Curriculum Bulletin: Year 6

English

Daily independent reading time - We give our Y6 children daily independent reading time to help them read more. Please help by making sure your child has their reading book with them everyday.

SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)

We will be working on:

• Varying sentence structure
• Clauses
• Punctuation needed for the Y6 curriculum

Class Text

• The Ruby in the Smoke (A mystery story of epic proportions; following the heroine Sally Lockheart as she tries to uncover the truth about her family)

Writing

• We will write a survival style information guide about Victorian schools.
• We will study a range of Poetry - writing our own, learning a range off by heart and performing 'Slam poems'.

Maths 

We will be working on:

• Fractions of a whole (including decimals and percentages) 
• Geometry

Science/Geography

We will be learning:

• About Evolution and natural selection
• Darwin's journey aboard 'The Beagle'

ICT

We will be working with:

• Audacity to create Mystery Story podcasts
• Garage Band to create our own music

Homework

Homework will continue to be set on a Thursday and due in the Following Thursday. Children may now receive both English and Maths homework in a week if it is necessary/beneficial.

Reading Logs will also be checked in school on a Thursday. It is very important that these are filled in correctly so teachers can see how much reading, and at what level, is being done outside school hours.

Dates for the Diary:

• Y6 Victorian Fayre - Thursday 17th November 1:45-3:15 (Please come in and support us by buying a cake or our Victorian themed products)
• Y6 French Fashion Show - Friday 4th November. Keep an eye on the blog to see how this goes!
• Y4&6 Christmas Production - Wednesday 14th December 1:45pm and 6.00pm