Cedar Class - Year 6 Key information
PE
In Year 6 PE days are Wednesdays and Fridays and children are expected to take part in all PE lessons. They should come to school in the correct PE kit on these days.
Water Bottles
Please ensure that your child comes to school with a named water bottle every day.
Homework
Homework will be set via Seesaw on a Friday and unless specified, will be due in the following Thursday. In Year 6 we set one piece of Maths homework and one piece of English/GPS homework a week. Your child should upload their homework to Seesaw by the due date. It is essential for children to get into the habit of completing this regularly and on time in preparation for their transition to secondary school.
Children are also expected to complete one piece of topic homework per half term which they will choose from the homework grid below. This is in-line with our homework policy which states:
"We believe that education is a life-long process. A child’s education does not cease when they leave our school premises; learning at home is an essential part of good education.
Home Learning is any work or activity completed outside lesson time, either alone, with parents, or others. Home Learning makes an important contribution to progress at school. It is used to enhance and support the pupils’ learning within school and also to prepare them for secondary school.
At Bartons, we see the purpose of Home Learning as an opportunity to:
- develop an effective partnership between school and parents because children achieve more when teachers and parents work together,
- consolidate/reinforce skills and understanding, particularly in English and Maths,
- extend school learning,
- provide opportunities for parents and children to work together to enjoy learning experiences, develop confidence, independence and the self-discipline needed for personal study in preparation for secondary school and beyond."
Additionally, Children are expected to read either to an adult at home or to themselves for at least 15 minutes a day. If your child reads competently to themselves, ask them some questions about the book so that you can see if they have understood what they have read. Discussing different texts with your child will help them to develop their own love of reading.
Logins for Seesaw can be found inside your child's reading diary.
Spelling:
We will be looking at rules around different spelling patterns each week.
Additionally, children should know how to spell all the KS2 common exception words. These can be found here:
Year 3/4 https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/54/08/76f1443d-9b6d-4030-be0d-25fcfef01438/SpellingWordList_Y3-4.pdf
Year 5/6 https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/56/09/5a42eb6a-f57f-4dc4-a66e-bd4c5e27e4b7/SpellingWordList_Y5-6.pdf
You can test your children on these regularly by choosing a few words (up to 5) and asking them to say, cover, write, check their words. Any that they get wrong they can then practice over a few days before trying again.