Welcome to Year 6
A Very Warm Welcome to Year 6
Welcome to the second term of the academic year from all of the year 6 team. We are excited to jump into teaching and learning with our amazing Geography led topic.
‘What is the impact of deforestation on our planet?’
This half term the children will be learning all about rainforests.
Our key text this half term is The Explorer by Katherine Rundell.
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From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could land and look about him. |
Over the half term, we will also be learning:
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MATHS – Fractions and Measurement
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SCIENCE – Light
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COMPUTING – Webpage creation
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GEOGRAPHY – Rainforests
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RE – How can we make Nottingham City and County a place of tolerance and respect?
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ART – Shadow puppets (3D)
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PSHE – Relationships
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PE – Tag rugby and Handball
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MUSIC – Hey Mr Miller
PE and Outdoor Learning
In Autumn 2, PE takes place on a Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. There is no outdoor learning this half term.
Please see the timetable for this half term below
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Week Commencing |
2.11.26 |
9.11.26 |
16.11.26 |
23.11.26 |
30.11.26 |
7.12.26 |
14.12.26 |
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Lupin |
Wednesday – PE Thursday - PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday - PE |
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Foxglove |
Wednesday – PE Thursday - PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday – PE |
Wednesday – PE Thursday - PE |
Homework in Year 6
Homework will be sent home on FRIDAYS and must be returned by the following WEDNESDAY.
The homework for this half term will be as follows (your child will also write this in their communication diary for each week)
Reading
Each week, we ask that all children read with somebody at home at least three times a week. This could be any adult or an older sibling or friend. Please sign their diary and add a comment. Every little bit of reading really does help children on the learning journey.
Spelling and Grammar
We also ask that the children practise their weekly spellings which can be found below. We conduct a spelling quiz each week as part of a dictation lesson, and these words form part of our English teaching for the week. Children will also be asked to complete pages in their CGP revision books each week, these will link closely with what is being taught in-school.
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Week 1 WC 2.11.26 |
Week 2 WC 9.11.26 |
Week 3 WC 16.11.26 |
Week 4 WC 23.11.26 |
Week 5 WC 30.11.26 |
Week 6 WC 7.12.26 |
Week 7 WC 14.12.26 |
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Unit 8 - fic |
Unit 9 - par |
Unit 10 - sol |
Unit 11 - sacr |
Unit 12 - homophones |
Unit 13 – crit |
Unit 14 - dict |
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artificial efficient official sufficient artificially deficiently efficiently officially significantly sufficiently |
Apparent Apparently Transparent Parent Parental Parents Transparency Transparently
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consolidate soldier solemn solemnly solidly soldiered soldiering solidarity consolidating consolidation |
sacred sacrifice sacrificed sacrifices sacrificial sacrificing sacrilege |
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critical criticise criteria critically criticism criticised criticises criticising |
dictated dictionary prediction verdict dictation dictating addiction addicted contradiction contradicting |
Maths
A vital aspect of Maths is that the children have a secure recall of times tables, so we ask that they spend some time each week on TT Rockstars practising these. To support with children’s learning, school has purchased a set of CGP revision books for each child for Maths, teachers will set specific pages which link to the learning being done in-school.
Autumn 1
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Given WK3 18.09.26
Due WK4 23.09.26
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Given WK4 25.09.26
Due WK5 30.06.26 |
Given WK5 02.10.26
Due WK6 07.10.26 |
Given WK6 09.10.26
Due WK7 14.10.26 |
Given WK7 16.10.26
Due after half term |
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SPAG homework |
Nouns Adjectives |
Capital letters and Full Stops
Question marks and exclamation marks
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Prefixes – ‘trans’, ‘bi’, ‘tri’ and semi |
Apostrophes for Missing Letters
Apostrophes for Possession |
Its and It’s Apostrophe Practice |
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Pages |
4 5 |
36 37 |
68 |
52 53 |
54 55 |
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Maths homework |
Place value in very large numbers |
Rounding whole numbers |
Calculating with Negative Numbers |
Written Multiplication |
Written division |
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Pages |
6 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
Autumn 2
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Given WK1 06.11.26
Due WK2 11.11.26
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Given WK2 13.11.26
Due WK3 18.11.26 |
Given WK3 20.11.26
Due WK4 25.11.26 |
Given WK4 27.11.26
Due WK5 2.12.26 |
Given WK5 4.12.26
Due WK6 09.12.26 |
Given WK6 11.12.26
Due WK7 16.12.26 |
Given WK7 18.12.26
Due after Xmas break
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SPAG homework |
Synonyms and Antonyms |
Subject and object |
Passive and Active Voice |
Formal and Informal writing |
Standard and Non-standard English |
Commas in Lists
Commas to Avoid Ambiguity |
Commas After Subordinate Clauses
Commas After Fronted Adverbials |
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Pages |
8, 9 |
22, 23 |
24, 25, 26 |
27, 28, 29 |
32, 33, 34, 35 |
40, 41 |
42, 43 |
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Maths homework |
Multiples, Factors and Primes |
Simplifying Fractions |
Ordering Fractions |
Adding and Subtracting Fractions |
Multiplying Fractions |
Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers |
Year Five Objectives Test |
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Pages |
15 |
18 |
19 |
20, 21 |
22 |
23 |
2,3,4,5 |