It’s been another busy and productive few weeks in Year 6, and with only 1 week to go until the Christmas holidays, here are some recent learning highlights:

✍️ English
In English, we’ve been writing newspaper reports inspired by The Last Bear by Hannah Gold. The children have produced fantastic articles about what happened to April (the main character). Year 3 have also also writing newspaper reports so we spent some time sharing writing together.
➗ Maths
Our focus in Maths has been on decimals and percentages. We’ve explored how to convert between them, solve real-life problems, and understand their practical uses. The children have shown great perseverance as they tackled increasingly challenging tasks.
🏗️ D.T.
Our D.T. lessons have been hands-on as we’ve been designing and building model playgrounds. The children have carefully planned their designs, thought about safety and functionality, and worked collaboratively to bring their ideas to life. Have a look at the pictures below.
🎶 Music
In Music, we’ve been learning about and analysing film music, from understanding how composers use instruments to create mood, to discussing themes in iconic movie scores.
🌍 In Geography, we’ve been learning about population. The children have explored population density, population pyramids, and the challenges of growing and ageing populations.

The children have really risen to the challenge and expectations of being in Year 6 this term, and I'm looking forward to all that the spring term has to bring!

Spellings w.b. 09.12.24
Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt -que
tongue
league
vague
antique
unique
Words with the /sh/ sound spelt ch-
delicious
precious
ambitious
cautious
infectious
Words from the Year 5 and 6 statutory list
communicate
hindrance
mischievous
system
yacht

Maths homework
w.b. 9th December
Please complete all questions in the Percentages 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.

Suffixes
Double the final consonant if the word ends with one consonant preceded by one vowel and the final syllable is stressed.
  forget → forgetting
  begin → beginning
  admit → admitted
Do not double the consonant if the final syllable is not stressed.
  visit → visiting
  offer → offered
  listen → listening
Drop the final 'e' when the base word ends in a silent 'e' before adding the suffix.
  decide → deciding
  hope → hoping
  imagine → imagined
Keep the final 'e' if the suffix begins with a consonant.
  hope → hopeful
  care → careless
  complete → completely
Change 'y' to 'i' if the base word ends in 'y' preceded by a consonant, unless the suffix is '-ing'.
  happy → happiness
  carry → carrying
  busy → busier

​w.b. 2nd December
Please complete all questions in the Decimals workbook.
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.