Year 6
Week Beginning 7th December
Well, Christmas is officially here and we are all so excited to enjoy the festivities. I don't think there's anywhere better in the world to be than in a primary school during the lead up to Christmas - so many happy smiles and joyful faces. On behalf of the Year 6 team, season's greetings to you all!
Important dates and messages:
Monday 9th December - Tadpoles Christmas Crafts with Parents/Carers - 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Monday 9th December - PSA Christmas Wreath Workshop. School hall - 7pm - 9pm
Monday 16th - Thursday 19th December - Christmas Performances (hall, outside and church)
Friday 20th December - break up for Christmas holidays. 1:15pm (localised snow flurries expected)
Tuesday 7th January 2025 - children return to school for the Spring Term
Friday 20th June 2025 - Sports Day, King’s Park stadium
Worship theme of the week: Reflection
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2
We also must say how brilliantly the children did during assessment week last week. We can't wait to share their results with them and celebrate their many successes!
Curriculum
In English, we will be focused on letter writing, both from soldiers and families at home.
In maths, we will be focusing on solving problems with fractions.
In science, we will be focusing on 'electricity'.
In art, we will be focusing on abstract drawings.
In computing, we will be completing a unit of work on blogging.
In RE, we will continue to study Matthew and Luke's interpretations of the Christmas story.
Destination reader
This term, we will be reading the WW2 inspired book ,Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.
Other news:
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PPA Days - PPA Days will be every other Friday and children should come in wearing PE kits.
- PE every Friday - Children should wear their PE kits every Friday.
Homework
- Project overview and Project homework - please find links to the relevant information below.
- MyMaths - we will be setting MyMaths tasks termly, based on the learning we will be doing this term. Please let us know if you are finding them too easy or tricky and remember that below there are many resources you can use to extend your learning from home. In Year 6, some children like to do extra revision in the lead-up to SATs. Because of this, we have added a plethora of revision materials. There are no expectations for these all to be completed. We recommend completing one or two activities per week, with the topic linking to what we are currently doing, which can be found at the top of this page. The My Maths tasks for this term are: Fractions worksheet 6A, Fractions worksheet 6B, Comparing fractions, Ordering and simplifying fractions, Equivalent fractions 2 and Adding subtracting fractions.
- Reading books - we would like to remind everyone to have a reading book in school - this can be a school or home book. We would like all children to be able to share recommendations and reviews of what we have read recently. We are displaying books that we've read in the classroom to get children talking about the stories they love and to inspire others to try new titles.
- Reading records - All children should now have a blue reading record in which they can record how often they are reading. They will receive one raffle ticket if they read three times a week and two if they read more than five. At the end of each term, we will be drawing a raffle. There are activities in the reading records that can be completed at home for fun!
Best wishes,
Year 6 Team.
Learning as a family in Jesus, through Love, Hope, and Forgiveness.
Matthew 19:26 “With God all things are possible.”
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Below are some resources you can use for optional additional activities if you so wish:
English reading activities
English reading activities should consist of reading an extract or short story and answering questions. Guidance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4
- What are facts and opinions?
- What does an author do?
- What is inference?
2. https://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-2.html
- All activities through this link
3. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
- All activities through this link
SPaG – Spelling punctuation and grammar activities
- SPaG exam questions
Your username and password are in the password pack you received from school.
- Apostrophes – Demo 1
- Apostrophes – Demo 2
- Homophone magic
- Is it a noun?
- You should be able to sign up for free and get some free questions.
- Glossary of Grammar terminology
- Grammar and punctuation information- click to be taken to the document
6. Year 5/6 spelling list - Y5 and 6 spelling list
Maths
Remember, MyMaths tasks will be set each week as identified in the weekly web update. Please ensure that you do the tasks set for the week. Remember, you also have access to Timetables Rockstars, too.
Remember, the Maths exam is split into three; one arithmetic paper and two reasoning papers. The arithmetic paper is more calculation based, whereas the reasoning focusses more on the application of these skills.
Arithmetic
https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-paper-week-1/ - weekly arithmetic practise, very much in the style of the Year 6 tests.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice - practice arithmetic; select how many questions you want to try.
Daily arithmetic can be downloaded here: 1-4 13-16 17-20 21-24 25-26 27-30 31-34 5-8 9-12.
Reasoning
https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/year-6-maths-reasoning-questions-answers-ks2-sats/ - List of the different styles of reasoning/problem-solving questions.
https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/ks2-revision/maths-made-easy-ks2-sats-practice-papers/ - access to a range of free papers in a very similar style to the tests.
https://www.3minutemaths.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Quicktestreasoningyear6.pdf - Reasoning quick tests
https://thirdspacelearning.com/resources/year-6-rapid-reasoning-weeks-1-6/ - An excellent reasoning resource. You need to sign up for free, but then the download is also free.