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 19th January:

What a brilliant 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 Reading, the children used their clarifying skills to define unfamiliar words from a text. What tips can you give someone who needs to clarify words as they are reading? What could they do if they do not have a dictionary to hand?

In RE, we continued to explore Humanism. In particular, we looked at what things Humanists value and how this is the same and different to followers of other religions. What things do Humanists value? Do any of these things align with what you value?

In Geography, we continued to learn about the Polar regions. In this week’s lesson, we learned about polar day and polar night and the impact this could have on the inhabitants. Would you like to live in an area with polar day/night? Why?

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.