Brinsley Primary And Nursery School - Year 6
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Mr B Elliott
Assistant Head Teacher
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Mrs C Bamford
Teaching Assistant
Who’s in the class
Class Name: Nightingale
This term our topic is:
Have We Always Looked Like This?
Welcome to Year 6 Class Nightingales!
This term our topic is:
Have we always looked like this?
Mr Elliott will teach Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Mrs Bamford will teach on Thursday.
Welcome to Year 6
Our text for Summer 2 half term is 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo.
Our writing this term will be based on 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo. We will learn about the features of recounts and creating our own diary entry based on Michael's adventures in the story. We will also be writing a narrative with a particular focus on emotion and tension.
We'll also be learning to:
- recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
- recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
- identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
The values of the month are forgiveness and happiness and we will be having dedicated assemblies on these values.
Learning from Home
Should you wish to access any further resources in addition to those provided by school, here is a list of recommended sites.
Maths:
White Rose Home Leaning: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/
Times Tables Rock Stars: https://ttrockstars.com/
Top Marks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables
Maths is Fun: https://www.mathsisfun.com/
English:
BBC Home Learning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/year-6-and-p7-english-lessons/1
Bug Club: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 (your child will have been given an access code)
Science: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/ztgh7yc
Homework
In KS2, children will be asked to complete the following pieces of homework on a weekly basis:
- Spellings
- Times Tables Rock Stars (3-4 mins per day)
- Read at least 3 times a week
In addition to the above, you may be asked to complete topic-based homework such as a piece of art or conduct some research at home. When this happens, your class teacher will post instructions via the class Dojo page.
Times Tables
Every child in Years 2-6 have their own Times Tables Rock Stars log in which can be accessed via: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth. It is recommended that they take a little and often approach, aiming for 3-4 minutes, 5 times a week. The children will be rewarded with certificates- if they earn them- every Thursday. In order to move up to a new Rock Status, they need to play on ‘Studio’. After every 10 games, a new average score will be calculated which may lead to a change in their status.
Reading
Your child will bring home a book banded book in addition to a library book. The book banded book gives you an indication as to where your child is in terms of age related. By the end of Year 6, ideally your child will be on ‘Red’ book band. The children do not need to wait to be told to change their books, they may do so when they see fit.
Please encourage your child to read for 10 minutes a night. In Year 6 it is absolutely acceptable that they will read to themselves.
Spellings
Your child will receive up to 10 spellings each week. In KS2 we follow Twinkl spelling. In addition to practising their spellings at school, please encourage them to do so at home. Again, little and often is a good rule of thumb to follow.
Reminders
PE for this term will take place on Mondays. Thursday's session will be guided by coaches from Next Level Sport. We ask that children come dressed in PE kits on these days.
PE kits consist of:
Plain white top
Black shorts or joggers (no leggings)
Black hoodie
Trainers
Other bits...
Each child should bring their own water bottle. It should be taken home each day to be washed so they can bring it to school the following day.
Year 6 children are required to equip themselves with a pencil case with essential items.