Welcome to Class 20!
A very warm welcome to Class 20!
We are a wonderful class of 18 children, and we are very lucky to have a fantastic team supporting us throughout our Year 6 journey. Our class teacher is Miss Bishop, with Mrs Lilileker teaching us every Tuesday. We are also incredibly fortunate to have our two wonderful teaching assistants, Miss Cunningham and Miss Rollinson, who support us with our learning each day.
Class 20 have already settled brilliantly into Year 6 and have impressed us with their fantastic attitudes towards learning and enthusiasm for their final year at primary school. We are so proud of the positive start they have made!
We have so much to look forward to this year. There will be plenty of hard work, exciting challenges, new experiences and opportunities to create lots of lasting memories together. Most importantly, we look forward to watching every member of Class 20 grow in confidence, develop their independence and prepare themselves for the exciting next steps in their lives.
Keeping in Touch
We really value the support and communication we have with our families. If you would like to speak to us, please catch us at the beginning or end of the school day to arrange an appointment, or contact the school office, who will be happy to arrange a suitable time for us to meet.
Alternatively, you can contact the Year 6 team via our year group email:
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We are looking forward to a fantastic year together in Class 20! Also, remember to check out our Instagram page for weekly updates.
Miss Bishop and the Class 20 Team
P.E.
Please remember to bring your PE kit into school on a Monday and keep it in school all week. Although we have allocated PE days, there may occasionally be changes to this. Children are expected to bring their PE kits in a drawstring bag and take them home regularly to be washed. Please ensure that your child has both indoor and outdoor kit and a change of shoes, as wherever possible, the children will do PE outside.
Homework
Homework is set weekly on a Friday and is due in the following Friday. This will alternate between English and maths set by your child’s maths and English teachers. Spellings are sent home weekly. Children are encouraged to log onto the Spelling Frame website and practise regularly. In addition to this, children have also been given a TT Rockstars login to help develop times table knowledge.
Spelling
Every Friday spellings are given out to children. They are encouraged to practise these in preparation for a test on the following Friday. The spellings will be presented in the children’s individual reading diaries. It is very important that spellings are practised and transferred into writing.
Reading
In Class 20, we are all working hard to achieve our Reading Reward. To do this, we need ensure that we read at home as much as possible at home either alone or with an adult. Please ensure that they read at least 3 times a week but remember…the more the better! Record all reading activity in reading diaries and remember, reading will be checked every Friday. It is important however that reading diaries are in school each day so any activity can be recorded.
What we’ve been learning
Autumn Term – WW2 – The Road to War
This term we will be learning all about World War 2 and the impact that it has had on society today. As part of our topic, the children will be learning about life during war time and imagining themselves as an evacuee, about rationing and why this was implemented and understanding all about the Blitz (to name just a few things!) We will also be looking at some more mature topics such as the Holocaust which will allow the children to work on their discussion and empathy skills.
There will be lots of cross-curricular work taking place, particularly linked to English and Mathematics.
When The Sky Falls
During this term, in English, we will be reading and studying ‘When the sky falls’ by Philip Earle…
1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, bonds deepen and secrets are revealed, but if the bombers set Adonis rampaging free, will either of them be able to end the life of the one thing they truly love?
This text links closely to our topic and is a fabulous thought-provoking novel which will provide lots of cross-curricular writing opportunities.
Spring Term – Crime and Punishment
We will be focussing on the theme of Crime and Punishment from the Tudors to the 21st Century. This will start with an enquiry question based on Crime & Punishment and the following lessons will allow children to find further information in order to answer the enquiry question.
Summer Term –
Curriculum Booklets
Year 6 Information
Useful Resources and Games
We are always aiming to strengthen the skills we learn at school and there is no where better to do it than at home. Dive into some of the links below and let the children show you just how amazing they are!
