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)
What we are learning:
Maths-We will be continuing to develop our written methods and strategies to solve problems
Reading-We will be continuing to practice our retrieval and inferential skills. We will also be continuing to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Writing-We will be developing our knowledge on how to build tension when writing
PE-We will be continuing to participate in dance and boxercise
History-We will be continuing to edit our writing on The Blitz
MFL-We will be learning about conversational language
Computing-WE will be continuing to write coding for different programmes
Important Information:
Friday 3rd May Wear it Wild Day
Monday 13th May SATS week
Welcome back after the Easter holidays! I hope you all had a restful break and are now ready for the hard climb to the end of the year.
This term is jam packed with things going on, so make sure you keep checking the class blog to keep up-to-date!
This week we will be learning:
Maths-Revision of formal written methods for all 4 operations as well as problem solving strategies
English-We will be continuing to revise strategies ready for the Reading SAT. We will also be starting to look at a new genre of writing as well as reading continuing to read ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’.
Science-WE will be continuing to look at forces
PE-We will developing our fitness skills as well as carrying out boxercise and dance
RE-We will be looking at the story of Easter from a Christian perspective
Important Information
SATS week-13th-17th May
‘Wear it Wild’ day is coming up on Friday 3rd May