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Kenningtons Primary Academy
Welcome to Year 6
2020 - 2021
Dear Parents Welcome to another year at Kenningtons Primary Academy! In order to help you support your children in their learning, we have prepared the following pack which contains important information about Year 6. In the following pages you will find information relating to: • Who the Year 6 team are. • The key expectations in reading and writing with suggestions on how you can help your child achieve these. • The key expectations in mathematics with examples of our calculation policy (as we know the methods we use can look different to what you learnt at school). • Autumn Curriculum overview • Important deadlines relevant to Year 6 • Merits
Mrs Kavanagh
Class Teacher Mr Newland Mrs Beard
Class Teacher Deputy Headteacher
Mrs Brown Mrs Herd
Reading in Year 6 As children move into Year 6, they should be able to read most words effortlessly and work out how to pronounce unfamiliar written words with increasing automaticity. We have attached the common exception words for Years 5/6 which the children should be able to read and spell by the end of the academic year. (See page ‘Common exception words’.) It is important that they are able to read silently and then discuss what they have read. This should include a range of poetry and books written at an age appropriate interest level. (See page ‘Year 6 Recommended Reads’.) At this stage, the reading focus is around reading comprehension rather than word reading directly. We have listed below some of the key skills they will need to demonstrate by the end of the year: • I can identify and discuss themes and conventions in and across a wide range of texts. • I can make comparisons within and across books. • I can ask questions to improve my understanding. • I can predict what might happen from details stated and implied. • I can summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph. • Finally, when reading aloud, children in Year 6 should be able to read approximately 165 words per minute in an age- appropriate text. (See page ‘Year 6 Recommended Reads’.)
Common Exception Words Year 5 and 6
Year 6 Recommended Reads
KS2 Reading Comprehension Questions
KS2 Reading Comprehension Questions
KS2 Reading Comprehension Questions
KS2 Reading Comprehension Questions
Writing in Year 6 Throughout the year, children will study a range of genres where they will be expected to write in a similar style. You will see some of this in homework tasks and more information will be given in the weekly overviews. If you want to help your child to get better at writing, simply encourage them to write in a fun context! E.g. lists, stories, recounts of exciting things you have done, poems, letters, keeping a diary, creating comic strips, etc. However, one area where you can really help your child, is spelling. Weekly lists are sent home which are taken from the National Curriculum for Year 6. Some of these words your child might be able to spell (this is fabulous!) but you can extend this by encouraging them to write exciting, fun sentences containing the words. Spelling tests are given weekly and at half term a Spelling Badge Challenge is provided where the children obtaining 17 marks out of 20 or more are awarded a spelling badge. Children who obtain 5 out of the 6 half-termly spelling badges, are rewarded the Golden Bee in July. If your child finds spelling tricky, a ‘Look, cover, say, write, check’ approach can help. (See next page.)
Look, cover, say, write, check
Handwriting Handwriting by now should be legible, fluent and with increasing speed. Writing should be joined up consistently as this is one of the requirements of writing at the expected level for Year 6.
Mathematics in Year 6
The principle focus of mathematics teaching in upper KS2 is to ensure that pupils extend their understanding
of the number system and place value to include larger integers. This should develop the connections that
pupils make between multiplication and division with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio.
Number and place value Calculations
• To read, write, order and compare numbers at least to 10,000,000 • To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out
and determine the value of each digit. calculations involving the 4 operations.
• To round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy. • To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in
contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and
• To solve number problems and practical problems that involve all why.
of the above.
• To solve problems involving addition, subtraction,
• To use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across multiplication and division.
0.
• To multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit
• To perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations whole number using the formal written method of long
and large numbers. multiplication.
• To identify common factors, common multiples and prime • To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number
numbers. using the formal written method of long division, and
interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions
or by rounding, as appropriate for the context.Calculation methods
Calculation methods
Calculation methods
Mathletics
500
points Lucky dip!
Just like last year, the class teacher will announce their
‘Mathlete of the Week’ who will receive a certificate in
When a child scores 500 points or more (on the teacher’s
class on a Monday. The ‘Mathlete’ is the person who
assessment system) during the week, they will receive a
scored the highest percentage for activities correctly
Lucky Dip ticket. The children will write their names on these
completed. Please note that this is NOT the same
and put it in the Lucky Dip boxes in the hall. At the end of
scores that the children can see when logged in on
every half term, we will have a Lucky Draw out of the KS1
Mathletics. The teachers’ assessment system is
and KS2 boxes in assembly. The winners from each key stage
different.
will each receive a Lakeside voucher. Please remind your
child that the more tickets they have in the box, the better
their chances of winning.Curriculum overview
During the Autumn term, we will be learning about the following:
Autumn 1 Autumn 2
Curriculum War and Peace (WW1)(Geography War and Peace (WW2) (Geography
and history) and history)
Science Animals including humans Animals including humans
Computing Computing skills Events Planning
RE Global tolerance
PSHE Investors in Pupils
PE Outdoor PE-Mr Brougham Outdoor PE-Mr Brougham
Music Machine Music BBC Ten Pieces
Exploring Graphic scores and Igor Stravinsky
cycles The Firebird
Please note, due to the Covid circumstances, the curriculum has been adapted to ensure that the teaching of skills in
English and Mathematics have a greater focus for at least the first term.Important
Days
6B - Friday
6N - Friday
6K - Friday The half-termly Spelling Bee Badge
Challenges take place on the last
Children to come to school on a school day of each half term.
Friday in PE uniform, including
tracksuit.
Weekly spelling tests take place on
a Friday.
Homework is sent out on a Friday. New spellings also go out every
To be handed in on a Thursday. Monday.= no
merits
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