Year 6 - Looking Back and Forth - Friday 4th March 2022
Y6 – Friday 4th March 2022 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 6
Looking back:
It’s been great to have the class back after half term – we hope everyone has enjoyed a lovely break. This week, we’ve begun new topics in class with our key story for English being revealed throughout the week. Perhaps your child could tell you a little of the story so far. Algebra has been really interesting this week – we are really laying the foundation for a topic that will be a big part of the maths curriculum at high school.
History involved considering the Bronze and Iron Ages and deciding on which was the better period in time – lots of discussion and reasoning ensued. On Wednesday, the children really discussed the topic of Human Rights through the book “We Are All Born Free”. Each child took a particular “Right” and illustrated this for display. There were some fabulous contributions from our class. Hinduism is a focus for RE this term and on Friday, the class was introduced to hockey, with Mr Biggs.
As we are approaching the national assessments, the pupils are now being given tasks from their CGP Homework books to support the learning in class. These books will contain a “sticky label” on the inside front cover with the pupils’ homework and due dates. We will then be marking the work in class; addressing misconceptions; securing understanding; and continuing to complete pages in the books. It is therefore so important that the pupils bring these books into class on the due dates. Details of the weekly tasks can be found below – please note that each pupil will have different books. There are three English books – 1) Grammar; 2) Punctuation; 3 Spelling. There are two maths books – 1) Number, Ratio & Algebra; 2) Geometry, Measures & Statistics.
Letters issued Y6:
No letters this week
Year 6 – Pupils’ Highlights:
- LP Working on our World Book Day tasks
- DM Writing about our favourite books
- MP Reading Hansel and Gretel
- SH Maths
- AR Working on “We Are All Born Free”
- EH Finding out about Hinduism with Mrs Riddell
- MH Predicting what our new story (Hansel and Gretel) would be about before it was revealed
- AR Buddies
Family discussion questions:
- How many Human Rights did the class look at and which particular one was your choice?
- Can you solve the following equation and what are the “two steps” involved in order to do so: 3y + 16 = 31
- Tell me two facts you learned this week about Hinduism
Looking forward:
- We are continuing with our new topics next week and moving into a different area for maths. Revision for the SATs will continue both in lessons and at home – please check below for details (maths and English)
Homework in Year 6
Mrs. Timmins:
English:
Spellings (available to download on the Year 6 class page) (set 04.03.22; due 11.03.22)
Revision: Grammar CGP pages 2-7 inclusive (Nouns and Pronouns) (set 28.02.22; due 07.03.22)
Maths:
Revision: Number, Ratio & Algebra CGP pages 2-8 (Ordering Numbers and Rounding; Decimals; Fractions) (set 07.03.22; due 10.03.22)
Mrs. Cowell:
(Set: ; Due: )
Miss Atkins:
Maths Arithmetic Sheet
(Set: 08.03.22; Due: 10.03.22)