Welcome to Year 6B (The Scarecrows)
Enjoy Respect Succeed
“The minimum requirement is maximum effort!”
Hello and welcome to the Year 6B class page! My name is Miss Byers and I am teacher for the Scarecrow class. Mrs Adams also teaches our class every Friday. Mrs Armitage is our Learning Support Assistant that works in our classroom every day, as well as Miss Holt who helps to support us with our English, mathematics and reading every morning. In class, we are learning to enjoy, respect and succeed in all the work we do! We are going to be learning about lots of exciting things this half term.
In English, we are studying the novel, 'The Nowhere Emporium'. During guided reading sessions, we are studying the novel, 'Oliver Twist' reflecting on life in the workhouses during Victorian times in addition to other elements of the story. In mathematics this half term, we will be learning a range of different skills, including: place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division as well as fractions.
During their time in Year 6, the children will be given various opportunities that will enhance their learning as well as aiding them to make memories to cherish of Cherry Fold. One of these will be their residential later in the year where they will carry out team building activities as well as trying new things.
In Year 6, we encourage children to be resilient as well as learning to persevere when things get tough. These skills will aid them in their transition to KS3.
We are looking forward to a fun year together of hard work and memories.
Miss Byers, Mrs Adams, Miss Holt and Mrs Armitage
Author of the term this half term is Roald Dahl. We will be looking at some of his wonderful texts as well as learning about him as an author.
Reading
Children will have a reading book chosen by themselves, which is appropriate to their reading level. Accompanying these books are their reading diaries, where you can write comments on their reading daily. Your child will also be given many opportunities throughout the week to read a variety of texts and will then undertake an online quiz to assess their understanding of the text.
PPA Time
Miss Byers will be teaching in class most days. On Monday afternoon, Mrs Adams will be teaching the class, looking at subjects such as: ICT and Art.
Homework
In Year 6, children are expected to complete two pieces of homework a week.
Your child has been provided a login for the app, SATs Companion (In January). They must use their login details in order to access the English and mathematics materials that are added each week. Details about homework will be explained to the children on a Friday and the work will need to be completed for the following Friday.
Children will receive weekly spellings as well as times tables set on TT Rock stars.
Spellings
Weekly spellings have been sent out for the 6 weeks of this half term. You will find these at the front of your child's purple homework book. Homework books to be in for Thursday and will be given back out same day and spelling tests will take place every Monday morning.
PE
P.E. will take place on Fridays. Please ensure that you have the correct P.E. kit each week, which contains a black shorts, white t-shirt and black pumps or trainers. Your child can bring plain navy or black jogging bottoms and tracksuit top for PE outdoors if necessary.
SNACK
It is important to note your child can bring a healthy snack at break times such as fruit, or vegetables and milk. We also encourage your child to water to drink in class throughout the day, but they may bring something else to drink with their packed lunch. In addition to this, school will be providing a piece of fruit daily for each child.
Class Novel
Our Class Novel for this half term is 'Goodnight Mister Tom' by Michelle Magorian.
We will be studying this book as part of our English unit this half term.
Trade and Economics.
Our geography work for this term will be all about trade and economics. We will be looking at how goods are imported and exported to and from the United Kingdom and around the world. We will be studying different trade links and their benefits as well as exploring the global supply chain.
World war 2
Our history lessons this half term is all about World War 2. The children will be focusing their learning on the impact of World War Two on the people of Britain.
P.S.H.E.
Our P.S.H.E. topic for this half term will be about 'Keeping Safe.' The children will learn all about how to stay safe on and offline. Learn about sharing information with others and what is safe to share and what is not. They will also be learning about the effects of using drugs and alcohol.
R.E.
Our R.E. topic for this half term is 'Islam.' The children will be learning about the Islamic religion and rights and rituals that take place within this religion.
SCIENCE
We are learning all about. 'Living Things and their Habitats.' The children will learn about how living things are classified into groups according to common characteristics as well as similarities and differences including micro- organisms, plants and animals. They will also be able to explain why plants and animals have been categorised in a particular way.
OUR LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE YEAR...
OUR CURRICULUM MAP FOR THIS TERM...
Here is our Curriculum Map for Spring Term...
This is what we looked at in the Autumn Term...
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This year, we will be using times table rock stars as part of our homework to improve our fluency in times tables.
Times Tables Rock Stars – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)
Here are our common exception words for this year...