Welcome to Year 6 at Red Hill!
We would like to warmly welcome your child into Year 6 and we are very excited to support them on their journey through their final year at Red Hill Primary School!
At Red Hill, we have four Year 6 classes:-
6L Miss Long (Mrs Bishop)
6M Miss Melvin
6FM Miss Marshall
6A Miss Argent
Our year group TAs are Mrs Smoothy and Mrs Saunders
Curriculum
Please click below to see the curriculum map for Year 6. These are working documents however, so they may change as we progress into the term.
Homework sheets
Please see below for weekly homework sheets. Children should have brought these home every Friday in their homework books.
Our learning
During the Autumn term our IPC topics are Brainwaves and Existing, Endangered, Extinct.
In our Brainwave topic we will explore metacognition, different parts of the brain (and their jobs!) and how we can use growth mindset to improve our learning opportunities.
Our planet is teeming with different species of living things that thrive and survive all over the world, some in extreme environments. In 'Existing, Endangered, Extinct', we will learn more about how we classify animals, how living things are adapted to their environments and how all living things are interdependent. As part of the web of life, humans also have an important role to play. How is human behaviour threatening the survival of many species? Can we preserve the biodiversity of our planet?
English
In English, we will be writing autobiographies, focusing on writing in first person narrative, using adverbs, using prepositions, and using relative clauses. We will then move on to descriptive writing and poetry.
Maths
In maths, we will be focusing on place value, including comparing and rounding numbers. We will then move onto the 4 operations, and using these within reasoning problems. We will also be looking at prime, compositve and cubed numbers.
Supporting your child with their learning at home
Reading
Reading should be completed a minimum of 3x a week, but ideally for 10 minutes each evening. This should be completed with an adult, and children can choose to read their own book, a book from school or on bug club. Adults need to record the reading session in the reading record, alongside a sentence or two about how the read and anything they found tricky. Reading records must be in school every day.
Homework books
Homework books are sent home on a Friday and must be returned to school on a Wednesday. Weekly homework includes:
Maths
A short maths challenge linking to the week’s learning. There will be 3 different challenges that your child can choose to complete depending on how confident they felt with that concept in class. Children should also log into TTRS (https://ttrockstars.com) and practise their multiplication recall.
Spellings
Children will have 10 spellings sent home linking to a spelling pattern being taught in class. These will be tested in the spelling session on a Wednesday morning.
IPC
At the bottom of the homework will be some questions linking to the topics being taught in class. Please ask your children these questions and get them talking about all the incredible learning that is taking place in classrooms! This is a great chance for children to share all of their amazing knowledge.
PE
PE days are as follows for Autumn 1:
6L- Thursday
6M- Wednesday and Thursday
6FM- Thursday
6A- Thursday and Friday
As we move into Winter, please ensure that children wear their winter PE kits (jogging bottoms, Red Hill PE top, school jumper and trainers). Please also make sure children bring a warm, waterproof coat with a hood.
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