Year 6

Mrs Fryer and Mrs White

In the Autumn term our focus is –

Animals

In history our key question is – What can the census tell us about the local area?

In geography our key question is – Would you like to live in the desert?

In science, we will be looking at Living things, as well as adaptation, evolution and fossils.

In music, we will be learning to play the Ukelele.

In computing, we will be making music with Scratch and using Stop Motion Studio.

_{Our class reader this term is…}

_{‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell.}

When their plane crashes, four children are stranded in the Amazon jungle. Now they have to survive alone.

But was there someone there before them?

Autumn Reading

In our reading lesson this half term we will also be exploring:

The Story of the Titanic for Children by

and

 Charles Darwin’s – On the Origin of Species by Sabina Radiva

English

This term we will be exploring four more books and poems, which will influence our writing.

These books are:

Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo

Night Mail by W.H. Auden

The Whale by Ethan and Vita Murrow

Firebird by Saviour Parota

Maths

In Maths this term, we will be looking at place value, four operations, fractions and converting measures.

Weekly Reminders

Homework

Your homework will consist of 10 spelling words. You should practise these words three times using one of the methods which are in the back of your Homework Book. You will also have a Maths task to complete, which will be based on this term’s KIRF (Key Instant Recall Facts). Completed homework must be returned to school on a Wednesday, ready to be marked and returned with the following week’s homework on a Friday.

Reading

Reading is so important for a child’s development. Reading just a few minutes a day has a massive impact on a child’s ability to access the rest of the curriculum. If a child reads regularly, their writing will improve, alongside other core curriculum areas.

We ask children in Year 6 to read at least five times a week and write comments in their diaries for these reads. You should use the example comments in your diary to help structure these comments. We are looking for one vocabulary, one retrieval and one inference comment per week. The other two comments are your choice. We check Reading Diaries on a Thursday, so make sure your diary is in school on this day.

PE

On Mondays and Thursdays, please come to school in your PE uniform: your red Randlay t-shirt, a jumper, black joggers (in winter) or shorts (in summer) and plain trainers. No football tops please.

This term we will have the opportunity to take part in badminton, rugby, .

Websites

If you are keen to do a little extra work at home then the following websites would be helpful.

Grammar – https://rollama.com/index-games-toggle.php

Maths Arithmetic – https://mathsbot.com/primary/ks2