Year 6
Year Six
Our Teacher is Mrs Hanson
Our Teaching Partner is Mrs Moss
Welcome to Year Six.
In Year Six we:
Seize the day;
Take out what we put in;
Know that achieving is believing;
Respect ourselves and each other;
Do things that we are proud of;
Be the best that we can be and
Know that our best is good enough.
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The Spring Term sees the year sixes continuing to master their Maths, reading comprehension and writing skills.
To develop children’s non-fiction writing skills, children will be studying Wallace and Gromit’s Crazy Contraptions, creating an explanation text for a ‘Telyscope’. They will also write an information text on the United Kingdom. Based on Roald Dahl’s own autobiography, ‘Boy’, the year sixes will dramatise and write their own autobiographical account. To develop children’s fictional writing, we will be creating poems based on the video clip ‘The Fearless’.
As Geographers, we will be learning about the United Kingdom, focusing on the four countries, regions, counties, mountains and rivers. When exploring the travels of Charles Darwin, we will map his journey and, as Historians, we will document what he found out in each of the places he visited.
As Scientists, we will explore the work of Charles Darwin and Evolution. Within this topic, we will focus on Adaptation and explore a range of adaptations of animals and plants.
As Artists, we will explore the artwork of Frida Kahlo and create our own pieces based on her style. We will also look at the work of David Hockney and create art pieces using the medium of photography.
Weekly News
Year-6-Newsletter-7th-March-2025.pdf
Year-6-Newsletter-14th-February.pdf
Year-6-Newsletter-7th-February-2025.pdf
Year-6-Newsletter-31st-January-2025.pdf
Year-6-Newsletter-24th-Jan-2025.pdf
Year-6-newsletter-17-01-25.pdf
Year-6-Class-Newsletter-8th-Nov-2024.pdf
Termly News
Class Routines
- Weekly news will be sent out vis Parent mail every Friday
- Homework will be sent via Parent mail and must be competed by the following Wednesday.
- PE days are Monday with Mrs Hanson and Thursday with Mr Andrews.
Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is about having a positive attitude and supports being a successful learner.
Showing a growth mindset helps us face challenges, overcome failure and
be resilient. At WCP we celebrate mistakes in all subjects as we know that that can be the first attempt in learning. We discuss how our
learning behaviours contribute to be successful in school and relate this to
future ambitions. Each term we focus on a particular learning behaviour
that is linked to growth mindset and certificates are awarded to children who show these learning behaviours in school.
Autumn 1 - Hardworking
Autumn 2 - Reflective
Spring 1 - Persevering
Spring 2 - Up for a challenge
Summer 1 - Understanding of Others
Summer 2 - Curious
How can I help my child
Check there for ways to support your child
Useful Websites
Check here for useful websites
Reading
READING
We love to READ, RELAX and RECOMMEND in Year Six, enjoying an abundance of high quality texts including empathy, adventure, fantasy and the classics. We are using the app ‘Booksource’ as a ‘check in and check out’ tool for the books. The children are able to leave a review of the book for their peers to read and we are able to see reading trends.
Never Judge a Book by its Cover
We carried out this activity so that we could find that first book to devour as Year Sixes! We explored a range of genres and authors. We also listened to our peers’ recommendations.
Our Book Buddies this year are with Year One. Every week, the Year Sixes love to read and the Year Ones love to listen to a range of stories.
Reading gives you wings
Reading-Challenge-Tree-Years-56.pdf
Writing
WRITING
In Year Six we are:
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BEING INSPIRED TO WRITE
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ENJOYING WRITING FOR PLEASURE
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WANTING TO WRITE BETTER
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STEALING FROM OTHER WRITERS
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USING LIFE EXPERIENCES
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SHARING WRITING TECHNIQUES
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SEEING HOW A WRITER WRITES
In Year Six we focus on the:
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AUTHOR’S INTENT - why are we writing and who are we writing it for?
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AUTHOR’S IMPACT - what to write, how to write it and how to organise it
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HOW SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE BEEN AS AUTHORS
In Year Six we:
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ALWAYS FOCUS ON HOW THE WRITER’S CHOICES FULFIL THE PURPOSE OF THE TEXT AND IMPACT THE READER.
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Effectiveness - Why am I writing and who is it for? Purpose and audience.
In Year Six we are
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CRITICAL THINKERS and assess our own and others’ writing
In Year Six we create:
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PURPOSE-LED SUCCESS CRITERIA
Author intent and impact
I want my reader to feel…
I want my reader to be…
I want my reader to know…
I want my reader to think…
I want to create…
I can do this by…
In Year Six we create:
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SELF - REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENTS- independently assessing against the purpose-led success criteria.
e.g. I have engaged my reader and made them emphathise with the protagonist by using phrases such as…
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PEER ASSESSMENTS - independently assessing against the purpose-led success criteria.
e.g. I did feel scared/informed/empathise with… because you used/told me/created a character who…
I was engaged by your writing because…
What stood out for me was…
I like the way you…
It was effective when you…
