This week in Herefordshire 6

Week beginning Monday 8th September 2025

It’s been another fabulous week in Year 6. In English, we have continued reading our book for the term: ‘The Journey’, can you remember what we have read so far in the story? What big event have we just found out about? This week we wrote a balanced argument outlining our ideas about whether the family would survive after the devastating loss of the father. The children were tasked with using a variety of contrasting and comparative conjunctions to demonstrate both sides of the argument, eventually sharing their opinion. What do you think? Will the family survive without their father? What reasons did to provide to support your answer?

In History, we continued our topic: ‘Maafa’, and learned more about some ancient African civilisations. Can you remember what civilisations we learned about? Whilst reading about these civilisations, we realised that we actually know quite a lot about these cultures, despite them living a long time ago, due to the artefacts and evidence unearthed by archaeologists and historians over the years. What civilisations do you remember? Are there any key facts that you can tell your adult?

In Science, we continued our topic: ‘Circulatory System’. Last lesson, we learned about the 9 bodily systems that support human life. Which systems can you remember? This week, we focussed in on the circulatory system and carried out research based on questions we came up with during class discussions. What did you find out about the circulatory system?

Have a lovely weekend and please enjoy some photos from this week below. 

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. 

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.

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

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.