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Year 6 - Mrs Paisley and Miss Miller

Welcome back everyone - we hope you have all had a lovely summer break and are feeling recharged and ready for your final year at BPS!

Year 6 will be taught by Mrs Paisley from Monday to Wednesday each week and Miss Miller on Thursdays and Fridays. The children will be supported in class by Mr Mitchinson and Miss Bell and Miss Moss will teach a couple of afternoon lessons throughout the week until she leaves to have her baby.

We start our maths lessons with place value and will also focus on the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), fractions and converting units measure.

In English, we will start by using the text 'Paradise Sands' by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing and will also explore 'Macbeth' by Shakespeare later in the autumn term. We will be reading lots of exciting texts together - we can't wait to choose our first class reader with the children!

In Geography this half term, we will be comparing the Lake District with regions in Europe and the Caribbean. We will also practise our map skills and orienteering, which will be very useful for our residential at Hawse End before half term. Our history focus this term is the Windrush. In science, we will be learning about electricity and the circulatory system. Please scroll down to find the Year 6 curriculum on a page for details about the rest of our planned learning.

This term, our PE days are every  Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure the children have their PE kits with them on these days - they can be left in school over the half term if this is easier to organise. 

As a reminder, school PE kit includes a coloured T-shirt which represents the house your child belongs to, black or navy shorts (or tracksuit / jogging bottoms in colder weather) and trainers. No jewellery should be worn for safety reasons and long hair must be tied up in a bobble. 

The PE focus this term is netball and lacrosse, but we will also play some other invasion games to practise our skills.

Homework: 

Homework is handed out every Monday and is handed back in on Friday. Year 6 children are expected to read nightly. Just 20 minutes per day is proven to positively impact attainment as well as develop a love of reading! It really is an important part of homework and we do ask that parents actively engage with their child's reading to help support them. The children should also practise their spellings and ensure they can confidently recall times tables facts. In year 6, we encourage the children to be independent and responsible for the completion and handing in of their homework – this is great preparation for secondary school life. Links for Spelling Shed and TT Rockstars are at the bottom of the page. Their logins are recorded in their homework diaries and reading records as reminders. 

Reminders:

  • Children should arrive at school at 8:45am.
  • Children need to bring a coat, a water bottle, a bag, a healthy breaktime snack if they wish, their homework and a packed lunch if needed. There is no need for personal pencil cases or any other unnecessary items, in fact these items usually act as a distraction.
  • Children should have PE kit in school every Tuesday and Thursday. This can be left in school.

Please check Classdojo for updates. The best ways to contact us are via dojo, through Mrs Westwood in the office or a note sent in with your child in their reading record etc.

Here's to a happy and successful year!

Best wishes,

Mrs Paisley and Miss Miller

 

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