Welcome To Our Year Six Class Page
Mrs Greenwell
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs McGovern and Mr Plant
Welcome
We hope you and your families have enjoyed a lovely February half term break. Lent is a very special time at school as we prepare for Easter. The children will be working towards their Easter Liturgy performance during Holy Week and focussing on a Stations of the Cross display to be displayed for the whole school to see and help their understanding of a stage of Jesus's journey to his crucifixion.
Maths and debate club continue this half term:
Maths: Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday at 8.30am
Debate: Friday at 8am
Please don't forget that Twitter is updated regularly, so you'll see lots of learning and experiences taking place on there. The Year 6 team can be contacted on info@stjohnsrc.net.
Easter Liturgy - Tuesday 26th March after 10am Mass at St John's Church
Curriculum - Spring 2
English:
Peterloo Massacre
Following on from their local history topic of the Peterloo Massacre last half term, the children will now be using their knowledge to write powerful speeches about this important historical, revolutionary event.
Maths:
RE:
Unity through the Eucharist
Celebrating Jesus's death and resurrection
Science:
Light
Geography
South America
Computing:
Programming continued
PE:
Gymnastics
Athletics
PHSE:
Healthy Lifestyles
Spanish:
Discovering Spain continues
Design and Technology
Cooking and nutrition 'Come dine with me!'
HOMEWORK
Please login into Atom Prime each week: https://atomlearning.com/prime
You will find your English and maths tasks on there. Have a go at the tasks set because it will not only adapt to your answers (to make sure it's at the right level for you) but also help you with where you went wrong.
You will be taking spellings home weekly - these reflect the rules we work on in class and any words you need to work on personally. Please learn these words so you can spell them accurately in your writing. It's also important to learn the following Year 5 and 6 statutory words:
Please ensure you are reading regularly at home using a book provided from school - we recommend 30 minutes a day. Please ensure that school books are returned regularly. This is monitored.