Category Archives: P6

P6 Info W/B Monday 2nd November 2020

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Hi all,

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, despite the strong winds!

Here is some information about what’s coming up in the next few weeks.

Space Project – Home Learning – Pupil Talk/Presentation.

  • Children have been asked to research and produce a 5 minute presentation with a follow up activity about Space for week beginning Monday 23rd  November. Children can work solo or in pairs. No-one will be forced to deliver in front of the whole class if especially anxious about this. Children can also have time in school to work on this; it does not have to be produced on a computer. An information letter with more details  will be sent home soon.

Remembrance Day – Wednesday 11th November. P7 and Mr Nelson have asked children to bring in a plain pebble which will be painted with a poppy design and varnished in school. It is hoped that a memorial place for these pebbles will be created within the school grounds.

Please bring in a suitable (smooth) stone/pebble ASAP.

Each class will have the opportunity to buy a poppy so children should bring a donation with them.

Children in Need – P6 have been tasked with organising a little fun event for the whole school on Friday 13th November, which is Children in Need day. Details to follow!

PE – Tuesday – Children should come to school with appropriate waterproof clothing for outdoor exercise and play.

Spelling Homework– as normal

Numeracy – There will be no homework sent home whilst work on the Space presentations is ongoing. However, children have been asked to practise times tables DAILY for 5 -10 minutes. The onus is on them to do this, we cannot do it for them! Children should have brought home their own strategy card for ideas.

Reading – All children will get a new book to read in class this week.

Learning Trio Sheets – These were given out on Friday. Please read, complete the tear off slip and return to me.

Many thanks,

Miss Brunt

 

 

P6 Info W/b Tuesday 27th October 2020

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Hi all,

I hope everyone managed to have peaceful and fun break.

There’s no major updates for the week ahead.

PE is on Tuesday as normal.

Learning Trios – Pupil feedback forms– All pupils should have had their discussion with me in the next day or two,  so I will aim to have copies of their feedback sheets sent home by Friday or at the start of next week.

Home Learning

Spelling – Complete and hand in for Friday please.

Numeracy – Children will have one multiplication table to try and learn inside out! We will discuss in class how best to do this. Children will make up their own independent learning resources. Children MUST become super quick with their recall of times tables facts as this links in to so many other areas of numeracy.

Topic – We will launch our SPACE topic this week! More details to follow soon.

 

That’s all for now,

Thank you,

Miss Brunt

P6 Info W/B 12th October 2020

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Hi all,

**Change to PE this week**

P6 will have PE on Monday  this week so need to dress appropriately for this. The reason for the swap, is that we are having an online workshop with a scientist on Tuesday afternoon. Children will prepare questions on Monday to ask the scientist . Sorry for the short notice, I forgot to let children know on Friday!

Spelling homework is as normal – please hand in completed work on Friday.

Maths/numeracy – Last week we were revising multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1000. There’s plenty of work still to be done on this so we’ll continue on this week , progressing onto work with multiples of 10s,100s, and 100s.  ( 40x 20     50 x 70    30 x 200    80 x 700    300 x 200   and so on) The importance of children knowing their basic tables is paramount.

Wherever possible, children are encouraged to spot patterns, make connections and follow repeat processes. This takes the ‘fear factor’ out of maths in many cases!

  • I will send home a revision worksheet on Wednesday and plan to set a Sumdog challenge too.

Science – Last week, P6 had lots of fun creating chain reaction runs. There were so many important skills developed within this seemingly simple task. Children were very enthusiastic about this so we’ll have another session on Wednesday.

Topic – A new topic, to be revealed,  will be launched next term. This week, we’ll finish our art studies of leaves and water droplets.

Handwashing – Everyone is doing a great job of hand washing in class and we must not lose focus on this. Please remind your child to hand wash or sanitise entering/leaving the school building and before/after eating.

Finally, a reminder that half term begins on Friday 16th October at 12:25pm. Pupils return to school on Tuesday 27th October and will have PE on this day.

Thanks,

Miss Brunt

P6 Info W/B Monday 5th October 2020

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Hi all,

P6 had a  productive time last week and worked very hard as always.  I hope to put a gallery of pictures of their work on Google Classroom  soon.

There’s no major updates for the week ahead, so it’s business as usual. 

 PE is on Tuesday. 

Home Learning

Spelling – Complete and hand in for Friday please.

Maths – A problem solving task will be sent home on Thursday.

That’s all for now,

Miss Brunt

P6 Info W/B 28th September 2020

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Hi all,

There’s not much change to the week ahead from previous weeks. Homework is still Spelling and Maths.

Maths/Numeracy – A numeracy worksheet will be sent home on Thursday.

PE – Tuesdays

News

HT Award – As a school, we managed to have our first Assembly via Zoom. There was a couple of technical issues to sort out but hopefully we’ll be up and running again by next Friday. It will be nice to see other classes once more.

Congratulations to Tamar for receiving this month’s HT Award.

Science – What fun P6 had, testing and comparing materials for water absorbency! After having five minutes of being allowed to go mad squirting water with the plastic syringes outside, children quickly settled down to design their own experiments to test sample materials. These tasks generated an amazing amount of interesting discussion! Most pupils declared the sponge as the most absorbent. We will extend this topic to next week.

Art – Each week we focus on a technical skill. Recently, we have drawn scenes with vanishing points, studied shadows and last week, developed shading techniques using hatching/cross hatching.

Drama and Circle of Friends – On Mondays, P6 have a drama session and have been working on improvisation skills. Circle of Friends is part of Health and Well-being where children participate in activities exploring friendship and relationships.

Music – Although we have no music specialist teacher this term, P6 are still having a musical session on Friday mornings where they have been learning a bit about rhythm, beat , tempo, pitch and other dynamics. We have now been offered some rhythmic/percussion sessions with Daniel who normally coaches African Drumming.

That is all for now,

Miss Brunt

P6 Info W/B Tuesday 22nd September

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Hi all,

Spelling – Thanks so much to everyone who completed their spelling homework on time and took care over neatness and presentation. Children will copy down their new list on Tuesday to be handed in on Friday.

Maths/Numeracy – A numeracy worksheet will be sent home on Thursday.

Reading – We have finished reading  Kensuke’s Kingdom but still have tasks to complete on this book in class.

Children have all been given a new reading book which I want to hear in class. Thus, no reading homework has been issued.

PE – Tuesdays

That is all for now,

Miss Brunt

P6 Info W/B 14th September 2020

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Hi all,

Reminder: School is closed this Friday (18th) and Monday 21st. Pupils return to school on Tuesday 22nd September.

Spelling – Thanks so much to everyone who completed their spelling homework on time and took care over neatness and presentation. Children will copy down their new list on Monday but due to the shorter week, can completed homework  be handed in on Thursday of this week please.

Maths/Numeracy – Last week’s home learning sheet  revising  subtraction with exchange is due in on Wednesday. A new homework sheet will be sent home on Wednesday.

Reading – We have finished reading  Kensuke’s Kingdom but still have tasks to complete on this book in class.

Children have all been given a new reading book which I want to hear in class. Thus, no reading homework has been issued.

PE – Tuesdays

Circle of Friends – This is a programme which supports children’s emotional and social well-being and takes a closer look at friendships through activities and discussion. We will start this on Monday.

 

That is all for now,

Miss Brunt

 

 

 

 

 

P6 Info W/B Monday 7th September 2020

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Hi all,

Spelling – Thanks so much to everyone who completed their spelling homework on time and took care over neatness and presentation. Children will copy down their new list on Monday.

Maths/Numeracy – I gave out a worksheet  revising  addition with regrouping last Thursday and this is due in on Wednesday. This week we’ll revise subtraction with borrowing and exchange. A new homework  sheet will be sent home on Wednesday.

Every Friday we look at a separate maths topic and recently we have looked at 2d shape in more depth. Thursdays are our problem solving days where we discuss  and try out strategies we can use to solve problems. So far, these strategies  include:

  • Guess, check and improve ( trial and error)
  • Draw it out ( picture, diagram, concept map)
  • Make an organised list, grid or table
  • Act it out
  • Use a simpler case

 

Reading – We have read up to the end of Chapter 6 in Kensuke’s Kingdom, where the main character Michael is now trying to plan his escape from the island. Kensuke is still hostile yet protective, ensuring that Michael stays safe and healthy but offering no solace or friendship up to this point.

Children will also be given reading tasks in class, separate to this current class novel,  so reading homework will not be set at present.

PE – Tuesday

GLOW  – I tried out pupils’  log-in details (of  those who said they could not access Glow after the password change). There were only two  log-ins that didn’t work  and two pupils still to receive their new details so hopefully this will be sorted next week Everyone else should be able to access Glow through Google Chrome. There is no homework on Glow this week anyway but I’d like to take photos of some work to put into a Slides file so that parents can see lots of our fabulous creations!

Finally, a reminder that the ‘September Weekend ‘ is only a couple of weeks away so no school on Friday 18th or Monday 21st September.

That is all for now,

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Brunt