23.5.25

 Year 6,

You have had another busy week. You have worked with coordinates and angles in maths and have read more chapters of 'The Boy in the Tower' in Book Stop. In English, you have completed your newspaper reports, written formal letters about a closing school, and written emotive diary entries inspired by the experiences of people on VE Day. You have also read scenes from the production you have chosen, and selected those that you think you should perform, and undertaken auditions (well done for all the effort you have put in). You have also enjoyed your final week of swimming and participated in the Mini Marathon today. 

Home Learning 

For your home learning over half term, I would like you to research the topics below ready for a piece of writing you will produce when you return. You need to research and make notes on at least 4 of the topics below. You must return to school on Monday with your research as we will be using it from Monday.

Life on the Home Front

·        Evacuation

·        Dig for victory

·        Rationing

·        Make do and mend

·        Jobs for women

Other interesting facts.

Some of you have asked that the autobiography questions also be shared. This is optional home learning unlike the one above. But if you wish to make some notes and bring them in on the first week back, you can.

1. Introduction

✔ Who are you?

✔ When and where were you born?

✔ Who is in your family?

✔ Something interesting about you?

2. Early Childhood (Reception & Key Stage 1)

✔ What are your earliest memories?

✔ What were you like as a child?

✔ What did you enjoy doing?

✔ How did you feel when you first started school?

3. Key Stage 2 Life (Years 3 to 6)

✔ What did you enjoy learning?

✔ What achievements have you had?

✔ Favourite subjects or topics?

✔ Any changes or challenges?

4. Clubs and Hobbies

✔ What do you do outside school?

✔ Do you go to any clubs (e.g. football, Scouts, dance)?

✔ What do you like doing at home? (hobbies, games, reading)

5. Your Family and Friends

✔ Who are the important people in your life?

✔ Do you have any siblings or pets?

✔ What are you proud of in your family life?

6. Year 6 Reflection

✔ What have you learned this year (academically or about yourself)?

✔ How have you improved?

✔ What are you proud of?

7. Hopes for the Future

✔ What are you looking forward to in secondary school?

✔ What do you want to be when you grow up?

✔ What are your dreams or goals?

Next week is half term. Have an amazing break so that you are ready for the madness of your final half term at Little Heath!!

I look forward to seeing you on Monday 2nd June. 

Mrs Cresswell 😊

9.5.25

 Year 6,

This week you have had PE, music and swimming, as well as completing a range of revision through lessons, games and quizzes. On Thursday, you took the time to mark VE Day and were incredibly respectful during the 2 minute silence. You had a picnic with the rest of the school, participated in games and created some beautiful bunting relating to the occasion. 

As we turn our minds to next week, I know many of you will be thinking of SATs. I want you to know that you are ready. You have worked hard and can take on the papers over the coming week. Use them as a chance to show how amazing you are and just try your best - what more could we ask for?!

Please read the poem below as I think it is incredibly important to remember the message it provides. 

SATs don't measure sports, SATs don't measure art,

SATs don't measure music, or the kindness in your heart.

SATs don't see your beauty, SATs don't know your worth,

SATs don't see the reasons you were put upon this earth.

SATs don't see your magic, how you make others smile,

SATs don't time how quickly you can run a mile.

SATs don't hear your laughter, or see you've come this far,

SATs are just a tiny glimpse of who you really are.

So sitting at your table, with a pencil and your test,

Remember SATs aren't who you are, remember you're the best.

Wishing you a restful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

Spellings wc5.5.25

  This week, you have spellings focussed on a number of spelling patterns and rules that you have studied. Please practise them on the practice sheet provided and put them into sentences in your Home Learning Journal.  

Your sentences and practice sheets will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

accommodate

awkward

conscience

desperate

environment

familiar

hindrance

immediately

brutally

neighbour

prejudice

queue

rhyme

sincerely

well-being

2.5.25

 Year 6,

It has been a rather different week. In class we have very much focused on maths and English. You have revised grammar, worked on newspaper reports and read a large part of our class reader 'The Boy in the Tower'. In maths, you have revised area, volume and angles, and have learnt how to calculate the mean and work with pie charts. This afternoon, for something different, you spent the afternoon testing materials as ways of mark making at part of our art unit.

This week you have also been having swimming sessions in our pool, which have brought much enjoyment, and have had the chance to visit Sky Studios Elstree (photographs below). While there, you enjoyed a tour of the studios, a media careers exercise (which is where your jobs cards came from), interviewed a member of staff and had the chance to create your own move pitches using real media tech, props and job roles. You even had the chance to sit in a vehicle used in filming the original Jurassic Park. I hope you all enjoyed the visit as much as the adults did on Tuesday. Remember that the QR code you were sent home with has a link to your movie pitches and you wrote the Sky ID in your Reading Journals. 

Home learning pages:

Maths - Pages 4, 5, 12 and 13

Grammar - Pages 22, 23, 24, 25

Next week we will continue to focus predominantly on maths and English, but as we have discussed, this is to ensure you are as ready for SATs as possible. After SATs we will have more of a balance and spend more time on the rest of the subjects. In English, you will continue writing your newspaper article. In Maths, you will work with pie charts, angles and will have some arithmetic revision. You will also have another chance to use your spelling games for revision. On Thursday, we will be marking the anniversary of VE Day, which will mean we are completing some different work marking the special occasion - this will tie in brilliantly with our history topic of World War 2. 

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 😊