Welcome to Year 6
Beverley Naidoo Class!
Your teachers for this year are: Mrs Kelly, Mrs Jepson and Mrs Read.
Mrs. Thomas will be working alongside our class too! We can't wait to begin working with you all and hope to have lots of fun along the way!
Our Class is named after Beverley Naidoo who has written many books in her time, but my favourite is called Journey to Jo'Burg. Beverley Naidoo was born in 1943 and grew up under apartheid in South Africa. She uses her experiences to write stories for children with fascinating themes around racial segregation and discrimination. I cannot wait to read you Journey to Jo'Burg, I hope you'll love it just as much as I do!
HOME LEARNING.
If you find yourself at home over the next few weeks and are well enough, please try to:
- Read daily and record it in your planner (20 minutes at least).
- Spending 30 minutes on TT Rockstars.
- Practise the statutory spellings for Years 5 & 6 - can you use them accurately in sentences? Can you use a dictionary to find the definitions?
Also, please check here for daily tasks that we will put on for you too!
Click the hyperlink below to go to our page of tasks in case of a whole class closure - please only use this when informed to do so.
FINE TUNE YOUR MATHS KNOWLEDGE! Have a read through these knowledge organisers for areas of maths we've covered!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!
I will update this section of the website regularly, you'll also be informed of any up and coming important dates on our class dojo!
Summer Term dates so far:
Tuesday 7th June - First day back for all pupils.
Tuesday 7th June - Infinite wellbeing session (1/5).
(Other dates: 14/6, 5/7, 12/7, 19/7)
Wednesday 8th June - First Aid morning.
Thursday 16th & Friday 17th - Level 3 Bikeability.
June 20th - June 22nd - Year 6 Residential!
Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th June - Long Eaton School transition days.
Wednesday 29th & 30th June - Wilsthorpe School transition days.
Friday 8th July - INSET Day.
Wednesday 13th July - Afternoon & Evening performance of Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits.
Thursday 14th July - Evening perfomance of Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits.
Friday 15th July - Sports Day.
Friday 15th July - Reports out.
Thursday 21st July (am) - Leaver's Assembly.
Friday 22nd July - Finish for the summer.
PE INFORMATION.
Our PE days are Mondays and Fridays and children are required to come in their PE kits on those days.
Monday - Outdoor session. Athletics/Football.
Friday - Swimming.
PE kit: plain red t-shirt, either with or without the school logo; a plain black sports jacket and plain black or navy shorts/joggers.
SUMMER TERM 2 CURRICULUM.
Our Knowledge block for this term is the Ancient Egypt and in many of our subjects our lessons will link around this theme. Our class text is linked to this knowldge block and is called 'Secrets of a Sun King' by Emma Carroll. The children will absolutely love this story. It's jam-packed with action, mystery and excitement!
The list below includes the theme of what we are learning about in each subject. For more detailed information on a lesson by lesson basis, please see the Medium Term Plan (MTP) below.
Maths - We will be exploring all of the different operations and applying them to problem solving tasks in a Theme Park Project, ration and proportion and transtion to Year 7 units as well as keeping our mental artihmetic skills sharp.
English - We will be exploring how we can persuade through writing. We will be writing persuasive letters in addition to stories, both linking to our Secrets of a Sun King novel. We will also be writing persuasive advertising campaigns linked to our DT cooking and nutrition unit. In addition to this, we will be preparing for our Year 6 performance - Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits. Playscirpts and acting skills will be the order of the day, along with drama, dance and plenty of singing!
Mental Health and Wellbeing - We are lucky to be working with Rebecca from Infinite Wellbeing for a five week block of sessions looking at preparing ourselves for transition to Secondary school; covering topics like gratitude, resilience and mindfullness.
History - Ancient Egypt. This will link closely to our work in English and our class novel - Secrets of a Sun King. We will look at chronology in the Egyptian Era, how artefacts can provide clues to the past and mummification.
Science - Evolution and Inheritance.
RE - Is it better to express your faith through the arts or charity?
PSCHE - Being safe.
PE - Swimming, athletics and football.
SPANISH - Musical instruments and the orchestra.
MUSIC - How does music shape our way of life?
DT - Cooking and nutrition unit.
Below you will find a selection of knowledge organisers. These include information that the children will be learning about in their lessons and children refer to these during their lessons. It also has our Medium Term Plan and what we will be covering each week.
KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS:
HOMEWORK.
Homework will be set on Fridays each week. There will be spellings each week, reading and either a maths or literacy task.
SPELLINGS:
Children will be expected to learn their spellings for a test the following Friday. These will be listed below each week. There will be an activity linked to each week's spellings on Spelling shed and a sheet in their homework books too.
Summer Term:2 Week 1. (Words that can be nouns and verbs).
produce
present
reason
silence
support
transport
surprise
scratch
freeze
balance
Summer Term:2 Week 2. (Words wiht the long 'o' sound).
shoulder
smoulder
mould
poultry
soul
shallow
window
blown
known
thrown
Summer Term:2. Week 3. (Words ending in -ible)
possible
horribe
terrible
visible
incredible
sensible
forcible
legible
responsible
reversible
Summer Term:2 Week 4. (Synonyms and antonyms).
bellowed
screeched
squealed
shrieked
squawked
whispered
murmured
breathed
sighed
muttered
Summer Term:2. Week 5. (synonyms and antonyms).
immense
vast
gigantic
gargantuan
mammoth
miniature
miniscule
insignificant
microscopic
petite
Summer Term:2. Week 6. (synonyms and antonyms).
ecstatic
jovial
exultant
elated
delighted
despondent
forlorn
dejected
woeful
dismal
STATUTORY SPELLINGS
By the end of Year 6 the children are expected to know most of the words from a Year 5/6 word list.
Lots of these words come up in our weekly tests, but it is beneficial for the children to learn some at home too.
They will not be tested every week, but we will re-visit them a few times each term.
