Year 6 Thomson

Our web page creations on Google sites

Biscuit challenge - the children had to eat the biscuit without using their hands!

6T Fab 5 and Pupil of the week

Week end	Citizenship	Self focus	BEST	Organisation	Precision	Pupil of the week
9/1/26	Ellis	Tolu	Katie-Mae	Jamie	Arthur-Jack	Arthur-Jack
16/1/26	Lily-Rose	Dale	Dallas	Filip	Yussur	Dale
23/1/26	Logan	Katie-Mae	Sienna	Tolu	Tolu

Week end	Citizenship	Self focus	Confidence	Kind words	Precision	Pupil of the week
7/11/25	Mikey	Sienna	Joshua	Katie	Yussur	Sienna
14/11/25	Ellis	Karl	Lily-Rose	Katherine	Tolu	Ellis
21/11/25	Mimee	Mikey	Arthur	Jamie	Filip	Jamie
28/11/25	Yussur	Katherine	Erin	Lily-Rose	Joshua	Katherine
5/12/25	Logan	Dallas	Ellis	Katie	Katherine	Katherine
12/12/25	Tolu	Jamie	Sienna	Mikey	Lily-Rose	Lily-Rose

Week end	Citizenship	Self focus	Challenge	Respect	Resilience	Pupil of the week
12/9/25	Jamie	Katherine	Dale	Tolu	Ellis	Tolu
19/9/25	Logan	Mimee	Filip	Katie-Mae	Erin	Katie-Mae
26/9/25	Lily-Rose	Yussur	Arthur-Jack	Jamie	Mikey	Yussur
3/10/25	Joshua	Sienna	Dallas	Tolu	Karl	Karl
10/10/25	Logan	Mimee	Katherine	Jamie	Filip	Logan
17/10/25	Katie-Mae	Tolu	Dallas	Arthur	Karl	Dallas

Timetables

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 - fractions, ratio, scaling.

Tuesday - fractions - decimal, percentage and fraction equivalents.

Wednesday - arithmetic methods - test-style questions.

Thursday - calculation - BODMAS and algebra.

Friday - measures - regular polygons, nets, circles and quadrants.

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.

We will be focussing on extracts this term.

Writing

Our writing this half term is based on the Michael Morpurgo story 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. We will be using the text to inspire setting descriptions, character descriptions, diaries and narrative writing.

Science

Our topic this half term is Light.

We will be learning about how we see objects, shadows, refraction of light and light pollution.

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 Geography for Life. We will be researching and discussing environmental issues, such as deforestation, and careers in the field of Geography that might interest us in the future.

In History, we are leaning about the lives of Significant People and why they are considered significant in history. We will be learning about the lives and legacies of Winston Churchill and Malala Yousaf.

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.