This week’s Star of the Week is Lilly for her improvements in English recently - great writing.
This week’s Pride Award goes to Amelia-Alice for her positive attitude to learning in all aspects of her work.
WELCOME TO CLASS 6PD
Mr Parkin - Mrs Dawson - Mrs Tipping
We welcome you to Year 6. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask one of us.
You can email the class teachers directly by using
carl.parkin@dunholme.lincs.sch.uk (Mon to Thurs) or angela.dawson@dunholme.lincs.sch.uk (Thurs- Fri)
Year 6 Key Documents
Transition Booklet 2021 - 2022
Year 3/4 Statutory Spelling List
Year 5/6 Statutory Spelling List
THEME TITLE - THE A-MAIZE-ING MAYA
THE ANCIENT MAYA
Theme for Term 3 - Our topic for this term is the Ancient Maya.
Key Question - Were the Ancient Maya the greatest stone age people?
Golden Threads: Continuity and Change
Big Ideas: Similarities and Differences
Legacy
Connections and Traditions
Consequences
Our curriculum will focus around the history of the ancient Meso-American civilisation of the Maya as we explore the key thread of continuity and change. We will be looking at how the Maya lived, the importance of maize and the cocoa bean in their lives, and studying how the rich and poor lived during this time. Our studies will see us looking at the evidence they left behind to teach us about their day-today- life before we look at the mystery of what happened to them in 900BC. We will explore Mayan food as we learn about maize and how it was used before making our own corn tortilla recipes. We will compare life at the time with life in Britain as we aim to identify who were the greatest Stone Age people.
In our art work we will be sculpting Mayan artefacts out of clay and in music we will be looking at South American music as we learn and perform a class Samba.
SCIENCE LEARNING - The Circulatory System
Key Question - How important is our blood?
In our science work, we will studying the importance of the circulatory system in our bodies. We will be looking at the important of the heart, lungs and blood in keeping us alive and what we can do to stay fit and healthy. The children will investigate how exercise affects of heart rate and why this happens.
Knowledge Organisers to support learning this term
Y6 RESIDENTIAL VISIT
MONDAY 1ST NOVEMBER - FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2021
Please see below for key updates and information about our week in Norfolk. We will try to update this page daily.
Day 1 - Monday 1st November
We arrived at around 12pm and were greeted by our leaders Sparky and Tinkerbell. They showed us to our rooms and got us settled in. We then walked down to the beach to eat our lunch and played a game where we looked at the importance of sea defences, making sand castles which we then had to protect with rocks and shells from the beach - we watched as the tide came in and destroyed them all one-by-one.
This afternoon, we carried out a series of team building activities where we had to communicate effectively and work as a team to achieve specific goals. We worked hard to support each other. We then came inside for a lovely tea of sausage, mash and veg before ice cream and apple crumble.
Tonight, we took a dark walk down to the coast to explore the shore at night to see what we could see, hear and smell. We then headed back to the accommodation for hot chocolate and a few bedtime stories before getting ready for bed. Hopefully, we will sleep tonight!
Day 2 - Tuesday 2nd November
We all had a good sleep last night and some of us even had to be woken up this morning! We had a lovely breakfast of cereals, bacon, hash brown, beans and toast before getting ready for our adventures today.
This morning we went to West Runton where we visited the rock pools to look at the different habitats and living things along the coast. We found many different types of species and started to look at how they are adapted to live here. We then learned about the Norfolk coast and how it was shaped by glaciation. We even heard about the amazing discovery of mammoth fossil along these shores.
This afternoon we made our way to Aylmerton Field Study Centre where we split into three groups and embarked on our monster trail through Felbrigg Woods and Estate. We had to read maps, solve riddles and escape the grasps of the deadly monsters which reside there.
This evening, we are stuffed after a meal of spaghetti bolognaise or tomato pasta and veg and are now settled in our pyjamas after a shower, listening to an evening of storytelling with an expert story teller.
Day 3 - Wednesday 3rd November
We had to wake up every room this morning at 7am! Sleepy heads! After a hearty breakfast of cereals, toast, sausage, hash brown and beans, we headed to Blakeney where we began our expedition along the spit. We rolled up our trousers and took off our boots and socks to walk across the river bed and the mud flats to get to the spit itself. It was very cold but we were very brave and all enjoyed walking along this habitat and learning about the creatures that lived there along the way. Once on the spit, we had our packed lunches and then started to learn about how Blakeney Point was formed through erosion and how the land is constantly changing. We explored the flora and fauna of this unique habitat and looked at how the waves transport material - we even learned how to find semi-precious stones amongst the shingle and did a little exploring ourselves.
After a long walk down the spit, we met out coach which then transported us to Morston. We got on a ferry and travelled down the river estuary (where we had walked that morning!) and made our way towards the end of the point where we could see lots of seals which come here every year to mate and give birth. It was magical.
Tonight, after tea of either fish, chips and peas or pizza and chips, we went bowling. We had great fun but we are definitely tired tonight. I bet we will have to wake everyone up tomorrow, even the teachers!
Day 4 - Thursday 4th November
Everyone had to be woken up again at 7am - must have been tired! This morning we arrived downstairs to a breakfast of cereals, toast, sausage, scrambled egg and beans and then gathered to hear our instructions for the day. After a short bus journey, we arrived at the study centre where we were greeted by a pirate. Yes, that's correct - a pirate! After transforming into pirate apprentices ourselves, we completed three team challenges that trained us up to be fully-fledged pirate crew - the bosun's chair, monsoon shelter building and then bushcraft which involved making fire. We had a great morning and earned our pirate status!
This afternoon, we made our way to Cromer to visit the local Lifeboat Museum where we learned about the importance of their work along the coast. We then completed a short team challenge around Cromer, visiting the main sites of the town and seeing the main coastal features associated with tourism.
Tonight, we have returned to a lovely tea of roast chicken dinner or vegetable bake. It was delicious. We are now burning off our final energy stores at the disco before packing ready to return home tomorrow.
Day 5 - Friday 5th November
On this final morning, we all woke around 7am and ensured we were packed ready to leave Norfolk. We had another lovely breakfast of cereals, toast, scrambled egg, hash brown and beans and then gathered to receive our final instructions for the day.
After saying good bye to our rooms and accommodation for the week, we travelled by coach to a coastal resort called Happisburgh. Once here, we looked at how erosion was destroying the cliffs and what it meant for the local people - it was interesting to see the lack of coastal defences here and learn that only £100,000 had been spent protecting this stretch of coast.
We then travelled further round the coast to visit a place called Sea Palling. We saw how much more had been done to protect this section of the coast with sea and flood defences - there were reefs, sea walls, rock armour, flood gates and sand dunes - a total of £9million spent to protect this area. Then we understood why: tourism. The defences were protecting the Norfolk Broads which lay behind them.
After lunch and brief play in the beach, we were met by our coach which brought us back to Lincoln.
It has been a great week and we have learned so much. Thank you, Year 6,
PE Kit
Please can you ensure PE kits are WORN into school on our allocated PE Days. The children will wear their kit all day. This kit should be appropriate for outdoor PE and should include appropriate outdoor footwear. NO PE KIT SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN OR STORED IN SCHOOL.
Our PE sessions for this term are TUESDAY afternoon and FRIDAY afternoon. All PE will take place outdoors so please ensure the children are weatherproof.
Diary Dates for Terms 3:
Tuesday 4th January - Start of term 3
Friday 14th January - Y6 e-Safety Workshop
Wednesday 9th February - Y6 Mayan Workshop
Friday 11th February - Last Day of term 3
Reading
This year we are continuing to focus on developing a love of reading. Reading is an integral part of the primary curriculum so please ensure you are reading every day and recording it on your 'Reading Record' bookmark.
Take a look at the Year 6 Recommended Reading List for ideas on age appropriate texts.
We are going to be sharing our love of books through a termly book circle, where we will talk about the books we have been reading.
In September 2021, we will be have two reading books: one in school which will stay in school to be read and one which we will take home and keep at home until it is read.
- The VIPERS bookmark
We have sent every child home with a VIPERS bookmark. These provide excellent prompts for question openers you may use when reading with or listening to your children read. VIPERS is the reading format we use in school so children are well versed in the different types and styles of questions they are asked. The same question prompts are used in the Y6 End of Key Stage SATs.
Spelling
Spellings will be given on the Friday of each week and will be tested on the following Thursday. There will be 6 spellings given that follow a particular rule each week, with 4 'mystery' words tested to see if the children have learnt the spelling rule as well as the spellings given.
Alongside this, we will also be focusing on our statutory spelling list for Years 5 and 6 this year, so each child will be given 25 spellings from this list per term and will then be tested at the end of that term. Please ensure that the weekly spelling rule, the 6 weekly spellings and the 25 termly spellings are being practised regularly. There will be a 'spellingframe' task set up each week to help the children learn their spellings at home. Children have their log-in details for this site.
It is also important that children know the meaning of the words they are learning to spell - we might ask you to put one into a sentence.
OUR NEXT WEEKLY SPELLING TEST IS ON Thursday 27th January 2022
This week, we are working on words which words which contain ibly or ably as a suffix as listed as an expectation in the National Curriculum for KS2. See below for the full list for this week.
Please print off or copy into your home learning book, this week's spellings. Spellings should be recorded or stuck in the back of the red home learning book which has been sent home. PLEASE DO NOT BRING THIS BOOK BACK INTO SCHOOL.
Below is a document that provides different spelling strategies to help children learn and remember their spellings at home.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| T3 Week 4 spellings - ibly and ably.pdf | Download |
| T3 Week 3 spellings - able and ible part 2.pdf | Download |
| T3 Week 2 spellings - able and ible.pdf | Download |
| T2 Week 5 spellings - ir il and im prefixes part 2.pdf | Download |
| T2 Week 4 spellings - ir il and im prefixes.pdf | Download |
| T2 Week 3 spellings - mis and dis part 2.pdf | Download |
| T2 Week 2 spellings - mis and dis.pdf | Download |
| Week 6 Spellings - i before e.pdf | Download |
| Week 5 spellings - cial and tial 2.pdf | Download |
| Week 4 spellings - cial and tial 1.pdf | Download |
This term's 25 word spelling list
We are also learning our first group of 25 words from our statutory word list. Please ensure you spend this term learning these at home as well. We will be having a test on all of these during the final week of the term before February half term.
The words to learn for Term 3 are :
convenience muscle ancient sufficient according
aggressive apparent appreciate attached
committee communicate community correspond immediate
interrupt occupy opportunity recommend foreign conscience leisure vegetable marvellous
bargain system
CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN COPY OF THE LIST.
HOME LEARNING
HOMEWORK THIS YEAR WILL BE SET ELECTRONICALLY VIA GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Everyone will be given homework on the Friday of each week, which will need to be completed by the following Thursday.
All home learning will be linked to what we have been doing in class that week.
We are going to be uploading home learning to this page and the Google Classroom on a Friday.
Please can children view the home learning online via the pdf documents below. They need to then complete the work in their red 'Home Learning' book which has been sent home. This book needs to stay at home and this means children will not be bringing their homework into school.
The answers will be uploaded on a Sunday. Children can then mark their own work and try anything again that they get wrong.
Once marked, a photo of the completed learning can uploaded to the Google Classroom or be sent to Mr Parkin
Children need to complete all home learning for that week by Thursday.
PLEASE DO NOT RETURN RED HOME LEARNING BOOKS TO SCHOOL
Please make sure that if you are struggling with your homework, you come and see a member of staff as soon as you can. Do not leave home learning until the last minute. Year 6 is a great opportunity to learn good habits ready for secondary school.
Homework to be submitted to completed and marked by Thursday 27th January 2022:
Grammar: Relative Clauses - Where are the relative clauses in each sentence? Underline them.
Maths: - Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - identify the different FDP equivalents.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| T2 Week 7 - Fractions - Everything Fractions.pdf | Download |
Click on the following link for a video explanation of how to order two fractions. https://youtu.be/jhCKcRXiut0 The part on how to change the fractions applies to ordering, adding and subtracting.
https://youtu.be/lbhQJ1WSMDw click this link to see a video explanation of how to divide by a two-digit number.
Useful websites to help with learning at home
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm#ratio
