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The Year 6 team:

Queen Elizabeth II Class

Miss Blackford – Class Teacher and Year Group Leader

Mrs Brown – HLTA

Mrs Verma – 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Tower Bridge Class

Miss Handley – Class Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher

Mrs Jackson – Teaching Assistant

The Year 6 team also includes Mrs Forde, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Grundey and Mrs Glenn who will teach the classes throughout the week for a variety of subjects.

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Maths – We shall be looking at place value, specifically being able to read, write, order and round numbers up to ten million.

English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom. This week, we shall be looking at characterisation. The children will learn about open/closed questions, take part in hotseating activities, complete character profiles for William and Mister Tom and write a diary entry as Mister Tom. We shall also looking at comparatives and superlatives, figurative language as well as starting sentences in a variety of different ways.

Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at electrical symbols needed in a circuit.

PSHE – We shall be learning about The Lily Project and how we can help support this charity.

Spanish – We shall be starting our unit “All about us”.

PE – Unfortunately, swimming is cancelled this week. PE will be held on Fridays, where we will be starting our unit on Basketball.

History – We shall be starting our unit, The Second World War, where we shall be looking at the timeline of key events.

Computing – We shall be starting our online safety unit.

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We are thrilled to say that all the children have settled in very well and we are looking forward to the journey ahead of us this year.

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Maths – We shall be completing a brief ‘maths quiz’ to show our existing knowledge. We shall then be revising the key strategies that we can use to help us answer these questions.

English – We shall be writing an instruction text on ‘how to have the perfect summer holiday’. We shall also be writing a suspense story, independently, based on ideas that we gather from an engaging image. How exciting!

PSHE – We shall be learning how to identify different emotions and taking part in some role play activities to help us offer advice to our peers if they have a problem. As we are a Rights Respecting School, we shall be thinking about what rights we should include in our class charters.

Reading – We shall be starting our new class text, Goodnight Mister Tom. Set during WW2, we shall be answering some pre-reading questions and reading up to Chapter 1.

PE – A quick reminder that swimming sessions will resume on Tuesday 10th September. Please make sure the children bring their swimming kits. PE kits should be in school from Monday. PE days will be confirmed as soon as possible.