Class Teacher - Mrs L Hastings.

Welcome to the Dolphins class.

Welcome to Year 6! This page will give you information about PE days, homework, trips, events and the areas of learning that we will focus on during the term. We look forward to welcoming your child into their new year group .

Dates: Tuesday 8th September: Parent welcome meeting at 2:30

Tuesday 22nd September: Lincolnshire Showground Construction Day

Friday 9th October: Years 5 and 6 to the library.

Friday 16th October: Ally Sherrick – question and answer session in school.

Our English and Guided Reading focus will include the narrative, The Queen’s Fool written by Ally Sherrick. Children will be using inferences and deduction to show their understanding of the characters and plot. We will be writing a diary entry based on the prologue to the story and a setting description through a recount of The Field of Cloth of Gold, which was a lavish summit between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France. In Maths, we will be revising and extending our place value knowledge within 10,000,000. We will also be working on the four operations before simplifying fractions and adding and subtracting fractions.

In science, we will be covering the electricity unit of associating the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit as well as comparing and giving reasons for variations in how components function. In History, pupils will explore the key Tudor monarchs and begin the unit enquiry, "How did power shape people's lives in Tudor England, and whose stories are often overlooked?" Children will consider why the Tudor period remains significant today and learning will be linked with our English text. Extended opportunities will be provided through the Hampton Court Palace Trip and author visit. Please see our overview document for more details about further learning in curriculum subjects.

In PE on Mondays in Term 1, our focus will be Tag Rugby and on Tuesday mornings, from 8th September, we are happy to continue our access swimming lessons at Station Leisure and Learning Centre. Please arrive at school in your academy PE kit and leave earrings at home on both days. If your child would like to access our ASC, they can arrive in PE kit on that day.

Homework will continue to be set weekly. Please keep reading every day (we have lots of books in the classroom for you to borrow ) and continue your times tables on TTRS. We will also be setting weekly spellings for your child to learn; the initial focus will be on the revision of Y3 and Y4 statutory spelling words.

We are looking forward to a very exciting first term with you all.

Thank you

Mrs Hastings, Mr Hyde and Miss Welch.