Badgers- Y6
If you would like to spend some time practising any maths areas with your child, this is a brilliant document. It has links to questions on different topic areas and youtube buttons which explain how to answer the questions
Homework
Homework for each week will be uploaded to the class page.
SATs revision books are to support children with completing SATs Question Workbooks. Sometimes your child may need to refer to them; sometimes they may not.
Pages that should have been completed already:
SATs Question workbook Maths expected p. 6, 8, 10-12, 15, 17-23, 25-28, 29 (not Q4), p.30 (not questions 3 and 4), 33-35, 39-43, 45-47, 48, 49, 51
SATs Question workbook Maths higher standard p. 6-15, 17-21, 23-31 (not question 4), 33, 35-46, 48-58
SATs Question workbook SPAG expected all apart from 11 and 49
SATs Question workbook SPAG higher standard all apart from 10
SATs Question workbook Reading expected all apart from 22 and 54
SATs Question workbook Reading higher standard all apart from 22 and 54
12.04.19
Y6 will be coming home with some revision homework for over Easter. Each day should take 10 minutes to complete and there are 6 sets for SPAG, Reading and Maths. Please return this completed on the first day back after the Easter. Note down on the front of each booklet if there are any areas you feel you need some help with and we will look at them after Easter.
Remember to also spend lots of time relaxing outside, playing sports and spending time with friends and family!
*I will be running a Friday lunch time club for any children who would like extra help on any of their homework questions*
Milk bottle igloo - next half term, Badgers' topic will be Frozen Kingdom. We will be creating an igloo from milk bottles like the one below. Please save any milk bottles you have at home and ask friends and relatives to do the same. We need an awful lot of bottles so please help!
This half term, Badgers' topic will be Frozen Kingdom.
We will cover:
Science - Living things and their habitats; food chains and webs and classification
History - Titanic and Robert Falcon Scott
Geography - Identify the significance of: latitude; longitude; the equator; the northern and southern hemisphere; the tropics of cancer and capricorn and the Artic and Antarctic circle
Art - Sketching and sculptures
DT - Milk bottle igloo
Computing - Combining a variety of softwares to present information and images
PE - Invasion games
PSHCEE - Living in the wider world
RE - Incarnation: Was Jesus the Messiah?
MFL and Music - PPA
Spring 2 spellings
As a school we have introduced a new and incredibly exciting curriculum called Cornerstones.
Our topic this half term will be 'A Child's War' which is based upon WWII.
Below is a parent and careers' letter which details which subjects we will be covering and a fun facts sheet about the topic. I will also be sending home a knowledge organiser with lots of information about the topic for you to read with your children.
The children have already created some excellent work and completed lots of fun activities. Please see the pictures below.
WW2 evacuee costumes and street party
We've been learning about Anne Frank's life. Here are some timelines. We'll be writing biographies next week
WW2 ration cake baking for our street party
Blitz artwork
Street party preparations
First aid training
Evacuee tags
Tea stained diary entries
Some of our topic work based on WW2
Y6 worked brilliantly evaluating and suggesting changes to writing
Shaun who used to be in the army visited Y6
Tilly brought in some WW2 artifacts from her family
Air raid sirens
A Child's War
Autumn 2: Lands Far Far Away
Text: Nevermore: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
History/ Geography: North America
Science: Light
Art/ DT: Cooking magic
Computing: Online Safety and spreadsheets
RE: People of God: How can following God bring freedom and justice?
PE: Gymnastics
PSHCEE: Relationships
PPA: French and Music
Badgers have measured out their ingredients and they are ready to sell their cookies in a jar tomorrow at the school fair!
Current working walls
Badgers loved using editing stations to improve their writing
Badgers gymnastics
Badgers loved drawing on the tables in Maths today while investigating factors, multiples and prime numbers!
Autumn 2 Spellings
Sheep heart dissecting
In RE, we used the Arts to express our thanks to God. Here is an INCREDIBLE Creation Story Rap!
The children created their own games using coding focusing on collision detection and tabs
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This is an amazing mystery Introduction written by Amelia. Look at all the likes and retweets it received on Twitter! It even received a retweet from Michael Rosen!!
Badger Art
Autumn 1 topic
Welcome back!
I hope you have all have had enjoyable and relaxing summer holidays and are exciting to start your final important year at primary school. You will shortly be receiving a class newsletter outlining important information for the year ahead.
This term our topic will be based on a text we will be reading in class called Theodore Boone by John Grisham. It is the first book in a 6 book series. We will also be learning about:
Science - Circulatory system and the impact of diet, exercise and drugs on body functions
History - Medicine and disease through the ages
RE - Creation and fall
Art - Sketching and how to create tone, shading, texture and perspective
Computing - Coding
PE - Basketball and netball
PSHCEE - Relationships