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 7th November 2022

November 8, 2022

A Brief Introduction to Buddhism

It’s RE week!

What are we learning this week?

English – 

9781526624802 | Rooftoppers

This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:

  • To identify and evaluate the key features of a newspaper report.
  • To plan a newspaper report.
  • To write a newspaper report.
  • To edit and up-level my work.

This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Holes by Louis Sachar | WHSmith

Maths – 

Lesson 1

LO: I can add mixed number fractions with unrelated denominators.

Lesson 2

144 Club Quiz

Arithmetic assessment (30 mins)

Lesson 3

LO: I can subtract fractions less than one with related and unrelated denominators.

Lesson 4

LO:  I can subtract fractions greater than one with related denominators.

Lesson 5

LO: I can subtract mixed number fractions with unrelated denominators.

DT –

 This week, we shall be evaluating existing, popular brands of cookies. Then, in teams, we shall be researching a recipe. Then, we shall be working out which ingredients we shall need to gather for next week.

Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - BettyCrocker.com

 

 

PE – 

QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays

 

 

Week beginning 31st October 2022

October 29, 2022

A Brief Introduction to Buddhism

It’s RE week!

What are we learning this week?

English – 

9781526624802 | Rooftoppers

This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:

  • To use a range of expanded noun phrases to help visualise a text.
  • To build character profiles.
  • To begin compiling a range of character descriptions.
  • To write a poem.

This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Holes by Louis Sachar | WHSmith

Maths – 

Lesson 1

LO: I can use common factors and multiples to simplify fractions.

Lesson 2

LO: I can compare and order fractions (>1) on a number line .

Lesson 3

LO: I can add fractions with the unrelated denominators less than 1.

Lesson 4

LO: I can add fractions with mixed number and unrelated denominators.

RE – 

Our unit this half term will be exploring Authority and Worship within Buddhism. Our key learning questions, this week, 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?
  • What are the features of a Buddhist shrine?

 

PE – 

QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays