitally important we stay sharp on our timestables knowledge. Please ensure you are logging into TTRS to practise. This should be at least 3 times per week and I will log in to check.
I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes on both, as many nights as possible.
Our learning this week in Year 6
English
We have done lots of lovely pieces of writing this week. We have taken inspiration from Harry Potter and watched a lovely video from Literacy Shed to help us write a monologue. FInally, we read real newspaper articles about D Day before watching the opening sequence from Saving Private Ryan; with this as inspiration, the class produced some very moving pieces of writing.
Maths
As part of our enterprise subject. we have calulating business costs based on creating cupcakes. This week we have begun to generate new ideas for our Derian House enterprise project. Watch this space!
Foundation subject
It's alway lovely to start lots of new topics! In geography, we have used atlases to look up major rivers and in RE we have begun our topic about People of Faith. We have also discussed the very important topic of Water Safety during PSHE.
News and announcements
- Please read and respond to the Leyland Trucks letter.
- Please check the costume letter for Shakespeare Rocks
- The children have submitted their dorm requests for Robinwood. I will tell them when they are ready!
- Most transition documents for Year 7 are now complete. There will be a few more meetings between myself and the schools.
Have a look at our gallery to see what we have been doing in geography this week.
Have a fantastic weekend!
The Year 6 team
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