Welcome to Succeed Class - Year 6

"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you."

James 1:5

Welcome to Year 6 - Succeed Class. We have 32 children in Succeed class this year, all striving to achieve their own personal goals. I, Miss Fleming, am the Year 6 teacher and alongside myself will be Miss Milner as our class Teaching Assistant. We all share the same goal - to guide, to support, to learn, to laugh and to ensure that memories are made. We are looking forward to the exciting, and hard-working, journey ahead!

Now that the children are in Year 6, they will have many responsibilities around the school such as: leading by example as school role models to the younger children; taking the lead with School Council; participating as senior members of the GIFT Team; supporting younger children in reception with key reading skills; demonstrating sound knowledge of Internet Safety as members of the Internet Warriors; assisting within whole school assemblies; and representing the school at the various sporting competitions that we will be participating in throughout the year. It is sure to be a busy year!

As the year progresses, we will move onto discovering about our local environments through our 'Coasts' topic in Geography; finding out about the ancient civilisation of Baghdad; learning how important Greek History was to our own language and society; discovering the history of evolution through science and where electricity came from. All of this, as well as preparing for our SAT's and the not-to-be-missed end of year musical production, which is always a highlight in the children's calendar!

Your child's well-being is of vital importance to us and we want to ensure that they are happy and progressing. If you ever have any queries, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via our staff email:

nfleming@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Routines in Class

At the start of the day, children will enter the classroom where they will settle into some basic daily arithmetic practise. Collective worship will happen every day at 10:45am.

Morning break will be at 11am. If you wish, you may send a healthy snack in with your child for them to consume at this time.

Reading:

We ask that you read with your child as often as possible. Your child will have a reading record that can be signed by yourself every time your child reads or is read to. In KS2, children will be expected to quiz regularly on Accelerated Reader upon completion of their book. As a minimum, we generally expect that children quiz at least once every fortnight. This helps aid their fluency and stamina to digest larger volumes of text that are expected within the Year 6 curriculum. This term, we have set the children a challenge to read at lead 35,000 words by the end of the term to receive a reading prize.

PE:

PE in Autumn Term will be on Monday afternoon (swimming) and Tuesday morning (FUNDA with Coach Tom).  Children will also receive an additional session of PE to learn cricket this term which will be on a Friday. Children should come into school dressed in their PE kits. This consists of: Plain black leggings/joggers (no logo's or patterns), PE Top and hoody, jumper or cardigan. Please ensure that all earrings and jewellery are removed for sessions. For swimming, please ensure that children with shoulder length hair or longer (including fringes) wear a swimming cap as this is required by the leisure centre. Please also ensure that they have their costumes and a towel each week in order to ensure that they have the best opportunities to develop a vital skill in life.

Homework:

Homework will be set through a combination of Century tech or paper based arithmetic practise. Children will be notified of the type of homework they have each week, which will be handed out on FRiday to be completed for the following Friday. It is vital that your child completes the tasks given as it is an opportunity to consolidate the learning already performed in class that week. If you require any support with homework, please do not hesistate to contact me for assistance.

Autumn Term 1 Learning

Welcome back to the first term in year 6 which is sure to be a jam-packed, fun-filled adventure! We will start off with the theme of World War Two which will immerse the children in the discovery of how our great nation defended its territory to reign supreme. We will investigate how Germany invaded Europe, explore key figures at the centre of the decision-making process, understand how evacuation impacted upon children, especially those within the local area and finally how the Battle of Britain was a signal to the world that Britain was not an easy target. Alongside this, the children will explore key texts such as Once and Goodnight Mister Tom to fully understand the living consitions and fear that captivated the world. In Literacy, we will be then creating our own tense wartime narratives and information texts to help share our learning.

In Maths, the topics that we will initially begin with will be place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division. The children will enhance their learning of year 5 to ensure that they are fully secure in all methods in order to  develop fluency in arithmetic. During this half term, arithmetic will be a priority in class to help the children gain confidence with larger numbers and develop speed in their recall. It is vital that the children continue to work upon their times table knowledge as this will greatly assist them here.

In RE, we will explore the theme of Love. Through dram, role-play and discussion, the children will explore key pieces of scripture to link to their own experiences of love, especially those around family units. Children will be able to share their own thoughts and feelings to deepen their understanding and how the Catholic faith plays an important role in this.

In Science, the children will explore the circulatory system and the impact of substances on our bodies. The children will understand the function of the heart, blood and vessels to create their own sculptures. They will also have the opportunity to explore real animal hearts to examine the valves and strength of the muscle. Children will then move onto investigating the effect of exercise, drugs and alcohol on the heart using scientific language to support and rebute theories.

In Computing, the children will begin their learning focusing upon internet safety and developing a set of rules in order to be safe on the internet. 

In Art, the children will explore the artist Paul Nash who created collages of war time art. They will appraise his work and create their own collage pieces with any materials and media they select.

In PSHE, we will begin with settling the children into school again through establishing class rules and behaviours, exploring feelings and attitudes towards transition before moving onto developing an understanding of our roles in society, exploring behaviours through discussion and reflection.

In PE, children will be swimming this term and it si vital that they attend every session in order to achieve the target of 25m by the end of year 6. Swimming is a life skill that we believe every child who attends OLSA should leave securely with. Children will also have additional sessions of sport through Coach Tom and additional cricket training with a coach.

In Spanish, children will be split into smaller groups to have reduced sessions focusing on recognition of key learning so far: numbers, colours, days of the week, weather and clothes. Selected children will also participate in additional sessions through the week to develop their fluency and pronunciation. Further details of this will be sent in due course.

Microsoft Teams Access

Useful Links 

Accelerated Reader Login

Purple Mash

https://app.century.tech/login/