Welcome to Year 6 

The Team

Miss Parish
​Class Teacher
​Ash Class
Miss Green
​Class Teacher
​Yew Class
Miss. Chalk
​LSA
​Mrs. Archer
​LSA
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Miss.  Wilkins 
​LSA
Miss. Harvey
​LSA

PE Days 
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Indoor PE

Yew Class: Tuesday
Ash Class: Friday

Outdoor PE

Yew Class: Thursday
Ash Class: Thursday 
Make sure that your child comes into school wearing a PE kit suitable for outdoor PE on both days so that they can stay warm. 

Key Dates 

  • First day of school: 22nd February​
  • World Book Day: 4th March
  • Red Nose Day: 19th March
  •  Last day of school: 26th March 


​This Half Term

Project - The Stuarts

 This half term we will be learning to:
  • Examine the impact of James I's persecution of Catholics. 
  • Understand the reasons behind The Gunpowder Plot.
  • Understand the impact of trade upon society during the times of James I. 

To support your child at home you could:

mTo support your child at home you could:
  • Research The Stuarts and create a google slides power point about different members of The Stuart line of succession. 
  • Have a go at creating your own James I portrait at home. 
  • Discuss with family members the impact of the monarchy and how it plays a role within society today.

Writing - Macbeth

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Write newspaper reports using embedded clauses and reported speech.
  • Use dashes and hyphens within words.
  • Write sentences using expanded noun phrases and coordinating conjunctions. 

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Read age appropriate reports and information about Shakespeare then discuss his impact on everyday lives.
  • Think about newspapers you have at home, how are these laid out and how do you present a newspaper report?
  • Practise writing short book reviews at home based on your favourite books and remember to include why you enjoy those texts.

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Maths

This half term we will be learning to:​
  • Find the area and perimeter of irregular rectangles and triangles.
  • Multiply improper fractions and mixed fractions by whole numbers.
  • Use written methods to solve long division problems involving 2 digit and 4 digit numbers.
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To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Investigate the perimeter of shapes and objects you have in your home. Can you find the rectangle with the largest perimeter in your house? 
  • Look at multiplication and division. How can the inverse be used to help check your answers?
  • Practise your times tables! Focus on 7s, 8s and 9s, recalling multiplication and division facts. 

Science

This half term we will be learning to:

· Identify and explain how light travels across a distance. 
· Record and present data in charts and graphs.
· Classify different sources of light.
 

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Research the origins of man-made light and create a power point on google slides about how this started.
  • Collect data about your light usage in your home and how much artificial light you use during the evenings.
  • Create different artistic representations of light and how is it used in society today.

Computing

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Reread some of your favourite stories to come up with ideas for your own text based adventure games online and note down your ideas.
  • Remember to keep safe when online!

Click here for help with online safety.
This half term we will be learning to:
  • Understand what the terms 'coding' and 'debugging' mean.
  • Use coding to create our own games on purple mash.
  • Create text based adventure games with multiple levels.

Art and Design

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Describe the work of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Create a Stuart crest using acrylic paint. 
  • ​Sketch and use water colour paints to create a portrait of a historical figure.

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Look at different pictures of The Stuarts and use different mediums such as drawing, painting or collage to create pictures.
  • Reflect on artists' creations and think about how their pictures make you feel. 
  • Research Leoanardo da Vinci and create a google slides presentation about his work/life.

Music

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Understand that notes are on a staff and write simple repetitive patterns on a musical score.
  • Use body percussion to create our own body music.
  • Play a rhythm over a changing pulse.
  • Understand different tempos and how this impacts on playing styles. 

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Watch this video to learn more about body percussion!

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW2DY1OpgrI 

RE

This half term we will be learning to:​
  • Understand why Christians believe that being a positive influence on others is important.
  • Discuss the symbols and special objects associated with Christianity and Easter. 
  • Express balanced opinions about different religions and their strength in society today. 

PSHE

This half term we are learning to:
  • Understand what it means to 'Be Healthy' and discuss how you live a healthy lifestyle at home. 
  • Understand the meaning of having a ‘balanced diet'.
  • Discuss our understanding of bullying and how we can report and respond to bullying when we see it.

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss differences between you and your family and how you celebrate this.
  • Ask family members about their own faith and how this plays a part in their lives.
  • Create a new safe hand at home to help you tackle any worries or bullying that you see.

To support your child at home you could:

To support your child at home you could:
    • Spend time discussing healthy food when you are out shopping and make a list of all of the vegetables on sale in your local shop.
    • Make a record of your daily activity and track how active you are over a seven day period. 
    • Write down all the ways you can report bullying in and outside of school so you know how to keep yourself safe. 

    PE

    PE will be on Thursday PM for all of Year 6. Then, Tuesday PM for Miss. Green's class and Friday PM for Miss. Parish's class.

    Outdoor: Football
    Skills taught include: 
    • Travelling with a ball changing speed and direction confidently.
    • Choosing skills which meet the need of the situation.
    • Playing competitive games whilst showing respect to team members and opponents. 

    Indoor : Gymnastics 

    French (MFL)

     This half term we will be learning to:
    • Name different foods.
    • Revise greetings and using these to ask for basic food types. 
    • Speak and read numbers beyond 20.
    • Apply conversations to money and weather. 

    To support your child ay home you could:

    To support your child at home you could:
    • Practise passing larger balls in a group of three.
    • Watch different matches and discuss tactics used by the team.
    • Practise activities to raise your heart rate, try star jumps and lunges!





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    ​​Why not try:
    • Making a list of colours, foods and numbers. 
    • Seeing if you can name as many French speaking countries as you can.
    • Having a go at the activities available on the link below: