At home: children should be reading daily to increase their fluency and build their vocabulary. Ask them if they came across any new vocabulary when they are reading and define it for them. Our Year 6 children still benefit greatly from being read to - they love it too! 

We are beginning Year 6 by studying Hansel and Gretel, a short tale by the Brothers Grimm. We are particularly looking at our sentence structure and how to correctly punctuate dialogue.

At home: The basis of writing is reading - ask your child to collect amazing phrases or words they wish to use in their writing. Discuss different types of writing with your child, such as instructions, news articles, non-fiction pieces, blogs etc. When they are writing at home, ensure they employ their spelling strategies they have learnt in school. 

Our key foci will be learning how to read, write and work with numbers up to ten million, as well as learning the long multiplication and division algorithms.

At home: Keep practising times tables facts as these facts are the basis for so much of your child's Year 6 learning in maths. Include super-sizing (I know 3 x 4=12, so I know 30 x 4=120 and 300 x 4=1200) and super-shrinking (I know 3 x 4=12, so I know that 0.3 x 4=1.2 and 0.03 x 4=0.12).

What is the best way for a Sikh to show commitment to God?

At home: discuss your beliefs with your child and ask them theirs. Do they know other people who may believe differently? 

What are the different ways that light behaves?

At home: discuss what different light sources do you notice at home and in the environment? What are their uses?

History: Why did Britain once rule the largest empire the world has ever seen?

Art: How can we use digital media to create art?

PE: Rugby and Netball

Computing: How can we work collaboratively online?

Music: What is swing music?