Oak - Year 6
Mrs Whitaker and Mr Price
Remember if you need to contact us please use our class email - mrs.whitaker@denholmeprimary.co.uk
Summer Term
Key Information:
Children can wear P.E. kits on a Monday and Friday.
Homework - this term, homework will be focused on learning lines and getting prepared for our Year 6 production. In addition, children may be given some transition work as they prepare to start secondary school.
Key Dates:
5th June - Back to school
10th June - Healthy Living Week
18th June - Visit from Rachel Smith (Parkside) to Y6
20th June - Trip to GoApe
3rd, 4th, 5th July - Y6 Transition days (please see individual school for specific dates)
9th July - Y6 Guitars play with Halle
16th July - Y6 production to parents pm
19th July - Y6 leavers assembly
English
This half term we will be working hard as we finish our writing assessments. We will be writing a narrative based on "The Tale of the Three Brothers" A story from The Beedle and the Bard, as featured in Harry Potter. Also a narrative based on Alma, a short film, which is a haunting tale of a young girl who enters a toy shop and suffers an unfortunate fate. For our non-fiction writing, we will be writing a persuasive letter.
Maths
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- Science We will be finishing our science topic, which is Evolution and Inheritence. Children will understand how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution. They will also find out about the work of Charles Darwin, Mary Anning and Alfred Wallace. As part of our Healthy Week, beginning 10th June, we will also look at the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. Children will also identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
History
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Don't forget! You can play Education City, Spelling Shed, Purple Mash and Times Table Rockstars at home!
Click on the words for the link to their webpage.
Please get in touch with me, either by ringing the office or through the class email if you have any questions or wish to discuss anything in more detail.