• Home Learning

Welcome to Year 6! 

Spring Term 

English

In guided reading we will be using a reader called 'Fly me Home,' by Polly Ho Yen.  Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away. London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there's concrete everywhere. 

We will continue learning spellings from the Year 5/6 national curriculum list and other words with associated spelling patterns. We will also be learning key terms and vocabulary as we come across them in our learning this half term.

Handwriting will take place everyday to ensure neatness and presentation.

The book that we will be basing our writing on this term is, The Arrival by Shaun Tan. In this unusual book, we follow a young man as he packs his bags and leaves his family to go and start a new life in another country. We experience his journey, his struggles to communicate, find accommodation, a job and food, as well as following the stories of other immigrants. The pupils in Jazz class will be writing letters, lists of rules, character descriptions, diaries, short playscripts, short reports and guides.

Maths

In Maths we will be focusing Ratio, Algebra and fluency with percentages, decimals and fractions. We will continue you practice the four operations and their written methods

Science

Our unit is on Evolution and Inheritance. This project teaches children how living things on Earth have changed over time and how fossils provide evidence for this. They learn how characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring and how variation in offspring can affect their survival, with changes (adaptations) possibly leading to the evolution of a species.

Humanities

We have a Geography focus this term which is 'Frozen Kingdom'. Using globes and maps, we’ll identify the polar regions, comparing the Arctic and Antarctic. We’ll also think about how we can protect the polar environment. We will research facts and figures of climate, temperature, habitats and ecosystems, and compose evocative poems about the Northern Lights

Computing 

This term we will focus on exlpore using scratch, debugging and understanding algorithms. 

Art

In Art, we will be exploring and learning about Iniut Art. This project teaches children about the Inuit way of life, including some of their cultural and artistic traditions.

This term we will use some time in the afternoons to practice for our SATs this will usually be one or two sessions focussing on reading, SPAG and arithmeticc. 

General Reminders

• Swimming will be everydat Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their swimming kit under their PE kit on those days. Please also ensure that any jewellery is removed. 
• Homework will be set on a Friday, to be handed in on the following Wednesday. 
• Children are expected to read every night, please ensure this is recorded in their reading records. Reading records will be checked on a weekly basis and reads will be counted as part of our new reading challenge. The aim is to read daily for 15-20 minutes. 
• Science Museum trip has been booked for Thursday 22nd February. 
• Please can you pay your the next installment for PGL Osmington Bay .

We thank you for your continued support in this final year of your child's learning here at Pippins. If you have any queries or questions, please come and see one of us or email me with skang@pippins.slough.sch.uk or mkhalid@pippins.slough.sch.uk 

Miss Kang and Mr Khalid