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 5th January:

What a great week back we have had in Year 6! In English, we started our new termly text: 'Runaway Robot'. The children were introduced to our main character, Alfie, who compares himself to Wolverine. Why does he compare himself to Wolverine? Does he truly believe he is Wolverine? We began to learn a little about his life and the experiences he had been through. Taking inspiration from Alfie, we learned about prosthetic limbs and wrote an information text about this topic. What facts can you remember? 

In Science, we began our new topic: 'Electrical Circuits and Components'. The children were asked to cast their minds back to Year 4 to see what they could remember about this topic. After our conversations, the children were challenged to match the electrical component name to its symbol. Which components did we include? We then used this knowledge to help use build simple series circuits. What did you put in your circuit?

In Geography, we began another new topic: 'Frozen Kingdoms'. The children were tasked with identifying different features on a map of the world, e.g. the equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, etc. We then drew a table in our books showing what we already know about the Arctic and Antarctic and what we would like to know. Can you remember any fun facts you included or learned in the lesson?

We hope you have a great 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.