Hello and welcome to Year 6!

Class Teacher: Mr Harris
PPA Cover: Mr O'Shaughnessy
Class Support:  Mrs Brabbing
 

Welcome to year 6!

The children jumped straight into their learning with a fantastic topic on air pollution. This was a particularly important area to focus our attention on, due to the current high-profile environmental issues are receiving in the media. Our English work highlighted the impact of humans on animals around the world; we were particularly engaged in our creative curriculum when Miss Edwards supported us in taking apart a car engine!

Our next topic is Greece Lightning, in which we will be learning all about life in Ancient Greece. We are really excited to learn about this fascinating time period and develop our skills as historians and geographers! Have a look at our topic map to see what key questions we will be investigating. 

Maths
In maths, we will be progressing from our work on place value and number, exploring the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). As with all of our maths learning, a big focus will be on deepening our knowledge through reasoning activities and applying the skills we have learned.

English
Our writing is currently being inspired by the text and film Varmints. We are considering how our choice in vocabulary and structure can affect the intended audience. 

Science
The first science topic is based around electricity. This will build on our previous knowledge from when we covered it in Year 4. We have already practically explored circuits and are looking forward to investigating with them.

Key information
PE is on a Monday afternoon.
Kidderminster Harriers are running a health kick campaign on Wednesday afternoons.
Forest School is every other Tuesday afternoon.
Creative days are every other Wednesday.

Homework
Homework will be sent out every Wednesday and will need to be returned by the following Tuesday.
Reading journals are due in every Thursday (and should have at least three reads in per week). Even fluent primary readers should be practising reading aloud, so please encourage them with this vital skill. We have a wonderful collection of books at school - there will definitely be something to engage them!

Class Novel
We are currently enjoying the Michael Morpurgo book 'King of the Cloud Forests'. If you know of any brilliant texts for our topics, or just ones that will hook the class, please let us know!
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 Useful revision links:
Math Antics - an american video that explains percentages really nicely. He does other areas of maths too!
www.mathplayground.com/ From the home page, select the area you'd like to practice and play the game!
​uk.ixl.com_/ Select the area you'd like to work on - limited access on a daily basis 
The Grammarsaurus Blog - this is a facebook page unfortunately, but has some very good information about grammar! He also has some great videos that explain different concepts, such as subordinating conjunctions. These can be found on You Tube
SPAG practice site - this site requires registration, but just sign up for the free trial! Great practice for the SPAG paper.
TopMarks - a site with lots of maths games - just pick an area for practice and play!
BBC Bitesize - lots of help with many different areas

Here are some 'How to' videos to help others with addition. We hope to do some more this year too:

Mr Harris

Mrs Brabbing

Mr O'Shaughnessy

Photos

Greece Lightning

Practice your maths:

Have a look at these interactive numeracy games - some are great!!

Yet more practice! Choose your skill and have a go!

Practice your rounding skills here!
Practice ordering numbers here!

 

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