Year 6

The system that we will be using is:

Book One (for each subject) shall be the focus of our homework tasks. We plan to adhere to the school policy of alternating between English and Maths tasks each week. Please see the below timetable which fully explains what is expected from each child for the remainder of the Autumn term, for each week’s task.

Book Two shall not be used as compulsory homework tasks and therefore not be tracked in school; it can be used purely at the discretion of parents and carers. We do suggest, however, that you use this book to mirror the task in book one. For example, if pupils are asked to complete Set A – Test 1 for homework, you may ask them to also complete Set A – Test 1 in Book Two.

From time to time, your child may be asked to bring their books into school so that we can help to address areas of weakness, particularly if your child will attend an afterschool booster session.

If you have any questions, please ask any of the Year 6 staff.

We are glad to have seen so many parents able to attend our information sessions for this academic year's SATS exams PGL trip. 

If you were unable to attend, please find attached relevant documentation for the sessions:

PGL information session: September-meeting.pdf, PGL-Kit-List-UK.pdf, PGL-UK-Menu-English.pdf

SATS information session: SATS-information-meeting.pdf

English

In English, pupils have enjoyed the new 'Literacy Tree' topics of 'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan and Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. In these lessons, pupils have studied the decisions and actions of a range of characters and then gone on to creating pieces of writing. We are astounded by the care and quality of the pupils' writing so far this year: pupils have worked hard to ensure that they are adhering to our new presentation and handwriting policy and are also taking great consideration on the purpose and audiences of their writing.   

Maths

Pupils in Year 6 have dived straight in to our units on Place Value and working with the Four Operations. Pupils have explored the place value system up to ten million and have worked on how to multiply and divide with different powers of 10. Children have also pushed themselves to develop their skills on rounding, ordering, comparing and estimating. To develop their calcualtion skills, pupils have worked hard to solve problems with written and mental methods. Children have develop their ability to add and subtract up to four digit numbers as well as using short and long multiplication and division. Pupils in Year 6 have also completed some Arithmetic papers to practise the skills needed for their SATS assessments in May.

Science

Electricity, specificlaly circuits, has been the topic studied in Science in the first half term. Pupils began the topic by sharing what they remembered from a previous topic taught in Year 4. Over the weeks, pupils confirmed the relevant symbols required in circuit diagrams, as well as drawing diagrams for themselves. We used physical components to test circuits that were designed previously as well as exploring to see if we could increase the bightness of bulbs or the volume of a buzzer - all by increasing the voltage of the circuit. Pupils studied the work of upcoming scientist Haydn Francis, specifically how he is working on making sustainable batteries for electric vehicles. To celebrate and end the topic, pupils created their own double-page spreads of Electricity!