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 Herefordshire 6

Week beginning Monday 2nd February:

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 6! In English, we continued reading our termly text: ‘Runaway Robot’, and used this as inspiration for our writing. Can you remember what we read in class this week? How did you use this as inspiration for your writing.

In RE, we continued to explore Humanism. In particular, we looked at the things Humanists value. In the lesson, we were tasked with looking at particular items, e.g. a pencil, a heart, a globe, a magnifying glass and an artist’s mannequin and explaining how these items link to humanism. What links did you make? Do you value any of these things too?

In Geography, we continued to learn about the Polar regions. In this week’s lesson, we used our research from last week’s lesson to help us write comparative paragraphs outlining the similarities and differences between the Polar Oceans to the other oceans in the world. What facts can you remember? How are these oceans different? Do they have any similarities?

In Science, we wrote research questions to explore in further detail about cells and batteries. What questions did you ask? Did any of your research give you any surprising facts?

We hope you have a great weekend!

Mrs Latty and Miss Wright

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.

Grammar and Reading

Each week, the children will bring home a grammar and a reading sheet. These should be completed and returned by the next Tuesday.

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.