Park Mead Primary

Year 6

The Year 6 Team

Miss Bayne - 6B

Mrs Eidimtaite - 6E Mrs Leighton  - 6B and 6E
 

We have a fun-packed curriculum in-store for you in the Autumn Term. 

Here is a brief overview of our coverage:

English   - Narrative writing - Rock, Paper, Scissors and Harris Burdick

       - Fantastic Beasts information writing

       - Harry Potter discussion writing

       - Lost Words poem writing

       - Christmas antics newspaper recount

       - Guided reading is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 

Maths - Number and place value, four operations, fractions and  converting units

Science - Light and Electricity

History - Vikings, Maya and Cities in Time: This Manchester Man

PSHE - Me and My Relationships, Valuing Difference and Rights and Respect

Art - Designing a mythical creature

DT - Batik

RE - Buddhism and Sikhism

Computing - Research

PE - Fitness, Football, Netball and Uni Hockey 

French - greetings, number from 0-30 and simple questions

Important Dates: 

9th September (Tuesday) after school - Parent information meeting in Year 6 classes. 

SATS: Mon 11th - Thu 14th May - please ensure children are in these days. 

Mon 1st - Fri 5th June - Isle of Wight Little Canada trip


PE days - Wednesday and Friday

On PE days, children may arrive in their PE kits as they did last year.

Dress suitably for the weather: please provide children with black or dark blue leggings or tracksuit bottoms and a sweater when cold; hats and sun-cream for warmer weather. 

 Library days:

Mondays

 

Homework

Children will write their weekly into their reading records every Monday as part of their class meeting.

Reading - 5 times a week for 20 minutes or more. This must be recorded in their Reading Records and will be checked on Mondays.

My Maths/Arithmetic - alternated Mondays www.mymaths.co.uk

Spelling Shed - Mondays www.spellingshed.com 

Timetables Rockstars - 25 minutes a week minimum - checked on Mondays (6E) and Fridays (6B) www.ttrockstars.com

Learning Logs - set on a 3 week rota - children have 2 weeks to complete the work and will have it returned a week after handed in.   Children are expected to spend a minimum of 2 hours on it over the 2 weeks. Dates will be assigned through the term but will be due in on a Monday.

Click here to see the Autumn Learning Log tasks - chose which learning log to complete. 

                                                             

Websites to help learning:             - Maths: www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ 

                                                               - English: www.bbc.com/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn 

This will be added to as work is set.

https://bookcreator.com/ (Children will need to create a log in)

 

Apps that are free and useful:      Seesaw Class, Apple Clips, GarageBand, Keynotes, ThingLink, ibisPaint X, LbQ,                                                                  Popplet, AnimateAnything, Do Ink GreenScreen (All creations from these apps                                                                can be uploaded to Seesaw)

Access Reading Cloud, click here.  to order library books.  

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Park Mead Primary School, Park Drive, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7HB

01483 274315

info@park-mead.surrey.sch.uk