Dear Parents and Children,

I hope that you have had an enjoyable holiday and are now refreshed and ready to start term 2. We are looking forward to starting our new topics and hope that you are as excited as we are about our new learning. Mrs Wood will be teaching on Monday mornings, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and Mrs Minty will be teaching on Monday afternoons and Fridays. Our class TAs are Mrs Lynch (Mon, Tues and Wed) and Mrs Clermont (Mon - Fri). 

Reading

Your child will continue to bring home a reading book every day to share with you. 'Free Reading’ books may be chosen from the class library or from home. Please encourage your child to choose books that are a little challenging for them to read. Comics and easy books are also great to read as they can improve comprehension skills and give ideas for story writing, but they will not stretch their vocabulary and reading ability. Please encourage your child to read with expression, and to express opinions about the characters in the story, the plot, and what might happen next. Reading books and reading record should be brought to school each day.

Spellings

A list of spellings for each week will be given out after an initial spelling assessment has been undertaken. Your child will be tested in class on Thursday with the words listed and new spellings will be set on Friday. We encourage children to learn spellings using the Look, Cover, Write, Check method, following the sequence:

LOOK at the word

COVER the word

WRITE the word

CHECK their spelling against the word.

Spellings will be set on Google Classroom. If your child is unable to access Google Classroom, please let us know so that we can provide them with a paper copy.

Maths

In class we will be following the NCETM teaching for Mastery Programme.

More information about teaching for Mastery can be found at National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (ncetm.org.uk)

All pupils will be given login details for an online maths system called Professor Assessor. Numeracy homework assignments will be given for the children to complete on computers/tablets at home. Each child will get an assignment unique to them, to practise skills that have been taught in the numeracy lessons. In addition, the children will be able to use the ‘Times Tables Fun’ system on their Professor Assessor login. 

PE

This term, our class PE lessons will be on Thursday with Mrs Wood and with Mrs Minty on Fridays. Please remember to send your child to school in their PE uniform on these days.

Home Learning

Home learning will continue to be set on Google classroom each week. Children will be given assignments in maths, spellings and reading comprehension with additional enrichment activities. Home learning will be set on Fridays on Google classroom and should be handed in the following Thursday on Google Classroom. If your child is unable to access Google Classroom, please let us know so that we can provide them with a paper copy.

Water Bottles

Please ensure your child brings a named bottle to school every day, filled with water. The children are allowed to fill their water bottles up during the day if they run out. Please ensure water bottles are taken home regularly and washed.

Timetable of things to remember!

Please help your child to take responsibility themselves for the things that they need to remember.  Perhaps your child could cut out the timetable and place it somewhere at home or in their school bag to remind them each day.

Day	I need to remember...
Monday	Wear school uniform
Tuesday	Wear School uniform
Wednesday	Wear school uniform
Thursday	Home Learning Handed in Wear PE Uniform Spelling Test
Friday	Home Learning and New spellings given out Wear PE uniform Take water bottle home to be washed

 

Please click the link below for our annual 'Meet The Teacher Presentation held on Monday 30th September 2024. 

Year 6 Meet the Teacher

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office to arrange to speak with Mrs Wood or Mrs Minty.

Kind regards, 

Mrs Wood and Mrs Minty