Year 6 News of the Week – 20.9.24

In Maths we completed our place value unit along with an assessment. We have now moved onto a new unit, the four operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We shared top tips on solving addition and subtraction calculations and recapped both formal and mental methods. We then used this knowledge to apply our skills to reasoning problems. We will continue to develop our knowledge next week. Homework has been set on maths.co.uk which reflects our learning.

In English this week we have recapped our understanding of fronted adverbials and contractions. We have enjoyed role playing different characters and then using freeze frames to discuss how our characters feel. We have used this language to write a short diary piece. We have also chosen our story page to focus our big write. We have planned our first paragraph and will go on to write it next week. Well done Year 6 you have worked hard.

We have begun to read with an adult in Book Club this week. I have chatted to all my children this week about keeping up with their home reading as this supports their written work and broadens vocabulary. Please could you read with your child at least three times a week to support this?

Our spelling focus this week has begun with suffixes. We have looked at different word endings and considered if they change the root of each word. We have talked about vowels and the way a suffix uses them. We will continue with our learning next week.

In RE this week, we considered what we would need on our journey of life? Together as a class we packed an imaginary suitcase. We discussed what items are really needed or just things that we would like. We thought about the things our lives needed to be full and flourishing. Some thought provoking suggestions were discussed.

Our second History lesson focused our attention on the word invasion. We listened to a reading of Neville Chamberlain announcing the war to our country and thought about the feelings of the nation. We worked in pairs, and with a map of Europe in 1939, and 3 different coloured pieces of modelling dough. We listened carefully as I read the Dough War Walkthrough. We split our playdough into three pieces, one for Germany, one for the Soviet Union and one for Italy. Our invasion stopped on the 10thJuly 1940. As the invasion took place, children recorded any questions they wanted to ask. We will look at these at the beginning of our next lesson.

In our Music lesson, we recapped notes B, A and G on our recorders. We played Hot Cross Buns together, and in unison! We then moved on to learn to play, note E. This felt a bit strange to us as we have only been using our left hand to play the recorder. We had a few squeaks but that is to be expected changing between notes using both hands. We will continue following the online sheet music next week.

We have taken part in PE this week with both Mrs Whittingham and Coach James from Kick.

Où parlent-ils français? This week in French, we continued to work on world maps, labelling places around the world in French. Afterwards, we considered which places spoke French and found them on our maps before learning if they were masculine or feminine nouns.

Some of our mornings this week have been dedicated to our Reception buddies. We have rehearsed our parts for their New Starters Service which took place in church this afternoon. You have been super role models and led their New Starters Worship beautifully with clearly spoken passages and jubilant singing. Thank you.

Busy times this week in Y6. You have worked so hard and I am very proud of you all. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. See you all on Monday.

Your teacher,
Mrs B.