Staff working with Year 6:

Miss Lock- Class Teacher

Mrs VanDuivenvoode - RE, Humanities, in class and Groups

Señorita Andrea - Spanish

Mrs Kenyon - Music 

Mrs Muncaster - PSHCE, Art and Design & Technology 

Mrs Hilton - In class and Groups

Mrs Bester - Computing

Mr Crawshaw - PE

In Maths, this Summer Term, we will finish covering new parts of the curriculum to help with the reasoning parts of the papers. These will include: Fraction, decimal and percentage equivalents, 3D and 2D shapes and their properties, Angles ,Coordinates, translation and reflection, algebra, ratio and proportion, graphs and pie charts and area and perimeter.

Please make sure that you practise these skills at home by completing the homework set on MyMaths and always ask if you need any additional support. We are here to always help you!

In our English lessons, we will be looking at how to efficiently answer comprehension questions - in particular using our inference, literal and deduction skills. We will also be developing our Year 6 writing skills, writing stories, diaries, letters etc. During the Summer Term, our writing lessons will be based on videos from Literacy Shed.

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 Summer, we will be exploring the topic of: Animals: Circulation and Health.

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Recall factors that improve someone’s health and those that impact health negatively and suggest improvements to someone’s health.
• Describe the circulatory system as the heart and blood vessels transporting blood around the body and recall that the heart is a pump that pushes blood through the circulatory system.
• Describe the pathway of blood through the circulatory system, including passing through the heart twice in a complete circuit through the body.
• Describe some of the functions of blood, including transporting substances like oxygen, water and nutrients around the body.
• Recall what is meant by heart rate and research using multiple websites to find reliable animal masses.
• Identify the pattern between animals’ size and heart rate and quote values as evidence.
• Describe how different exercises affect heart rate and explain why heart rate changes during exercise.
• Describe what happens to heart rate during and after exercise and compare two sets of heart data to identify a link between heart rate and fitness.

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

• Evaluate the trustworthiness of secondary sources that provide health advice.
• Evaluate the model blood by considering a strength and a weakness when representing blood and suggesting improvements.
• Compare class values and recognise when they do not match.
• Use identified patterns to predict new values.
• Write a method for an enquiry with consideration of equipment, the different versions of the changed variable and how to complete the measured variable.
• Choose a suitable title and axis labels with units for the line graph and plot points on the line graph.

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 ... Courage.

This term, in Year 6, we will be learning about the importance of having courage. The children will look at ways they can have courage 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:
• Describe at least three examples of ways in which religions
guide people in how to respond to good and hard times in life
• Identify beliefs about life after death in at least two religious
traditions, comparing and explaining similarities and differences
Understand the impact:
• Make clear connections between what people believe about
God and how they respond to challenges in life (e.g. suffering,
bereavement)
• Give examples of ways in which beliefs about resurrection/
judgement/heaven/karma/reincarnation make a difference to
how someone lives
Make connections:
• Interpret a range of artistic expressions of afterlife, offering and
explaining different ways of understanding these
• Offer a reasoned response to the unit question, with evidence
and example, expressing insights of their own.

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.