Mr Robert’s Year 6 Class

Mr. Roberts’ Year 6 Class

On this web page you can find out about all the exciting things taking place in Year 6!

Teacher: Mr. N. Roberts

Email:  nroberts@discovery.victoriousmat.org

Twitter: @DiscoveryMrR

Term: Summer 1

Our learning this term:

Maths:

This half term, we will be deepening our learning of shape and angles. We will also be completing some additional revision in the lead up to our SATs in May.

English:

This half term will be looking at three text types: We will begin with writing the continuation of a story based on the video ‘The Paperman’. Following this, we will also be looking at writing postcards from some well-known villains from popular children’s stories.

History:

Thematic History – education and the progression of female rights and influence. – How have women’s rights and influence changed throughout history? This term, we will be looking at some influential women throughout history and how they changed the world.

Art:

Brave Colour – Exploring how artists use light, form and colour to create immersive environments.

This term, we will be creating our mini-museum, using coloured film to alter how light can influence our art.

Computing:

Can I explore variables within programming?

This term, we will be using the Scratch coding program to implement variables into a small game they create. We will work on coding, de-bugging and

Music:

Production

This term, we will be working on our end of year production which we are hoping to showcase to our parents at the end of the year. We will use this term to consolidate all our music learning from the year and further building on our singing and group music skills.

Spanish:

Seasons – This term, the children will be further exploring Spanish vocabulary and will be using regular verbs, learning what they are and how to use them in sentences.

PSHE/RSE

Our PSHE topic for this half term ‘Relationships – Growing Up’. This term, we will be looking at how our bodies change as we are growing up and how our emotions will change too. We will continue our conversations about healthy relationships, specifically focusing on what a healthy relationship looks like as we grow up.

General Class Information

PE:

PE is twice a week on Wednesday and Thursday.

Your child will participate in a sport and gymnastics/dance lesson every week. It is normally expected for children to have a full PE kit kept in school at all times.

Children should not be wearing any jewellery including earrings for PE. If your child does wear earrings, please could you ensure they are taken out before school on Wednesday and Thursday.

Homework

Task – 1 piece of home learning on century which should be independent work and take 10/15 mins – to be completed by Wednesday the following week.

Additional tasks may be provided to support children in filling various gaps in their learning to meet the Year 6 Curriculum guidance.

Reading – The children will be given a reading journal for home. They will be given various reading books throughout the year and will be expected to read independently and complete tasks set out in the front cover of the book.

Times Tables Rock Stars – Children should continue to practice their times tables on TTRS, a minimum of 2 sessions a week (10 minutes). Various competitions will be set throughout the year.

KS1 and KS2 additional tasks (optional)

Any home learning that your children do independently which is additional to this (such as home projects, research, writing stories, practicing maths concepts etc.) will be rewarded with DoJo’s.

Snack:

Snack is to be a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. No chocolate, crisps or sweets are allowed.