Autumn Term 2024
 Year 6

Welcome to Year 6! Here you will find all of the key information about what the children are getting up to this term. The door for Year 6 will be opened at 8:45am and will close at 8.55am for registration. Please ensure children arrive on time to ensure that they can settle into the school day successfully.

Reading

Our first novel this term is Holes by Louis Sachar – which follows the story of Stanley, a young boy who is convicted for a crime he didn’t commit and forced to work day after day in the hot sun, pointlessly digging holes without being told what it’s for. After that, we will enjoy Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray. This story follows Ellie who is an orphan in a place called The City. The City is the only city to exist and with this knowledge, the townspeople are very adamant in their beliefs. They believe that there is only one god left in the world who latches onto a host and is called The Enemy. If The Enemy finds a hosts and manifests, dark times are sure to come.

Reading continues to be an important part of the day. Please ensure that your child reads at home daily and that this is recorded in their reading record. Your child’s reading book and reading record need to be sent into school daily to enable us to read at school, change books and monitor your child’s reading progress. A mixture of them reading to an adult as well as reading independently is encouraged in order for children to develop their fluency and comprehension.

We will be visiting the library every Monday.

Writing

As writers, we will be writing our own tales of fear as we explore the story: Fowler’s Yard. We will also be following the story The Last Bear and we will write our own reports on endangered animals.

Maths

Then in Maths, we will be refreshing our knowledge of place value as well as learning formal methods for multiplication and division. We will also be learning about mixed numbers, improper fractions as well as multiplying and dividing fractions later in the term.

Broader Curriculum

We will be starting the term with our new Science Project, Living Things where we will be learning how to classify different animals based on their characteristics. We will also explore other living things such as plants and micro-organisms and learn how these are different. Our other projects this term include: Crime and Punishment in History, Reducing Plastic Waste in Geography, Monochromatic Artwork in our art lessons as well as a project on mechanisms in DT.

Physical Education

All PE will be taught outside and this term we will be focusing on volleyball as well as dance and gymnastics. Our PE lessons will be on a Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your child wears a warm PE kit to school on Wednesdays each week.

Trip

We are currently in the process of booking a trip linked to our History project: Crime and Punishment. Further details will be sent out this half term.

Home Learning

Remember to check the Home Learning section every Friday to practise your spellings and times tables for your tests the following week.

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to email me at:

h.savage@southill.dorset.sch.uk

Hayley