6T Fab 5 and Pupil of the week 

This term we are learning about: 

Maths

Year 6 are working hard in their maths. We approach each lesson with a quick 10 arithmetic followed by White Rose challenges across all areas of maths. We have been looking at different methods and how best to answer questions, sharing ideas for our working out and the quickest methods. 

Monday - number focus

Tuesday - fractions

Wednesday - arithmetic methods

Thursday - calculation 

Friday - measures

Reading 

Skimming and scanning techniques to find the information quickly.

How to infer meaning from the text that is not obvious and how to word answers to questions more effectively to get more marks. 

We are also focusing on improving our vocabulary by analysing the words used in the text. 

Our text this term is Who let the Gods out by Maz Evans. 

Writing 

Our writing this half term coincides with our reading book and our history looking at Ancient Greece. We are starting off by writing a character description of Mr Boil from our text Who let the Gods out. He is a character you can easily dislike so we hope to write some interesting descriptions about him, showing what we can use in our sentences.

Then, we are going to look at the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur to create our own instructions. 

Science 

Our topic this half term is Living Things. 

We will look at Conditions for life, Classify animals, Microorganisms, Carl Linnaeus, Group organisms, Classify plants and Classify organisms.

Geography and History 

We are looking at teaching the foundation subjects in isolation this year, to focus more on the skills involved in each curriculum strand.

Our geography this half term is focusing on Tour UK. We are focusing on Belfast in Northern Ireland, its geographical landscape including human and physical features. 

In history, we are looking at ancient civilisations so are covering Ancient Greece. We will delve into this history to look at what the Greeks did for us including how they started democracy. 

Spellings 

Spelling tests take place each week on a Friday. 

These spellings are words from the Y5/6 spelling lists as well as words to help learn spelling rules and patterns. The last 5 each week tend to be related to a theme like the weather.

                Year 6 members of staff 

Maths dictionary link

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html