Year 6

‍We are looking forward to a great year together in the final, very special, stage of your Manadon Vale Primary School journey!

Reading:

• Please remember to bring your reading book and reading record book to school every day!
• Whenever you read, at home and at school, record the pages.
• When you finish a book, record the title and author under the 10 rosette page.
• When you finish 10 books, come and show us – you will get a certificate, a reward and a rosette on your photo so that everyone can be proud of you!

Spellings:

• We will give you your new spelling sheet on a Monday morning and get you to copy these into the back of your reading record book.
• There will always be 5 words as a recap from the previous week – the first 5 words on the previous list.
• We will practise your spellings at school, linking with your handwriting skills but you also need to learn these words regularly at home too – ‘little and often’ is usually the best way and use Spelling Shed to help you.
• On Friday, you will have a spelling test at school.

Homework:

• English homework is set on a Monday and needs to be completed and handed in on Tuesday or Wednesday. We alternate between short reading comprehensions and mini-SPAG tests – both important practise for your SATs tests in May.
• Maths homework is set online with Doodle. It will be set by the Monday and needs to be completed by the Friday. There are lots of other maths activities you can enjoy and use to improve your skills on Doodle, so explore these too! TTRockstars is another great way to improve your maths skills at home!

PE:

• Both Year 6 classes have outdoor PE on Wednesdays and indoor PE (Dance or Gymnastics) on Fridays. Please come to school in your correct kit on these days. If it is outside PE, we will try to go out regardless of the weather, so please wear suitable clothing and footwear.

Curriculum

We have exciting topics in Year 6:

AUTUMN

• ‘The Big Bang!’
• Science - Evolution and Inheritance, Classification
• Geography - Volcanoes and Navigation (Ocean Link)

SPRING  

• History – Slavery
• Science – Healthy Me

SUMMER

• History - World War 2
• Science – Electricity and Light

Termly Overview

Autumn:

In Maths, we are focussing on our Arithmetic Skills and Methods:

This includes Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

We are also focussing on Fluency, Reasoning and Problem-Solving skills with Measures (Converting units, Perimeter,Area and Volume).

In English, we use the books ‘The Journey to the River Sea’ and ‘The Princess Blankets’ to inspire and support our learning. We write descriptions, a diary, and a biography.

In RE, our introduction to Year 6 is a Multi faith religions review.

We then consider Creation and Science: Conflicting or complementary and explore the question Why do some Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah?

Spring:

In Maths, we are focussing on our Fluency, Reasoning and Problem-Solving skills in: Shape, Geometry (Position and Direction), Statistics, Ratio and Algebra.

In English, we use the books ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ and ‘Street Child’ to guide and improve our writing. We write a letter, stories and a non-chronological report.

In RE, we learn about what matters most to Humanist and Christians, why do some people believe in God and some people not, and what do Christians believe Jesus did to save people?

Summer:

In Maths, we are consolidating and revising our Arithmetic and Reasoning skills ready for our SATs tests in May.

After this, we enjoy some challenging themed Problem-Solving projects.

In English, we complete our collection of writing genres ready for our SATs assessment and choose our best written piece to share with our new secondary school.

In RE, we consider why some people believe in God and some people not, how does faith help when life gets hard and then complete our RE curriculum with a multi faith study.