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Year 6 Newsletter (January 2023)

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Year 6 Newsletter | January 2023

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Welcome back!

We hope you had a good Christmas break, are refreshed and are looking forward to a new term in Year 6. 

Autumn Term

In the first term, the children settled in quickly and they are showing a fantastic attitude to learning.

In Art, the children enjoyed their work on artist Giacometti and produced some creative wire sculptures whilst in Science we traced the history of life on earth, looking at various organisms.

At the end of the term, it was wonderful to finally be back at St Cuthberts Church for a very joyful Christmas Carol Service. Lots of children also participated in inter-school sporting competitions including football and cross country.

 

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Spring Term

Now, we need to build on last term’s successes. We will continue to work towards our various targets in Maths and Literacy. We are also really excited to be starting a range of new topics across the curriculum, including our ‘Relationships and Sex Education’ theme. We will be looking at the Tudors and World War Two in History; ‘Electricity’ in science and John Constable in Art. In Literacy we will reading about ‘The Suffragettes’ and then we’ll be looking at ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ in preparation for our World War Two project later in the term.  

Homework Policy - The Farnley Academy

To help prepare for SATs, every child has already been given revision books, which will form the basis of homework. In addition to this, we will be encouraging the children to read regularly at home and asking them about what texts they enjoy most. Please support your child in completing their homework and talk about their reading, as it is invaluable in consolidating their learning inside the classroom.

 

Home School Journal

We expect the children to have their journals with them in class every day. Class teachers will collect diaries in weekly. Please can you sign the diaries and make sure the children are completing their reading records. Please feel free to write any comments that you feel appropriate for us to know.

Weekly Routines

Please make sure that your child comes to school fully prepared with the right equipment every day. We expect every child to come to school with their own blue handwriting pen (not a biro), pencil and glue stick, as this is something that will be expected at high school. Other stationery such as crayons, felt-tips, rubbers and rulers would be useful too.

Both classes will need to come into school in their PE kit on:

Thursdays and Fridays for both classes

Children should wear plain white t-shirts and black shorts or jogging bottoms (find further details in their diaries). Long hair needs to be tied back and earrings need to be removed.

SATs Information

SATs week will be taking place on the week commencing Tuesday 9th May 2023. Your child needs to be in school this week, so please do not book any holidays.

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