Welcome to your Year 6 class page!
Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
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Hello and welcome to our Year 6 page!
Here you can find out what we are doing in English, Maths, Science as well as find out more about our topic this term.
We also have some links available to use to help you continue your child's learning at home. In addition to this, please read regularly with your child.
Thank you so much for all your efforts with your learning logs this term, we are looking forward to having a good look at all your hard work.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or queries.
Thank you,
Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
English
In English, we are exploring the text ‘The Selfish Giant’. We will write a range of genres based on the story, including a Newspaper, a description and a Letter. We will explore what makes a good description as well as using passive voice and the subjunctive form accurately.
Encourage your child to read their school reading book and ask them questions about the book which they are reading. Also, please encourage your child to log on to Reading+ at home, to help them level up and develop their reading skills.
Maths
In Maths, we will be continuing our work with Fractions, looking more specifically at adding and subtracting unlike fractions where the denominators are different. We will then move onto multiplying and dividing fractions as well as finding fractions of amounts.
How you can help your child? Practice times tables and division facts regularly. Encourage your child to log on to Sumdog and TT Rock Stars to practice their multiplication facts and battle against their friends to become a Rock Star champion.
History
This term our theme is WW2 (from an adult's perspective).
This term our theme is World War 2 from an adult’s perspective. We will start by focusing on how people stayed strong and how Britain was able to remain powerful during the war. We will also explore what VE day was really like and how people celebrated the end of the war.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their theme lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Key Questions:
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How was Britain able to stand firm against the German threat?
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How did people manage to carry on normal life during the war and how do we know?
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Why is it so difficult to be sure what life on the Home Front was really like?
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What was VE day really like?
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their theme lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Science
In Science, our topic is Humans & the circulatory system. We will look in detail at the structure and function of the heart and how this helps our body survive. We will also complete an investigation looking at how exercise can impact on heart rate.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their science lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Religious Education
This half-term in RE, we will be understanding more about the difference the resurrection makes to Christian's lives. We will explore the exodus story, what happened after it, and what the gospel tells us about it.
Class Texts this Term:
Island by Jason Chin
Charles Darwin first visited the Galápagos Islands almost 200 years ago, only to discover a land filled with plants and animals that could not be found anywhere else on earth. How did they come to inhabit the island? How long will they remain?
Jemmy Button by Valerio Vidali
Inspired by the life of Jemmy Button - a native of Tierra del Fuego who was brought to England in the mid 1800s to be 'educated' and 'civilised' by Captain Robert FitzRoy - this book illustrates Jemmy's bizarre encounters and his return back home. Collaborating across continents, without a common language, Valerio's precision and Jennifer's primitive style have resulted in a story unlike any other.
