Important Messages and Dates: 

Quex Park Trip 

We have a Year 6 trip to Quex Park coming up that is linked to our first Year 6 Thematic Topic – Darwin’s Delights.  This trip is on: Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th October.  Please check your MCAS App for any forms that will need completing regarding permissions and how to pay.  A letter has also been sent out giving details about the school trip and what day your child’s class will be visiting on. 

Outside play 

At Upton, play is incredibly important and we want our children to be able to experience every part of our outdoor provision.  Please can we ask that children come to school with named wellies that they can leave at school, alongside a waterproof jacket.  Our children are outside in all weathers every day. 

Usernames and passwords 

TTRS and AR levels are placed on a sticker on / inside their reading records 

Home Learning 

At Upton, our expectation for home learning is to read 3 times a week at home.  We would like the children to bring their signed reading records into school daily so that these can be signed by their class teacher.  Reading is incredibly important, especially as we get the children ready for the next stage of their education.  We also ask that the children practise times tables regularly at home.   

Thank you for your support.  Please contact us if you have any questions, worries or to tell us of any success that your child experiences outside of school! 

- Swimming for Year 6 is on Mondays.  

- PE (dancing or netball) is on Tuesdays 

- 9th October Hello Yellow Day 

- 12th October 2:45 Mrs Rowland-Hill to talk to Year 6 parent about how to apply for a Year 7 secondary school place (Main School Hall) 

- 14th / 15th October Year 6 visit to Quex Park (see MCAS letter) 

-23rd October – Last Day of Term 1 

English 

This week, the children used their knowledge of verbs and adverbs to show action between two characters.  They used verbs ending in –ed and –ing to start their sentences as well as adverbs ending in –ly.  In spelling, the children also focused on the spelling rules for words ending in –ly.  Thursday was National Poetry Day and the children spent their learning reading poems about nature.  They went on a nature walk and then created a poem using nature from our school field. 

Maths

This week, we have looked at multiplying and dividing and how calculations can be balanced when using the = symbol.  We have revisited multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000 and more formal methods of multiplying (short and long method). Next week,

Thematic 

This week Year 6 learnt about the life cycles of animals and spent time comparing them.  They also went on a nature walk and learnt about how plants reproduce.   

Year 6 Team 

6G Helen.Rowland-Hill@Uptonjunior.com   

6G Fran.Pellett@Uptonjunior.com 

6R Jordanne.Chalmers@Uptonjunior.com 

6B Natalie.Phillips@Uptonjunior.com 

6Y Rebekah.Crowe-White@Uptonjunior.com 

Year 6 Learning Group – Chris.Rowe@Uptonjunior.com