Upcoming Dates

8th May- SATs breakfast begins

12th- 15th May- SATs

19th-23rd May- Activity Week

English

In English this week, Year 6 have wowed the teachers with their commentaries describing the David Attenborough iguana vs racer snake clip. They have worked incredibly hard to use passive voice, a range of sentence starters and suspense in their writing.  We have also started reading our new text, ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’.

Next week, we will continue to write and edit our commentaries before creating a narrative based on the jellyfish attack in ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’.

Maths

This week in maths, we have revised factors and multiples, measures and algebra. Next week, we will turn our attention to scales and volume.  

Thematic Curriculum

This week, the children took part in a treasure hunt across the year group to find a range of facts about Islam. We then learnt about Operation Dynamo.

Next week we will look at the role of Manston during WWII.

 

Homework

- There is no Thematic homework grid this term for Year 6 but if you would like to engage in some further English and maths practice, please follow this link for resources:

Upton Junior School - Revision Area

- Please read with your child at least 3 times a week.

- Children should be playing TTRS at least 3 times a week to build their confidence and fluency with times table knowledge.

- Most children have now taken their Term 5 AR Star Reader assessment and their ZPD can be found on their AR account. They will also receive a sticker next week to help them identify the correct books for their reading level. Once your child has read their book, they will need to complete a quiz on it before getting a new one. These quizzes can be done either in school or at home on Accelerated Reader using the log-in codes found in their reading records.

Welcome (renaissance-go.com) 

- Mathletics homework has also been set for the children to complete by next Friday.

-New for this year: Sir Linkalot

Access details:

To access it on a laptop, PC, Mac or Chromebook:

1. Type in the browser itself where you normally type www (not a search engine)...app.sirlinkalot.org (with no Ws before it)
2. Click on 'More' (top right)
3. Click on 'Sign in'
4. The access code is UJS2024

Have a great weekend!

The Year 6 team