Welcome to Queen Elizabeth 2 Class
Welcome all Year 6 parents and pupils.
Class Teacher: Miss Blackford
Teaching assistants: Mrs Jackson & Mr Cellmer
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)
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Parents evening will be held in the teachers’ classes this week on Tuesday and Thursday, after school.
For secondary school information and support, please check out the link at the bottom of the Howard Primary School home page.
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Maths – We shall be looking at multiplication and division over the next two weeks, using both written and mental strategies.
English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom and our topic The Second World War. This week, we shall be writing our biographies based on Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.
Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at circuit symbols and identifying whether a circuit will work or not.
PSHE – We shall be learning about New Beginnings.
RE – Our RE lessons shall be taught by Mrs Forde. This half term’s unit is Buddhism.
PE – This week’s Friday PE session shall be taught by Agata, who coaches our students with the Sports Partnership. Swimming will be on Tuesday as normal.
History – This week, we shall be looking at rationing this week.
Computing – We shall be continuing to look at online safety this half term.
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Year 6 trip to Kew Gardens – Friday 4th October
For secondary school information and support, please check out the link at the bottom of the Howard Primary School home page.
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Maths – We shall be looking at subtraction this week.
English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom and our topic The Second World War. This week, we shall be identifying the key features of a biography, boxing up a biography, editing and up levelling an existing biography, planning and beginning to write our biography based on Neville Chamberlain.
Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at writing a method on how to light a bulb.
PSHE – We shall be learning about New Beginnings.
RE – Our RE lessons shall be taught by Mrs Forde. This half term’s unit is Buddhism.
PE – PE will be held on Fridays, where we will be starting our unit on Basketball. Year 6 will be going swimming on Tuesdays.
History – This week, we shall be continuing to look at ‘evacuation during WW2’. We shall be writing a letter as an evacuee as well as learning why children were evacuated during the Second World War.
Computing – We shall be continuing to look at online safety this half term.
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Maths – We shall be looking at the four operations this week.
English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom and our topic The Second World War. This week, we shall be identifying the key features of a biography, boxing up a biography, editing and up levelling an existing biography, planning and beginning to write our biography based on Neville Chamberlain.
Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at how to light a light bulb.
PSHE – We shall be learning about New Beginnings.
RE – Our RE lessons shall be taught by Mrs Forde. This half term’s unit is Buddhism.
Spanish – We shall be presenting our Spanish research projects that we have been working on for 2 weeks.
PE – PE will be held on Fridays, where we will be starting our unit on Basketball. Year 6 will be going swimming on Tuesdays.
History – This week, we shall be continuing to look at ‘evacuation during WW2’. We shall be writing a letter as an evacuee as well as learning why children were evacuated during the Second World War.
Computing – We shall be starting our online safety unit.
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Maths – We shall be looking at rounding and comparing and ordering numbers up to ten million.
English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom. This week, we shall be looking at setting description. We shall be using the five senses to build descriptions of a city and countryside image. This will lead us to writing a diary entry (in the role of William Beech) comparing his experiences in London with his new home, in the town of Little Weirworld, after being evacuated.
Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at electrical symbols needed in a circuit and key vocabulary.
PSHE – We shall be learning about The Lily Project and how we can help support this charity.
Spanish – We shall be starting our unit “All about us”.
PE – PE will be held on Fridays, where we will be starting our unit on Basketball. Year 6 will be going swimming on Tuesdays.
History – This week, we shall be looking at ‘evacuation during WW2’. We shall be writing a letter as an evacuee as well as learning why children were evacuated during the Second World War.
Computing – We shall be starting our online safety unit.
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Mondays (until 4:30pm) – Maths booster
Thursdays (until 4:30pm_ – English booster
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The Year 6 team:
Queen Elizabeth II Class
Miss Blackford – Class Teacher and Year Group Leader
Mrs Brown – HLTA
Mrs Verma – 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Tower Bridge Class
Miss Handley – Class Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher
Mrs Jackson – Teaching Assistant
The Year 6 team also includes Mrs Forde, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Grundey and Mrs Glenn who will teach the classes throughout the week for a variety of subjects.
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Maths – We shall be looking at place value, specifically being able to read, write, order and round numbers up to ten million.
English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom. This week, we shall be looking at characterisation. The children will learn about open/closed questions, take part in hotseating activities, complete character profiles for William and Mister Tom and write a diary entry as Mister Tom. We shall also looking at comparatives and superlatives, figurative language as well as starting sentences in a variety of different ways.
Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at electrical symbols needed in a circuit.
PSHE – We shall be learning about The Lily Project and how we can help support this charity.
Spanish – We shall be starting our unit “All about us”.
PE – Unfortunately, swimming is cancelled this week. PE will be held on Fridays, where we will be starting our unit on Basketball.
History – We shall be starting our unit, The Second World War, where we shall be looking at the timeline of key events.
Computing – We shall be starting our online safety unit.
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We are thrilled to say that all the children have settled in very well and we are looking forward to the journey ahead of us this year.
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Maths – We shall be completing a brief ‘maths quiz’ to show our existing knowledge. We shall then be revising the key strategies that we can use to help us answer these questions.
English – We shall be writing an instruction text on ‘how to have the perfect summer holiday’. We shall also be writing a suspense story, independently, based on ideas that we gather from an engaging image. How exciting!
PSHE – We shall be learning how to identify different emotions and taking part in some role play activities to help us offer advice to our peers if they have a problem. As we are a Rights Respecting School, we shall be thinking about what rights we should include in our class charters.
Reading – We shall be starting our new class text, Goodnight Mister Tom. Set during WW2, we shall be answering some pre-reading questions and reading up to Chapter 1.
PE – A quick reminder that swimming sessions will resume on Tuesday 10th September. Please make sure the children bring their swimming kits. PE kits should be in school from Monday. PE days will be confirmed as soon as possible.
This week we will be studying
Art
Paul Klee ; line and shape
History
WW2 The War in the Pacific
Literacy
. innovating and writing suspense stories
Maths
Shape and pattern
PE
Catching and Fielding Games
Science
The Human Circulatory System
NB Monday is cross country
Bring PE kit!
In QE2 class this week we will be studying
History
The children continue to create pages for their personal WW2 Time Magazine
Literacy
Suspense Writing
Maths
Shape and Pattern
PE
catching and fielding games
RE
Creation stories
Science
Animal including humans; heart rate
Class Read ‘T
he Boy in the striped Pyjamas
NB Thursday is wear your own clothes day for the donation of a bottle
The SAT s timetable is as follows
Pencil cases of any description are NOT permitted during SATS week.
All the equipment required will be provided at the appropriate times
Monday 13 May 2 Papers English Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
Tuesday 14 May English reading Test
Wednesday 15 May Maths paper 1 Arithmetic
Maths paper 2 Reasoning
Thursday 16 May Maths Paper 3 Reasoning
Friday 17 May SATs have finished
After SATS all learning continues until the end of the school year. Writing will be a focus as will preparing the children for the challenges of Year 7.
NB:Our preparation for the forthcoming SAT test continues relentlessly.
Literacy
Our focus will be on reading comprehension and giving extended answers which contain information from the text
Maths
We will be revisiting
Adding and subtracting decimals.
written multiplication/ division including decimals
square/cube/prime numbers
PE
We are playing summers ports including field games such as rounders and invasion games such as skittle ball
RE
We will be looking at how Buddhist monks express their faiths
Science
we will revisit classifying living things
SPAG
we will be using a range of activities to reinforce many area of punctuation and the use of standard English