English

In English this week, Year 6 used an emotive piece of music and accompanying video to compose a flashback. We also started reading our new text, ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’, and got to grips with the past perfect and past progressive tenses.  

Next week, we will write a newspaper report detailing the evacuation of children out of London during WWII.

Maths

This week we have explored angles and calculated missing angles in both triangles and quadrilaterals.

Next week we will look at 2-D and 3-D shapes.  

Thematic Curriculum

As always, we started the term with a PD focus, including a visit from Kent Police to educate Year 6 on the Age of Criminal Responsibility.

Next week, we begin our new Thematic Curriculum topic, ‘Paths to Peace’, as we discover the events leading up to the start of WWII.

Homework

- This term’s Thematic Curriculum grid is attached below.

- Please read with your child at least 3 times a week.

- Children should be playing TTRS at least 3 times a week to build their confidence and fluency with times table knowledge.

- Most children have now taken their Term 4 AR Star Reader assessment and their ZPD can be found on their AR account. They will also receive a sticker next week to help them identify the correct books for their reading level. Once your child has read their book, they will need to complete a quiz on it before getting a new one. These quizzes can be done either in school or at home on Accelerated Reader using the log-in codes found in their reading records.

Welcome (renaissance-go.com) 

- Mathletics homework has also been set for the children to complete by next Friday.

-New for this year: Sir Linkalot

Access details:

To access it on a laptop, PC, Mac or Chromebook:

1. Type in the browser itself where you normally type www (not a search engine)...app.sirlinkalot.org (with no Ws before it)
2. Click on 'More' (top right)
3. Click on 'Sign in'
4. The access code is UJS2024

Have a great weekend!

The Year 6 team