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Welcome to Year 6B! - Summer Term

Year 6B Team

2022 - 2023

Mrs Christie - Class Teacher

Miss Wolfe - Learning Support Assistant

Mr Campbell - 1-1 support


Summer Term 2023


How does voltage affect the brightness of a bulb?

What are circuit symbols and why are they used?

How does wire length affect the sound of a buzzer or the brightness of a bulb?

What is meant by a fair test?

What is area and perimeter?

How is the area of a parallelogram and triangle calculated?

What is the mean and how is it calculated?

What do the angles in a quadrilateral and triangle total?

How can shapes be reflected on a coordinate grid?

How can shapes be reflected on a coordinate grid?

How can we ensure our relationships are healthy?

How will my body change as I grow older?

Who and what does our country trade with?

What is 'fair-trade'?

What genres of 20th Century music are there?


All these questions and more will be answered during this term!


Knowledge Mats

Please click the links below to access knowledge mats for our current science and geography units.

Electricity
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Trade & Economics - Knowledge Mat
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Download PDF • 217KB
Living Things and their Habitats
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Download • 1.62MB
Scientists and Inventors
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Download • 830KB

PE

We will be having two PE lessons each week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These will be taught by our sports coach, Mr Wolfe.

It is very important that your child has a suitable indoor and outdoor PE kit with trainers. Please make sure that your child's PE kit is clearly named and they arrive to school wearing their PE kit. PE kit includes a white t-shirt, dark shorts or jogging bottoms, trainers and a Booth Wood fleece.

Homework

Children will receive two pieces of homework each week which will be linked to current learning in maths and English/grammar. They will receive this on a Friday and have a week to complete it and return. They should be able to complete it independently or with little support, but please encourage your child to speak to me if they have any problems. In addition to this, we ask that all pupils practise their spellings and times tables regularly and read at least 4 times a week.



Twinkl Spelling helps children to practise their spellings via simple online games.

Once your child has their login information they can access their online games via twinkl.co.uk/spelling/play. The class will be tested every Friday. The idea is that your child practises their spellings at home via the online 'Twinkl Spelling' resource as described above. If you do not have access to this, then please speak to the class teacher.


Times Tables Rock Stars is a wonderful maths resource for your child to learn and practice their times tables to improve fluency and speed. It is expected that all Year 6 pupils should know their times tables by heart and it impacts greatly on their ability to complete other types of maths questions. The fun online resource is incredibly effective and highly recommended. It has been thoroughly enjoyed by many previous pupils in Year 6.


Things we need

  • A bottle of water (no juice please in case of sticky spillages!).

  • A healthy snack at break.

  • A bag with reading book and reading record. Year 6 pupils may bring their own stationary to school if they wish but we will provide everything they need.

  • PE kit - Please make sure you label your child's clothing with th