Welcome, Parents!Year 6

Staff Working in this year…

• Class teachers are Mrs Bains and Miss Paul

• Extra teachers are Mr Hamilton-Martin, Mrs Dobson, Mrs Kelly and Mr Ronan

• Teaching assistant is Mrs Howes

Classroom Schedule

8:50 – 9:05 Start of Day Activities and Registration

9:05 – 9:35 First Lesson - Guided Reading

9:35 – 10:35 Numeracy

10:35- 11:05 Assembly and Break

11:05 – 12:05 Literacy

12:05 – 12:35 SPaG

12:35 – 1:30 Lunch

1;30 – 1:45 Registration and Story

1:45 – 3:30Creative Curriculum:- ICT; Science; PE; French; Music; Art; Design Technology; History; Geography; PSHE; RE

Note Super Star assembly is on a Friday morning at 9:05

3:30School is Dismissed if your child is allowed to walk home by themselves please advise the teacher through a written note.

This is what a typical day in our classroom looks like.

Topics covered this year are…

ScienceAutumn: Living Things and their Habitats and Electricity

Spring and Summer: Animals Including Humans, Light and Evolution and Inheritance.

Creative CurriculumAutumn: Save our World

Boreatton Park

Kingsbury Water Park

Spring: Greece Lightning and Out of this World

Summer: Rule Brittannia; Yes Minister!

Home Reading• Books are taken in and sent out on a Monday and Friday.

If your child has finished the school reading scheme they still need to record their personal reading in their reading journal.

• We have a well stocked book corner and children are encouraged to choose a book to read at home and school.

• Our class author this year is Anthony Horowitz.

SpaG…• Children will take a Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

test at the end of Year 6.

• These skills are taught as part of Literacy lessons as well as a daily SPaG session.

• Children will bring a spelling list home weekly and they will be tested on a Monday. Please can you ensure that children are practising their spellings at home.

Maths Challenges

• To improve speed and accuracy of multiplication facts, children will complete maths challenges weekly.

• When they score full marks on two occasions on a challenge level, they progress onto the following level.

Impact Workshop

• Literacy - date to follow

• Maths - date to follow

Homework…• Spellings – Set Monday to Monday.

• Mental Maths - Mathletics – Set weekly.

• Bug Club will continue and will be monitored.

• POW! Each half term children will have to complete activities to award themselves 5-8 points.

• Activities will be given out on Fridays and might span two weeks. Children will be encouraged to bring in work as they complete it and it will be put on display.

• Specific homework in preparation for SATs will be given out in the Spring Term

Bug Club

• Log into Bug Club from ActiveLearn (can be accessed through google).

• Username: First 4 letters of first name, followed by first 4 letters of surname.

• Password: Class name

• School Code: 3969

Behaviour At Wylde Green we are continuing to improve children’s learning behaviour by changing

the vocabulary that we use with them and our systems for monitoring behaviour.

Good Behaviour is rewarded through praise post-cards, whole class extra play.

Children are asked to make the right ‘choice’ with their behaviour and understand that the consequences are as follows:

Warning.

Move down the ladder.

If behaviour persists they will be warned and moved again. If after two warnings there is further inappropriate behaviour they will be issued a Yellow Card and will miss the next morning break.

Red cards are issued for serious offences such as fighting (including play fighting), damaging property and serious disrespect.

Ideas to extend your research skills (2 pts

each:

•Research renewable energy sources and create a leaflet to share.•Research the importance of the rainforest. Present this in any form you like.

Ideas to explore your mathematical skills (2

pts each):

•Research the cost effectiveness of using solar panels in the home.•How energy efficient is your home? Present your findings in a table or chart.

Ideas to explore your locality (2 pts):

•Find out as many facts as you can about pollution in the local area.•Compare the differences between the life of a tribe in the rainforest and that of life in the U.K. 

 

Ideas to develop your creativity (2pts each) :

•Create a collage using recyclable materials e.g. Crisp packets.•Create a poem or song about the importance of ‘Saving our World.’ •Imagine you are an indigenous tribe living in the rainforest- design a tribal badge.

This half term’s POWer Project is:‘Saving our World’

 

Choose your projects to achieve 8 POWer points or more!

Remember you can add with your own ideas too!

    

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Timetable

Monday - Children will need to bring in their reading books. Spellings will be tested and new spellings given out. Year 6 will require their outdoor PE kits.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday - Year 6 will require their indoor PE kits.

Friday - Power Projects will be celebrated and given out.

Working Together

• Year 6 – This is an important year and we look forward to working with you to make this a successful and enjoyable year for your children.

• SATs week will be the week beginning May 8th.

Let’s Have aGreat Year!

Questions?