Year 6 - Oak
Welcome to Oak Class
Class Teacher: Mrs Helsden
LSA: Mrs Hannaway
Current Class Book: Sky Song
Things to remember
Daily: Reading book, reading diary, snack and drink bottle.
Weekly: Fridays we mark spellings, GPS homework and maths homework. There is a homework club on Thursday lunch for those who prefer to complete it in school. This is with Mrs Helsden.
PE Kit: Mondays, but this could change so leave it here all term please.
Class Email: oak@inspiresmat.co.uk
I am able to talk to you after school, please talk to me about anything you feel needs discussing. We can always make an appointment if it needs more time.
In Oak we have really developed our growth mindset and know that we are all working on the year 6 curriculum. We set expectations in our learning as high but we are given the supportive resources and materials to help us to get to that high level of learning. This means that we all finish year 6 as close to year 7 ready as we possibly can. Our reading texts are high quality, our writing texts are high quality and our maths questions are high quality. We reach for the stars and find a path to get there.
Maths
In Maths, we will continue to use White Rose Maths and recap on all we learnt last year. White Rose Maths is a UK curriculum mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and nurture confidence in maths, well linked to the developing of a positive growth mindset.
This term, in Maths, we are working on studying place value, multiplication and division and then moving onto fractions.
English
In writing, we are studying a high quality text and engaging text- The invention of Hugo Cabret. This is a book full of mystery and artwork.
In reading, we are also using The invention of Hugo Cabret to develop our questioning and comprehension skills. Please, try not to watch the movie- the element of surprise is key to our learning this half term.
Science
In Science this term, we will build on our learning of light. We will be working on the following Learning Intentions:
In Autumn 2, we will be moving onto the topic of electricity. We will build on our year 4 knowledge and we will be very practical and hands on with our circuit building- creating a project at the end.
History/ geography- Industrial Revolution and the north of England.
We will be working to understand what happened in the Industrial Revolution and how it changed England and the way we live today. To compliment this learning, we will be using our geographical understanding and skills, to study where much of the industrial changes occurred.
Spellings
As mentioned above, the class will have a list of spellings to learn each week. The spellings are a combination of words from their year group list, words from the class book and words that children have chosen themselves from book checks. A weekly test takes place and records are kept to track improvement in spellings.
Times tables
It is really important for the children to know their times tables. Here at Cherry Tree Academy we have found a fun way to learn our times table. Times Table Rockstars! Children can have their own rockstar name, they can listen to rock music as they learn their tables All the children have been given usernames and passwords- if you’re unsure please ask the class teacher. Click the link below to access:
Homework
Each week, the children are expected to complete an activity from each book and hand them in on Friday to be marked. The activities to be completed, will be set each week. There is also a termly project that can be completed and is attached below.
