"Do everything in love” 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

Learning to love, loving to learn

Welcome to Year 6

 

Our staff

Mr Davies (Monday- Wednesday) and Mrs Alley (Thursday- Friday) are our class teachers and Mrs Whittaker will be supporting our learning.

The following information tells you a little more about the coming term in Year 6 and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

nathan.davies@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

stephanie.moss@st-marys.halton.sch.uk

General information

• Please tie up long hair.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day. This can be refilled as necessary.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and homework record every day (if relevant to your child).
• Please return your homework on or before Thursday for marking. Homework will be sent out on a Friday.
• All school uniform needs to be named but particularly jumpers and cardigans.
• A full PE kit should be in school at all times. 

PE is timetabled for Thursday and Friday during Autumn 1. This will be outside whenever possible so please account for this when sending in your child's PE kit.

 

Autumn Half Term 1 2024

Welcome Year 6!

Mr Davies, Mrs Alley and Mrs Whittaker are excited to welcome you to your new classroom and learning. This year has some exciting topics and experiences in store, and we are looking forward to exploring them together. We aim to make your final year at St Mary's a memorable one and hope you do too. 

 

Our Christian Values

During the Autumn term, our Christian value is Love.

“We love each other because he loved us first.” 1 John 4:19

 

Our roles and responsibilities

***Photos coming soon!***

 

Meet our school councillors, sports captains, etho group and EYFS buddies. 

Love of reading

Our class novel for this half-term is 'The Infinite' by Patience Agbabi. 

English

In our first half term we will use the thought provoking 'Star of Fear, Star of Hope' by Jo Hoestlandt to develop our writing skills and write our own flashback stories.

Our weekly routine will include spelling and grammar, handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential, even in Year 6, and we would ask that you question your child regularly on the book they are reading to develop a deeper understanding of a range of texts, to develop new vocabulary and strengthen writing skills.

Our Pathways to Read text will be ' When we were Warriors' by the fantastic Emma Carroll. 

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our English lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules, as well as the Y5/6 words.

Maths

As mathematicians, the children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds. They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

During the autumn term we will focus on Place Value and the four operations, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Science

As scientists, we aim to develop our knowledge and understanding, scientific skills and measuring and recording abilities. This half term we will be investigating living things and their habitats. This will extend our knowledge from earlier in Key Stage 2 as we classify and sort living things using a range of criteria.

We will look at the work of Swedish Biologist, Carl Linnaeus.

History

As historians, we will use the knowledge from our English texts and continue to explore key aspects of WW2, namely the Blitz and the impact of the war at home.

RE

For RE we will continue to use the Questful RE planning. This half term we will explore life as a journey- Is every persons journey the same? We will also look at journeys other faiths make through pilgrimage.

Courageous Advocacy

As we continue to live our lives and act out the teachings of Jesus, we will look to be courageous advocates and challenge big questions around conservation and the protection of different species.

PE

Our PE will concentrate on invasion games with the intent of scoring, gymnastics and dance.

Art and DT

As artists, we will be looking at the human form, anatomy and the work of Albrecht Durer in how we as humans are captured in art.

We will also look at how to effectively design and construct a working pulley system.

PHSE

In PHSE, we will follow the Heartsmart scheme. This will start with us reminding ourselves about the importance of keeping our emotional and mental heart healthy. 

Music

As musicians, we will be using Charanga to explore different music genres and new terminology. To do this we will use the songs, Do what you want to and It's all about love.

MFL

As linguists, we will learn how to read, write and say the months of the year, know how to respond to questions about birthdays and ask questions using et toi?

Computing

For the first half term we are fortunate to be working closely with Daresbury Lab who will be coming into school to work with the class using Crumble kits.

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 30 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work. It is important to complete each piece as they will either build on taught skills or pre teach skills ready for the following week.

 

Possible trips & visitors

We are currently exploring possibilities for trips across the year. 

The Llandudno residential is already booked for September 2024.