Welcome back!

Welcome to the New Year!

I hope you have all had a wonderful first term and an enjoyable Christmas break. I look forward to welcoming the children back, feeling refreshed and ready for an exciting Spring Term ahead.

This term, our topic is Power and Conflict, where we will explore events before, during and after World War Two and look at the Geography of Europe.   

In Science, the children will be learning about light and then environment awareness.  In Art and Design Technology, the children will study the work of Henry Moore and will go onto to design and make a waistcoat.  We will continue to prepare the children for the end-of-year assessments (SATs). Further details will be shared closer to the time. To support their learning, children should continue to read daily (ensuring retrieval and inference questions are asked in relation to the text) and continue to practise their spellings and times tables. Homework will be set every Wednesday on their class website page – where all the links have direct reference to what we cover in class.  PE will continue to be on a Wednesday and Thursday.

Thank you for your continued support.  Please contact me at any time with any questions or concerns: office@allsaintsprimaryschool.org.uk

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your children a happy and successful Spring term in Year 6. 

Homework Task(s)

• Homework Week 5
• Newspaper Pack
• Spelling Sheet

Topic Plan

Our topic for the majority of the Spring Term is ‘Power and Conflict’.  This is a History topic and our focus will be World War Two.  If you, or someone you know, is an expert in these areas, we would love to hear from you!

Please click below to see our topic plan for the curricular areas we will be studying including Maths and English.

• Spring Term Topic Plan

Class Reader

Our main class text in Term The Promise by Nicola Davies which will form the basis for our English lessons.

PE

Our class PE days for Term 3 and 4 are on a Wednesday and Thursday.  Children should arrive at school wearing their PE kits.  PE will take place outdoors in all weathers.  It is suggested that children have a coat and spare footwear on PE days as the field will be used. 

Homework

All children will be provided with a homework book which is used to record homework set and in most cases should also be used for completing the homework. Homework is usually set on a Wednesday and is due in the following Tuesday. The homework task can be found on the class page on the school website. All children will be shown how to access the tasks and they will be explained in class. Any support / reminding you can give your child to ensure they complete their homework on time is very much appreciated. Children will have a set Maths task and an English task focusing on spellings. There may be a task based on another English skill or linked to our topic based homework. Some homework tasks will be set to help them with their future learning in class or they may be to consolidate on skills they have learnt in class. I always explain the homework tasks in class. Homework, where appropriate will be marked, reviewed or used as part of their class work to aid their learning and understanding. It is anticipated that each Maths and English activity will take between 30-40 minutes to complete. If it is taking your child a lot longer then please let me know.

Reading

Children are expected to read aloud at home every day, for at least 10 minutes. The reason for this is that it not only helps with their reading, it also has a huge impact on their writing: reading with expression encourages children to look at the punctuation and use it in their own writing; discussing the structure of a story, predicting and analysing texts helps to develop an awareness of text structure and explaining unfamiliar vocabulary helps to extend their vocabulary. Please help your child to bring their reading book to school every day and take it home every evening. Please sign and date in their homework books to confirm they have read at home. Of course continuing to read alone for a longer period of time is also very beneficial. In school, we aim to discuss books and hear children read at least once a week.

And finally….

 If there are ever any problems, questions or worries, however small they may seem, please feel free to come and see any of us, after school, or write a note in your child’s homework book. It is important that your child feels safe and secure at school and dealing with any issues straight away will help to create a productive and creative environment, where your child feels able to take risks in their learning. Sorting the little problems out quickly makes it less likely that they will develop into ‘big’ ones later on.

I look forward to working alongside you in what we are sure will be a very happy successful rest of the year for your child. Thank you very much for your support and help.

Mrs Mills

Year 6 class teacher.