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WELCOME TO YEAR 6
Year 6 Meet the Teacher Presentation - September 2022
Our Spring Term Topic was Crime and Punishment
In Spring 2023, we have learned so much and have had a really rich learning experience. We have learned about Crime and Punishment through the ages including learning about the wergild payments that criminals had to pay to their victims.
We have used various historical sources to find evidence of the way criminals were punished in the past and have been surprised by the inequalities within the social systems in each of the periods of history that we have studied. In our English lessons we have been learning the art of writing balanced discussion texts and towards the end of our topic, we debated corporal punishment in schools. We were all relieved to know that the rules of the past - such as being punished for being left handed - do not exist today.
In science, we learned all about microorganisms and made some models of our chosen microorganisms in our DT lessons.
A discussion text about the real life debate around copper coins
In Maths, we have mastered fractions, excelled with ratio and have just finished a unit on algebra - which we loved!
It has been a great term with a fabulous science workshop, World Book day and lots of other exciting things.
In Science this term, we have two topics:
Living Things & Their Habitats
English
The curriculum for English places emphasis on spelling, handwriting and grammar skills.
This will be reflected in lessons with pupils practising a cursive handwriting style and having weekly spellings that include similar spelling patterns. Pupils will be given time in school to practise their handwriting and to complete Word Study activities to help them learn their new spellings. They will not be formally tested on them as research has shown this to be an ineffective way of improving spelling for many pupils.
Please encourage your child to learn their spellings and practise their handwriting.
In English lessons, we will be developing our writing of both fiction and non-fiction.
This term we will be having whole class reading comprehension sessions where pupils will be given a range of visual and written texts and will give written responses to questions based on them.
Please encourage your child to read and complete reading journal activities at home as this will help to develop their understanding of texts and authors’ use of language.
Maths
Art
Computing
RE
Our RE lessons will focus on Buddhist Worship and Beliefs and Hinduism Stories of Hinduism.

Homework - return day is Friday
Feedback from parents / carers indicates that they would like some consistency in the way in homework is set. Therefore, we have designed a combined approach that enables teachers to set specific, individual tasks alongside an approach that supports independence, autonomy and pupil self-selection.
Task 1 – all children are expected to read on a daily basis
Task 2 – weekly learner postcard to be completed with an adult or older sibling at home
Task 3 - class teachers will set homework tasks based on formative assessment and topics being studied. Tasks range from learning times tables; specific tasks linked to maths, humanities and science topics; reading comprehension activities; grammar based tasks, French activities and research for topics.
Examples of task 2 for Year 6 will include:
English: grammar work; handwriting / spelling practice; comprehension activities; drafting sections of writing at home
Maths: SATS questions based on topics studied in class or the pupils’ individual targets; practice questions on class topics
Topic / science: researching facts; artwork linked to topic
Task 4 – all children must complete at least one online homework activity and post their work or a screenshot onto their Seesaw journal (task set on Seesaw, Times Table Rockstars, Coding, research, French etc)
Task 5 - as part of our whole school ethos of growth mindset, Booker Hill offers pupils an additional and unique approach to home learning. The approach takes the form of sets of tasks that pupils choose from and complete over the course of a half term / term.
Learner postcards:
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All pupils are expected to bring: a water bottle, a waterproof coat, writing equipment, a school bag and plimsoles / trainers to school every day.
PE is on a Wednesday and Thursday.