Monday 11th November 2024
Dear Parent/Carer of Year 6 pupil,
Welcome to Autumn 2 and thank you for your support since September. We have an interesting term ahead of us, with a lot of work and fun to be had! Our Learning Journey topic this term is titled: ‘Pump it Up!’. Below we have outlined some important information regarding this term.
P.E. Lessons
Please ensure your child has the appropriate kit in school on the following days, including trainers and tracksuit bottoms when the weather turns colder. This should consist of grey or black bottoms, white t-shirt and red school jumper/cardigan.
P.E. lessons are on Tuesday PPA days (5th November, 19th November and 3rd December). In addition to this, Copper will be doing a P.E. lesson every Thursday; Brass and Bronze will be doing P.E. every Friday.
Homework
Reading: Reading with your child and discussing what has been read each day is essential to helping them make progress in all areas of the curriculum. The expectation is that your child reads for at least 15-20 minutes each evening and that they record this in their Reading Record Book. We ask that you support and monitor your child’s reading and check/sign it regularly.
Maths: Maths homework is set each Monday on Mathletics. This is to be completed by the Monday of the following week.
Spellings: A spelling rule will be introduced on Mondays, and throughout the week lessons and activities will be completed based on this rule. In Year 6, the expectation is that the children learn the spellings over the course of the week which they will be tested on on a Friday – this will enable us to gather evidence to support our end of Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment.
In addition to this, we may send home additional Grammar and/or Maths worksheets from the CGP booklets to support the children in their learning. This will be dependent on how the sheets coincide with our weekly learning. This will be communicated with the children which they will record in their Year 6 planners.
In Year 6, children have be given planners. They record the weekly spellings, homelearning and reading record input into their planner. We expect these to be brought into school everyday.
Topic Home learning: Last term we learnt about the Maya civilisation and why they were so mysterious. Therefore, this term’s topic home learning will be about the Maya to give the children an opportunity to continue the learning that we started in Autumn 2.
Other information:
Year 6 pupils can bring into school a healthy snack eg. a piece of fruit, savoury crackers, nut free cereal bar, etc. If your child brings in what we would consider to be an unhealthy snack, they will not be allowed to eat it, and it will be returned to them for their packed lunch or at the end of the school day if they eat school dinners. Also, please ensure that your child does not bring in food that contains nuts.
Now that we are entering the winter period, please ensure your child has a warm coat and that all hats, scarves and gloves are named. It is important that your child does not wear jewellery (unless it is for religious reasons) apart from stud earrings.
Important dates:
As part of our launch, we are going on a trip the Centre of the Cell on Wednesday 6th November.
Additionally, as part of our landing, we will have visitors come into school for a hands-on heart dissection experience on Monday 9th December.
Below this letter, you will find a mindmap which shows the learning that we will be doing this term as well as the Autumn 2 Topic home learning on the Maya.
Thank you and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
The Year 6 team
Home Learning
