Year 6 Overview: Welcome Message, Theme Overview, Key Skills, and Timetable
Welcome to Year 6! Join Mrs. Clay, Mrs. Medcraft, Mr. Lapworth, and Miss Russell for an exciting learning journey. Embrace a positive attitude, growth mindset, and school values. Explore topics like Groovy Greeks and Living La Vida Loca. Follow a balanced curriculum with a flexible timetable. Get ready for a fabulous year filled with learning opportunities and responsibilities!
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Welcome to Year 6! Mrs Clay Mrs Medcraft Mr Lapworth Miss Russell Here s to a great year!
Welcome! Welcome to what will be a FABULOUS year! We are so excited to start our learning journey together. We have lots of exciting learning opportunities planned for the year ahead and we hope you are looking forward to the responsibilities of Year 6. It is very important that you come with a positive attitude and a growth mindset as there may be times where you feel challenged. Always remember: hard work = success!
You are punctual to class. You move around the school with respect and a sense of responsibility. You respect all children and adults in and out of the classroom. You try your best in EVERYTHING you do and persevere. You understand that mistakes are accepted and it is ok to ask for help when needed. You support one another whether it be academically or socially. Be KIND. Apply the school values to all that you do Expectations Respect, perseverance, independence, compassion, honesty, positivity
Theme Overview This is an overview of the topics we will be covering throughout the year. However, we do like the children to be involved in the planning process so there may be slight changes depending on their interests. Autumn Groovy Greeks Spring River Deep Mountain High How are mountains and rivers formed? Summer Living La Vida Loca How does life in South America compare to life in the UK? How has life in Ancient Greece impacted on us today?
Groovy Greeks Key skills During the Autumn term, our creative curriculum topic will be centered around Ancient Greece . Here you can see all of the national curriculum skills we will be covering throughout this topic. Ancient Greece will primarily be History based and in the Spring term we will be covering Rivers and Mountains which is primarily geography based to create a balance.
Weekly timetable Our aim is to provide a balanced curriculum, however we are mindful that due to the current climate there will be gaps in all children s learning. We have worked extremely hard in devising a timetable that not only addresses these curriculum needs but also offers a variety of learning. The timetable is a flexible document that will be regularly reviewed in order to suit the children s needs.
Our weekly timetable This is the weekly timetable for Year 6. English will be taught by Mrs Clay and Maths will be taught by Mrs Medcraft and Mr Lapworth. There will however, be weeks where lessons will need to change or move around. RE will be a blocked unit at the end of every half term. Theme lessons will incorporate History, Geography and Music skills. Lessons highlighted Book talk will be focused reading sessions looking at vocabulary, writer s choices and delving deeper into understanding a piece of text.
Key information Year 6 PE PE kits to be worn to school every Friday Don t forget we will still be doing our reading Olympic awards. Every term we will collect in your reading diaries and count up how many times you have read. The more you read the more chances you have in our prize draw! There may be times when we set extra English homework other than spellings and reading. Spellings Spellings to be tested every Monday. Please ensure your child s pink spelling book is in school every day Maths homework Maths homework to be brought in every Wednesday. Children will have one week to complete Reading Children should be reading 10-15 minutes every night. Please ensure you record this in your diary. We will be checking these.
Maths You will be given a piece of Maths homework that should take no more than 30 minutes. The homework will relate to the week s learning. Please try and tackle this independently. If you need any help with your homework please make sure you ask your teacher before the day it is due in. Homework expectations Spellings Every Monday you will learn a new spelling rule and be given a set of spellings to practice. These will also be displayed on our class page on the school website. Use your pink spelling book to practice. Reading Wewill be continuing with the reading challenge and you should ensure that you or an adult signs their diary each time they read. This will be counted each term to aim for a reading award.
School Website Our class page on the school website will include lots of information and reminders including your weekly spellings and any other relevant homework. Please make sure you check it weekly. Mobile phones If your child walks to or from school on their own and you wish for them to have their mobile phone this is allowed. We collect in all phones every morning and will return them to the children at the end of the school day. Useful information
To support your learning over the year we have lots of online interactive resources. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing your personal logins with you. Please make sure you keep them in your reading diary. Times table rockstars www.ttrockstars.com Logins to remember SPAG.com: - www.spag.com MyMaths: - www.mymaths.co.uk
