Dear Parents,
Another busy week in year 6.
We have been continuing in English to look at The Highwayman and, in groups, the children have been working hard on developing more interesting and varied sentences. We will be writing a newspaper report next week as our final piece on this text before moving onto non-chronological reports. Please encourage your chidren to read daily at home as we are seeing a really positive impact on their reading comprehension as well as their writing.
In Maths, we have been continuing to work on solving multi-step problems using statistics and data and finding missing numbers and quantities using algebraic formulas. Next week the children will be focusing on angles and shape. Please continue to support your children with consolidating their knowledge on fractions and decimals as well as their target areas. Homework has been set on Abacus and MyMaths.
We continue with our focus on Lent in RE and the children have been reflecting on the importance of alms and the Beatitudes, through Matthew 5: 1-12, and how they are relevant to modern day life. If your child has brought home their class prayer bag today then they can share with you a worship and you can create a prayer together for them to share in class worship on Tuesday. Please find the week 3 newsletter below.
This week, Year 6 took delivery of a Greek history box and the children will be doing activities on Monday and Tuesday afternoon to develop their understanding of Ancient Greece and comparing how this ancient civilisation affected our modern day lives. Please encourage your child to do at least one activity a week from the home learning pyramid. We have seen some lovely examples today which have already been completed.
Also, a letter went home today about a Greek cookery project for DT that the children will be undertaking at Oaklands on the morning of the Monday 27th March. We will discuss this further with the children next week and assign cookery groups.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 6 Team