The Year 6 hoodies arrived this week and the children love them! A big thank you to Ruth and Tamsen for organising the order. 

Class news:
We're ticking off the Maths topic at the moment, having focused on Algebra and Statistics recently. Top work to Year 6 for making good progress! In English, we are looking at writing formal letters based on a parody of the Three Little Pigs. Who was guilty... the wolf or the pigs? There were some great drama scenes in History this week, when the class acted out Rosa Parks' protest during which she refused to give up her seat on a bus. We are also writing diary entries in role as Rosa. Science has involved learning about heat transfer and thermal equilibrium.

I'm looking forward to SATs club - this will run on a Thursday after school each week. Please sign up the usual way.

Spellings w.b. 27.01.25
Words ending in -ant
assistant
important
pleasant
brilliant
hesitant
Words ending in -ent
independent
excellent
confident
obedient
frequent
Words from the Year 5 and 6 statutory list
harass
profession
signature
stomach
twelfth

Maths
Please complete questions 5-9 in the Algebra booklet.
This can be found on the Year 6 blog on the school website.
You do not need to print the booklet and can complete the questions on any paper you have.
Please bring in by next Monday and your homework will be marked. You will receive a Dojo point for completing your homework.
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Apostrophes and Plurals (A)
(10 questions)

Spellings: 
Words ending in -able -ably
reliable
enjoyable
comfortable
remarkably
reasonably
Words ending in -ible -ibly
terrible
flexible
sensible
responsibly
incredibly
Words from the Year 5 and 6 statutory list
accompany
available
immediate
parliament
relevant

Maths
Please complete questions 1-4 in the Algebra booklet.

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Passive and Active (A) (10 questions)

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely and restful break. It’s been a strong start to the new term, even with last week’s snowy interruptions.

This week, in Maths, we began our work on Ratio. The children have been learning how to compare quantities and use ratio to solve real-world problems. In English, we’ve started reading The Wind in the Wall, a gothic horror story full of suspense. The children have been using figurative language like similes, metaphors, and personification to create eerie and atmospheric writing of their own. Our topic in History this term is Civil Rights, and we’ve been exploring life in 1950s America. The children have had thoughtful and empathetic discussions about the challenges people faced and the importance of equality and justice. In Science, we’re investigating heat and how it affects particles. The children learnt how heat causes particles to move faster and spread out, and linked this to real-world purposes. In Computing, we’ve been working on coding and game design using Scratch. The children have impressed me with their creativity as they build and debug their own games.

This week, Year 6 completed their practice SATs. I’m so proud of their effort and focus throughout the tests. It’s great to see the progress they’re making as we work toward the real assessments in May. I will be running a SATs homework club on a Thursday after school. Please see the school newsletter for further details of this. I am also holding a SATs parents information evening on Tuesday 28th January at 3.30pm. Please come along to find out information about the tests, what they look like, how you can help your child prepare etc.
Thank you for your continued support – I’m looking forward to another exciting and successful term!

Maths: Please complete the ratio booklet.

spag.com: Please complete 'subject verb agreement'

Spellings:
Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer:
-r is doubled in words like "referring" or "preferred" when the stress is on the final syllable of the base word.
When the stress isn’t on the final syllable (e.g., "offer"), the -r remains single.
referring
preferred
transferring
deferred
offering
Prefixes
misunderstand
irregular
autograph
disagree
unnecessary
Words from the Year 5 and 6 statutory list
average
conscience
especially
occur
prejudice