Dolphins (Y6)

Welcome to the

Class

Welcome to the Year 6 Dolphins class page. The staff at Waverley Junior Academy are looking forward to seeing you all flourish this year. On this page you will find key information regarding your transition to Year 6 and what exciting things we have planned.

Autumn term

Our topic for the Autumn term is Keep Calm and Soldier on.

Useful vocabulary

Causation Propaganda

Empire Censorship

Conflict Immigration

Refugee Persecution

It would be really useful if you discussed these words to help develop their knowledge.

In English, we will be inspired by our Guided Reading text to write a diary entry from the viewpoint of a Jewish child fleeing Germany prior to the Second World War. In addition to this , we will be considering how language was used during this time period to demonstrate our understanding of using formal and informal language.

Our maths learning will begin with recapping place value upto ten million. Following this we will be using a range of mental and written methods to answer questions on the four operations.

Other learning:

In art, we are learning how to make stencils and will create our own layered prints. We will use images from the Christmas Truce to inspire our individual creativity. We will use our enquiry skills to learn about how to live as a healthy human in Science. This will see us learning about the different systems in the body and begin to understand how lifestyle affects health. Our RE enquiry this half-term is "What matters most to Christians and Humanists?". This allows our pupils to learn in depth about Christianity and Humanism.

Important Information

Our P.E days will be Tuesday and Wednesdeay. Please make sure your P.E kits are in school for these days and are labelled with your name and your class.

Our weekly Spanish lesson will be on Thursday

Our weekly spelling test will be on a Friday.

Our weekly arithmetic test will be on a Friday the children will bring these home each week for you to see and support them where appropriate.

Dates for Your Diary

School trip – Crucial Crew Thursday 10^th October

Creative afternoon – Tuesday 22^nd October

Useful websites

https://www.mathsisfun.com /Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary.

https://www.thenational.academy/pupils/years Revision through high quality resources.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ Useful for maths revision including interactive resources.

https://nrich.maths.org/ Useful for developing problem solving skills.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zncsscw Year 6 learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers organised by subject and topic.

https://wordwall.net/en-gb/community/y6/spag Resources to support SPaG learning.

https://www.theschoolrun.com/system/files/attachments/articles/parent-handout-ks2-sats-2024-km.pdf A parents guide to SATs

Home Learning

Each half-term, we will send out these bingo grids for you to complete at home. Tick off an activity once you have completed it. It would be lovely to see any pictures or completed pieces of homework!