WELCOME TO YEAR 6
Reminders
PE: Tuesday and Thursday (please come to school dressed in your PE kit on these days)
Outdoor Learning: Tuesdays
Homework: Reading, maths and spelling homework is set on the Purple Mash learning platform on a Friday for completion by the following Thursday
Y6 Book club: Tuesday - please ensure you have read your group's chapter.
'How can we tell the truth from tale?'
This term we are exploring the question, "How can we tell the truth from tale?" We have begun by looking at historical information from the Greeks and how stories from this era have some basis in fact, as well as fiction.
Our whole class text this term is The Odyssey by Geraldine Mccaughrean.
Literacy:We have been writing diary entries in the character of one of the sailors from our class text following some hotseating. We are looking forward to putting Odysseus on trial for the crime of losing his crew and being an unfit leader! Is there evidence to suggest whether a version of the Trojan Horse is actually true? We are using our reading skills to try and arrive at an answer.
Outdoor learning: We have used Andy Goldsworthy as inspiration for some of our artwork outdoors. We were surprised to find so many different colours!
The Trial of Odysseus
Outdoor Art using wool. Weaving and thrashing.
Year 6 is a time when our pupils have the chance to prove that they are able to develop mature and have conscientious attitudes towards their own learning and to develop attitudes and routines that will help them cope with the demands of secondary school. It is also a time when they celebrate their achievements and the end of their primary school career. As the oldest children in the school, we expect Year 6 to set an example to the rest of the school in terms of behaviour and attitude towards learning. We expect the children to strive to achieve their full potential in all areas of the curriculum and to take responsibility for their own learning - to challenge themselves, to aim high, and be prepared to achieve.