Welcome to Term 2 in Year 6

We hope you have had an enjoyable and relaxing half term!

We’re excited to begin a fresh half-term of learning and hope your child is just as enthusiastic as we are! Mrs Wood will be teaching on Monday mornings, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and Mrs Minty will be teaching on Monday afternoons and Fridays. Our class teaching assistants are Mrs Clermont (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday) and Mrs Valentine (Wednesday morning).

Geography Topic

This term, our focus shifts to geography as we explore the course of the River Avon. Pupils will investigate how rivers shape the landscape, trace the river’s journey from source to mouth, and develop their understanding of geographical features and terminology.

English

Our key text this term is The Viewer by Shaun Tan. This thought-provoking book will inspire a range of writing opportunities, including:

• Setting descriptions
• Letters
• Diaries
• Newspaper reports

Children will be encouraged to explore themes and imagery from the book to develop their creative and analytical writing skills.

In our class guided reading sessions, we will be reading ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell.

Home Learning In Year 6

Home learning will continue to be set on Google classroom each week. Children will be given assignments in maths, spellings and reading comprehension with additional enrichment activities. Home learning will be set on Fridays on Google classroom and should be handed in the following Thursday on Google Classroom. If your child is unable to access Google Classroom, please let us know so that we can provide them with a paper copy.

Spellings

Your child will be tested in class on Thursday with the words listed and new spellings will be set on Friday. We encourage children to learn spellings using the Look, Cover, Write, Check method, following the sequence:

LOOK at the word

COVER the word

WRITE the word

CHECK their spelling against the word.

Spellings will be set on Google Classroom. If your child is unable to access Google Classroom, please let us know so that we can provide them with a paper copy.

Reading

Your child will continue to bring home a reading book every day to share with you. 'Free Reading’ books may be chosen from the class library or from home. Please encourage your child to choose books that are a little challenging for them to read. Comics and easy books are also great to read as they can improve comprehension skills and give ideas for story writing, but they will not stretch their vocabulary and reading ability. Please encourage your child to read with expression, and to express opinions about the characters in the story, the plot, and what might happen next. Reading books and reading record should be brought to school each day.

Maths

All pupils have been given login details for an online maths system called Professor Assessor. Numeracy homework assignments will be given for the children to complete on computers/tablets at home. Each child will get an assignment unique to them, to practise skills that have been taught in the numeracy lessons. In addition, the children will be able to use the ‘Times Tables Fun’ system on their Professor Assessor login. 

Water Bottles

Please ensure your child brings a named bottle to school every day, filled with water. The children are allowed to fill their water bottles up during the day if they run out. Please ensure water bottles are taken home regularly and washed.

Timetable of things to remember!

Please help your child to take responsibility themselves for the things that they need to remember.  Perhaps your child could cut out the timetable and place it somewhere at home or in their school bag to remind them each day.

Day	I need to remember...
Monday	Wear school uniform
Tuesday	Wear PE uniform
Wednesday	Wear School Uniform
Thursday	Home Learning Handed in Spelling Test Wear school uniform
Friday	Home Learning and New spellings given out on Google Classrooms Wear PE uniform Take water bottle home to be washed

 

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange to speak with Mrs Wood or Mrs Minty.

Kind regards, 

The Year 6 Team