Year Six

Welcome to Year Six

Hello to all of the children (and parents) who are now in Year 6.  We are so excited for the year ahead and hope that you are too!

Keep checking on here for updates – your new homework tasks will be posted every week.

Love from your Year 6 teachers,

Please use the link below for all the information from the year 6 parent transition meeting.

Mrs Clay, Mrs Medcraft, Mrs Briggs, Mr Lapworth, Mrs Dhand and Mrs Underwood

Take a look at how the year 6 trip to Plas Dol-y-Moch in North Wales was enjoyed by all.

Please click below to access our SATs information booklet for parents.

In year 6, the following homework will be given out weekly:

Maths Homework

Maths homework will be given out every Thursday, to be returned to school the following Tuesday.

SPaG Homework

SPaG homework will be given out every Thursday, to be returned to school the following Tuesday.

Spellings – to be given out and posted below each Monday, with a spelling test taking place in school the following Monday. Please try and practise your spellings 4 times each week.

Reading – all children to read for at least 10-15 minutes a minimum of 4 times per week at home and to get their reading diaries signed by an adult. Reading diaries will be checked each week.

PE will take place EVERY FRIDAY in year 6. Please send your child to school in a full school PE kit.

In addition, Yoga will take place on the following THURSDAYS this half term, so can a full PE kit please be work on these days:

Thursday 11th April

Thursday 18th April

Thursday 25th April

Thursday 6th June

Thursday 13th June

Thursday 20th June

Weekly Spellings

Weekly Spellings

Lessons

Spellings week beginning 11/9/23 Spellings week beginning 18/9/23 Spellings week beginning 25/9/23 Spellings week beginning 2/10/23 Spellings week beginning 9/10/23 Spellings week beginning 23/10/23 Spellings week beginning 6/11/23 Spellings week beginning 13/11/23 Spellings week beginning 20/11/23 Spellings week beginning 27/11/23 Spellings week beginning 4/12/23 Spellings week beginning 11/12/23 Spellings week beginning 8/1/24 Spellings week beginning 15/1/24 Spellings week beginning 22/1/24 Spellings week beginning 29/1/24 Spellings week beginning 5/2/24 Spellings week beginning 26/2/24 Spellings week beginning 4/3/24 Spellings week beginning 11/3/24 Spellings week beginning 18/3/24

Spellings – Summer 1

We are now on the run up to SATs and writing moderation in June. In order to prepare children for the spelling part of the SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar test), we will be revisiting many spelling patterns and rules within our early morning work, so there will be no set weekly pattern or rule sent home.

However, it is important that children are able to spell the Year 3 /4 common exception words and Y5/6 words, too. During moderation, these words will be checked in the children’s writing along with rules to ensure they have met standards. We are well aware that these words are not always chosen by children to use independently, so we need to take evidence of their spelling ability in their pink spelling books. The next few week’s homework is to ensure children plug their personal gaps in spelling (which are clearly seen on their individual sheets in their books).

We recommend that children practise 10 a week, but if your child finds this hard, try 5 as it’s better to be accurate with a few rather than get many wrong.

If your child is in the fortunate position where they know all of the spellings from both lists, it is worth a quick check, but there are all the rules we have looked at over the year on the website and please dip in and out of these old spelling sheets to revise from.

Some of the harder rules are: ence and ance, fer ferr, ough – as there are many sounds it represents; french origin spellings: ch (sh) ch (K) que, gue; stresses on syllables: gardening (stress is on gar – so only one n before ing) beginner  (stress is on gin so double the nn before adding er).

Thank you for all your support in helping your children succeed.

If you are at home, but well enough to access some learning, please complete the following tasks:

• Log on to Times Tables Rockstars daily to practise your multiplication and division facts: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
• Make sure you spend some time each day reading
• Practise your spellings and apply your learning by putting them into your own sentences. Use a dictionary to check the definition of any words you are unsure of