Deer Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to Deer class page. We are very excited for the year ahead in Year 6 and have lots of exciting lessons and experiences to look forward to. As parents/carers, you play a vital role in supporting your child’s journey through Year 6. This year is an important milestone for your child’s education, as it marks their final year in primary school before transitioning to secondary school. We hope that you will find this class page useful in supporting your child through this journey.

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Curriculum news

Spring 1 Curriculum Newsletter

 

During Spring 1 we will be continuing to look at the year 5/6 statutory spelling words alongside:

  • Silent letters
  • ei and ie spelling pattern
  • ible and able spelling pattern

 

Home learning projects

  • Can you create a sundial to track shadows?
  • It’s starting to get lighter on an evening. Could you track this on a graph?
  • Scare us with your own spooky story!
  • Create a poster on how to keep yourself safe
  • Could you make a Viking long ship, design a shield, or make a Viking helmet (horns or no horns, that is the question!)

 

Dates for the diary

Spring 1

17th January – Cross Country (Addingham)

28th January – Wildcat CW

31st January – Cross Country (Ashlands)

February – visit to IGS (TBC)

7th February – Cross Country (Ghyll Royd)

13th February – PTA disco

 

Spring 2

24th March – Bradford School Prom at St George’s Hall (by sign-up)

 

Further dates to be added throughout the year.

 

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Read more about English in Y6 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Does your child not know what to read next? Here is a link to ‘100 Books To Read Before You Leave Primary School’.  Sheet 1   Sheet 2    Sheet 3    Sheet 4   Sheet 5

Spelling

Please find links to the Statutory Spelling list for Year 3 and 4, and Year 5 and 6. These could be printed at home to help your child practise and retain these tricky spellings.

Maths

Times Table Rock Stars (children will have their login details and can access this through RM unify) – Children should be practicing recall speed of all times tables.

Read more about maths in Y6 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Just for fun!

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