Welcome all Year 6 parents and pupils.

Armistice Day was on 11 November and is also known as Remembrance Day.

It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918.

Year 6 stood in a circle together after their break time on the 11th November, at 11 o’clock, to hold a two-minute silence to remember the people who have died in wars.

What are we learning this week?

 

English – We shall we starting our new Power of Reading text, Rose Blanche! This week we shall be engaging in book talk b y responding to illustrations and using drama activities to gain an understanding of different people during Nazi Germany.

Maths – our learning objectives for this week are:

• I can convert fractions into decimals
• I can find fractions of amounts

History – As the 11th November is Remembrance Day, we shall be marking this occasion using art and silhouettes. In guided reading, we shall be exploring war poetry and why the 11th November is significant.

Science – We shall be planning our investigation to see what affects the brightness of a bulb.

PE – PE continues on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Children need to come in to school wearing their PE kit and their Howard Primary School jumper.

Computing – We shall be finishing our learning posters about our online safety learning – ready to display in the ICT suite! Our specific focus this half term has been dealing with cyberbulling and de-escalating digital drama.

RE – We shall be retelling the story of The Monkey King, using story maps.

Reading – For our class read, we shall be continuing the story of Pax – by Sara Pennypacker.

What are we learning this week?

Maths –

This week we will learn to:

Simplify fractions

Order fractions

Add fractions

 

English –

Edit and up level an existing diary entry. Then, we shall plan, write and edit a diary entry as ‘Peter’ from our core text, Pax by Sara Pennypacker.

               

Science –

We will be planning our investigation-

What affects the brightness of a bulb?

 

RE-

We will be looking at a story of the Monkey King (a story Siddhartha Gautama told once he became known as the Buddha).

PE

Children should come to school in their full PE kit with their Howard Primary School jumper on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

History

We shall be continuing to look at evacuation.

 

RHE

To name the main male and female internal and external
reproductive parts, using the correct terminology.

What are we learning this week?

Maths –

I can find common multiples, common factors, prime numbers, square and cubed numbers.

English –

We shall be continuing to build our descriptive vocabulary using the 5 senses and a variety of WW2 stimuli. We shall also identify and evaluate the key features of a diary.

Science –

We will be learning all about circuit symbols.

 

RE-

We shall be continuing to learn about the 4 Noble Truths.

PE

Children should come to school in their full PE kit with their Howard Primary School jumper on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

History

We shall be sharing our primary and secondary source homework and starting to look at evacuation.

 

RHE

We shall be discussing how our bodies change throughout puberty.

Please follow this link to a handy guide to help you log in to Google Classroom.

Howard parents guide to Google Classroom (2)

What are we learning this week?

Maths –

Short division

English –

We shall be creating parallel story maps for Chapters 4 and 5, establishing a cast list of characters that we have met so far in Pax, and we shall be building our descriptive vocabulary using the 5 senses and a variety of WW2 stimuli.

 

 

Science –

 

 

We will be evaluating what the key components of a circuit are and whether we think a variety of differently prepared circuits will be successful in lighting a bulb.

 

 

RE-

We shall be continuing to learn about the 4 Noble Truths.

 

PE

Children should come to school in their full PE kit with their Howard Primary School jumper on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

 

History

We shall continue to look at key figures and the causes of WW2.

 

 

 

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If you want a few games to help you with your practising, please click here.

 

What are we learning this week?

Maths

This week, we shall be learning long multiplication!

 

English

Continuing with our Power of Reading unit, Pax, we shall be debating and discussing which sentimental and [practical items we would take o our journey. We shall also be plotting Peter’s ‘graph of emotion’ to evaluate the different emotional stages of his life, so far. Finally, we shall be story mapping out Chapter 3 – with a specific focus on fronted adverbials to build cohesion.

Music

I can compose a rhythm in 4/4 time.

I can use a combination of note values.

I can read music with a combination of note values.

 

Science

Continuing with electricity we will be creating circuits and learning what the key components are.

 

PE

Year 6’s PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Tuesday, we shall have dance and on Wednesdays we shall have Tennis.

 

RE

This week’s L.O.: What caused him to seek enlightenment?

 

 

 

Wow! What a busy few weeks it has been! The children are all settling in very well and have adapted fantastically to all of the new routines that we have had to adopted this year.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f9d162″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#0b0b0b” ]Meet the Year 6 team:[/dropshadowbox]

QE2 Class

Miss Blackford – Class Teacher and Year Group Leader

Mrs Jackson – Classroom Teaching Assistant

Miss Benariba – Classroom Teaching Assistant

 

Tower Class

Miss J. Handley – Class Teacher

Mrs Thambi – Classroom Teaching Assistant

Miss Ancell – Classroom Teaching Assistant

 

We are also very fortunate enough to have a number of other adults working with us this year, including: Miss Robinson, Mrs Grundey, Mrs Glenn and Miss S. Handley.

 

What are we learning this week?

Maths

We are focusing on column addition .

English

We shall be using the Power of Reading scheme at Howard Primary School, this year. Our core text for this half term is called Pax, by Sara Pennypacker. Because the Power of Reading relies on the element of surprise for the children, our learning objectives cannot be published in advance, but we will be focusing on analysing character, writing in role and reading aloud for debate and discussion. The children are hooked on the book already. What will happen to Peter and Pax next…?

 

Reading

Our year group’s class reader is Carrie’s War – by Nina Bawden. Here is a little teaser…

Carrie and her younger brother Nick are evacuated to Wales to spend the war years with the dour Mr Evans and his sister ‘Auntie’ Lou. Carrie and Nick spend much of their time at Druid’s Bottom – a mysterious house where Hepzibah, the housekeeper, tells them strange stories about skulls and curses. Carrie and Nick settle into their new lives…and then Carrie does something she’ll regret for years to come.

 

In our weekly reading comprehension sessions, we are focusing on skimming and scanning to answer retrieval questions.

 

Science

This term’s focus is Electricity. This week we will look at which components are needed to complete a circuit.

 

History

Our History topic, for the Autumn term, is World War Two. This week we shall be looking at key individuals and dates. We shall also be discussing some of the causes that led to the outbreak of war.

 

PE

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Children are expected to wear full PE kit into school on these days. On Tuesdays they will take part in Dance and on Wednesdays they will have Tennis.

RE

Our topic this half term is Buddhism. This week, we will be looking at the life of Siddharta Gautama.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#62eef9″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#0b0b0b” ]Homework timetable: [/dropshadowbox]

Monday: Mathletics tasks set and due the following Monday.

Thursday: Spelling Frame tasks set and due the following Thursday.

Friday: Fiction Express – Read the next chapter, complete the quiz and vote by Tuesday.

Additional homework tasks will be set on Google Classroom in due course.

 

We hope you love them as much as we do!

As the school year comes to an end, we hope you will look back on your time at Howard with fond memories. Please do keep in touch with us! We want to hear all about your new secondary schools. Don’t forget, when the time is right, we will have our Leavers’ Disco to look forward to. We know that each of you will thrive at your new school and be successful later on in life. Keep smiling and we will see you soon!

Miss Blackford and Miss Handley

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f5f91d” border_width=”5″ border_color=”#000000″ ]Learning this week:[/dropshadowbox]

Please complete any unfinished tasks that have been set over the past few months. Do send us pictures on Class Dojo! We would love to hear from as many of you as possible before the summer holidays!

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#1dcaf9″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#000000″ ]End of term activities[/dropshadowbox]

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year – 

How well do you really know Howard Primary School? Let’s put your knowledge to the test with this fun and exciting quiz!

Year 6 quiz

Extension: Can you create your own Howard quiz?

Spaghetti and marshmallow challenge – 

Do you know about the Spaghetti Tower Marshmallow Challenge? Set up a Spaghetti Marshmallow Challenge with young children to explore the design process: thinking, doing, prototyping, and iteration: a great STEAM challenge.

If you have any marshmallows left over from the Microwave Marshmallow Experiment, this is the project for you!

This is one of those legendary team-building challenges, but due to social distancing, our children will be completing it independently.

It encourages the design mindset and supports basic engineering principles. 

The basic idea is that a team is given a handful of supplies to work with — spaghetti, tape, and string — and given 18 minutes to build the tallest possible tower that can SUPPORT a marshmallow.

Good luck! Send us your pictures on Dojo!

 

Origami –

20+ Cute and Easy Origami for Kids

Emoji quizzes –