Maple Tree Class - Year 6
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Welcome to our class page!
Year 6 Maple is taught by Miss Bairstow with support from Mrs Senior.
ROUTINES
HOME READING: This will be central to your child’s learning this year. The expectation in Year 5 and 6 is that children read at least 5 times per week. Please record the book and page number in your child’s reading record. If your child has a Reading Plus account, they can also log in and practise this at home.
HOMEWORK: Homework will be given on a Friday to be handed in the following Wednesday.
PE: Maple Tree Class have P.E on Monday and Tuesday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E kit on P.E days. They may wear navy tracksuit bottoms and a Rufford Park hoodie or school jumper over the top. Earrings must be removed for P.E unless recently pierced. If your child cannot remove their own earrings please make sure they come to school without them on the days of their P.E lessons.
Autumn Curriculum Overview: Victorian Britain
English: Pupils will be developing and using a range of skills through writing a biography, information text, diary entry, narrative description and poetry.
Reading: Our class reader 'Street Child' links to our Victorian topic. Pupils will be reading through this text and answering a range of questions to support their comprehension as well as completing a range of varied comprehension tasks.
Maths: Building on place value knowledge, using all four operations to answer problems, fractions.
Science: Forces; recognising how different forces affect objects.
Computing: Internet communication and Online Safety. Web page creation
Music: Singing/Y5 - Ukuleles/Y6 - Hey! Mr Miller
D&T: Exploring Structures
History: I wonder how the Industrial Revolution changed children’s lives in Victorian Britain. This builds on chronological understanding, makes comparisons between past and present and some opportunity to research historical figures.
Geography: Where in the world? Zimbabwe
PE: Hockey / Football
RE: Why are Rites of Passage important?/ Should we forgive others?
PSHE: ‘Me and my Relationships’ and ‘Valuing Differences’
French: Phonics 3 & 4/ The Date/ Do you have a Pet?
CLASS HIGHLIGHTS
USEFUL DOCUMENTS