Welcome to Chestnut Class
Class Teacher: Tom Shaw
Learning Journey
During this half term, Year 6 will be addressing the overarching question: ‘Should people be allowed to destroy the world’s rainforests?’ Through their geography enquiry, the children will explore the impact of human activity on the natural world, specifically focusing on the world's rainforests, and how this relates to climate change and global warming. The children will then proceed to write a balanced argument, presenting reasons both for and against the destruction of the world's rainforests, utilising the knowledge and skills they have developed throughout this enquiry.
PE Days
PE for this half term will now take place on Tuesday. Please can children arrive to school wearing the correct kit on this day.
Welcome to Year 6. Year 6 is an important year in which we support the children to become independent and reflective learners in preparation for life at secondary school – and beyond! As well as enjoying a broad and balanced curriculum, the children work incredibly hard and take on many extra responsibilities. This means that our Year 6 children are fantastic role models for our younger pupils and make a valuable contribution to the wider school community. On this page, you will find links to our curriculum overview for the year, our current learning enquiry question, along with other useful information including home learning expectations.
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Outdoor Learning
Our Outdoor Learning sessions will take place on a Thursday each week. Please can you ensure that your child arrives to school wearing suitable clothing, including their wellies or old shoes (to change into) and a waterproof coat.
Reading
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Being able to read fluently and comprehend is essential for all children's success across the curriculum. Reading is taught daily in Chestnut Class with a particular focus on developing a passion for reading for pleasure. Our class ‘Book Nook’ is well stocked with a variety of books and the children can also access the school library throughout the day.
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Children must have their reading book and reading record in school every day so that I can enjoy and celebrate reading with them.
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All children are expected to read at home daily for at least 20 minutes and are asked to keep a log of their reading in their Reading Record. The children will be rewarded for their efforts at home.
Spelling Practice
Spelling rules from our weekly spelling lessons can be practised on Spelling Shed ahead of our weekly spelling quiz each Friday. A copy of the spelling list is also sent home every week on a Friday. I recommend that the children learn their list of spellings by practising for 5-10 minutes at home each night either on Spelling Shed or paper. Please see the spelling menu below for a list of suggested ways to practise in addition to this.
Maths
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On Friday, the children will be given a set of arithmetic questions to complete over the weekend. These questions will be linked to the areas of maths that the children have been taught during the week. They need to be completed over the weekend and brought in the following Monday, ready to go through together.
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Please encourage your child to access Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) for 15 minutes each day to continue developing their fluency and recall of times table facts. Improving their knowledge of these will also help enhance their arithmetic skills.
School Username: totnes
School Password: multiply
Homework
Additional homework will be set via Class Dojo.