Year 6
Miss Smith and Mrs Llewelyn
Mr Holloway
Welcome to the Year 6 web page. In 6AS you will find Miss Smith and in 6JL you will find Mrs Llewelyn. Helping children across both classes, you will find the wonderful Mr Holloway. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topics.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 6 Curriculum.
In Unit 4, our English lessons will continue to focus around the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Holes tells the story of a boy called Stanley Yelnats, who gets sent to a juvenile detention centre called Camp Green Lake. At this camp, the boys have to dig holes every day to atone for their crimes, but they soon begin to wonder, what are they digging for? Using this book, the children will be writing a letter from the perspective of Stanley to his mom, and writing a balanced argument looking at the positives and negatives of Camp Green Lake operating as a juvenile detention centre. Afterwards, we will move onto studying the book Macbeth! In maths this term, we will be studying area and perimeter, volume, geometry, position & movement, and graphs & averages. In science, the children will be completing their unit of work on ‘Exciting Electricity’, and begin learning about their new topic of ‘Amazing Anatomy’. In geography this term, the children will be exploring the question: ‘Why is Nevada prone to earthquakes?’. They will be learning about how and why earthquakes occur, where they most occur, and why Nevada experiences a lot of earthquakes. In design and technology, the children will be creating their own phone cases out of textiles. They will explore a variety of different sewing techniques, design, make and evaluate their product. In computing the children will be using 3D modelling software to manipulate and create their own 3D shapes. In PSHE this term, the children will be exploring the ‘Healthy Me’ jigsaw topic, focusing on ways to keep physically, emotionally and mentally healthy. In R.E, the children will be exploring why Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah. Finally, in PE, the children will be playing badminton and golf.
Home learning this term will be on SATs Bootcamp. The children will be told what topic to revise each week, but additional revision of other topics would be excellent! The children have been given their log in details, but please contact your child’s class teacher if you need another copy of these. Children are also expected to access Times Table Rockstars three times per week, to help with learning and improving speed of times table facts (both multiplication and division). Spelling tests will be every Monday. Please remember to record your three weekly reads in your reading records and hand in every Monday. Oxford Reading Scheme books should be in your child's bag every day in case a teacher/TA needs to read with your child.
Year 6 PE days are Thursdays and Fridays, so please send your child dressed in PE kits on these days.
Year 6 Unit 4 Spellings Mr Holloway's Group Spellings Year 6 Unit 4 MTP
