Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you had a happy Songkran holiday. 

I would like to welcome you all back to a busy final term in Year 6.

We start the new topic Climate Control.  We will be looking at ways in which we can take care of the environment and how we can become better ‘caretakers’ of our beautiful planet Earth. We will focus on energy, water and waste. We will also be looking at organic gardening and I have asked the children to bring in a pot for planting seeds; this can be a plastic bottle, a jug, an old boot...anything really that we plant things in (and make holes in)!

We will soon be off to Samaesan Marine Conservation Island on our residential trip, as part of our study into the impact of energy use and our ecological footprint. We have lots of interesting and exciting activities planned which I will tell you about soon. 

In maths this term we will be revising using all four operations in  correct order, working with fractions,  using formulae for finding  area and volume of shapes and finding solutions to word problems. 

In English this term we will revise writing for different purposes, reading for understanding using inference and deduction. We will also be practising our speaking and listening skills in debates about environmental issues.

Homework reminder : every day your child will receive 35 minutes of homework; either spelling, English, maths, topic-related work and sometimes research. Often the maths homework will be online, using a website for schools called www.mymaths.co.uk.  

Please also try to look at the Year 6 blog with your child regularly - here you will find lots of useful information and websites, as well as photos of Year 6 in action. 

Many thanks for your continued support.

Julie Edwards

Year6 class teacher