Budbrooke Primary School
Year 6 - Cherry 2023 - 2024
Ms Foreman
Britain at War
This project teaches children about the causes, events and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, the influence of new inventions on warfare, how life in Great Britain was affected and the legacy of the wars in the post-war period.
Novel Study - Goodnight Mister Tom
Reminders:
PE days will be Monday and Friday. Please have your PE kit in school.
Home learning and spellings are set on Thursday and are due back on Tuesday. Check the Home Learning Guide attached for more information. Please complete your English or maths work at home, fill in your reading diary at lease once a week and find time to practise your weekly spellings. An overview of this term's spellings is attached.
Ensure you have a water bottle and a coat in school every day.
Statutory Assessment dates for Year 6.
Pupils in Year 6 sit national tests at the end of KS2 in reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar and mathematics. The dates for the tests this year are:
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| Monday 13 May 2024 | English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2 |
| Tuesday 14 May 2024 | English reading |
| Wednesday 15 May 2024 | Mathematics papers 1 and 2 |
| Thursday 16 May 2024 | Mathematics paper 3 |
Please see the attached documents, which gives more details about these tests, what to expect during assessment week and how we can partner as home and school to prepare the children.
Other ways to help at home:
Here are a selection of websites which can help you and your children.
(Some games are subscription only, but there are plenty of free games and activities to help you practise maths skills)
This is a great website as it has lots of short videos which explain key maths concepts and have lots of practice questions to try.
Again, some subscription access only games, but there are some free games/word lists which allow you to practise your spellings in lots of different ways.
This has lots of information for parents which explains useful terminology.
Reading
Children should be encourged to have an enjoyment of reading. They can use their imagination and lose themselves in a book. Therefore, there should be time at home each day for children to be read to and to read independently. They should be encouraged to read a variety of genres including fiction, non-fiction and poetry and asked questions about what they are reading. This will develop their predicton, inference, summarising skills as well as improving their knowledge of vocabulary. Below is a link to a list of recommended books for Year 6.
Recommended reading list Year 6