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Handforth Grange Primary School

Upper Key Stage Two (UKS2)

Parental Information

YEAR 6

Parent Pack

2019 – 2020

© J. Dolby 2019

Handforth Grange Primary School YEAR 6 Parent Pack

Upper Key Stage Two (UKS2) Parental Information 2019 - 2020

WELCOME TO UPPER KEY STAGE TWO

About Your Parent Pack - of 11 - © J. Dolby 2019

WELCOME TO UPPER KEY STAGE TWO

ABOUT YOUR PARENT PACK

Welcome to our Year 6 Parent Pack for the 2019 – 2020 academic year. We hope you will find the information and resources contained within this document extremely useful to support your child with their learning in Year 6. If you have any queries regarding the information contained within this Parent Pack, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.

CONTENTS PAGE

Please use the headings below to help you navigate quickly through the relevant sections of our Parent Pack.

WELCOME TO UPPER KEY STAGE TWO .......................................................................................... 2

ABOUT YOUR PARENT PACK ...................................................................................................................... 2 CONTENTS PAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 2

CLASS INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 3

WELCOME TO YEAR 6 (MRS MCDONALD) .................................................................................................... 3 YEAR 6 CLASS TIMETABLE ......................................................................................................................... 3 YEAR 6 PE ............................................................................................................................................. 3 YEAR 6 FINAL REMINDERS ......................................................................................................................... 3 WELCOME TO YEAR 5/6 (DR VINCE)........................................................................................................... 4 YEAR 5/6 CLASS TIMETABLE ...................................................................................................................... 4

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 5

ENGLISH OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................ 5 MATHS OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................. 6 TERMLY TOPIC THEMES FOR 2019-2020 .................................................................................................... 7

HOMEWORK ................................................................................................................................ 8

READING RECORDS .................................................................................................................................. 8 TOPIC KNOWLEDGE SHEETS ....................................................................................................................... 8 INDEPENDENT LEARNING JOURNALS ............................................................................................................ 8 READING HOMEWORK…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (AUTUMN TERM) ............................................................................................ 9 MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (SPRING TERM) ............................................................................................. 10 MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (SUMMER TERM)........................................................................................... 11



CLASS INFORMATION

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CLASS INFORMATION

WELCOME TO YEAR 6 (MRS MCDONALD)

As your child transitions from Lower Key Stage Two into Upper Key Stage Two, we further encourage and promote the importance of their developing independence. We expect continuous high standards of behaviour and remind the children that it is their responsibility to look after and respect their property both at home and in school.

YEAR 6 CLASS TIMETABLE

YEAR 6 PE

Although PE is scheduled for Monday afternoons, please ensure your child has their PE kit in school every day as timetabling requirements and weather restrictions may affect when your child has their PE sessions each week. Also, please remember that swimming lessons will be on a Thursday afternoon during the autumn term and so your child will need to bring in their swimming costume, towel etc. on that day. If you would like them to wear goggles, the leisure centre insist on written permission which should be handed to the teacher before the lessons begin. To ensure no clothing gets lost it is extremely helpful if you label all of your child’s items (including their school uniform) so that they don’t get misplaced.

YEAR 6 FINAL REMINDERS

Please ensure that your child brings their reading book and Reading Record with them every day (small book bags are preferable due to size constraints in the children’s lockers).

It is vital that every child has a named water bottle with them in school every day.



CLASS INFORMATION

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WELCOME TO YEAR 5/6 (DR VINCE)

As your child transitions from Lower Key Stage Two into Upper Key Stage Two, we further encourage and promote the importance of their developing independence. We expect continuous high standards of behaviour and remind the children that it is their responsibility to look after and respect their property both at home and in school.

YEAR 5/6 CLASS TIMETABLE

YEAR 5/6 PE

Although PE is scheduled for Monday afternoons, please ensure your child has their PE kit in school every day as timetabling requirements and weather restrictions may affect when your child has their PE sessions each week. Also, please remember that swimming lessons will be on a Thursday afternoon during the autumn term and so your child will need to bring in their swimming costume, towel etc. on that day. If you would like them to wear goggles, the leisure centre insist on written permission which should be handed to the teacher before the lessons begin. To ensure no clothing gets lost it is extremely helpful if you label all of your child’s items (including their school uniform) so that they don’t get misplaced.

YEAR 5/6 FINAL REMINDERS

Please ensure that your child brings their reading book and Reading Record with them every day (small book bags are preferable due to size constraints in the children’s lockers).

It is vital that every child has a named water bottle with them in school every day.



CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

ENGLISH OBJECTIVES

Over the whole academic year, we will plan and deliver a range of Reading and Writing sessions based on the objectives covered in the National Curriculum. These are available below for your reference.



CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

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MATHS OBJECTIVES

Over the whole academic year, we will plan and deliver a range of Maths sessions based on the objectives covered in the National Curriculum. These are available below for your reference.

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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

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TERMLY TOPIC THEMES FOR 2019-2020

Every term, we use objectives from the National Curriculum to focus on a different theme in our Topic and Science lessons. An overview of the key termly themes and the children’s learning for this year is outlined below.

Geography breakdown History breakdown Science breakdown

Au

tum

n T

erm

(C

ycle

A)

Geography European invasions

History World War Two

Science Light and Electricity

Design & Technology

Moving Vehicles

European Invasions

Using maps, atlases, and globes to locate countries involved in WW2

Understanding the environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics which benefited countries during the invasions.

World War Two • Establish clear narratives within and across periods studied • Note connections, contrasts and trends over time • Selecting and organising relevant historical information

Light and Electricity

Direction of light

Light sources and shadows

Describe Earth’s rotation to explain day and night

associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number of voltage of cells

Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.


Spri

ng

Term

(C

ycle

A)

Geography Mexico and Central

America

History Contrasting the Maya civilisation c. AD 900

with Stone Age Britain

Science Adaptation, Evolution

and Inheritance.

Design & Technology Building Maya bridge

structures

Mexico and Central America

Rainforest Biomes

Similarities and differences in human and physical geography

Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, equator, tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn, time zones and GMT

Identify key topographical features

The Maya Civilisation

Devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity, difference and significance of the society

Study the architecture, early writing, maths and astronomy of the Maya

Draw conclusions using a range of sources

Understand the chronology of the period

Adaptation, Evolution and Inheritance

Darwinism

Mary Anning and Alfred Wallace

Understand how offspring vary from their parents

Identify how animals and plants have adapted to suit their environment.

Understand that adaptation may lead to evolution


Sum

me

r Te

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Cyc

le A

)

Geography UK Cities

History British music

through the 20th Century

Science

Human Changes Space

Design & Technology

20th Century food

UK Cities

name and locate counties and cities

Identify topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time

Understand the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, and minerals

British music through the 20th Century

Identify and give reasons for, results of, historical events, situations, changes

Describe social, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity in Britain & the wider world

Identify historically significant people and events in the 20th Century.

Space and human changes

Describe the changes as humans develop to old age

Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system

Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth • Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies



HOMEWORK

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HOMEWORK

There are five activities that we ask the children to complete as part of their homework tasks: Read at least five times a week and comment in their Reading Record (with at least one parent/carer

signature or comment per week); Learn the knowledge from their termly Topic Knowledge Sheet (tested in the final week of each term); Complete a half-termly project in their Independent Learning Journal; Complete the reading comprehension homework (marked together in school every Friday); Learn the facts from their half-termly Maths Knowledge Sheet (tested every Friday).

For more information about these five homework areas, please see the additional guidance sections continued in the ‘Homework’ section of this Parent Pack (below).

READING RECORDS

Every child should be reading at home for at least 20-30 minutes a day. As a whole school, we expect the children to read at least five times every week. In Year 6, the children are old enough to write their own comments in their Reading Records but please ensure an adult has at least commented or signed their signature once every week. Please write a ‘H’ in a circle to indicate that your child has read at home. These are checked by an adult every day.

TOPIC KNOWLEDGE SHEETS

Every term, you will receive a Topic Knowledge Sheet so that your child can learn a range of facts linked to the Geography and History objectives that we will be learning during the following two half terms. There will then be a test on these facts in the final week of the term (the week before the Christmas break/Easter break/Summer break).

INDEPENDENT LEARNING JOURNALS

Sitting alongside the Topic Knowledge Sheet is your child’s Independent Learning Journal (ILJ). In the first half term, the children should use that term’s Topic theme (see previous page) and any facts from the Topic Knowledge Sheet to complete at least one piece of work per week in their journals. If the children are struggling for ideas, they can use the guidance sheet in the front of their journals. Once completed, these should be brought back into school by the Wednesday of the last week of each half term so that they can be marked and returned back to your child before the half term break. During the second half of each term, the children are free to choose their own topic for their journals. These are often based around the children’s hobbies. If you have any further questions, please feel free to come and see your child’s class teacher.

READING COMPREHENSION

Every week, your child will come home with a reading text and comprehension questions to complete by the following Friday. Please ensure this is done and brought back into school within the week so that the class can go through the class and any misconceptions together in the classroom on Friday afternoon.



HOMEWORK

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MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (AUTUMN TERM)

Every half term, you will receive a Maths Knowledge Sheet so that your child can learn ten facts at home in readiness for a test each Wednesday. We will have practised some of that week’s facts with your child earlier in the week to further support them with their home learning. At the end of each week, your child will complete a grid in the back of their Reading Record so that you can keep track of how many facts they are getting correct. An overview of the Year 6 Autumn Term facts are below with an accompanying example of the type of question your child’s teacher will ask.

AUTUMN TERM 1

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7

Friday test (13/09/19)







7 times table

(multiplication facts)

8 times table (multiplication

facts)


facts)

Practise all time-tables

from 0 x 0 to 12 x 12. Aim

for rapid recall

For example: For example: For example: 7 X 7 = 49

8 X 7 = 56 9 X 7 = 63

7 X 8 = 56 8 X 8 = 64 9 x 8 = 72

7 X 9 = 63 8 X 9 = 72 9 x 9 = 81

AUTUMN TERM 2

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6







6 times table (division facts)




Decimals and equivalent fractions

For example: 0.2 = 1/5

0.1 = 1/10

For example: For example: For example: For example: 42 ÷ 6 = 7 48 ÷ 6 = 8

49 ÷ 7 = 7 56 ÷ 7 = 8

56 ÷ 8 = 7 64 ÷ 8 = 8

63 ÷ 9 = 7 72 ÷ 9 = 8

Square numbers

(²)

For example: 1X1 = 1 2X2 = 4 3X3 = 9

Roman numerals

For example: M = 1000 D = 500 C = 100

Cubed numbers

(³)

For example:

1X1X1 = 1 2x2X2 = 8 3x3x3=27

Identify prime numbers up to

50 For example:

0.2 = 1/5 0.1 = 1/10



HOMEWORK

Maths Knowledge Sheets (Spring Term) - of 11 - © J. Dolby 2019

MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (SPRING TERM)

An overview of the Year 6 Spring Term facts are below with an accompanying example of the type of question your child’s teacher will ask.

SPRING TERM 1









facts)



facts)


To divide numbers by 10,

100, 1000

To be able to order fractions

For example: For example: For example: For example: For example: For example:

11 X 9 = 99 11 x 7 = 77

99 ÷ 11 = 9 77 ÷ 11 = 7

12 x 11 = 132 12 x 12 = 144

132 ÷ 12 = 11 144 ÷ 12 = 12

7700 ÷ 1000 = 7.7 2400 ÷ 100 = 24

¾, ½, ¼, 1/5

SPRING TERM 2








To know number bonds to 1 using

multiples of 5

To multiply a fraction by a

fraction

To divide fractions by

whole numbers

To revise all division facts up to

144 ÷ 12

To add and subtract simple

fractions

For example: For example: For example: For example:

0.15 + 0.85 = 1 0.25 + 0.75 = 1

¼ x 1/8 = 1/32 ½ x 1/5 = 1/10

¾ ÷ 2 = 3/8 5/6 ÷ 3 = 5/18

1/5 + 2/10 = 2/5

1/3 + 2/6 = 2/3

To revise all times table

facts up to 12 x 12



HOMEWORK

Maths Knowledge Sheets (Summer Term) - of 11 - © J. Dolby 2019

MATHS KNOWLEDGE SHEETS (SUMMER TERM)

An overview of the Year 6 Summer Term facts are below with an accompanying example of the type of question your child’s teacher will ask.

SUMMER TERM 1

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5






To understand the terms used in a circle

To be able to convert between

metric units

To recall squared and cubed numbers

To recall all times tables and

associated division facts

For example:

For example: For example: For example: radius

diameter circumference

½ a km = 500m ¾ of a km = 750m

7 × 7 = 49 8 × 8 = 64

77 ÷ 11 = 7 6 x 4 = 24

SUMMER TERM 2

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7








Square roots of a number

Understanding powers

Recall decimal and percentage equivalents

Recall fraction and

percentage equivalents

Compare metric and imperial

units

Name and recognise 2D shapes

To revise all previous Year 6 maths facts.

For example: For example: For example: For example: For example: For example: 36 = 6 25 = 5

43 = 4x4x4 = 64 24 = 2x2x2x2 = 16

0.2 = 20% 0.6 = 60%

1/5 = 20% 3/5 = 60%

1 foot = 12 inches 1 yard = 0.91m

Parallelogram Rhombus

To convert between

percentages and degrees in a pie

chart

For example 10% = 36° 255 = 90°

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