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Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
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Hello and welcome to our Year 6 page!
Here you can find out what we are doing in English, Maths, Science as well as find out more about our topic this term.
We also have some links available to use to help you continue your child's learning at home. In addition to this, please read regularly with your child.
Thank you so much for all your efforts with your learning logs this term, we are looking forward to having a good look at all your hard work.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or queries.
Thank you,
Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
English
In English, we will continue in our preparation for the KS2 writing assessment. We will start by exploring poetry and how personification can be used to build a bigger picture with the poem ‘For Forest’. We will then move onto writing a recount biography about the work of Jaques Cousteu and we will explore how a range of features can help build cohesion.
Encourage your child to read their school reading book and ask them questions about the book which they are reading. Also, please encourage your child to log on to Reading+ at home, to help them level up and develop their reading skills.
Maths
In Maths, we will be revising key concepts in preparation for our end of KS2 assessments (SATs). We will be looking at a range of topics and exploring past SAT questions to help prepare us for the real thing.
How you can help your child? Practice times tables and division facts regularly. Encourage your child to log on to Sumdog and TT Rock Stars to practice their multiplication facts and battle against their friends to become a Rock Star champion.
Geography
This term our theme is Rivers
This term our theme is ‘Rivers’. We will explore the key features of Rivers, as well as look at some real life examples of rivers around the UK. We will also look at how we can look after our rivers and what we can do to protect them.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their theme lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Science
In Science, our topic is Light and how we see things. We will explore what light is, how it travels and how we are able to see things. We will also explore what shadows are and what causes them.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their science lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Religious Education
This half-term in RE, our topic is: What is it like to be a Muslim in the UK today?
Class Texts this Term:
Manfish by Jennifer Berne
Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming as gracefully as a fish. In fact, he longed to become a manfish. Jacques Cousteau grew up to become a champion of the seas and one of the best-known oceanographers in the world. In this lovely biography, now in paperback, poetic text and gorgeous paintings come together to create a portrait of Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.
