Welcome everyone to the Autumn Term in Year 6! Below you can find information about Year 6 and our current activities.
Some of our topics this term are
Science: Electricity & Light
R.E.: Christianity & Humanism – How does being a Christian or Humanist enable resilience?
Computing: Networks and Blogging
Geography: Grid references/important geographical lines e.g., latitude and longitude.
Geography: Rainforest
D&T: Textiles
Art: Painting to create texture and moods.
P.E.: Autumn 1 – Football and Fitness
Autumn 2 – Gymnastics and OAA
P.S.H.E.: Health and wellbeing: Think Positive
Homework
Spellings: handed out on Monday and tested on a Wednesday (Mock) and Friday.
English & Maths: handed out on Friday to be handed in on Wednesday.
Reading: read regularly at home and regularly change ORT book.
Mental Maths: regular times tables practice on TTRockstars.
Login details are stuck in reading journals.
Useful Website links:
https://www.spag.com/
https://www.maths.co.uk/
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/buckstones#/portal/buckstones/child
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk
There are a number of activities which can be completed daily/weekly in addition to homework:
Times tables – TTRockstars
Spellings – regular practice and home tests.
Silent Reading– current Oxford Reading Tree book/your own reading book from home. It is important to read a wide source of materials.