Year 6 is a very important year with plenty of activities, additional responsibilities and learning but it is also a lot of fun! We are taught by Mrs Taylor and we are supported by Mrs Trimble and Ms Binns , our Teaching Assistants. We are a friendly, hardworking class and we always strive to do our very best.
In Year 6 we study four main topics: Deserts in the first Autumn term, Ancient Egyptian Civilisations in the second Autumn term, World War 2 in the Spring term, and Inventors and Inventions in the Summer term. Our topic web with further details is published on this page termly.
Homework is set every Friday, and will usually be a piece of Maths revision, a Grammar-based quiz and a reading activity. These will be accessed online using the MyMaths.com, and Study Ladder.com websites. Your child will be provided with their own login details for these. Additionally, children are expected to revise for their weekly Spelling tests. Spelling pattern lists can be accessed via ParentHub each week. Parents can be especially helpful by ensuring that their children read for at least twenty minutes every day, followed by discussion about what they have read.
You can find this year's Meet the Teacher presentation in the documents below.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Taylor on the class email: year6@chinley.derbyshire.sch.uk
ENGLISH
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Range of interactive games to support all areas of English
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
Fun activity to practise spelling tricky words
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y6/activity2.shtml
Useful website to support spelling rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/
Useful website for many SPaG areas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/reading/
Reading fiction and non-fiction texts, focussing on language, layout and meaning
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools
Dictionary and thesaurus practise
http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html
Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules.
http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=2255
A range of activities and games to PRACTISE a range of spelling rules and patterns.
READING LIST
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-6
https://www.booksfortopics.com/ancient-egypt
https://www.booksfortopics.com/ww2
https://www.booksfortopics.com/healthy-humans
https://www.booksfortopics.com/transition
MATHS
New and exciting resource just available to us, check out the link and practise your times tables skills.
http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/
A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.
Click on “For Kids” to access some fun games to practise speed of recall of times tables.
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills.
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
Loads of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts.
http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/student-resources/past-papers/key-stage-2-ks2-sat-past-papers
These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer. View on screen or print off for free.
MIXED ENGLISH AND MATHS
IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription.
http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes!
http://sats.highamstjohns.com/
A site with links to Maths and English revision materials, including worksheets to look at online or to print off and practise with.
