Year 6
Summer 2 Timetable
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Scroll down for further information on homework expectations,
this half-term's learning units and our class gallery.
Summer 2 Learning Units
Core Subjects
Writing
Year 6 will explore a range of texts that allow the children to dive deeper into the writing world.
During the summer term, children will be focusing on mastering their non-fiction writing. They will analyse the key features of non-fiction texts such as persuasive letters, explanation texts and blogs. By using sentence-stacking lessons to build ideas, children will focus on ensuring their writing is cohesive, controlled and includes writing techniques learnt over the year so far.
Year 6 will then review their writing process, write an independent final piece for each unit and edit their work. I can't wait to hear their ideas and see their final published pieces!
Class Reading
During our class reading lessons this half-term, Year 6 will focus on their overall comprehension skills:
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Inference
- Prediction
- Explain
- Retrieval
- Summarising / Sequencing
By feeling confident in their reading skills, children will focus on developing the speed and fluency that is needed to successfully answer comprehension questions. Children will use their skills to analyse key themes, characters and events in a range of new texts.
Class Reading: Class Novel
This half-term, our class novel is
'Can you see me?' by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott.
Through reading and sharing this novel in class, participating in lessons focused on discussion and using the above skills, we will dive deeper into the author's choices, the plot and character's feelings. Children will become confident at applying their reading skills to a wide variety of texts and genres. Our class novel sessions are the perfect chance for children to use their oral skills to share their opinions and knowledge on the text.
Maths
In Maths, children will be given themed projects to consolidate their learning and problem-solving. As we work through our final unit in maths, children will apply all of their mathematical knowledge to various word problems and work in groups to solve challenges. Mathematical vocabulary will continue to be used throughout our class discussions and the children's explanations.
Children are encouraged to continuously work on their arithmetic skills, as their confidence in arithmetic can have a huge impact on how they work through more difficult reasoning problems.
RE: Dialogue and Encounter
As pupils reach the end of their time at St Saviour's, we want them to consider what dialogue means in action:
• The dialogue of life – what it means to be a good neighbour.
• The dialogue of action – how Christians and others collaborate for justice and freedom for all people.
• The dialogue of religious experience – how people share their spiritual riches.
Dialogue and Encounter is about understanding how the Catholic worldview informs relationships with people of different religious and areligious worldviews. It is about developing pedagogies of intercultural dialogue that allow genuine exchange and encounter to take place.
Foundation Subjects
As we move into the final half of the summer term, Year 6 will be taking a slightly different approach to their learning. Rather than teaching individual objectives through separate lessons, the children will be working on a series of topic-based projects, allowing them to cover more learning whilst enjoying their final half-term at our school.
Homework
SATs Bootcamp
Children should be using their SATs Bootcamp account to revise and practice questions. Set tasks will be given to the children as homework tasks each week.
Times Tables Rock Stars
Children should be learning their timetables for at least 10 minutes per day on TTRS.
Spelling Frame
Children should be practising their spellings for at least 10 minutes per day on Spelling Frame. Children should complete their online spelling test on Tuesday or Wednesday to be ready for their test on Thursday morning.
Reading
Children should read for at least 15 minutes per day. Please record your child's reading homework in their reading diary. These will be checked daily.
Maths
Children will receive a piece of homework based around their maths learning that has taken place in the classroom or arithmetic. This will be given out on a Monday and returned to school on Thursday morning. This homework should take around 20 minutes to complete.
English
Children will receive either a reading, writing or SPaG task. This homework should take around 20 minutes to complete. It will be given out on a Monday and returned to school on Thursday morning.
Year 6 Life
Waffle, Maggie & Mollie: Supporting Year 6
Class Gallery
Forest school: Remembrance & Gratitude
