Holy Trinity

Church Of England VA School

01706 378061

Partner School

Our Core Values - Trust, Courage, Forgiveness, Truthfulness, Generosity, Respect, Responsibility.

 

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Mathematics – Tynecastle High SchoolIn Maths, this Spring term, we will be concentrating on developing our arithmetic skills further as well as looking at Fraction, Decimal and Percentage Equivalents, 3D and 2D Shapes and their properties, types of angles and how to draw and measure angles. This will really help in securing and consolidating our understanding while developing our fluency skills further in preparation for our SATs in May!

Please make sure that you practice these skills at home and always ask if you need any additional support. We are here to always help you!

SAT's Bootcamp is going to be an essential part to your revision. Please log in to this website every week!

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English

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 by descriptive and biography writing as well as writing stories that raise issues and dilemmas. This Spring term, our English lessons will be primarily based on a range of Literacy Shed Videos before Mrs Kenyon takes over and studies the books: The Zoo and Stormbreaker.

 

Our science topic this half term is 'Light'. We will be learning about reflection, prisms, periscopes, mirrors and key scientists that discovered and investigated it.

 

Wider Learning

 

Go Online: Learn and recap about Animals including Humans by 

Watch: 

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/32093/snack-bar

Go Online: 

Interactive Learning Links about Living Things and their Habitats

 Activities to do at home

 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Our Christian value this half term is ... Respect and Reverence!

This Term, in Year 6, we will be learning about the importance of Respect and Reverence in the Bible and our day-to-day lives.  

Romans 12:10.

 

“Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.''

 

                                

In class we will also be learning -  U2.7: Why do Hindus want to be good?

 


Christianity and Bible Activities & Fun Ideas for Kids - ChildFun

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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.

English resources - essential revision

SATs Revision Papers

Booster sessions for SPAG and Writing

 

Reciprocal Teaching - An Introduction

Please make sure you use these stratgeies when reading at home. Ask an adult to watch the video so they will understand what they can do to help you with your comprehension skills.

 

What is Reciprocal Reading?

Reciprocal Reading is an innovative and powerful classroom strategy that engages children and promotes enhanced comprehension and interactive learning.  Reciprocal Reading is designed to enhance comprehension in the classroom by enabling children to take on a more active role in discussing their texts, usually in small group reading sessions.  Pupils also learn teamwork, negotiation, listening and collaborative skills; all of which are essential skills.

 

There are 4 comprehension strategies:     

  • Predict: What are we going to read about in the next section? (Who, what, why, where, when, how?)
  • Clarify: Which words and phrases do we need to find the meaning of?     
  • Question: Can we ask questions to help us learn more about this text?   
  • Summarise: What are the main ideas of the text / this section?

In each session, children take on the four roles and see these images:

Questioner, Predictor, Summariser, Clarifier

 Maths Resources - essential revision

 

 

Home Learning/ Online Learning

If you are off school due to needing to self-isolate work can be downloaded from here for you to complete whilst you are off - as long as you are feeling well enough. Maths and English tasks will be uploaded frequently for you to try,alongside a few of the activities from the Topic Learning Log Grid. Don't forget to also keep reading and practicing your spellings too!

 

Want to do some extra work on your reading at home? Ask your parents to visit Reading Eggs and sign up for a free 30 day trial:

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Also, check out these websites for free e books if you want to do lots of extra reading:

Free eBook library – practise reading with some great titles!

barnes and noble e books

 

Click on the link below to test your mental arithmetic skills. What do you need to practise more? Is your score improving? Try a daily test to improve your speed and accuracy!

https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-papers/