Year 6 12.9.25 – Life on board the Peggy Sue

English

In English this week we set sail on the Peggy Sue and wrote in role as Michael, the main character from our class text Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children tried hard to include descriptive phrases and the language from the author as they wrote and did a really good job at remembering key details from the book. We will be working hard on basics such as capital letters and full stops – though the children in Year 6 should be very secure on these already – and on 5/6 statutory words. These are the 100 words children need to be able to spell by the end of the year. It’s a comprehensive list! Please take a look with them and support them as they learn to remember the spellings of these tricky words.

Here are some of the photos we promised last week of our watercolour images in response to the front cover of Kensuke.

Photos

Art

Here are some of the promised photos of our black and white portraits. We are sure you will agree they are stunning and will be amazing on display!

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Science

We have begun our science unit on classification this week. The children worked on sorting animals into groups based on their nutrition and their animal group. We learned that an amphibian is a herbivore when it is first born and has gills but becomes a carnivore in its adult stages! We also talked about invertebrates and invertebrates. Have a look at the website below and try the quiz to see how much you remember about classification!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfsqtcw#:~:text=Animal%20classification&text=Animals%20are%20divided%20into%20two,%2C%20reptiles%2C%20amphibians%20and%20fish

General Reminders

Can all children please bring indoor shoes if they do not already have some in school. It is becoming quite wet outside and they should be changing out of their dirty / wet shoes after playtime. Some children are without shoes and only in socks: if the fire alarm went off and they were in socks it would lead to some very soggy and cold feet!

Chromebooks should be fully charged, ready to use in class every day. Children should also have a (cheap) pair of headphones with them in school to be used in class when doing spelling activities or watching videos for research.

Thank your for your support in making sure reading diaries have been completed. Reading is so very important for children as we know that children who read for pleasure do better in a wide range of subjects at school and it also positively impacts children’s wellbeing. If you are able to share a story with your child or listen to them read out loud regularly, it will make such a difference.

Homework

Spelling shed – Short vowel sound /i/ spelled y – 3 games minimum

Mathletics – 2 activity

TTRS if you do not know your times tables fluently. 10 minutes daily practice.

Extreme reading – 5 times a week

Have a lovely weekend.