Welcome to Year 6
Presentations from Parent Welcome Event
Year 6 Curriculum Map
The Year 6 long term plan is below. This shows the coverage of work for the whole year. Items to note: Art and DT are generally taught on alternative terms; this is the same for History and Geography.
In this half term, we will be covering many topics across the curriculum.
English
English is split into Reading, Writing and Spellings.
Reading
We will be looking a range of texts (both fiction and fiction) to build the suite of reading skills - fluency, vocab knowledge, retrieval, inference, explanation and summary). Mainly, a text will be read each week to develop each skill; some of the texts are linked to our current Science and History units.
Please ensure your child is reading at the very least 3 times per week at home to support them, not just reading independently but also support learning across the curriculum. Planners should be signed on the day they have read, with a comment as appropriate. If children particularly like a word or phrase they can write it in their planner as well.
Writing
We will be writing a range of pieces in different styles. This is to build writing (and reading) skills and develop methods of how to have an impact on the reader (or listener). The writing units this half term are:
- Twisted Fairy tale Suspense Narrative
- Holes Character Description
- Light Explanation
- Touched by an Angel Maya Angelou Performance Poetry
Spelling
Spelling is still an important part of learning, helping children develop their vocabulary, how they convey meaning and how they are understood.
New spellings will be learnt weekly, supported by activities in class and homework.
Spelling this half term are:
Maths
The Maths continues this half term by recapping existing knowledge and new learning. This also continues with the application of the concrete, pictorial and abstract strategies, and knowing when it is best to apply them. This topics covered this term are:
- Place Value
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Fractions
We are still continuing with arithmetic practise, which includes a weekly test and times table practise (which will also include some testing)
Science
Children will be learning about light in Science this half term. They will recap how light travels, look deeper on how we see things and investigate the effect of shape on shadows.
RE
We will be learning about the Jewish faith this half term, looking at the cornerstones of Jewish faith, beliefs in God and how this is shown and customs for the people who follow that faith. The knowledge organiser is below.
History
We will be learning an new topic in History: The Maya. Children will learn who The Maya were, where and how they lived and compare their culture to other known civilisations, such as The Romans and The Ancient Egyptians.
History is taught to answer an enquiry question. Our question for this half term is: How does the Mayan civilisation compare with another civilisation?
Art
Art is linked to to our History unit of The Maya. Children will be learning about Guatemalan Worry Dolls, and then design and making their own.
Computing
This half term, we will be learning about computing systems and networks, specifically how data is transferred across the internet. This will look at how data is broken down, sending projects through the internet and communicating responsibly.
PE
In PE, we will be doing 3 units units: Forest School, Outdoor Adventurous Activities (team building exercises) and Gymnastics. The will be split into two groups: one group will do forest school whilst the other does PE.
Year 6 Class Blog
See what we can do!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 6 Class Blog
Another amazing week of learning.
We have been creating our model character description to base our final piece on in Writing. In Reading we have been retrieving and making inferences on Albert Einstein's early life. In Maths we have been doing all thing times tables related: common factors, common multiples, prime numbers and division rules. In other subjects we have been out and about looking for the perfect y-twig for the 'skeleton' for our worry doll in Art, considering the rules the God and Moses gave the Jewish people in which to have a good relationship with God and each other (ending in a debate that had a rather unexpected outcome) and in Science looking at the parts of the eye and learning about what they do (lots of questions on this one). We ended the week practising out collective worship.
Mentioning our collective worship: we have our collective worship at 1445 this coming Wednesday. It is a great chance to see how Year 6 understand the value of the half term - Generosity.
Homework
New homework books have gone out for Maths and English (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar).
Every week 2-4 pages will be given out as homework from each book. Homework from these books will be given out on Friday and it is to be completed by the following Wednesday.
Maths
P6 - Place Value in Very Large Numbers; p7 - Rounding Whole Numbers.
Mathletics - 3 new tasks and any outstanding tasks. (If children have not completed 10 tasks, then they have to come to the lunchtime Mathletics club to complete them)
English
P4 - Nouns; P5 Adjectives.
Spellings
Spelling are in the planners and on the spelling overview on the Y6 webpage. Spelling test will be on Tuesday.
Have a good weekend.
The momentum is building
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 6 Class Blog
And we have doing so much in Y6. This week, we finished Place Value and moved on to the 4 operations (add, subtract, division and multiplication) in Maths, became authors and wrote our Suspense Narrative (twisting a fairy tale), became ready to make our worry dolls in art, learn about the Mayan gods in History and much more.
The week ended with TT Rockstars day, where we celebrated how good we are at time tables and Maths. Time tables are so useful in Year 6 because they help us work out multiplications and division really quickly and help us solve problems. But times tables are also really useful to have for everyday life - shopping, ordering things and much more. Anyway, the children loved dressing up and competing against each other at the end of the day.
Enjoy your weekend.
Homework
Spellings
They are in the planners and the rules are on the Y6 webpage. Spelling test is on Monday.
Maths
3 tasks have been set on Mathletics and they are due to be completed by Thurs next week.
What a super week!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 6 Class Blog
It has been great week! Lots of learning has been done, challenges have been faced and overcome. There has been such a good working attitude.
We have compared and ordered numbers and estimated numbers on a number line in Maths, finished our model writing in Writing and started planning our Twisted Fairy Tale Suspense Narrative, learnt about Mayan cities and class structure in History, recapped reflection and how we see in Science and started thinking about an designing Guatemalan worry dolls in Art.
Bring on next week!
Hello and Welcome to Year 6!
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 6 Class Blog
A new year, a new start, and what seems to be a big year. Not just because of SATs, but also because this is the children's last year at ASJ. I am sure there have been and there will many emotions for all of you as we go through the year.
It was lovely to see so many of you at the Year 6 Welcome Event, which told you about Year 6 and our approach to Maths and English, as well SATs and the residential. If you want to know more, the PowerPoint presentation is on the Year 6 webpage and you can contact me or Mr Dalrymple through the usual channels.
This last week, Year 6 have dived straight in and we have been looking at place value (number and its value) up to 10 million (how to recognise the number, write the number, more and less than a number); started to think about a suspense narrative and we have just started building up to twist the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel; we have introduced ourselves to the Maya, finding out when and where they lived; as well as recap our knowledge of light in Science.
Hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week.
The end of one journey, the start of a new one
Peter Dalrymple (PDalrymple) on: Year 6 Class Blog
And with the leaver's assembly, shirt signing and parade send off, Year 6 is over.
What an amazing bunch they are! Myself, Mr Dalrymple and Alison said they have grown and matured here, lived out our values and prepared themselves for their future. How much they have changed!
They have done so much: place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division (along with the multiplication test), statistics, measurement, geometry, narratives, non-chron reports, diaries, persuasive essays, semi-colons, the stone age, Egyptians, the World Wars, looking at the continents, looking at small islands, making toys, making electrical products, creating posters, making pottery...the list goes on. So much knowledge. So much skill. So much talent.
And now, they take their knowledge and skills and talents to a new stage.
The learning journey continues in secondary.
I, along with all of the staff, wish Year 6 of 2024-25 the best of luck in the next steps. May their success, love for each other and dedication continue.
