Parent Meeting Information Slides

Thank you to all those who were able to attend the parent meeting on Thursday 30th. Below are the slides from the meeting for anyone who wasn't able to attend.

This week in Gloucestershire 6

Week beginning Monday 17th November:

What a wonderfully chilly week we have had in Year 6! In English, we continued reading our termly text: ‘Running on Empty’. This week, we carried out a research task to find out how to become better runners and use this information to create an instructional text for AJ. What tips do you remember? We then continued reading our termly text and found out more about AJ’s life at school. In the most recent chapter we read, AJ was given a form to take home that asked whether or not the contact information provided (when AJ was enrolled in his school) was still correct. Can you remember why AJ was so conflicted about this letter? We used this as a stimulus to write a suspense narrative outlining whether AJ would sign the letter or whether he would notify school that circumstances had changed.

In Science, we continued our topic: ‘Circulatory System’. This week, the children planned an experiment to investigate the impact of different factors on heart rate. We started off by discussing how heart rate can be impacted by movement, breathing, talking and existing activity levels and the children then decided on what factor they were going to investigate. The children were tasked with creating their hypothesis question, noting down the equipment they may need and what method they could follow. What is your investigation going to be about? How are you going to measure the impact on heart rate?

In History this week, we continued our learning about ‘Maafa’, in particular looking at the actions that occurred after slavery was abolished. We began the lesson by clarifying the meaning of ‘abolition’ and the children wrote a prediction about what they thought may have happened. What did you predict? We then dug deeper into the topic and listened to a historical podcast which gave us more information on the topic. What did we find out? Were you surprised by the events and impacts of abolition? Do you think the outcome would’ve been different if abolition of slavery had happened in more modern times?

It’s official, we have had our first snowfall of the season. Please ensure your child has a coat with them everyday to keep them dry and warm, thanks.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Miss Aldis

A typical week in Gloucestershire:

Home Learning

Home learning and spellings will be set each week on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. 

Investigative Topic Tasks

All of the children will have an investigative topic-linked learning task to complete, which is rotated over a three-week cycle. The children will focus on one of their three current foundation subjects each week.
To support this, the children are split into 3 groups, which you can see below.
This will be set on a Thursday and due by the following Tuesday.
In class on a Tuesday or Wednesday, the children will then share the outcomes of their research, and the knowledge they have retrieved, within their own group.

Spelling

The link below will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/

This document contains spelling strategies that are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words: Southborough's Spelling Strategies

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication skills taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.

You should be practising for at least 30 minutes a week.

We have a TT Rock Star of the week. Look out to see who the first one is!

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Rapid recall of multiplication is essential for success in maths and Times Tables Rockstars gives you self-confidence, recognition and motivation to improve.

Challenge yourself to beat your score, build your knowledge and watch your confidence sore, as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

Reading

Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader using the parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week:

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Some helpful questions to ask the children and check their understanding as they read have been pasted below. 

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading their current book, children are asked to complete a quiz before choosing the next one:

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

Please note: pupil login details have changed slightly due to an upgrade that has taken place on the Accelerated Reader platform. Pupil login details (user name and password) should now be enter in all lower case (no capital letters at all). These login details are used each time your child quizzes a school reading book which carries an accelerated reading quiz code.