Tower

Welcome all Year 6 parents and pupils.

  I am Miss Mayley, the Year 6 class teacher, and our TA is Mrs Thambiayah.

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)

 

Week beginning 2nd October

September 28, 2017

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”perspective-right” width=”50%” height=”” background_color=”#28f7d4″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#a7469c” ]What will we be learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]

Maths-We will be developing our mental strategies for multiplication as well as looking at more formal methods to multiply.

English-We will be learning how to keep the reader interested in a description we are writing.

Science-We will be studying Light with Mrs Adams

P.E-We will be going swimming this week with Mrs Swift.  Please remember swimming costumes and towels!

Our second PE lesson will be helping us to develop our basketball skills and playing small sided games.

Topic-The topic for this term is World War 2.  This will continue throughout the Autumn term by Mrs Adams.

R.E-We will be starting our work on Buddhism with Mrs Adams.

Computing-We will be learning how to create our own APP with Mr Govinden.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”perspective-right” width=”50%” height=”” background_color=”#28f7d4″ border_width=”5″ border_color=”#a7469c” ]Important Information[/dropshadowbox]

The Children’s University is an amazing programme that encourages your child to take part in a wide variety of activities both in and outside school that will enrich their lives and give them access to activities they wouldn’t usually have.  We would like as many children in Year 6 as possible to purchase a Children’s University passport (£2 from Miss Handley) and start collecting stamps.  Clubs that they participate in both in school and outside school will stamp their passport and once they have received 30 stamps they will be recognised at a formal graduation ceremony.  Children in the past have met the Mayor of Croydon at this event and other important people in the community.

It is a great way for children to develop more than just academic skills and be recognised for all the extra-curricular activities that they do.  This can include sports clubs, drama clubs, arts and crafts clubs, brownies, scouts, volunteering with the Lily Trust at school, supporting the school with whole community projects and many more.

Congratulations to Omarion who was awarded a Merit card for his good explanations during maths and Guided reading.

Don’t forget to log on to the Class Dojo and see how your child is doing.

 

Week beginning

September 22, 2017

 

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#f634f2″ ]What will we be learning this week?[/dropshadowbox]Maths-We will be using the written method to add and subtract when solving word problems

English-We will be continuing to look at the book Holes by Louis Sachar as well as poetry with Mrs Pearce.

Science-We will be studying Light with Mrs Adams

P.E-We will be going swimming this week with Miss Handley and Mrs Swift.  Please remember swimming costumes and towels!

Our second PE lesson will be helping us to develop our basketball skills and playing small sided games.

Topic-The topic for this term is World War 2.  This will continue throughout the Autumn term by Mrs Adams.

R.E-We will be starting our work on Buddhism with Mrs Adams.

Computing-We will be learning how to create our own APP with Mr Govinden.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#5634f6″ ]Important Information[/dropshadowbox]

Congratulations to the whole class who participated in The body Coach school HIIT session (High Intensity Interval Training).  Below is one of his videos.

 

They seemed to love it although there were a lot of complaints about sore legs the following day.  We are continuing the fitness theme with our Daily Mile run each day to help develop our fitness further.

Children’s University passports are available for children in Year 6.  We would like as many children as possible to take part and graduate before leaving Year 6.