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Year 6

Teacher - Mrs Uttley Y6 support - Mr Anwar

Welcome to Year 6.

We will be working really hard this year to make sure you have a happy challenging and fulfilling final year at Our Lady of Lourdes.

Curriculum

Year 6 Long Term Map 2021-22.pdf

Year 6 Autumn Newsletter.pdf

Notices

Reading

Year 6 visit the library on a Friday to swap their reading books. It is important that library books are brought into school every day, as we read in class most days. The children spend time each week with their 'Reading Buddies' from Year 2.

'Reading Champions' from each year group are celebrated each week in our Award Assembly every Friday.

Children are expected to read at home as often as possible to encourage their love of reading and to improve fluency.

Homework

Please see the Homework Grid for the activities that the children can complete at home each half term. It is really important that the children read, practise their Times Tables and Spellings as often as possible.

Autumn 1 Homework Grid.pdf

Spellings

New spellings are given out on a Monday and the children are tested on these spellings the following Monday. Spelling lists are based on Year 6 curriculum spellings and the rules we are learning in class. It is really important that children learn their spellings so that they can apply them in their writing.

Times Tables

The children have a Times Table test every Thursday and a Times Table Champion is chosen and celebrated as part of our school award assembly on a Friday morning. It is really important that children in Year 6 know all their Times Table facts up to 12 x 12 and also the division facts e.g. 144 ÷ 12 = 12. Please keep practising these regularly at home.

PE

Our PE day is Friday.

Please make sure that children have a suitable indoor PE kit (navy blue or black shorts and a white t-shirt) and outdoor PE kit in school during term time.

English

During this term we will be reading the following books which we will complete a range of different activities about including VIPERS comprehensions. We will also use these texts to help support us in our writing.

Throughout Year 6 we will be practising writing a range of different genres. Thie term we start with Descriptive Writing including how to create suspense in short stories. We will explore the use of different types of figurative language. Then, we will move onto Persuasive Writing, focusing on clause structure, linking paragraphs, our choice of vocabulary and a variety of sophisticated puncuation.

It can be hard to remember all the necessary features needed for different genres so here is a writing checklist to help!

Science

Topics to be covered this year are:

Animals including humans
Electricity
Light
Living things and their habitats
Evolution and Inheritance

Our topic this term is 'Animals including humans.' We will be studying:

the circulatory system
the heart, lungs and blood
how to keep the body healthy
the effects of drugs and alcohol on the body

Below, are a list of websites the children can use to practise their Science.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z2pfb9q

http://www.atschool.co.uk/keystage2-ks2/science.asp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/

http://www.theschoolrun.com/science

Maths

Throughout Year 6 we cover a range of areas in Maths. These include the following:

Undertanding and applying numbers
Numbers and the number system
Calculations
Handling Data
Shape, Space and Measures

This term we will be focusing on reasoning and problem solving. We will also be learning about: Number and place value, the Four Operations, and Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

Below, are a list of websites the children can use to practise their Maths.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z826n39

http://www.mathsisfun.com/

http://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16

SPaG

To prepare the children for their Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar test in May, we work everyday to improve our Grammar. This also helps the children with their writing. Below, are a list of websites the children can use to practise their spelling, punctuation and grammar.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/grammar-test-1/

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/category/grammar/

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_advancedreview.htm

http://www.majortests.com/sat/grammar.php

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu16.htm

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei013/esl-test.php

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/

http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_grammar.html

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm

http://www.allaboutcommunication.com/PunctuationTest.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9380154/Back-to-basics-the-questions-that-all-11-year-olds-will-face-next-year.html

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/spelling.htm

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Punctuation.htm

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/punctuation_mastery.asp