Welcome to Year 6
Opal Class!
No two opals are the same, which describes the adults and children in opal class brilliantly. We are all unique with different talents and strengths - making opal class a diverse and exciting place to be!
The teaching team this year comprises of: Mrs Kelly, Mrs Jepson and Mrs Mulnier. Our midday supervisor is Mrs Clark.
We are excited to work with you all and hope to create lots of wonderful memories in what is your final year at primary school!
Meet the Teacher Presentation - This links to the powerpoint from the meet the teacher event from the summer term.
Important dates!
- Monday 13th April - Back to school
- Wednesday 15th April - Parents Evening
- Monday 20th April - Whole school pantomime & workshop.
- Monday 27th April - Severn Trent Water Workshop
- Monday 4th May - May Day Bank Holiday
- Monday 11th - Thursday 14th May - SATs week.
- Tuesday 19th May - Flat Stan 1st Aid and CPR training.
- Friday 22nd May - Inset Day
- Monday 1st June - Back to school
Summer 1 - Our learning.
English - This half term we will be honing our reading comprehension skills and learning which questions require different levels of detail in their answers. In addition to this, we will depen our understanding of spelling, punctuation and grammar. We will continue to base work around the novel where the Mountain Meets the moon.
Maths - We will continue to develop our mental arithmetic and problem solving skills this half term and explore shape (2D and 3D), symmetry, scale factors and data especially calculating the mean and reading scales.
History - We will continue to explore the Industrial Revolution and its impact on the world including Long Eaton. We will learn about Richard Arkwright and technological inventions around the time.
Computing - This half term we will be continuing to learn about spreadsheets.
RE - This half term we will be investigating whether it is best to express your religion in arts and architecture or through charity and generosity.
Science - We will complete our work on Evolution and Inheritance.
PSHCE - Our work this half term will centre around 'Money Matters'.
Spanish - Our focus this half term is 'El fin de semana' - 'The weekend'.
ART- Linking nicely with our history knowledge block, we will be focussing on the work of L.S. Lowry
PE - Monday and Wednesdays are our PE sessions for this half term. Indoor PE on Monday and outdoor PE on Wednesday.
Knowledge Organisers.
These are linked to the knowledge blocks we are learning and include important key facts the children need to know and refer to in their work.
Homework.
Homework will be set weekly on a Friday. It will then need to be completed and in school the following Friday or before.
A piece or English or maths will be set each week. It maybe a paper based task or an online activity. Paper based activities will be stuck into homework books. Children will be given login details for online tasks.
Reading - Children are expected to read 3 times a week either to an adult or to themselves. This needs to be recorded in the children's planners. Planners and reading books need to be in school every day. Children will be rewarded for reading three times each week with merits and entry into the reading raffle.
Timestables - These are vital to progress in maths. Children are expected to practice tables using TT Rockstars at home regularly.
Spellings - These are set each Friday and then tested the following Friday. Again, these are vital to children's progress in English and in improving their vocabulary and quality of their writing.
Spellings.
All children will be given a copy of this overview in the first full week of term. It will be stuck into their planners.
Some children will be given personalised spellings in the first full week back.
Spelling overview for MOST pupils.
Please keep in touch!
- Please keep a close eye on the class webpage for a wealth of information that is updated regularly.
- Link up to class dojo for up-to-date messages and announcements, you can contact me here too.
- My email is: ekelly@dovedale.derbyshire.sch.uk