Welcome Year 6 Mrs Smith St George’s Church of England Primary

How we are working Class teacher – Mrs Smith PE – Boston United and Mrs Smith DT- Mrs Carder and Mrs Slocombe TA/ 1:1 – Mrs Carder, Mrs Clarke and Mrs Banfield

Core subjects MathsLiteracy

Maths Counting, partitioning and calculating Securing number facts, understanding shape Handling data and measures Calculating, measuring and understanding shape Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

Literacy Legends Poetry Stories with flashbacks Biography Journalistic writing Persuasive texts Formal writing Plays Stories from famous authors Argument Stories with historical settings Explanations

Topics Burger and fries – Terms 1 Monkey business – Term 2 Mayan – Term 3 Road Trip – Term 4 Rise of the Robots – Term 5 Who ate all the tarts? – Term 6

Homework Spellings - Tested on a Friday Reading – 10 minutes daily Maths – Due on Tuesday Homework diaries – Checked on Monday

Parental support Support with homework activities Test children on times tables Hear your child read daily Sign each read and homework diary Help with school trips Remind your child to bring their PE kit on Wednesday and Thursday

Trips Lincoln Cathedral- Church School’s Festival PGL – Summer term Day visits throughout the year to enhance topic work Year 5 and 6 play at the end of the year

Facebook/ Internet Children should be 13 to have a Facebook account. Many games have an age rating of 18. Monitor children who are using the internet. Look at their ‘history’ regularly.

Don’t forget to visit our school website for additional information: stamford.lincs.sch.uk/