Welcome to Year 6C - Gandalf
Hello and welcome to 6C’s class page! My name is Mrs Carradice and I am class teacher for Gandalf class. I will be teaching the class on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Miss Kauser will teach the class on Thursday. Miss Bamford will also work in our classroom every day, as well as Miss Holt who will support us with our English, mathematics and reading. In class, we are learning to enjoy, respect and succeed in all the work that we do.
In English, we are studying the novel, 'The Nowhere Emporium'. During guided reading sessions, we are studying the novel, 'Oliver Twist' reflecting on life in the workhouses during Victorian times in addition to other elements of the story. In mathematics this half term, we will be learning a range of different skills, including: place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division as well as fractions.
During their time in Year 6, the children will be given various opportunities that will enhance their learning as well as aiding them to make memories to cherish of Cherry Fold. One of these will be their residential later in the year where they will carry out team building activities as well as trying new things.
In Year 6, we encourage children to be resilient as well as learning to persevere when things get tough. These skills will aid them in their transition to KS3.
We are looking forward to a fun year together of hard work and memories.
I am sure we are going to have a FANTASTIC half term!
Mrs Carradice, Miss Holt, Miss Kauser and Miss Bamford
Reading
Children will have a reading book chosen by themselves, which is appropriate to their reading level. This will be sent home with them daily. Accompanying these books are their reading diaries, where you can write comments on their reading daily. Your child will also be given many opportunities throughout the week to read a variety of texts and will then undertake an online quiz to assess their understanding of the text.
PPA Time
Mrs Carradice will be on PPA on Monday afternoons. Miss Holt will teach the class computing and music during this time.
Homework
In Year 6, children are expected to complete two pieces of homework a week.
Your child has been provided a login for the app, SATs Companion (In January). They must use their login details in order to access the English and mathematics materials that are added each week. Details about homework will be explained to the children on a Friday and the work will need to be completed for the following Friday.
Children will receive weekly spellings as well as times tables set on TT Rock stars.
Times Tables
You can log in to your TT Rock stars account here using your username and password:
Spellings
Spellings will be set on Monday for the children to learn, ready to be tested on the following Monday. Each week's spellings are found on the inside cover of their purple homework books.
This half term, we will be working on the year 6 common exception words. A copy of these can be found further down this page.
PE
This half term, we will be swimming on Fridays. Please ensure children bring their appropriate swimming kits. These will be sent home each week in order to be washed. Consent for wearing goggles is required. If this is something that your child needs, please request a consent letter from the school office.
SNACK
It is important to note your child can bring a healthy snack at break times such as fruit, or vegetables and milk. We also encourage your child to water to drink in class throughout the day, but they may bring something else to drink with their packed lunch. In addition to this, school will be providing a piece of fruit daily for each child.
Our Class Novel for this half term is 'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie.
Amazing Americas
In geography this term, we will be learning all about North and South America. The children will be studying countries that are within the Americas; locating the capital cities of some of these countries and will be able to identify, locate and discuss the features of them on various maps.
Crime and Punishment
Our history lessons this half term is all about Crime and Punishment. The children will be focusing their learning on how justice systems have changed over time. The children will reflect on various texts from the past and how they portray the different justice systems from medieval times to today. We will also focus on local history relating to the crimes that took place in Burnley and what punishments were given.
P.S.H.E.
Our P.S.H.E. topic for this half term will be about 'Me and My Relationships'. The children will learn all about working together, gaining positive friendships as well as how to be assertive when problems within friendship groups or different scenarios arise in the playground.
R.E.
Our R.E. topic for this half term is Christianity. We will be learning about our life as a journey and how different milestones in life are celebrated by Christians.
Science
We are learning all about Light in our science topic this half term. We will be carrying out scientific investigations which focus on variations in how light travels and how the human eye can see.
Enrichment activities - coming soon!
Pictures of our enrichment activities within school.
OUR LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE YEAR...
OUR CURRICULUM MAP FOR THIS TERM...
Here are our common exception words for this year...