Year 6

Welcome to Year 6!
 Our connector this term is.....

Mind, Body and Soul

Our connector is a Science based connector that will explore the human circulatory system and will allow children the opportunity to find out about the function of the heart, blood vessels and blood in this process. We will also explore how nutrients are transported throughout the body and the impact that diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle has on the body.

In English, we will be writing an explanation with instructions based on the human circulatory system. text based on our topic. We will also be exploring poetry, dialogue and writing from different points of view. Further, we will use the novel 'Wonder' to develop reading skills and to debate topical issues that arise in the text. 

The focus in Maths for this half term is division and fractions. We will be exploring long division and other ways of looking at a division number sentence and fractions.

There will be an additional focus on arithmetic this year in the lead up to SATs. Furthermore, you will be building on your knowledge of the four operations in different contexts deciding which operations and methods to use and why. 

PE is on the following days:

6D - Tuesday

6S - Friday

6E - Friday

As well as the weekly PE lessons, children will also be doing 15 mins. of daily mile each day.

Use the links below to log into Spelling Shed and Times Table Rockstars

https://play.edshed.co/login

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/1733

Mr Schofield, Ms Espon & Miss Davis

If you have read this tell us the code word for 2 raffle tickets!

It's 'Arteries'