Welcome to Year 6

Year 6 Spring 2_2025

Welcome back after the February half term break. This is going to be a very important half term for year 6, as we will be busy preparing for their SATs, in May.  Therefore, it is important they come to school fresh, having had a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast.  Building those good bedtime routines is going to be very important for the next two months.  Their is the option of your pupils attending Breakfast Club, Monday to Friday which starts at 8:00.  

We will continue to remind children about our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty.  We will use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monster's University' to recognise good behaviour and attitudes.  If your child is in the winning University team, they will be given a reward at the end of the term.  They will also be collecting dojos for themselves – trying to achieve silver, gold or platinum awards. PSHE will also play a key role, this will take place through class and assembly sessions.  The topic for the spring term is called Families and Friendships.  The spring 2 term topic is called 'Super Sleuth'.

English

We will be covering Detective Fiction this half term.  We will do this through the use of ‘Talk for Writing’ strategy of imitate, innovate and invent.  As well as this, we will be focusing on the skills needed to invent our own piece of writing and look at cross-curricular writing through other subject areas.  Whole class reading will continue to take place every day, through which we encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the text and the comprehension of the text.

To further support your child's skills in reading comprehension, the school has purchased a subscription with an online reading resource called Reading Plus, which improves pupil's reading age but it does rely on the children using this resource on a regular basis.  So please make sure they are using it at home. Please support your children in their reading of school books, at home for ten minutes.  We will continue to encourage children to improve their Oracy skills through using the strategies of Voice 21.

Mathematics 

Maths lessons will provide pupils with the opportunity to learn using concrete, pictorial and abstract models. They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving.  We will be covering a variety of topics in preparation for out SATs tests in May.  There will also be opportunity for online learning via Purple Mash and Learning By Questions. 

Science

This half term we will be learning all about Animal Including Humans. By the end of the unit pupils will be able to identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood; recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function; describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.  Please encourage your child to learn their knowledge organisers.

Physical Education

In Year 6, P.E will take place every Monday so please make sure your children come to school in their full P.E kit - yellow P.E shirt with the school's logo, black joggers, shorts or leggings and their school green sweatshirt. In our P.E lessons we will be looking at orienteering skills on our school grounds.

Music

This term pupils will play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.  They will improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music; listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory; use and understand staff and other musical notations; appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians. Finally, they will develop an understanding of the history of music.

Computing

In our computing topic this half term pupils will learning about blogging.  They will find out about the key features of a blog and share these using 2Write. By the end of the unit: they will know the differences between a blog page and a blog post, how to create a blog for a specific purpose and post comments on an existing class blog.  They will recognise the approval process that their posts go through, demonstrating an awareness of the issues surrounding inappropriate posts and cyberbullying.  Finally, they will create a collaborative file with tips for good blog posts, this will include notes about citing sources. 

History

Our history topic will be studying British history.  Through this topic pupils will: sequence events and periods through the use of appropriate terms relating to the passing of time, identify where periods studied fit into a chronological framework by noting connections, trends and contrasts over time, know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day. In depth study of different periods, using appropriate vocabulary when describing the passing of time and historical concepts.  By the end of this topic they will have a deeper understanding of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and their legacy.

This is an extremely important term for your children and it is vital that they are punctual in the mornings and they attend school every day, as much as it is possible.  Boosting sessions will continue this half term.  For the first week back, Maths boosters will take place on a Tuesday 3-4pm and the reading boosters will take place on a Thursday 3-4pm.  However, due to Ramadan starting in the second week, we have decided to finish the boosters at 3:45pm.  Please encourage your children to attend every week and complete their homework on time, handing it in so it can be marked ready for their next booster session.

There is going to be a Parents Evening on the 2nd April 2025, more details will follow nearer the time.

Any queries feel free to talk to us in the morning or at the end of the day or arrange an appointment through the school office.

Thank you in advance for your continued support, it is much appreciated.

Mrs S Hussain (Year 6 Teacher and Upper School Leader)

Mrs F Patel (HLTA)

Mrs R Esmail (TA)

Mrs J Read(SSA)