Year 6

Miss Rainbow

Welcome to Year 6!

Welcome to Autumn Term 1 in Year 6. The year 6 teachers at school are Mrs Rainbow on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs Pearson on a Thursday and Friday. We also have Mrs Knowles, Mrs Pilkington and Miss Wheeler helping out in class.

Year 6 Timetable

Homework will be handed out on a Thursday and needs to be returned to school the following Wednesday.

Wednesday 8th January 2025 – the work below is to be handed in to Mrs Rainbow on Monday 13th Jan.

English – Please complete the a paragraph about Charles Darwin describing his childhood and education. You will need to include information about where he lived, who he grew up with, what did he like doing as a young child, where did he go to school and what was he like at school. The powerpoint we looked at in class with the information about him is below. Use this to help you to write about him. I have also attached the sheet with some example sentence starters to support you.

Darwin-Timeline

Sentence openers

Maths – Please complete the arithmetic assessment below. You do not need to print this out. You can write your answers on another sheet and bring that in to me.

Arithmetic Paper 2

What we will be learning in Autumn Term 1

Morning reading – Boy in the Tower

English – The Hobbit

You will be learning to write setting descriptions and how to use speech to advance action between characters.

Maths

With Mrs Rainbow – Place value and addition subtraction, multiplication and division

With Mrs Pearson – Place value and shape

Science

Animals and their habitats – You will be learning about how we classify living things and the scientist Carl Linnaeus.

Geography

South America – You will be learning all about the continent of South America and answering the question – why are there so many rainforests in South America?

Computing

Online safety – Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way.

Art

Painting and mixed media – artist study.

Rugby – A specialist coach from Sales Sharks Rugby Club will coming in to work with you in your PE lessons.

Hinduism

End of day book – Kensuke’s Kingdom

Young leaders

Don’t forget to complete your young leaders challenges at home. Look at the grid below for inspiration.