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Immanuel and St.

Andrew CE Primary School


Year 6 Class Bulletin
Term 3 January 2011
2007
Dear Parents / Carers & children!
Happy New Year! The children are already back into the school routine and are working
hard. They excelled last week during Music Week with their drumming and singing, which
fills me with confidence for their end of Year 6 production in the summer. I hope that they
have informed you that our class Collective Worship assembly for Parents is Thursday 13th
January at 10.40am.
The key messages this term are to continue to maintain high levels of attendance and
punctuality, to maintain and continue to develop appropriate and positive friendship and
relationships with peers and adults and for the children to keep up their positive attitude
towards their school work.
Thank you very much for your kind Christmas gifts and cards and your continued support.
I hope to see you on Thursday 13th and Monday 17th January at 3.45pm for the school Journey
meeting.

Thanks Sola Ingram singram@immanuelschoollambeth.org.uk

Topics this term Indoor PE- Gymnastics


Monday afternoons.
Knowledge and Understanding of the World Extended matching and mirroring sequences
(science, History and Geography)
and
During science the children will complete work on Forces
Kit required: navy shorts/ and pale blue t-shirt
and electricity. Children will apply their knowledge of a
Outdoor PE – Invasion Games
variety of forces, including magnetic attraction,
gravitational attraction and friction. Children will learn Thursday afternoons.
about the changes in motion which occur when forces act Kit required: As above + trainers and tracksuit
on an object. During our unit on electricity, children will
learn about the role of electricity, use different symbols
to represent electrical components and make a range of
Series and parallel circuits. They will also explore ways in
Literacy
which electricity is generated and the role of power
In literacy this term the children will be
stations.
writing narrative and short descriptive pieces,
We will continue and complete our unit of work on the inspired by pictures and picture books.
Romans during Term 3. The children will find out more Children will be developing their settings and
about the spread of the Roman Empire and learn about characters and writing from character
their settlements and homes, the role of religion within viewpoints, as well as developing the various
Roman times and Roman society and consider Roman elements contained within stories, such as
entertainments. We will also find out about the study of
dilemmas, events and endings. The books that
archaeology and how it is used to find out about the past.
we will be using are ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony
Lots of background information can be found on
http://www.woodlands-
Horowitz and ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner.
junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Romans.html During Writing Week w/c 24th January, the
children will be write stories and poems
inspired by a painting by the Dutch artist
Creative Development Hendrick Avercamp which can be found at the
The children are still in the process of making their full address below:
repertoire of armoury for the mock Roman battle which
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/hend
will take place within the next few weeks. They have also
rick-avercamp
started to produce Roman Mosaics.
Immanuel and St. Andrew CE Primary School
Year 6 Class Bulletin cont…
Term 3 January 2011
2007

PPA ARRANGEMENTS ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY


Please make sure that both attendance and
Mrs Sue Hoare will be teaching punctuality is 100% so that the children
Science on Wednesday afternoons. don’t miss out on being chauffeur driven to
the Summer Ball in a limousine!
Mr Tim Aitkenread will be teaching
PSHE/Topic and PE on Thursday
afternoons.

Mrs Rachel Turner will be teaching


Topic, Creative Maths and ICT on
Fridays.

Topics this term cont…


Maths
Diary Dates
Children will consolidate the key objectives for Year • Wednesday January 12th – ‘Heroes Breakfast’
6 and develop their ability in using their reasoning 08:00 in the Youth Club – All Male Role
skills and responding to maths puzzles and problem models are invited to accompany children for
solving activities. Please email me if you would like me breakfast. You still have time to sign up this
to send you a document that identifies these areas evening at the school reception.
and includes online activities for the main areas of
• Wednesday January 12th – all children are
learning for children in Year 6.
invited to dress up as their favourite ‘real
Homework life’ hero or superhero. We are asking for
Homework and spelling arrangements remain the donations of £1 per child. The money raised
same as last term with homework being set on a will be used to purchase resources for a
Thursday and then due back the following Monday. school in Swaziland, Africa.
Please ensure that homework is completed to a high
standard. During the course of the next few • Thursday 13th January@ 10:40 YEAR FIVE
months, they will receive previous sats activities and CLASS ASSEMBLY! I hope the children
questions in order to prepare them for the tests have passed the messages on!
during the w/c 9th May. • Monday 17th Jan –Yr 6 School Journey
Reading Meeting in Year 6 classroom at 3.45pm
From earlier correspondence you will know that • Friday 21st January – Whole school to
this term marks the beginning of a whole school Streatham Ice Arena ice skating between 10-
push in the area of reading. In addition to their 3pm (Year 1-6).
weekly guided reading session, each child in Year 6
• Week commencing 24th January: Writing
will receive a one to one reading session with a
Week.
member of staff every week! Please ensure that
they bring their book bag and their reading book • Week commencing 14th February: Drama
into each day. Please continue to encourage your Week.
child to develop a love for books and reading by • Wednesday 16th February: Parents evening 3-
reading to them, hearing them read and talking to 7pm. To provide longer appointment times
them about what they are reading.
for parents, school will close at 2.45pm.
• Friday 18th February: Last day of Term 3
• Monday 28th February 2011: First day of
Term 4 and start of Maths Week.
• Know times tables up to at le

Year 6 Key Maths Objectives


1) Multiply and divide decimals mentally by 10 or 100, and integers by 1000, and explain the effect.
(bbc)
2) Order a mixed set of numbers with up to three decimal places. (awards)
2) Order a mixed set of numbers with up to three decimal places. (bbc)
2) Order a mixed set of numbers with up to three decimal places. (funbrain)
3) Reduce a fraction to its simplest form by cancelling common factors.

No websites as yet
4) Use a fraction as an operator to find fractions of numbers or quantities (mark weddell)
4) Use a fraction as an operator to find fractions of numbers or quantities (bgfl)
4) Use a fraction as an operator to find fractions of numbers or quantities (circus pairs)
4) Use a fraction as an operator to find fractions of numbers or quantities (primary resources)
5) Understand percentage as the number of parts in every 100, and find simple percentages of small
whole-number quantities.
No websites as yet
6) Solve simple problems involving ratio and proportion.
No websites as yet
7) Carry out column addition and subtraction of numbers involving decimals.
No websites as yet
8) Derive quickly division facts corresponding to multiplication tables up to 10 × 10. (teaching tables –
look down page for free trial resources)
8) Derive quickly division facts corresponding to multiplication tables up to 10 × 10. (BBC Skillswise)
9) Carry out short multiplication and division of numbers involving decimals.
10) Carry out long multiplication of a three-digit by a two-digit integer.
11) Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree. (ambleside primary)
11) Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree. (primary resources)
11) Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree. Ambleside primary -
investigation ideas
11) Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree. (gorilla)
11)
Use a protractor to measure acute and obtuse angles to the nearest degree. (Banana hunt)
12) Calculate the perimeter and area of simple compound shapes that can be split into rectangles.
(maths playground)
13) Read and plot co-ordinates in all four quadrants. (primary resources)
13) Read and plot co-ordinates in all four quadrants. (primary resources – easier)
14) Identify and use the appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word
problems involving numbers and quantities, and explain methods and reasoning. (Maths playground)
14) Identify and use the appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word
problems involving numbers and quantities, and explain methods and reasoning. (maths playground 2)
Solve a problem by extracting and interpreting information presented in tables, graphs and charts.
Other websites you might find useful
Improving mathematical vocabulary (grid game)
To round numbers to nearest, 10, 100 etc (bbc)
To know names and properties of quadrilaterals. (primary resources)
To solve Problems involving shapes (puzzle parlour)
To know different types of triangles (crick) (website changed)

To read scales and use measures (capacity, weight, length etc)

• g and rounding, including positive and negative numbers


• Checking results including using a calculator
• Understanding x and - use brackets BODMAS
• Use mental calculation strategies, e.g. using factors, partitioning
• Pencil and paper procedures e.g. grid method and chunking method, number lines for
subtraction and column addition
• Use all four operations to solve money or ‘real life’ word problems

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