Year 6,
It has been quite a first week back. You have completed lots
of learning this week, including working on calculating the area of triangles
and area and perimeter of rectangles. In maths you have also studied circles
and nets of 3D shapes. In English, you began learning about our new book ‘The
Boy in the Tower’ by Polly Ho-Yen. You considered what is normal for our local
area, and things that could threaten them. You also considered what you would take
with you if your ‘normal’ changed, and began making notes ready for writing a
newspaper report. You have also enjoyed PE lessons, an hour of music and
finished our class reader ‘Wolf Brother’.
Home learning pages:
Maths - Page 3, 29, 30 and 31
Grammar - Pages 38 and 39
Next week, you will be working with shapes and volume in
maths, as well as recapping some key concepts through games. In English, you
will plan and write a newspaper report relating to our new class book. You will
also have the chance to visit Sky Studios in Elstree on Tuesday morning, and
swimming lessons will begin on Monday.
Half Term project
This half term, you have a different task. I would like you
to use the next couple of weeks to spend time readying yourself for SATs. That
can be completing work online, playing SumDog more frequently, and working on comprehension
tasks. I have printed a range for you if you don’t have them at home already. I
am already setting more home learning pages as part of this project and
practise for Secondary School.
After SATs, I would like you to spend the time developing
one of your key interests. This could be art, football, writing, studying a
scientist or specific person from history, or even developing your roller-skating!
Be sure you focus on something you enjoy.
I will not expect you to produce anything specific or
present this half term. It is all about you doing what you need for the next few
weeks.
Reminders
You should be:
- Reading 5 times a week and
completing a reading journal activity once a week
- Practising spellings each
week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and
writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make
sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)
- Completing the English and Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for
Monday)
- Practising maths on Sumdog
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Cresswell 😊