Year 6
Weekly Update - Friday 19th April 2024
Summary of this week:
Dear Year 6 Parents and Carers,
Welcome back.
We have had a busy week learning about our new history unit – Civil Rights Revolution. A huge well done and thank you to all the children who have been completing their CGP books over the Easter – they have worked so well and applied themselves. |
Our learning next week :
Maths: We continue to revise the most critical aspects of the Year 6 curriculum. We have started revisiting fractions and will continue this. We will also look at decimals and percentages next week.
English: We will plan our own persuasive letter to convince our local MP to make Bookham more entertaining for children.
Foundation: We will start our new unit of DT – looking at technology to support manufacturing. We will start our next unit of computing – looking at Big Data.
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Homework:
Please continue to encourage your children to use the CGP books for revision, little and often is key, 15 minutes in the evening on a regular basis.
Spellings – Words from the 2022 SATs paper: Special, cough, banned, character, caution, reference, survey, receipt.
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Notices & Reminders:
Wednesday 24th April – We are welcoming a Police Officer to Eastwick who will visit each of our Year 6 classes to provide information and answer questions they have regarding some key topics identified by staff, including consent, age of criminal responsibility, bystanding, ‘snitching’, etc.
CGP – A huge well done to all the children for the revision they completed, all of your teachers are so proud of your effort. As a reward for the classes reaching their targets, we will be providing all of the children with a sweet treat and some games during one of the days as a thank you for their hard work.
Going for gold – Friday 26th April is the Year 6 Going for gold sponsored event. Our slot is at 1:15 – 2:00 on the top field. Communication has been sent about this and please wear PE kit.
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To contact the Year 6 Team, please use this email address: year6@eastwick.thpt.org.uk
PGL - Parent Information
PGL Evening - Parent Information Slides
SATs Information
Please click on the document below to view the slides from the presentation:
Year 6 SATs Information Evening Slides
Curriculum Maps
Curriculum maps will be updated on a half-termly basis in 2023-24
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Spring 1 2023-24 | |
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Spring 2 2023-24 | Summer 2 2022-23 |
Parent Information Evening September 2023
Parents Information Evening Slides
Year 6 Home Learning
To contact the Year 6 Team, please use this email address: year6@eastwick.thpt.org.uk.
Resources
Spelling:
https://www.sirlinkalot.org/ This spelling site is offering the opportunity for parents to download an app with a free subscription.
Maths:
Maths Fluency Guide For Parents
Times Tables Rockstars
Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Daily 10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
A great website for generator Times Table worksheets (online and to print).
Doodle Maths (App also available)
THPT Learning Resources page - various games and activities from across the curriculum:
Fun French activities:
Ideas to stay active at home:
Active Surrey - Home Activities