Year 6 - Looking Back and Forth - Friday 20th November 2020
Y6 - Friday 20th November 2020 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 6
Looking back:
It’s just been another cracking week in Year 6 – with a lingual surprises thrown in from the pupils themselves. Academically, we have completed our writing about Carnegie Hall and whilst we shall continue to enjoy reading “The Good Thieves” as our class novel, next week we will be starting a new topic – wait and see! Fractions have been our focus in maths this week and we’re strengthening this tricky topic all the while. Resistors were our scientific investigations this week and in other curriculum areas, we have considered why the five pillars are important in Islam; quizzed about the Indus Valley; considered climate zones in Geography; and we have enjoyed singing with Mrs. Sant on Wednesday. Super times.
Thank you to all pupils and families for their support with the Reading Challenge this week. It’s is abundantly clear from their diaries that there has been much reading at home this week, perhaps as usual for some, and an increase for others perhaps. We cannot encourage our pupils to read at home too much and reading to – or with – and adult is invaluable. We would like to keep the reading challenge going each week and we will continue to discuss this in class. There have been a total of over 400 house points given out this week as a result of almost all the homework diaries being in on Thursday, and the success of the reading. Super impressive, Year 6 (and mums and dads) – please keep this up. We cannot run out of house points!
They were impressive on Friday morning with their multi-lingual greetings! There were “good morning” greetings in German, Russian, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Irish, Spanish, and so many more languages. What an absolutely super surprise, especially as they had organised this themselves. Whatever will they come up with next??? We wait with great anticipation……………………..
And finally – thank you, parents. The class have now spent their extra money which came from the remainder of the air purifier. We have put some school funds to this and we have purchased cushions for the pupils to use both in class and outside. They have each chosen their favourite colours and when they arrive, we’ll take some photos and show you. They’re going to add a lot of colour to our classroom. Thank you.
Letters issued Y6:
None this week
Year 6 – Pupils’ Highlights:
- Reading “The Good Thieves”
- Publishing our Carnegie Hall work
- Looking at climates in Geography
- PE with Mr. Townsend
- Electricity
- Breaktimes
- Writing about Gustav Holst and The Planets
- Maths with Miss Atkinson and Mrs Livingstone
- Equivalent fractions
- Listening to everyone say “Good Morning” in all the different languages
Family discussion questions:
- Tell me three top facts about the Indus Valley.
- What is a resistor and what does it do?
- Who are Rimsky, Rasko, Cork and Moscow?
Looking forward:
- It’s a new writing topic next week and all will be revealed on Monday morning. Fractions will continue to challenge us, as will our foundation subjects. It’s PE on Friday – please ensure that the children are in warm clothing for outdoor PE as we are trying to get the children outdoors as much as possible. Please also encourage the Year 6 to have a coat in school and gloves on chilly days so that their hands and fingers are warm when they come straight in after breaktimes.
- Will we have another house (or houses) to earn lots of House Points again. Diaries in on Thursday, please.
Homework in Year 6
Mrs. Timmins:
Reading Challenge and Spellings (both available to download on the Year 6 class page)
(Set: 20.11.20; Due: 27.11.20)
Mrs. Cooper:
Science
(Set: 19.11.20; Due: 25.11.20)
Miss Atkins:
Maths Arithmetic Sheet
(Set: 24.11.20; Due: 26.11.20)