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)
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will place between 11-20 March 2022!
Throughout the afternoon, we will be carrying out STEM investigations. The theme this year is growth.
What are we learning this week?
Maths –
- To continue to solve problems with two unknowns in a range of contexts
- To continue to systematically solve problems with two unknowns using ‘trial and improvement’ (one and several solutions)
- To continue to explain how they know they have found all possible solutions to problems with two unknowns
- To continue to explain how to balance an equation with two unknowns
- To explain how addition and subtraction can help to solve multiplication problems efficiently
English – This week, we shall be aiming to finish our core text – Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives this week arE:
- To ask questions to improve my understanding.
- To explore new vocabulary.
- To engage in Book Talk.
- To plan and write a chapter from an alternative perspective.
- To edit and up-level my writing.
Science –
Our outline for the week:
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Daily Science Question |
Lesson | Activity |
Details |
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INTRO ASSEMBLY. Introduce competition too. |
Lesson 1 – Monday | Investigating |
Whole School Scaffolded Investigative Task Afternoon |
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Why did the pine cone close when left in water? |
Lesson 2 | Researching |
Learn about key STEM figure – Charles Richard Drew |
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Which type of container traps the most heat? |
Lesson 3 | Exploring |
Experiment / investigation linked to key figure and their contribution to STEM (making blood). |
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Will the dye in the water change the colour of the flowers? |
Lesson 4 | Creating |
Creative artistic output demonstrating learning e.g. film / website / graphic biography/ poster / design a display |
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What happens when a mento is dropped into Cola? |
Friday Afternoon | Sharing |
Classes to share learning in the whole school assembly. |
Our scientist:
RHE –
This term’s unit is called Healthy Me. Our learning objectives this week are:
- To know about different types of drugs and their uses and their effects on the body.
- To understand that some people can be exploited and made to do things that are against the law.
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British Science Week
British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will place between 11-20 March 2022! The theme for 2022 is growth.
On Monday the whole school will take part in a spaghetti bridge building competition.
Throughtout the rest of the week, each year group will be carrying out an investigative task based on a key STEM figure.
Reception – Mary Anning
Year 1 – Mae Jemison
Year 2 – Elijah McCoy
Year 3 – Ann Moore
Year 4 – Maryam Mirzakhani
Year 5 – Wang Zhenyi
Year 6 – Charles Richard Drew
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