Year 6 Thomson

6T Fab 5 and Pupil of the week

Week	Citizenship	Readiness	Organisation	Thinking	Helpfulness	Pupil of the week
10.1.25	Sienna W	Nixon	Tayah	Leo	Millie	Sienna W
17.1.25	Mollie	Harper	Harley	Keira	Tegan	Harley
24.1.25	Cory	Sapphire	Nojus	Thomas	Mollie	Thomas
31.1.25	footballers		and		swimmers	n/a
	Cory Frank Tommy	Kian Tayah	Maisie Freya Millie	Husna Harley Harper	Sapphire Jaimee
7.2.25	Mila	Cory	Lizzie	Nate	Freya	Freya
14.2.25	Maisie	Maisie	Elsie	Leo	Lizzie	Maisie

Week	Citizenship	Listening	Application	Concentration	Precision	Pupil of the week
8.11.24	Tayah	Nixon	Mollie	Harper	Maisie	Harper
15.11.24	Elsie	Suzie	Husna	Harley	Freya	Freya
22.11.24	Sapphire	Cory	Nojus	George	Jaimee	Cory
29.11.24	Jacob	Tommy	Suzie	Sienna H	Nate	Nate
6.12.24	Sapphire	Kian	Maliyah	Harper	Thomas	Kian
19.12.24	Mila	Maisie	Jaimee	Teagan	Sapphire	Jaimee

Week	FAB	5	Learning	Attitudes		Pupil of the week
12.9.24	Cory	Mila	Sapphire	Freya	Millie-Rose	Cory
20.9.24	George	Mollie	Lizzie	Jacob	Jaimee	Lizzie
27.9.24	Maisie	Nate	Keira	Samuel	Sienna H	Maisie
4.10.24	Jacob	Jaimee	Teagan	Thomas	Elsie	Teagan
11.10.24						Sapphire
18.10.24	Lizzie	Ava	Sienna H	Jacob	Frank	Sienna H

Black History Month word art

Timetables

This term we are learning about:

Maths

Year 6 are getting back into the routine of tackling a different area of maths each day. Monday is number, Tuesday fractions, Thursday calculation and Friday measurement. We continue to use a challenge based system and work through the level of difficulty suited to each child. We then follow up with either a DIRT or MUD question the following week. On Wednesdays we go over CLICs, Learn Its and SAFE from Big Maths. Children will bring these home each week to practise any errors to improve the week after.

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 reading There's a boy in the girl's bathroom by Louis Sachar this half term. He is the author of Holes.

We are also focusing on improving our vocabulary by analysing the words used in the text as well as looking at past papers in preparation for SATS.

We will also be revising grammar and spelling.

Writing

Our writing will be built up over 3 weeks and is based on Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom. We are revising writing codes, as well as show not tell sentences to write in detail without repeating ourselves. We plan on writing our own sensory description of Michael's first night on the island. We are also planning out ideas and how we can edit and improve these as authors do with their own work. This will be using our knowledge of all punctuation marks as well as using spellings from the Y5/6 spelling list where appropriate. Following this, we will be looking at poetry.

Science

Our topic this half term is light. This includes how we see, how light is transmitted to the eye, light lines of refraction and reflection, as well as shadow formation.

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. This means looking at sustainability and how geography can influence lifestyle choices. Our focus is going to be on South America.

In history, we are looking at significant individuals past and present. We will be learning about Malala Yousafzai and Winston Churchill and how their lives have created and are creating legacies for us to learn from.

Spellings

Spelling tests take place each week on a Friday.

These spellings are words that have been on the previous Y6 SATS for the grammar paper. Please practise them carefully and look at the rules being revised as they will no doubt also come up on your SATS this year.