Year 6
Summer 1 Timetable
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Scroll down for further information on homework expectations,
this half-term's learning units and our class gallery.
Summer 1 Learning Units
Core Subjects
Writing
Year 6 will explore a range of texts that allow the children to dive deeper into the writing world.
During the summer term, children will be focusing on mastering their non-fiction writing. They will analyse the key features of non-fiction texts such as persuasive letters, explanation texts and blogs. By using sentence-stacking lessons to build ideas, children will focus on ensuring their writing is cohesive, controlled and includes writing techniques learnt over the year so far.
Year 6 will then review their writing process, write an independent final piece for each unit and edit their work. I can't wait to hear their ideas and see their final published pieces!
Class Reading
During our class reading lessons this half-term, Year 6 will focus on their overall comprehension skills:
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Inference
- Prediction
- Explain
- Retrieval
- Summarising / Sequencing
By feeling confident in their reading skills, children will focus on developing the speed and fluency that is needed to successfully answer comprehension questions. Children will use their skills to analyse key themes, characters and events in a range of new texts.
Class Reading: Class Novel
This half-term, our class novel is
'Can you see me?' by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott.
Through reading and sharing this novel in class, participating in lessons focused on discussion and using the above skills, we will dive deeper into the author's choices, the plot and character's feelings. Children will become confident at applying their reading skills to a wide variety of texts and genres. Our class novel sessions are the perfect chance for children to use their oral skills to share their opinions and knowledge on the text.
Maths
In Maths, we will be diving deeper into developing our arithmetic skills and learning about geometry. Throughout this unit, we will learn about shapes, angles, nets, quadrants, translations and reflections.
As we work through our final units in maths, we will apply our mathematical knowledge to various word problems. The children will work on solving word problems with increasing independence and manipulatives from around the classroom to build their confidence. Mathematical vocabulary will be used throughout our class discussions and the children's explanations.
Children are encouraged to continuously work on their arithmetic skills, as their confidence in arithmetic can have a huge impact on how they work through more difficult reasoning problems.
RE: To the Ends of the Earth
As we return to school after the Easter Holidays, children will reflect on the meaning of Jesus' resurrection and the message of hope it brings. Through assemblies, discussions and quiet moments of prayer, Year 6 will explore how this important event in the Christian faith represents new life, forgiveness and fresh beginnings. By spending time reflecting, children are encouraged to think about kindness, resilience and the ways they can bring positivity into their daily lives, helping to build a caring and supportive school community.
In our class RE lessons this half-term, the children will study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension to the coming of the Holy Spirit and the works of the apostles and early Church. They will also learn about the Catholic Church today as the apostolic Church and how its liturgy and structures flow from the early Church.
Children will continue to look at the work of St John. They will analyse how St John's account of the Resurrection alludes back to that narrative and shows that in Jesus the relationshop with God is restored.
Foundation Subjects
Physical Education - Gymnastics and Athletics
Art - Print-making
Science - Living Things and their Habitats
History - Crime and Punishment
PSHE/RSE: My Happy Mind / Transition to High School
Homework
SATs Bootcamp
Children should be using their SATs Bootcamp account to revise and practice questions. Set tasks will be given to the children as homework tasks each week.
Times Tables Rock Stars
Children should be learning their timetables for at least 10 minutes per day on TTRS.
Spelling Frame
Children should be practising their spellings for at least 10 minutes per day on Spelling Frame. Children should complete their online spelling test on Tuesday or Wednesday to be ready for their test on Thursday morning.
Reading
Children should read for at least 15 minutes per day. Please record your child's reading homework in their reading diary. These will be checked daily.
Maths
Children will receive a piece of homework based around their maths learning that has taken place in the classroom or arithmetic. This will be given out on a Monday and returned to school on Thursday morning. This homework should take around 20 minutes to complete.
English
Children will receive either a reading, writing or SPaG task. This homework should take around 20 minutes to complete. It will be given out on a Monday and returned to school on Thursday morning.
Year 6 Life
Waffle, Maggie & Mollie: Supporting Year 6
Class Gallery
Forest school: Remembrance & Gratitude
