Overview
In Year 6 there are three classes. We start the morning with a ‘Daily Mile’ to get the children warmed up and ready for learning. The pupils’ timetable is structured for the morning into Spellings, following the RWI scheme; Maths, following the NCETM planning; and English, which is based on fiction and non-fiction texts linked to our topic themes. Reading Master lessons are based around a variety of genres where we encourage children to explore vocabulary, use inference, make predictions, explain, develop retrieval skills and summarise events. The wider curriculum subjects are taught through a whole school creative and connective approach.
To see more of the learning and activities we do in Year 6, see our Year 6 blog below.
Curriculum
Below are some information sheets for parents and carers outlining English and maths expectations for each year group.
English:
English writing handouts year 6
Maths:
Home Learning Apps
Year 6 Blog Posts
Helicopter seeds!
Year 6 had great fun in their outdoor learning lesson testing out paper helicopter seed models!
Third time is a charm…
It's the end of week three and Year 6 has settled into their new routines. They have already achieved so much in a short space of time. We finished our Creative Arts Week in which we made from amazing rag rugs in a Make Do and Mend style. We have started learning about WW2 in History and English, where we are reading an all time favourite Goodnight Mister Tom. In Science, we have created glossary pages to aid us in our new Living Things and Their Habitats unit, and the classes played a spirited game of Guess Who but with a twist! We have finished this week with a thoughtful lesson on Peace and what that means to us individually and what it means to different religions around the globe. The children came up with brilliant ideas about how we can create peaceful spaces, maybe you'd like to try a few this weekend! Ideas of creating peaceful spaces and relationships: Walking in nature, listening/ singing to music, meditation, rocking out, snuggle up in some blankets with candles and a hot chocolate, drawing, kindness, taking deep breaths, and concentrating on the good things that bring us together.
Year 6 – Creative Arts
Year 6 have had a fabulous start to the term! As part of our Creative Arts project, children have produced wonderful 'no-sew' rag rugs. In the spirit of wartime Britain and inspired by the 'Make Do and Mend' initiative, children thought carefully about how items could be repaired, reused and reimagined. All have shown a huge amount of grit and determination during the process as well as reflecting on their end results in order to evaluate their efforts. Their wonderful rag rugs will be on display in the UKS2 corridor for all to see! Well done, Year 6!
English in Year 6
Year 6 have had a brilliant start to their reading and writing unit on Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. It tells the story of a young boy, William Beech, who is evacuated to the countryside to the care of an elderly recluse, Mister Tom, in the wake of WW2. In Reading Masters, children have started to develop their retrieval and inference skills through answering a range of question types as well as understanding new and complex vocabulary. We discussed the word 'colloquial' in relation to the portrayal of accents throughout the book. Exploring character thoughts and emotions through drama and role play, children have embraced the text fully and made excellent links to our History unit too. Children will be writing diary entries from the perspective of the central character over the coming weeks - we look forward to seeing the work they produce!
Year 6 Police Talk
Year 6 had a very informative talk from two local police officers. The officers talked about their role in the community, how they can be contacted in both emergency and non-emergency circumstances and different legal consequences for certain actions. The children listened wonderfully and demonstrated our school rules throughout the session.
Congratulations to the hard-workers in Year 6!
Congratulations to all in Year 6 for finishing your SATs! You have all worked incredibly hard and we are all very proud of the effort and determination you have put into your work building up to this week! We hope you enjoyed your well earned ice-lolly and cinema afternoon!
Oobleck fun in Year 6!
To end science week, we spent the afternoon making a non-Newtonian fluid called Oobleck! This fluid is either liquid or solid, depending on the pressure you put on it. The children got into small groups and slowly added water to cornflour until their fluid was the correct consistency. (They also made a huge mess in the process!)
Writing in Year 6
Year 6 have been exploring Shaun Tan's graphic novel, 'The Arrival'. The children have loved discussing the running themes of tolerance, respect and migration. We have had some really insightful conversations about these themes and have related them to the world we live in today. We unpicked this famous quote by Tan: 'Even the most anonymous character, in the strangest situation, is familiar to us if we are allowed to know his feelings, and so be invited to walk for a moment in his shoes' We can't wait to read the children's informal letters this week, watch this space!
Useful resources for Y6 parents
A letter with useful websites will be sent home today alongside your child's reports. Here are the links to those websites: IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about. https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1187&adGroup=Key+Stage+2&gclid=CPPa8teS_8kCFQbnwgodgOIB6A BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along. http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/ A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes! http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills. http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html Loads of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts. https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm A range of English games and activities. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules. http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns. http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=2255
Y6 Maths Competition
Children from Year 6 bravely represented Queen’s Hill Primary School at a recent mathematics competition. They worked in pairs, completing 3 different activities in 15 minute blocks, which also included the added twist of running between questions. They didn’t crumble under the pressure, they stood tall and made Queen's Hill proud. In fact we were so proud of them that we stopped off for ice cream to celebrate.