Welcome to Year Six!

Your Teacher is Miss Burnham and Mrs Emery is our Teaching Assistant this year.

On this page you will find lots of information about things we will be learning and pictures of us in school.

Summer 2

We will be doing lots of fun activities this term!

In English we will be reading 1001 Arabian Nights and studying play scripts. We will be completing some Big Writing assessments about North American wolves, hot air balloon rides over North America and descriptions. We will have a big focus on speaking and listening skills for our production, including the drama skills for acting parts in the show.

In Maths, we will continue to focus on basic skills in Mental Arithmetic to keep our skills fresh. We will be interpreting climate data in statistics and analysing trends.  

In Geography we will be continuing to learn about North America. We will conduct research and find out about the different states and cities. They will study the climate of the region, the population and use mapping skills to give directions using compass points and grid references, as well as looking at time zones across North America. The children will learn about New York City.

We will be learning about Baghdad in AD900 in History, with a RE link to the Prophet Muhammad. The children will learn about daily life in this ancient civilization and how things changed.

In Science, we will be learning about evolution and inheritance. We will think about how animals and humans evolve over time and the advantageous adaptations that result in this. The children will learn about how animals can inherit characteristics from family and study these traits. We will focus on domestic dog evolution from wolves.
 

We will be doing cookery for our DT work- making meals with a Middle Eastern theme linked to our work about Baghdad. The children will be learning chopping, mixing and slicing skills as well as thinking about nutrition.

The main focus this half term will be our production of 'Aladdin Trouble' in July. This children will be working incredibly hard to prepare for this.

Please see the key dates reminders:

• 20-22nd June Robinwood

• Thursday 23^rd June- School closed for polling day

• Friday 1^st July Sport’s Day (sport activities week)

• Tuesday 19th July Y6 leaver’s performance of Aladdin

• Wednesday 20^th July Y6 leaver’s performance of Aladdin

• Friday 15^th July- Reports go home with SATs results

• Monday 25^th July – Leaver’s Disco

• Thursday 21st July open afternoon/evening

• Tuesday 26th July Leaver’s Assembly (am)

• Wednesday 27^th July –final day of term.

Things to Remember:

You will need a water bottle, pen, glue stick and reading book (and record!) with you in school every day.

P.E. in Year Six is on Wednesdays (Games- tennis) and Thursdays (Cricket/ Athletics), you must ensure you have your kit on these days please. However, the weather may still unpredictable and you should ensure your kit is suitable for the conditions.

Homework will always be handed out on Fridays and should be returned by the following
Wednesday. Each week you will have spellings to learn for a test on Friday, plus Mental Arithmetic tests and English tasks to help you consolidate things we have been learning in class. We will be completing weekly Mental Arithmetic tests in class every Thursday.

The children have their own revision guides and online accounts to complete additional work as required to revise areas of the curriculum.


There are also letters and information sheets for your parents to download at the bottom of the page