Year 6

English

Our new core text is Alex Rider: Stormbreaker, the children will craft a high-stakes action narrative based on the story's cinematic climax to master the art of pacing and suspense.

Maths

We will be covering a range of units in maths, including advanced arithmetic, as well as engaging in some exciting reasoning projects and enterprise lessons. This will allow the children to apply their understanding of maths to more complex problems.

Science

We will be learning about elecricity, what makes a good conductor, how to build an effective circuit for different purposes.

History

In History we will be learning about how the abolition of slavery led to the civil rights movement. We will be critically analysing a range of resources to draw parallels between our world now and then.

Computing

In Computing we will be using our digital skills to learn about binary and decimal code to build our own digital system.

RE

We will be continuing to build on our learning of Judaism.

PE

In PE, we will be developing invasion skills through team games.

Design & Technology

We will be using researching North African and Islamic patterns to create our own class patchwork blanket.

Music

We will be describing, evaluating and explaining our own preferences for music based on a range of pieces, such as "Down By the Riverside".

French

French this half term we will be developing our skills to talk about familiar routines and share details of a typical day.

RHE

In RHE we will be recognising the link between values and behaviours, and learning how to be a positive role model.

Homework expectations

Year 6

Reading for pleasure daily for a minimum of 25 minutes per day and all multiplication tables up to 12 x 12
Practise weekly spelling list
Your child in year 6 will gradually begin to receive more homework to help them develop the essential organisational and time management skills required for life in secondary school. Furthermore, this also serves to consolidate key knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in their upcoming statutory assessments in the summer term

Handwriting practise

We use Letter-Join as our whole-school handwriting scheme. Children can log in to the Letter-Join website at home on iPads, tablets and computers to practise the skills in the classroom.

Home Learning platforms

Beyond the core homework activities, Foxfield provides access to several engaging online platforms for optional additional tasks, for which your child has been given a login. These platforms include Letter-Join for handwriting practice, spag.com for spelling and grammar practice, Collins Big Cat e-library for access to all levelled reading books and Numbots for addition and subtraction practice. Class teachers will assign specific activities on these platforms, and children are able to regularly participate in fun activities.

Children should be encouraged to log into Letter-Join on a weekly basis and complete the activity assigned by their class teacher, linked to the current skill they are learning in class that week. For spelling and grammar, children will be set one activity a week linked to their learning in class. In the Collins Big Cat e-library, the children will have all books within their secure phonics level assigned to their account. This will not replace the physical book they bring home, instead they will have access to reread old titles or have further practice of the previous phonemes they have learnt. For numbots, the children will have the opportunity to develop their understanding of numbers within 100, including quick recalls of addition and subtraction facts. If the level they choose in ‘Storymode’ is too easy, please move onto the next level - you do not have to complete all elements on this website, although some levels can be used to recall learning from Reception. To further support your child’s learning, we will be setting a selection of activities on Purple Mash once every half term. Purple Mash is an online platform containing cross-curricular creative tools and activities that allow children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun, engaging way.

Your child will be expected to work their way through the assigned tasks at their own pace over the course of the half term. The homework will cover a variety of subjects, including core areas such as reading and maths, as well as other curriculum areas like science, history, and computing.

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