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)
As the school year comes to an end, we hope you will look back on your time at Howard with fond memories. Please do keep in touch with us! We want to hear all about your new secondary schools. Don’t forget, when the time is right, we will have our Leavers’ Disco to look forward to. We know that each of you will thrive at your new school and be successful later on in life. Keep smiling and we will see you soon!
Miss Blackford and Miss Handley
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Please complete any unfinished tasks that have been set over the past few months. Do send us pictures on Class Dojo! We would love to hear from as many of you as possible before the summer holidays!
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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year –
How well do you really know Howard Primary School? Let’s put your knowledge to the test with this fun and exciting quiz!
Extension: Can you create your own Howard quiz?
Spaghetti and marshmallow challenge –
Do you know about the Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Challenge? Set up a Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge with young children to explore the design process: thinking, doing, prototyping, and iteration: a great STEAM challenge.
If you have any marshmallows left over from the Microwave Marshmallow Experiment, this is the project for you!
This is one of those legendary team-building challenges, but due to social distancing, our children will be completing it independently.
It encourages the design mindset and supports basic engineering principles.
The basic idea is that a team is given a handful of supplies to work with — spaghetti, tape, and string — and given 18 minutes to build the tallest possible tower that can SUPPORT a marshmallow.
Good luck! Send us your pictures on Dojo!
Origami –
Emoji quizzes –
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Please keep checking Class Dojo for the most up to date information on our leavers arrangements.
20th July – Zoom Party (3pm-3:40pm). All school bubbles will be dismissed around 2:30pm on this day.
21st July – Last day of school for children
English
This week, our focus is going to be on writing ‘A guide to Year 6’. In preparation for next year, we would like our lovely Year 6s to create a poster or leaflet detailing what you think the Year 5s should know as they move to their new year group.
Day 1 – L.O. I can plan an information text.
What do you think are the key pieces of information that the Year 5s should know as they enter QE2 and Tower Class? What would you like to have been told before you came in to Year 6? Top tips and useful information?
Use the template below to record your notes.
Days 2 + 3 – L.O. I can write an information text.
On lined paper, create a first draft. Edit and correct so that it meets the Year 6 writing expectations.
Day 4 – L.O. I can publish an information text.
Design and create your final piece. Make it eye-catching and informative and appealing to your target audience (the Year 5s).
RE/Art
This week we will create a piece of artwork for entry into the Spirited Arts competition based on the planning we have done over the last two weeks and the theme “inspiring”.
Artwork should be accompanied by a short written commentary of no more than 400 words written on one side of A4. There are prompts available in the document attached, together with further details of the competition.
If you are entering the competition from home we would love to see photographs of your work. This can be posted on Class Dojo or e-mailed to Mrs Fallon on howardyear3@gmail.com
Spirited Arts 2020 competition details
Maths
Lesson 1 – Introducing the ratio symbol
Lesson 3 – Using scale factors
Lesson 4 – Ratio and proportion problems
Answers to last week’s maths:
Lesson 1 Answers Vertically opposite angles 2020
Lesson 2 Answers Angles in a triangle 2020
Lesson 3 Answers Angles in a triangle – special cases 2020
Lesson 4 Answers Angles in a triangle – missing angles 2020
Geography
Lesson 3 – What is a population pyramid?
In this lesson we will be exploring a new type of graph called a population pyramid. These special graphs help us to see what the breakdown of a population is in terms of gender and age.
Click here to watch the lesson.
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Lesson 4 – What challenges can a growing population present?
In this lesson we will explore how rapidly growing populations in certain areas can present challenges, especially around infrastructure and resources.
Watch this lesson here.
PSHE
Transition to secondary school
Click here for resources to help our lovely Year 6s feel more settled about the transition. PowerPoint and accompanying video help you explore with your child the challenges that can arise with the transition from primary to secondary school, and help pupils identify strategies for managing the change.
Reading
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