Welcome to Class 6!
Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen - Conan O'Brien. Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen - Conan O'Brien.
Class Vision 2021-2022
We are a positive class filled with kind and respectful people who care for each other and the school environment. We enjoy our lessons and have fun all of the way! We try to be resilient and help others to succeed. We work hard to make sure that we all have lots of happy memories of our last year at primary school. We persevere, even when things seem tough. We are polite to everyone in our school. We are focussed on our goals. We are fair, patient and sensible.
We are year 6.
English - Reading
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The Demon Headmaster
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This is our first book in Year 6 and we read it at home over the summer holidays. Have a look below at some of the alternative title pages we designed: |
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Maths
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Please speak to me if you have lost your log in details! Remember - they should be in your reading record, your jotter and your maths book too!
Science
The photographs below show us testing whether the length of a wire affects how brightly a bulb will shine. We used tissue paper to ensure that our results are accurate.
In Year 6, we need to consider the "degree of trust" you can have in our results.
Our experiments:
| are Objective | are Accurate | have Reproducibility | have Consensus | have a reliable Sample Size |
| We are honest and don't try to change our results to make them fit our prediction. | We work carefully and give our experiment our full attention. | We can reproduce the experiment again and should get the same results. | Each result we find is similar to our other results...and if it isn't, we find out why. | The more data we have, the more likely it is to show the real picture. |
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Seesaw
Log in to Seesaw to upload any work that you do at home, or to share work completed in school with your family and friends.
| School Swimming | PE | Keeping in touch |
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Friday 5th November Friday 10th June Friday 12th November Friday 17th June Friday 19th November Friday 24th June Friday 26th November Friday 1st July Friday 3rd December Friday 8th July |
Thursday - Premier Sports Friday - Swimming
Why not try one of Joe Wicks' "5 Minute Move" programmes, if you fancy a little extra exercise?
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How do we keep in touch? School Jotter app - we use this app solely for messages for the whole school. It is updated by Mrs Millar, the headteacher. Class Dojo - I use this to send messages to all year 6 parents and to reward the class. I also use the "Story" on Class Dojo when I want to send pictures of what we have done, but only with the class. Dojo enables us to have 1:1 conversations, parent to teacher. School webpage - here you will find links to lots of useful resources. As this page can be seen beyond the school, I only update the page with general examples of work. Letters - I try not to send paper copies home, but where I have too, you will usually be able to find a replacement copy on the webpage (see below!). |
| Keeping Safe | Young Voices | |
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In Year 6, we have a visit from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue, to educate them about the importance of fire safety in the home and how to avoid accidental fires.
Their website, https://www.derbys-fire.gov.uk/community/schools not only has all of the resources linked to their work, but also links to railway safety, water safety, electrical safety, road safety, carbon monoxide safety and keeping active (mind and body). It is well worth a look. |
Thursday 27th January, 2022 Birmingham https://www.youngvoices.co.uk/ Use the menu in the top right hand corner to access the relevant section for pupils or parents. Children can access the Music Room using the access code which I have sent via ClassDojo and Seesaw. Choir T-shirts are available to everyone in the choir. If you decide not to purchase a Choir T-shirt we ask that a white t-shirt is worn instead. More information about tickets for parents will be sent via ClassDojo.
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Long Term Plan
Here is an overview of all of the things we will learn in Year 6. You can find our weekly timetable here, but this will often change to fit it other exciting events.
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Year 6
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Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Science |
Animals including humans |
Electricity |
Light |
Scientists and Inventors |
Living things and their habitats |
Evolution and Inheritance |
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ICT
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Communicating and Collaborating |
Digital exploration |
Programming, coding and controlling devices |
Data Handling |
Multimedia Digital Imagery |
Music and Sound |
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Geography
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The Amazing Americas |
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Our changing world |
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Rivers |
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History
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The Shang Dynasty |
Leisure and Entertainment |
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Early Islamic Civilisation |
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Art
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South and Central American art |
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North American art |
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Wildlife Birds |
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Design and Technology |
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Felt phone cases |
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Super Seasonal Cooking |
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Automata animals |
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Music
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World Unite |
Journeys |
Growth |
Roots |
Class Awards |
Moving On |
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Indoor PE
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Dance - HAKA |
Dance - Electricity |
Gymnastics – Bottoms Up |
Gymnastics – Double Up |
FUNS Cards Blue - Pink |
Gymnastics – Shape and Balance (linked to Rivers and Mountains) |
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Outdoor PE
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Invasion Games – Tag Rugby QCA Unit 4 |
Net/Wall Games – Netball/High 5s QCA Unit 2 |
Athletics QCA Unit 3 |
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PSHE |
Growing Up
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Safety First RSHE |
Think Positive |
Respecting Rights |
VIPs |
One World |
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RE
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2.1 Why do some people believe in God and some do not? |
UC2.2 Creation or Science? |
2.5 Arts and architecture or charity and generosity? |
UC2.5 What do Christians believe Jesus did to ‘save’ people? |
UC2.6 For Christians, what kind of Kind is Jesus? |
2.3 What do religions say to people when life gets hard? |
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Class Story |
Northern Lights Phillip Pullman
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling |
Wonder R J Palacio
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MFL - German |
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Knowledge Organisers
A knowledge organiser is a document that lists the important facts – not practical skills – that pupils should know by the end of a unit of work. At home, you can use it as a quizzing tool, to help pupils boost their recall of key knowledge.
We currently use them in maths, science, history and geography.
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Letters home
| Welcome to Year 6 | Brilliant book list for Year 6 | Permission to watch PG films | Spelling activities | SPAG Glossary |
| Class Permissions | Young Voices |
Home Learning
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OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY are publishing lessons every week for all subjects. |
BBC BITESIZE are bringing us 3 new lessons every weekday with videos and activities! Click on the link below to access the lessons for all year groups |
In the case of another national or local lockdown, additional resources will be added to the Seesaw learning platform.
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LITERACY COUNTS have put together a pack of materials to support you to continue learning at home. You will need to register on the site. Then you will receive weekly updates in addition to the learning packs. |
Parent Zone
Here are the answer books for the 2019 tests which we recently completed in school.
Film Zone
Films related to work
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Films for fun - wet lunchtimes or as a treat
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Coming soon - Christmas films!
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