oak Class

YEAR 6

Mrs oliver

2023-24

Autumn 2

Welcome to Year 6 and our class page! On our class page we have details of our topics for this term as well as other useful information about Year 6 and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day via our School Facebook page, so please follow us to see what we get up to.

Mrs Oliver

What will we be learning about this half term?

English

Skellig by David Almond

Dracula's Whitby (animation)

Maths

Fractions and converting units

Science

Light

Geography

Where in the world is South America?

R.E.

Creation and the fall

P.E.

Gymnastics and Dance

French

Where in the world?

PSHE

Celebrating difference

Computing

Coding

Mechanisms (levers, gears and pulleys)

Key information

Arrival/collection

Our arrival time each morning is from 8:45am - 9:00am and we leave at 3:10pm.

What to bring to school

Children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). A purple school bag is the only bag that they need on a daily basis to hold their reading book, library book and homework. Children can also bring a healthy snack to have during morning break time. Children do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as school provides everything children need.

PE days

Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday.

On Wednesday, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. They do not need to bring in their normal school uniform to get changed into, they will just stay in their PE kit all day. PE kit this year is: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.

Homework

We have Core Homework (weekly) and Optional Topic Homework (half-termly). Please see a further explanation of our Homework approach this year in the letter below.

Oak Class Homework

Spellings Homework

Spelling practice 3x per week. Please see the attached list of words. These are the common exception words that children are expected to spell by the end of Year 6. We teach spelling patterns in school across the year as well as these common exception words, however it would be beneficial for the children to practise spelling the words on the attached list at home across the year. The websites below are a great way to practise these words at home in a fun way.

www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling

Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words

Reading

Try to read at home 3x per week. Remember to bring your Accelerated Reader book back into school each day.

Times tables

Try to practise your times tables 3x per week. Suggested websites and apps to help to practise times tables include:

www.ttrockstars.com

www.timestables.co.uk

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button