Ghyllgrove Community Primary School &Resource Base for Deaf Children
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Welcome to Year 6!
Class 20
Class Teacher: Mr Davies
Class Learning Assistant: Mrs Nash
We are very excited to start the Spring term in Year 6 and look forward to all the fantastic work and exciting topics that we will be discovering together. Here is a brief overview of what to expect in Class 20 this term.
Curriculum
In English this term, the children will be reading the thrilling novel: ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz. This will act as a stimulus for their writing lessons throughout the term. This is an exhilarating book which will capture their imaginations and also has a great film to help visualise the story.
In guided reading and VIPER sessions, the children will be enhancing their vocabulary, improving their expression and intonation whilst continuing to develop their comprehension skills.
In Maths, we will be increasing confidence in the mental and written methods of calculation and exploring decimals, fractions and percentages in more detail. Also, we will revisit and enhance our learning from a variety of topics including: shape, direction, measure and statistics.
During the afternoons, our topic will be ‘A World Without Wifi’, where the children will learn about different decades from the past. It is a thoroughly intriguing topic and the children are often surprised by what they find out!
Reading
The children will continue to bring home their Home-School Diary in order to log their reading activity at home. This can be reading from their school book, but can also include the reading of their own magazines, comics, recipe books - the ideas are endless!
PE
Our multi-skills lessons are on a Tuesday and Friday and children should attend school in full PE kit on this day. Please ensure that the PE kit is suitable for all weathers, as we will be outside come rain or shine!
Homework
In Year 6, children have a CGP Arithmetic Practise Book which will come home every week. The children will highlight which pages need completing for that week. Please ensure this is completed as it is important practise to further embed their understanding.
The Home-School Diary needs to be in school every day as it is used to record times tables, spellings as well as reading. It is here that you will also find the log-in details for many of the applications we use at school.
There will continue to be a strong emphasis on knowing the times tables by heart. Using Times Tables Rock Stars at home is fun and challenging as well as being designed to increase fluency and confidence. The log-in details for this can be found in the front of the Home-School Diary.
Spellings will be handed out for the children to stick into the diary on a Monday, with a spelling test for these words on the Friday.
Thank you,
Mr Davies