Suffolk

Specialist Teachers 

A typical week in Suffolk:

In Year 6, art and science will be taught in 2-hour blocks and are rotated with each other each week. 

This week in Suffolk 6

Week beginning Monday 21st October

We made it to the end of term – what a fun-filled 8 weeks we have had! In English, we finished reading ‘On the Move’ by Michael Rosen, ending with a particularly thought-provoking poem called ‘Today’. Can you remember what the poem was about? What message was Michael Rosen trying to convey? We discussed the term figurative language and identified different ways we could incorporate it into our own poetry to make our poems more exciting. After discussing Remembrance and reading some related poetry, the children wrote their own poems inspired by either the war itself, the soldiers, poppies or the overarching theme of remembrance. What was your poem about? What figurative language did you use?

In Science, we have continued our learning about the circulatory system, carrying out an investigation to answer the question: Children with lower resting heart rates can sprint faster than those with higher resting heart rates. We discussed what we would need to do to carry out a fair test – can you remember what you suggested? We then took our resting heart rates and recorded them in a table in our books. As a class, we went outside and carried out our sprint test. After that, we presented our results on a scatter graph in an attempt to answer our inquiry question. We also investigated which type of exercise has the greatest impact on heart rate. Can you remember what the different types of exercise were? Which one increased your heart rate the most?

In History, we continued our learning about the ‘Triangular’ slave trade that took place between the 16^th and 19^th centuries, focussing specifically on the human impact it had. We clarified some unfamiliar words such as shackles, branding iron and dehumanise, and discussed how the process of capturing and enslaving people impacted not only those unlucky enough to be caught, but also those who continued living in the vicinity.

We hope you have a lovely half term,

Mrs Latty, Miss Wright and Ms Glanfield. 

Home Learning

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

Home Learning Topic Task 17.10.24 due in 22.10.24:

For your home learning this week, building on World Mental Health Day (November 10^th) and our upcoming Kindness Week, we would like you to do some ‘positive noticing’.
Positive noticing is when you actively look for and name the positives that are going on all around you.

At home, see if you and your families can work together to identify all of the positives that you are all doing in turn. For example, what are the individual actions and strengths that each of your family members demonstrate (be sure to be really specific) and what do you do that’s positive and a strength in their eyes? It could be anything. Sometimes they can seem very small and even be overlooked! See what you can spot.

For next Tuesday 22^nd October, please make sure you write down and collect your ideas. This could be in the form of a poster, a knowledge organiser, a speech or even a PowerPoint presentation.
We will be sharing all of the positives we have noticed in class with our friends.

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 Wednesdays. (Including using them within a sentence.)
 

Reading

In Year 6, children should be reading for a minimum of 15 minutes per day.

All children have been given a new AR bookmark and know their AR bands. They have selected a book to read at home and school.

Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader. Some helpful questions to ask the children as they read have been pasted below. 

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.

Grammar: 

Each child in Year 6 will bring home a folder containing grammar questions to answer. This links to the taught skills in English each week and the children must return these by the following Tuesday to go through as a class. 

Please see the PDF below:

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.