Dear Parents and Guardians,
Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you and your children had a wonderful and restful break together after an action-packed Term 1 learning about ‘Ecosystems’. Â
We are now embarking on Term 2, which looks set to be equally as busy and fun filled as the last term.
In Discovery this term, the children will be addressing the question, ‘Why Do People Migrate?’ In line with this, in English, we will be looking at Michael Morpurgo’s novel Shadow. The students will also investigate the life of a migrant during our autobiographical writing unit, culminating in a waxwork museum presentation in our Year 6 Celebration of Learning at the end of Term 2.
Please continue to discuss your child’s learning with them. Much of their work is recorded within their Google Drive, Classroom and on Seesaw.
With regard to homework, we will be continuing with our regular system and schedule of:
- All homework is set in their inquiry home learning workbooks on a Friday, to be completed for the following Friday. This consists of Maths, Discovery or English, and Spelling.Â
- Reading each night. Children are to record the title of their book and the pages that they read in their diaries on a daily basis. Please can you, as parents, sign this too.
- Students are to practise Mangahigh, TTRockstars and Spelling Shed at least once a week.
We will be gradually increasing the inquiry home learning expectations over the next two terms in order to prepare students for the move up to Secondary School.
Please find the Year 6 Term 2 Key Dates linked HERE.
For more information regarding Year 6 for the academic year 2024–25, please refer to the linked Welcome to Year 6 Booklet and the Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6) Curriculum Handbook, which can also be located on the Hub.
This will be a fantastic term full of learning for Year 6. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. We look forward to welcoming you back to school very soon.
Best wishes,
The Year 6 Team