AUTUMN TERM 1

YEAR 6

Welcome to Year 6! It is great to get back into the classroom and I know that we will have lots of fun during our time together.  Along with myself, there is Miss. Glover in the classroom who will provide great support for the children. If you don't know who I am, or want to know more about me, then please read the All About Me section below.

We have some exciting projects over the next year, including investigating:

1. The ins and outs of the construction industry with Wates (Past, Present and Future)

2. Learning about the film industry and performing a Christmas concert (Lights, Camera, Action)

3. Improving our coding skills on various platforms with Technocamps (Technotastic)

4. Understanding the world around us through our Disaster Zone project

5. Knowledge of governments and ruling bodies around the world but especially the UK (I've Got The Power)

6. Saying farewell to our primary school days, reminiscing with friends and getting ready for high school (Time To Say Goodbye)

As stated, the project title for this half term is 'Past, Present and Future'.  This is a Design and Technology / Humanities based project where we will work closely with Wates construction company, who will provide lessons every Tuesday afternoon for the first half term.  Pupils will have the opportunity to design, develop, build and evaluate their own buildings, using tools such as handsaws and glue guns.  They will also think about what  a 'City Of The Future' looks like and will get to visit a show home at the old Eastern High School site (Aspen Grove) to see the development of new houses and their sustainable features.  For more details about what we are going to work through this half term, please see the Past, Present and Future Overview below.

We will also be looking at various time periods and major events throughout history but this will be dependent on what the children would like to learn.  this will be talked about with the children in our COOL (Choose Our Own Learning) day.  If you, the parents/carers/grandparents, have any ideas or can provide any assistance for our topic, then please get in touch with myself.

Children should be wearing their PE kits into school on Monday and Friday for the first half term.  Please make sure these are white/blue/black with no logos.

Please continue to read with your child every night (10-15 minutes), fill in their reading record books and bring them back and forth to school every day.  Reading is a vital part of your child's education and so important for other aspects such as writing, spelling and oracy.

I will correspond with parents through SeeSaw, so f you have any queries or questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch via the school or SeeSaw.

Thanks again and I look forward to teaching Year 6 over the next year!

Mr. Jones

Home Learning

Even though specific homework is rarely set in Year 6, these are the areas that your child should be working on at home:

• Reading - This is the most important aspect of home learning.  Spending 15 minutes an evening reading improves your child's reading, writing, spelling and speaking skills.  We have a library in school where children should be taking books home and bringing them back EVERY DAY.  There is also a Bug Club account set up for your child to use at home as well.  Please take the time to listen to your child read and ask them questions about what they are reading in school as well.

• Spellings - Each week, your child will have spellings to practise through Spelling Shed.  They each have an individual login to use and spelling are provided at their level of learning.  Please take a look at them and encourage your child to practise these in the house where they can.

• Times Tables - Your child can use a number of websites to help improve their times table knowledge.  These include:
  • Hit The Button
  • Top Marks Daily 10
  • Hwb - TTBlast