oak Class

YEAR 6

Mrs oliver

2024-25

Autumn Term 1

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 – Using 'Friend or Foe' by Michael Morpurgo to produce a diary entry and balanced argument and then 'The Lighthouse' animation for a non-chronological report and direct speech.

Maths – Place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

R.E. – Asking the question ‘How do Christians live and what would Jesus do?’

Science – Investigating the human circulatory system and maintaining a healthy body.

French – Our topic is ‘Where in the world?’

Art – Cityscapes

P.E. – Basketball and Swimming

Computing – Online safety

PSHE – Discussing goal setting and developing friendships.

History – Understanding World War II and its impact on children and the local area.

Key information

Arrival/collection

Our arrival time each morning is from 8:45am - 9:00am and we leave at 3:15pm.

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 day is Wednesday. Our other PE day is Friday for swimming.

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.

On Friday, the children should bring their swimming kit and a towel.

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