Miss Burton and Mr Pollard Welcome to Year 6! Miss Burton and Mr Pollard

Topics: Autumn 1: Terrible Tudors Autumn 2: Circulatory System Spring 1&2: Britain at War Summer 1&2: Evolution

Literacy: Autumn 1&2: Macbeth and Pig Heart Boy Spring 1&2: War Poems and War Horse Summer 1&2: Creative writing

Reading: Reading records handed in every day At home, children are to read at least 3 times a week Entries in reading records do not have to be school books – any reading can be recorded Children change their own books in Year 6 Parent must sign reading records If the reading record is not signed 3 times within a week, children are given the opportunity to read in school over a break time

Maths: Place value: Numbers up to one million. Rounding Addition and subtraction – 4 digit numbers Long and short multiplication and division Shape, symmetry, angles, coordinates, position and direction Fractions, decimals and percentages Time / Converting time

School uniform School shoes must be black Girls’ hair must be tied up Please name everything!

PE Autumn 1 – Tudor Dance – indoor kit Autumn 2 – Gymnastics – indoor kit Spring 1 – Hockey – outdoor kit Spring 2 – Athletics – outdoor kit Summer term – Rounders and Orienteering– outdoor kit + Sports day – children will need a coloured top to represent their house team. At the end of each half term, children will bring their kits home to be washed.

PE Autumn Term – Swimming 6P are swimming on Wednesday 6B are swimming on Friday Please ensure children have the correct kit on these days.

Spanish Autumn 1 – En el Colegio Autumn 2 – El Fin de Semana Spring 1 – La Comida Sana Spring 2 – Los Planetas Summer term – Habitats

PSHE Autumn 1 – Being me in my world Autumn 2 – Celebrating difference Spring 1 – Dreams and goals Spring 2 – Healthy me Summer 1 – Relationships Summer 2 – Changing me

RE Autumn 1 – Buddhism Autumn 2 – Christianity Spring 1 – Buddhism Spring 2 – Christianity Summer 1 – Buddhism Summer 2 – Christianity Human Responsibility & Values Justice & Fairness Sources of Wisdom Symbols & Actions Prayer, worship & reflection Ultimate Questions Identifying & Belonging Beliefs & Practices

Computing Autumn term – HTML Spring term – Scratch Programming Summer term – Crumble

Homework Handed in each Wednesday One homework task from the left grid English and Maths tasks to be completed in homework book Homework will be checked and acknowledged by an adult If homework is not handed in by Wednesday, children will complete the work at school Presentation of homework – must be completed neatly in books.

Seesaw A fantastic tool to show your child’s learning Parent comments / likes Code of conduct Important messages Communication with the teacher

Communication Majority of communications will be paperless It is essential that we have up-to-date email addresses and telephone numbers Please ensure you download the app which accompanies the school website Where permission slips are required, we are still working this out. If you have a printer, you can download letters, print and return. Letters & communications may also be made available on SeeSaw

Coming into class Outside door will open at 8.40am Children will enter through the cloakroom doors. Please note: Parents are not permitted entry If parents need to communicate with the teacher, either message on Seesaw, write in the reading record or meet at the end of the day. Registers close at 9.00am – children who arrive after this time will need to go to the office Morning tasks – a chance to consolidate, revisit and wake up! Children will leave from the back door. Permission will be needed, in writing, for children who walk home alone or to the gate. Only children walking home alone are permitted mobile phones – these must be handed in.

SATs We will be testing continuously throughout the year in preparation for the SATs in May For these tests we use past papers – please do not use these at home as we will not get accurate results and be able to help the children where they need it. In the spring term we offer revision books at a reduced price. We set homework from these books and work from these books in booster sessions. We will hold a SATs meeting in the Spring term.

Preparing for Year 6 Autumn Term - Swimming 16th October – Hatfield House visit £17.00 October - Harvest festival - food donation to come to school. Parents invited to join at St Mary’s church December - Christingle service. Children are bring in a large orange. Parents also invited to join at St Mary’s church December - Christmas fete Christmas jumper day / Christmas dinner February – SATs meeting for parents March World book day – Dressing up as favourite book character 3 x class presentations throughout the year (dates to follow) 11th May – SATs Summer term – Residential trip to Kingswood (Sunday 14th –Friday 19th June)