Our Year 6 team :

                        Mrs. Walmsley, Mrs. Wilkinson and Mrs. Jones

This term, we will be using all our creativity and grammar,punctuation and writing skills to produce a diary extract as a character and a fictitious recount incorporating descriptions of characters and setting and dialogue .

Routines

Reading

Even in Year 6, reading out loud is vital,if children are to be able to fluently read challenging texts. We are encouraging children to read at home as much as possible but certainly for a minimum of thirty minutes a day (at least fifteen minutes of which should be aloud to an adult), whether they are reading their own books or those chosen from school.

Spellings

Each week, children will learn new spelling patterns, homophones and a selection of words from the statutory Year 5 and 6 list, through a range of strategies, to become confident, skilful spellers. Each child will bring home their own short list of words to work on and their success will be assessed randomly via dictation and challenges.

Homework

Each week, (in addition to the daily reading,times tables and spelling homework detailed above) new homework will be set on Thursday ( one English and one maths based piece) and should be returned completed by the following Tuesday. Homework club support is available on request on Monday lunchtimes for any children needing help. The children will discuss and mark homework together during lesson time.

P.E. -  On Wednesday, is our cardio session on the activity gym equipment.

          On Thursday, we have J.B. Sport coaches come to teach our P.E lessons; on these days we come to school in our P.E kit. Our P.E kit should be:

• plain white t-shirt
• black/navy shorts.
• trainers or plimsolls can be worn for PE lessons.
• black/navy tracksuit bottoms for colder weather/outdoor PE.
• black/navy tracksuit top for colder weather/outdoor PE.
• no football/sports shirt.

We believe that it is in the best interest of the children to create strong links between home and school. As such, please do not hesitate to contact one of our team if you have any questions or concerns.