Our Lady's

Year 6

Welcome to Year 6!

Welcome to our new Year 6! We are excited to start this fabulous year with you all. 

This term we have 2 new topics to explore.

Autumn 1 - Frozen Kingdoms

This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of polar regions, including the North and South Poles, and includes a detailed exploration of the environmental factors that shape and influence them.

Here are some activities that you can try at home.

Autumn 2 - Revolution

Find out about super strict schools by travelling back in time to a Victorian classroom. Discover a time when great minds thought new thoughts and ingenious inventors created so many things that we take for granted today.

During the Autumn term, we will be looking at the lives of the people living in Victorian Britain.

Below are some activities that you can try at home. 

Bedrock Learning

This term we are excited to introduce a new learning platform 'Bedrock'. This will enhance pupil learning and they will experience engaging, language-rich fiction and non-fiction texts that expand their knowledge of the world as well as their vocabulary. All pupils will be given log in details when they return after the Easter holidays. 

PE

Our PE day is Monday. Please come to school wearing full PE kit including suitable footwear for outdoor activities. This term will be 'Athletics'. 

Maths and English Revision 

Although we set plenty of homework, you might want to practice certain skills a little bit more at home. Try these links to games and activities:

Maths

Maths Games http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

BBC Bitesize Maths http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z826n39

Times Tables Rockstars (Log in with your own user name and password)

Numbots (log in with your own username and password)

 Remember to complete your maths homework each week.

English

SPaG Games http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm

More SPaG Games http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar

Accelerated Reader (Quizzing) https://ukhosted11.renlearn.co.uk/2248093/default.aspx

Quizzing Certificates

• Accelerated Reader Certification Criteria.pdf

Reading at Home 

Please listen to your child read every day and ensure that their Reading Diary is signed to confirm this. We are checking Reading Diaries each week and children who have not read at home will have an opportunity to read in school by reading to staff during the morning break time on a Friday. 

Homework

Homework will be set each Friday.  It is expected that pupils return their homework by the following Thursday to ensure that it can be marked and feedback given. 

Remember to check Seesaw and Purple Mash for additional activities that are set. 

Seesaw

Thank you to all of the parents who have signed up for Seesaw. It is a wonderful platform for us to use to set work for the pupils and for them to share the work that they do in school with those at home. All pupils have their Seesaw home learning code in their reading diaries to access their page at home.