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Welcome to Year 6! This year, we focus on enriching learning through core subjects like literacy and maths, engaging topics such as the Tudors and Ancient Greeks, and various exciting projects and trips. Join us for Wednesday morning games with Boston Utd and artistic endeavors with Mrs. Maylor. Homework consists of nightly reading, spellings, and alternating literacy and maths tasks. We encourage parental involvement to enhance your child's learning experience, ensuring a collaborative atmosphere as we prepare for SATs and an exciting year ahead!
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Welcome! To Year 6
How we are working… Who? - Wednesday mornings – Games with Boston Utd Art with Mrs Maylor - Mrs Carder – teaching assistant
Core Subjects… Literacy • Fiction Genres • Biographies/Autobiographies • Journalistic writing • Stories with flashbacks • Poetry • Discussion and Persuasion • Explanation texts • Non-chronological reports • Writing in other subjects • Reading and responding to a range of genres and text types • New handwriting style Maths • Written methods for 4 rules of number • Problem solving • Working systematically • Ordering and rounding decimals • Fractions and percentages • Algebra • Converting between units of measure • Interpreting graphs and charts • Measuring and drawing angles • Mathematical mysteries • Using and describing 2-D and 3-D shapes
Topics… • Tudors – Why did Henry VIII marry 6 times? • Ancient Greeks • Investigating Rivers
Homework • 10 minutes of reading a night • Spellings – Set Monday/Due Monday • Literacy/Maths will alternate each weekSet Thursday/Due Tuesday • Project
Trips… • Lincoln Cathedral for Church Schools’ Festival – May/June • Residential trip • Day Visits to enhance Topic Work
Parental help please… • Homework • Times tables • Trips • Reading time at home • PE Kits – Tues/Weds
Year 6 ‘Happenings’… • Christmas Concert • Church Schools’ festival • Taster Days/Induction Days • Bikeability • Residential trip • Leavers’ service
SATS • SATS tests will take place on the week beginning Monday 12th May • Monday – Reading Test • Tuesday – Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling • Wednesday – Mental Maths, Maths • Thursday Maths • Friday – Internal Science assessment
Facebook • Privacy Settings • Be one of your child’s Friends and monitor their discussions • Don’t have strangers as Friends • Don’t use Facebook in bedroom
Remember the school website for additional information http://www.st-georges-stamford.lincs.sch.uk/