Staff working with Year 6:

Miss Lock- Class Teacher

Mrs VanDuivenvoorde - RE, Humanities, in class and Groups

Señorita Andrea - Spanish

Mrs Kenyon - Music 

Mrs Muncaster - PSHCE, Art and Design & Technology 

Mrs Bester - Computing

Mr Carrington - PE

In Maths, this Spring Term, children will be grouped for Numeracy lessons with work matched and targeted to stretch and further their understanding. Within the new curriculum, children are encouraged to 'master' new concepts before moving on to more challenging mathematical content. This will entail lots of problem solving and providing lots of opportunities for the children to apply basic skills and number facts in more abstract and puzzle based tasks. An overview of the area to be covered this half term can be found below:

• factors, multiples and prime numbers
• 2D and 3D shapes
• to instantly recall times tables to 12x12 and know the related division facts
• area, perimeter and volume
• converting measures
• angles

In our English lessons, we will be looking  at the book 'Zoo' :

• Explore the novel 'Zoo'
• Write a diary entry from a personal and characters perspective
• Write an informal letter and a letter of complaint
• Non-Chronological Report on an imaginary creature 
• A leaflet advertising the zoo
• A balanced argument
• Write a narrative

Reading - It is hoped that your child will automatically choose to read on a daily basis.  They will be expected to read at home at least four times per week, for a period of 20 minutes. Some children may be asked to do reading/SPAG activities that are part of the Lexia Program.

During Spring Term, we will be exploring the topic of: Evolution and Inheritance.

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Define and identify variation in organisms and recall that it is caused by inherited and environmental factors.
• Recall that living things produce offspring of the same kind but are not normally identical to their parents.
• Describe patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring in a given example or family tree.
• Describe what an adaptation is; it cannot be chosen and is usually inherited.
• Describe key characteristics that would help an organism to survive and explain how an adaptation helps the organism to survive.
• Explain how variation may affect survival within a population and recall what natural selection means.
• Recall what evolution is, identify differences between a living thing and its ancestor and describe key steps in the evolution of a species.
• Recall different types of evidence that can be used to explain evolution and describe methods that make scientists’ results or conclusions more trustworthy.

When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Sort variation as environmental, inherited or a mixture of both.
• Evaluate a method by recalling variables that were effectively kept the same and those that were harder to control.
• Comment on the reliability of the results and the degree of trust.
• Consider how evidence is used to form theories and the degree of trust the evidence offers.

In Year 6, your child will practise all the spellings from the Year 5 and 6 statutory lists. Your child should by now be secure with spelling words they learnt in the previous years at primary school. This is to prepare them for their spelling test as part of their SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) SAT. Spellings are also a crucial element when your child's independent writing is assessed.

 Wider Learning

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Our Christian value this half term is ... Truthfulness.

This term, in Year 6, we will be learning about the importance of Truthfulness. The children will look at ways they can be truthful and what being truthful means and the impact it can have upon themselves and others.

In class we will be focusing on Christianity and exploring the question: 

Make sense of belief:
• Identify what type of text some Christians say Genesis 1 is, and
its purpose
• Taking account of the context, suggest what Genesis 1 might
mean, and compare their ideas with ways in which Christians
interpret it, showing awareness of different interpretations
Understand the impact:
• Make clear connections between Genesis 1 and Christian belief
about God as Creator
• Show understanding of why many Christians find science and
faith go together
Make connections:
• Identify key ideas arising from their study of Genesis 1 and
comment on how far these are helpful or inspiring, justifying
their responses
• Weigh up how far the Genesis 1 creation narrative is in conflict,
or is complementary, with a scientific account, giving good
reasons for their views.

Young minds is a brilliant website to make sure that you keep your mind healthy! Click on the picture above to find out more.

REMEMBER...

We can all help one another by listening, sharing our problems and being there for one another!

What are SATs?

The Standard Assessment Tests (otherwise known as SATs) check your child’s knowledge of the National Curriculum. The tests are compulsory for Year 6 students and they’re used to assess your child against age-related expectations.

Please read the information booklet below!

Essential Resources to help you in year 6!

Please use the following as a revision resource to help with your SAT's preparation.