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Welcome to Year 6

Year 6

Welcome to Year 6! This letter gives you an outline of the topics the children will be studying this year and what you can do at home to help and encourage them to succeed.

The staff in Year 6 this year are:

Mr Rayner 6R class teacher; Mrs Nuttall class teacher

Mrs Nuttall (HLTA), Miss Dunlevey (TA) and Mrs Potts (TA)

We will be teaching a topic-based curriculum, these are the areas we will cover in Y6:

Autumn 1 – How can we find out if spiders and flies are related?

Autumn 2 – Were the Vikings always viscous?

Spring Term 1 – Have we always looked this way?

Spring Term 2 – Why has Brazil got one of the world’s fastest growing economies?

Summer Term 1 – Why is the heart the most important pump we own?

Summer Term 2 – Why is the Islamic civilisation known as the golden age?

PE

Our PE lessons this term is Wednesday we will be looking at fitness and mastering basic movements and looking to improve performance . Please ensure that your child has their kit in school – Black shorts, red/white T-shirt and black pumps – and that it is named. Our lesson on Wednesday will be outside so they will need a suitable jumper, tracksuit pants and trainers.

Homework

We will set weekly and termly homework throughout the year.

Each week the children will be expected to learn their spellings; practise and read at least 3 times with an adult. There will also be additional homework set as needed to support learning in the class.