Year 6
Welcome to our
Year 6
Welcome to year six! We are taught by Mr Thompson and supported in class by Mrs Dower and Miss Ferguson. On a Thursday, we are taught by Mrs Wilkinson.
We are currently in Autumn A term. Our class text is A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison.
This story is about three sisters who find themselves trapped by an ancient curse but with three magical objects with the power to change their fate. Will they be enough to break the curse? Or will they lead the sisters even deeper into danger...?
We're enjoying learning about forests in geography, light in science and websites in our computing lessons.
At the end of the day, we are reading A Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Homework
The homework is given to the children on a weekly basis. Children are given maths homework, spellings to practice which will be taught the following week in school and tests the following Friday and an expectation to read at least three times a week with a reading record signature from an adult at home. As we are building up to our SATs this term, some weeks we may have additional homework such as reading comprehensions.
Our ultimate aim is to raise standards and outcomes for all of our children
How can I support my child at home?
The most effective way of supporting your child at home is by ensuring they are completing their homework, practicing their spellings and reading as much as possible. Be sure to hear your child read aloud as well as independently. Ask questions about the characters, what is happening in the story and what they think might be happening next.
Knowledge Organisers:
Knowledge Organisers are used to inform parents about the curriculum content of the subjects your child is learning about each term. Be sure to talk to your child about the contents in the knowledge organisers such as key events, facts, dates and vocabulary. We are currently in Spring Term.
Curriculum
SATs
The children complete Statutory Assessment Tests at the end of Year 6. They are due to take place in May 2022. These tests assess their level of learning throughout the whole of Key Stage 2.
Over the course of a week, the children sit a reading test; a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test; a separate Spelling test; an arithmetic test and 2 Maths reasoning tests.
To support your child at home there are various websites that you can use. Some of my favourites are listed below.