It has been an excellent but very busy spring term for Year 6: the children have been working so hard to prepare for SATS – maybe the motivation is a week off maths when they are all done! Progress is good in all areas and we are still trying to have some fun in between.

In science we have learned about classifying animals and organisms and we also had British Science week in the middle of the term which involved making paper air crafts. We chose the windiest day to get outside and see if they could indeed fly. See the pictures and decide for yourself!

In English, we have been learning to write a discussion text and the children have become very adapt at using persuasive language; we put this to the test with a debate about deforestation in the Amazon. There are pictures to see the children in action also on the website. We explored Crime and Punishment in history and are using Tinkercad in computing to design a motorised vehicle. We hope to make the vehicle after the SATs are done and dusted.

 

You may know that your child has requested some extra homework for the next few weeks – practise NFER tests. These are not compulsory and can be completed in their own time across the next few weeks, with adult support if they like. They can complete them in the time allowed (45 mins for Grammar; 40 minutes for Reasoning; 30 minutes for arithmetic) or do 10 mins a day, a page a day, or whatever they can manage. Answer packs have been provided, and these do not need to be returned completed to school. The homework in the plastic wallet might be enough for them and this is the only homework that we expect to be returned when we come back in the summer term.

 

We wish all families a lovely Easter and please encourage your child to enjoy the break.