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:
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Expertly selected books for 11, 12 and 13 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
This week, due the the First Aid training the previous week, we shall be continuing with our RE/Music focus. QE2 class will have RE lessons in our foundation subjects and Tower Bridge will have Music. Next week, the classes will swap and do the other subject.
What are we learning this week?
Maths –
- To read and write numbers up to one million
- To explain how ten thousand can be composed
- To explain how one hundred thousand can be composed
- To identify and place the position of five-digit multiple of one thousand numbers
- To count forwards and backwards in steps of powers of 10, from any multiple of 1,000
English –
This half term, our English lessons shall be centred around the core text Goodnight Mister Tom. Our weekly objectives include:
- I can write a diary entry.
- I can edit and up-level my writing.
- I can engage in book talk.
- I can visualise and annotate key events from Goodnight Mister Tom.
- I can write a setting description.
Our class reading book is Carrie’s War, by Nina Bawden. Throughout the week, we shall be encouraging children to make connections across the two texts, as well as completing additional comprehension-based activities.
Science –
- To create an investigation to test what might affect the brightness of a bulb.
- To be able to plan a fair-test by recognising the control variables.
- To be able to use predictions to set up fair tests.
Music (Tower) –
- To listen to music with focus and analysing its composition using musical vocabulary.
- To relate sound sequences to images .
- Listening to music focussing on dynamics and texture
- Developing the use of dynamics in a song
RE (QE2) –
This week, we shall be looking at Authority and Worship within the Buddhism religion. Our learning objectives are:
- Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
- What caused him to seek enlightenment?
- How did the Buddha become enlightened?
PE –
Our PE days are as follows:
QE2 – Tuesday and Thursday
Tower – Tuesday and Friday
Please make sure your child comes to school wearing their full PE kit.
Key Dates
31st October – Deadline for secondary school applications
This week, we shall be trying something different. QE2 class will have RE lessons in our foundation subjects and Tower Bridge will have Music. Next week, the classes will swap and do the other subject.
What are we learning this week?
Maths –
- To adjusting both the minuend and subtrahend by the same amount affects the difference
- To using the ‘same difference’ rule can make mental calculation easier
- To use the ‘same difference’ rule to balance equations
- To solve subtraction reasoning calculations by using known facts
- To explain how adjusting the subtrahend affects the difference
English –
This half term, our English lessons shall be centred around the core text Goodnight Mister Tom. Our weekly objectives include:
- I can compare and contrast written and audiobook versions of Goodnight Mister Tom.
- I can identify and evaluate the key features of a diary entry.
- I can edit and up-level a diary entry.
- I can plan a diary entry.
Our class reading book is Carrie’s War, by Nina Bawden. Throughout the week, we shall be encouraging children to make connections across the two texts, as well as completing additional comprehension-based activities.
Science –
- To create an investigation to test the conductivity of different materials
- To be able to associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.
Music (Tower) –
- To listen to music with focus and analysing its composition using musical vocabulary.
- To relate sound sequences to images .
RE (QE2) –
This week, we shall be looking at Authority and Worship within the Buddhism religion. Our learning objectives are:
- What does the word Buddha mean?
- Why is the Buddha special to Buddhists?
- Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
- What caused him to seek enlightenment?
- How did the #Buddha become enlightened?
PE –
Our PE days are as follows:
QE2 – Tuesday and Thursday
Tower – Tuesday and Friday
Please make sure your child comes to school wearing their full PE kit.
Key Dates
31st October – Deadline for secondary school applications