Welcome to Year 6
Dear Parents and Carers,
In Maths, the children have been focusing on decimals.
In English, we have been writing non-chronological reports about the yellow spotted lizards from our class book.
In RE, we celebrated the feast day of the Three Holy Hierarchs and discussed what roles these saints played in the building of our faith.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers
In English, we have been using our class book to take a close look at descriptive writing.
In Maths, we have started to look at algebra and how to tackle algebraic equations.
In Science, we have been looking at animals adaptive traits and how they help animals survive in their environments.
In Art, the children will be creating their own memory boxes, so if you have any old shoe boxes please send them in next week!
We hope you have an amazing weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers
This week we have been continuing our focus on Ratios and Proportions in Maths and using this knowledge to solve word problems.
In English, we have been diving deeper into the character of Stanley Yelnats from our book ‘Holes’ and using evidence from the book to support our inferences.
In Geography, the children have been looking at the desert climates in different parts of the world and comparing them.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke Benson and Miss Rashti
Week ending 16.01.26
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you have had a lovely Christmas Break!
We have hit the ground running in Year 6, starting our new class book ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar in English.
In Maths we have started to learn about ratios and how they can be related to fractions.
In Geography, we have started to learn about Deserts and their characteristics.
The homelearning is in the children’s books due to some technical issues.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Week ending 09.01.26
Dear Parents and Carers,
The Christmas season is fast approaching! The children have chosen their Christmas song for Carols around the Tree and we cannot wait to see their performance.
In Maths, the children have been reviewing their learning on fractions.
In English, the children have been writing setting descriptions about different key locations in our books Carrie’s War.
In Science, the children were using their technical science skills to plot and observe the relationship between the size of an animal and the speed of their heart rate.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
This week, the children have begun to learn about converting units of measurement.
In English, the children have been exploring the impact of the theme of contrast on the novel.
In History, the children evaluated how propaganda was used during WW2 to ensure that parents evacuated their children.
Yesterday, the children also got to dissect lambs hearts to get a deeper understanding of the structure and function of our own hearts, in relation to our work on the circulatory system.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
This has been a great week for Year 6!
We have been learning about WW2, and in History we were making inferences about what life was like during the Blitz using photographs from the time.
In English, we have been writing a letter home as an evacuee from our book Carrie’s War.
In Maths, we have been multiplying and dividing factions by integers.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
This week in English we have been writing a suspense story, to add to a class anthology called ‘What Goes Bump in the Night’.
In Maths, the children have been learning how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.
In History, the children have been looking at how the Battle of Britain impacted the Royal Air Force.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been a lovely first week back!
In Maths, the children have started their unit on fractions and have begun adding and subtraction fractions.
In English, the children are creating their own suspense story based off of the novel ‘Night of the Gargoyles’.
In History, we will be learning about World War 2, and have started by creating a timeline detailing the events from WW1 to WW2.
We hope you have a great weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week has been mock SATS week for the children, and they have worked extremely hard. We think they have all earned a good rest.
We hope you have a lovely break!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti