Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
 Mrs S Sampson |
 Mr J Lane |
 Mr M Land |
6SL Mrs Sampson (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) & Mr Lane (Monday & Tuesday)
6D Mr Land
Our LSAs are Mrs Greenway, Mrs Haynes, Mrs Gibson
 Mrs Haynes |
 Mrs Gibson |
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Welcome to the Spring Term in Year 6
We are delighted to welcome you all to Y6.
The year group is divided into 2 classes:
6D taught by Mr Land and is supported by Mrs Greenway
6SL taught by Mr Lane (Mon and Tuesday) & Mrs Sampson (Wed to Fri) and supported by Mrs Haynes and Mrs Gibson
Reading
Please encourage your child to read five times independently at home for homework and log this on BoomReader. It would be fantastic if you could, on occasion, discuss what they are reading.
English
In the first half of this term, we will be studying ‘Where the River Runs Gold’ by Sita Brahmachari. This is a dystopian, but ultimately hopeful novel due to the love of nature and of humanity that shines through. The themes of child exploitation, inequality and climate crisis are explored in this book. We shall continue to focus on developing sentence structure, and exploring writing in different genre styles. After half-term, we shall explore non-fiction writing with a newspaper article.
Mathematics
The children will be working hard towards the SATs exams which take place from Monday 11h May- Thursday 14th May. Please can you provide whatever help you can with their revision homework.
Science
This term we will be looking at the topic ‘Light’, followed by ‘Classification’.
Curriculum topics this term
We will be studying Monarchs in our History unit. In Geography we shall be studying Physical Processes (earthquakes, mountains and volcanoes). In RE will be exploring the theme, Creation and Science: conflict or complimentary?
P.E. and Swimming
P.E kits can be worn to school on PE days. Kit consists of black shorts, white t-shirt (with or without the school logo) and trainers.
For this half term we will be changing our PE day from a Thursday to a Friday. Half the year group will be continuing with outdoor PE and the children taking part in Moving Targets will continue to work on their routine in this PE session. Indoor PE will take place on a Tuesday afternoon for those children who are not swimming. Your child will need to wear their PE kit to school on those days unless they are swimming, in which case they will bring their swimming kit in and wear school uniform as usual.
We are very fortunate to have our own pool here at Trinity, and we feel that it is very important that children take advantage of this resource. Therefore, children must remember to bring their swimming kits to every session. If, for any reason, your child is unable to take part in P.E. or swimming, a signed letter must be provided.
6SL will be swimming for this term. Please make sure they have their swimming kit in every Tuesday.
Your child is to wear PE kit to and from school on PE days.
RSHE
During the first half of the term, we shall be looking at relationships and how to build positive, healthy relationships. We will also be looking at the topic of love and loss. Grief and loss are vital, though challenging, topics. We owe it to children to help them prepare for the experience of loss in their lives. If you think of any issues we may need to be aware of, please let us know. For the second half of the term we shall be looking at celebrating differences where we will be looking at respect for similarities and differences, anti-bullying and being unique.
Homework
We will continue to send weekly maths work home. In January, we will be setting grammar activities for your child to complete at home to help support them with their learning. We would also like them to continue to read 5 times a week.
Mobile phones
Mobile phones should only be brought in for children who come into school independently where parents feel it is important to have contact. We remind you that mobile phones must be kept out of sight when brought into and out of school, and are not allowed to be switched on at any point when children are on-site. Upon arrival in school, they must be handed in to the class teacher. Consent for bringing a phone to school can be provided via Arbor.
Social Media
We are very concerned about the impact of social media on our young children and their mental health. The minimum age for ‘WhatsApp’ (for example) is 13. We understand that it is very hard to prevent children from using social media, but we stress the importance of becoming aware of your child’s phone usage, and implementing strategies to minimise the proven negative impact of social media.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
Please contact us if you have any questions or need any support.
The Year 6 Team
ssampson@trinity.hereford.sch.uk
Please note that emails will usually be responded to between the hours of 8am and 5pm, but may take up to 48 hours.
