Brinsley Primary and Nursery School – Year 6
Class Name:
Nightingales
Who’s in the class?
Mr B Elliott
Deputy Head Teacher & KS2 Lead
Mrs C Bamford
Teaching Assistant
This term our topic is: Animals, Including Humans
Welcome to Year 6 Class – Nightingale!
Our Autumn 1 English are Drag’n’Drop (a digitext) and the book, ‘Pig Heart Boy’ by Malorie Blackman. Our curriculum topic is The Heart and the Circulatory System. In Art, we will be undertaking a unit called ‘Artist Stories’, where we will be finding out about inspiring artists and their contributions to the art world. In Computing, our topic is Online Safety. Our P.E units this term are Outdoor and Adventurous Activities and Gymnastics. P.E is on a Monday and Thursday.
The value of the month is ‘Responsibility‘ and we will be having dedicated assemblies on this value.
Further information
Maths
English
Science
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.
Times Tables
Every child in Years 2-6 have their own Times Tables Rock Stars log in which can be accessed via the website below:
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.
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.
Reminders
P.E. for this term will take place on Mondays and Thursday. We ask that children come dressed in P.E. kits on these days.
P.E. 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 containing essential items.