Welcome all Year 6 parents and pupils.

I am Miss Mayley, the Year 6 class teacher, and our TA is Mrs Thambiayah.

Recommended reading books for Year 6:

Best Books for Year 6 | Ages 10-11 Recommended Reads | BooksForTopics

Expertly selected books for 9 and 10 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)

Expertly selected books for 11, 12 and 13 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)

Week beginning 5th December 2022

December 4, 2022

It’s RE Week!

What are we learning this week?

English –

This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:

To identify and evaluate the key features of a Rundell chapter.
To plan a narrative chapter in the style of Katherine Rundell.
To write a narrative chapter in the style of Katherine Rundell.
To edit and up-level my work.

This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Maths –

Lesson 1	LO: I can draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles.
Lesson 2	LO: To identify, name and describe properties of 3-D shapes (pyramids, prisms, congruent 3D shapes)
Lesson 3	LO: I can build and recognise the net of 3D shapes and tell if the drawing of a net cannot be made into a 3D shape using reasoning.
Lesson 4	LO: I can plot point accurately within the first quadrant and draw 2-D shapes from given coordinates.
Lesson 5	LO: I can describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants).

RE –

This week, we shall be focusing on Lifestyle and Celebration within our RE topic, Buddhism.

Science –

This week’s learning objective is to investigate why shadows have the same shape as the object.

PE –

QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays

Week beginning 21st November 2022

November 20, 2022

It’s Computing Week!

What are we learning this week?

English –

This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:

To visualise and annotate a scene.
To identify the key features of a travel guide.
To plan a travel guide using condensed notes.
To write a travel guide.
To edit and up-level my writing.

This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Maths –

Computing –

This week, we shall be planning, designing and evaluating our own adventure game on Scratch.

Science –

This week’s learning objective is to explore how light travels in straight lines.

PE –

QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays

Don’t forget…

We also have our trip to Trinity School for a music concert on Monday 21st November 2022.