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This week in Norfolk 6

Week commencing 7th July

This week in Year 6 has been another busy week.

In English, we are reading a book called – Where do you go, Birdy Jones?

The children met a character called Birdy who is eleven years old. Birdy feels like she does not belong and the only place she feels like herself is at her Grandpa’s pigeon loft, where the familiar warmth and birdsong give her comfort. It’s also where she meets Dogger – her only friend and the one person who really seems to know where she’s coming from. We wrote a role on the wall for Birdy and created from this a character description, accurately describing her characteristics and any inferences we could make about her. What words did you use to describe Birdy’s character?

The children all took part in a transition session this week. The session talked about their transition from Primary to Secondary School and one of the areas of focus was the children’s support networks which they could use, to make their transitions easier. They were all given a booklet to bring home as a point of reference.

We have also been rehearsing for our production ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The children have been working incredibly hard when rehearsing, learning their lines, their stage directions and learning the songs. We cannot wait to perform it for you all.

Please can we ask that as the weather is again going to get hot, that the children have a named water bottle, a named sun hat and that they have sun cream on.

Below is a recipe used for the Hardelot Biscuits, if you wish to recreate at home. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Georgiades, Miss Brewin and Miss Garner.

Hardelot Biscuits

Ingredients

• 250g butter
• 50g sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp honey
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 75g icing sugar
• 75g ground almond
• 75g salted caramel
• 300g plain flour

Method

Preheat the oven to 150 Celsius.

First, cream the butter. Then add each ingredient apart from flour, mixing for 10 seconds after each item. Then add the flour, mixing until a good, malleable consistency.

Take the mixture and roll out to 1cm thick. Cut into shapes, or use a glass to create rounds.

Cook at 150 Celsius for 27 minutes.

When done, check by looking at the underside. If all white, cook for 2 more minutes. When done, they will be caramel coloured.

Home Learning

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

SATS Bootcamp:

Please see Arbor mail from 5.3.25 for advice on Year 6 Home Learning from Term 4 onwards. There is a step-by-step guide below. Reading will continue to come home in the children's plastic folders. 

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.

We will have a times tables check each Wednesday. 

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

Spellings will be tested on Thursdays.  (Including using them within a sentence.)

Weekly Spellings - continuing in Term 6

Please see blurb for more information.

Reading:

We recommend children in Year 6 children read for at least 15 minutes a day. 

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.

Music Knowledge Organiser

Below is the music knowledge organiser for this term's music topic. To help with their in-class learning, please can the children read over this each week.