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Welcome!. To Year 6. How we are working…. Who? - Wednesday mornings – Games with Boston Utd Art with Mrs Maylor - Mrs Carder – teaching assistant. Core Subjects…. Literacy Fiction Genres Biographies/Autobiographies Journalistic writing Stories with flashbacks
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Welcome! To Year 6
How we are working… Who? - Wednesday mornings – Games with Boston Utd Art with Mrs Maylor - Mrs Carder – teaching assistant
Core Subjects… Literacy • Fiction Genres • Biographies/Autobiographies • Journalistic writing • Stories with flashbacks • Poetry • Discussion and Persuasion • Explanation texts • Non-chronological reports • Writing in other subjects • Reading and responding to a range of genres and text types • New handwriting style Maths • Written methods for 4 rules of number • Problem solving • Working systematically • Ordering and rounding decimals • Fractions and percentages • Algebra • Converting between units of measure • Interpreting graphs and charts • Measuring and drawing angles • Mathematical mysteries • Using and describing 2-D and 3-D shapes
Topics… • Tudors – Why did Henry VIII marry 6 times? • Ancient Greeks • Investigating Rivers
Homework • 10 minutes of reading a night • Spellings – Set Monday/Due Monday • Literacy/Maths will alternate each weekSet Thursday/Due Tuesday • Project
Trips… • Lincoln Cathedral for Church Schools’ Festival – May/June • Residential trip • Day Visits to enhance Topic Work
Parental help please… • Homework • Times tables • Trips • Reading time at home • PE Kits – Tues/Weds
Year 6 ‘Happenings’… • Christmas Concert • Church Schools’ festival • Taster Days/Induction Days • Bikeability • Residential trip • Leavers’ service
SATS • SATS tests will take place on the week beginning Monday 12th May • Monday – Reading Test • Tuesday – Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling • Wednesday – Mental Maths, Maths • Thursday Maths • Friday – Internal Science assessment
Facebook • Privacy Settings • Be one of your child’s Friends and monitor their discussions • Don’t have strangers as Friends • Don’t use Facebook in bedroom
Remember the school website for additional information http://www.st-georges-stamford.lincs.sch.uk/