21.3.25

 Year 6,

It has been quite a week. During maths you have worked really well with fractions, decimals and percentages – I was blown away by how confident most of you were with this. In English, you have finished reading Paradise Sands, and have planned and begun writing your own narratives inspired by it – you have made a great start. In PSHE, you have taken on the roles of agony aunts, considering advice to give to others on a range of health-related topics, and in science you spent the afternoon planning an experiment of your own design. All of this is after a whole day of working with clay on Monday, where you created your Oracle Bones and pots (photographs below).

Home learning pages:

Maths - Page 28 and 29

Grammar - Pages 20 and 21

Next week you will have the chance to practise on some more papers (the eagle-eyed ones of you have already seen some of them laying about). You will also be having a visit on Monday afternoon from a Deputy Lieutenant to teach you about the commonwealth and British Values. In science, you will undertake your experiment and write up your results using the tables you have planned. In geography, you will continue to learn about the different sources of energy in greater detail. On Thursday, you will also be having RE in a different lesson location as we will be visiting Christ Church – our local church – for a lesson about Salvation within Christianity.

 Half term project - Super spellers!

This half term’s task requires you to become a super speller (and find a way to support others to become one too!) You are required to create a game which will support the class with their spellings. This could focus on the Year 3-4 and Year 5-6 spellings, or a few specific spelling rules. The game MUST come with answers and instructions on how to play. 

Your project is due on Thursday 3rd April where you will have a chance to play each other's games in small groups or pairs.

I have sent you home with a booklet containing the spelling rules and year group spellings to support you in this and in any revision you choose to do. 

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 piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)
 -        Practising maths on Sumdog - COMPETITION THIS WEEK!

Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Cresswell 😊