Year 6

Welcome to our Year 6 class page!

Welcome back to school and to the start of a very exciting year in Year 6!  We have so much to look forward to this year and we can’t wait to get started!

Mrs Flint will teach Year 6 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday afternoons and Miss Jarman will teach on Wednesday mornings, Thursdays and Fridays. Mrs Radley will be supporting the learning in Year 6 throughout the week.

We are starting this term with a geography unit of work that focuses on the world’s climate zones. We’ll begin by identifying lines of latitude and longitude as well as the differences between the Northern and Southern hemispheres. We’ll then move on to exploring and comparing different climate zones by identifying their characteristics and weather patterns and looking at the differences between temperate and tropical climates.

As well as our geographical study, Year 6 will also be exploring evolution and inheritance in science. We’ll explore the origins of inheritance and consider what type of things we inherit. As the unit moves on, we’ll also consider the role that fossils have in understanding evolution through a study of the work of Mary Anning and Charlies Darwin.  We’ll also explore how plants and animals have changed and the children will question how human intervention affects evolution.

Alongside these interesting and engaging units of work, we’ll also be perfecting our Spanish on Wednesdays and challenging our musical abilities during our weekly music sessions on Mondays.

Some key information:

Music with Mr Orr    – Monday mornings

Spanish with Mrs Doodson – Wednesday mornings

P.E Lesson with Mrs Flint – Monday afternoons

Dance with Molly – Wednesday afternoons

The children will need to bring their reading book and reading diary to school every day. They are expected to read at least three times a week for 20 minutes or more and to have their reading diaries signed by a grown up at home.

Throughout the year, the children will be given the opportunity to borrow one of our Year 6 Top 10 Reads.  These are designed to encourage the children to read for pleasure and enjoyment so we would really appreciate it if you could encourage your child to read their Top 10 book.

Homework will be given out on a Wednesday and will consist of maths and spelling activities. We expect that this homework will be completed by the following Monday. We are trying to prepare Year 6 for high school so if children do not complete homework, they will need to do it on a Monday in their own time (play time).

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Jarman, Mrs Flint and Mrs Radley