Welcome to the Year 6 Noticeboard

Dear Parents/Carers,

Firstly, we would like to say how well your children have settled into Year 6. They have returned to school with enthusiasm and ready to embrace their final year at primary. It is great to see them in their new ‘leavers hoodies’ – a big thank you to the parents who organised this so promptly. Year 6 is always a busy year with a number of performances and visits. The year 6 children also have the opportunity to buddy with a Reception child to help them settle into full time education and to be a good role model. We know that your child is looking forward to everything year 6 has to offer.

Our autumn term topics will focus on extreme weather and environmental impact as well local historical events. Next week the children will be given clues as an entry point for our topic – so we do not want to give too much away yet! We have a number of exciting events and visits booked for this term including a concert in Cardiff and a performance at the Dylan Thomas theatre.

On Wednesday 10th September you are invited to attend a ‘meet the teacher’ meeting for a run through of year 6 at 4.30pm.

On Friday 26th September Year 5 and 6 have been invited to watch a performance at Wales Millennium Centre. More details to follow next week

On Thursday 2nd October you are also invited to attend a short assembly from year 6 at 9.30am.

14th October Year 6 have been invited to watch a performance and take part in activities in the Dylan Thomas theatre and the waterfront Museum.

Here is a brief overview of the Autumn Term Curriculum:

Health and Well-being

· No outsiders

· Swimming

· Gymnastics

· Outdoor invasion games

· Outdoor learning

Humanities

· Making inferences using sources and evidence

· Map work

· Geographical – position and direction

Language, Literacy and Communication

· Whole class text – Race to the Frozen North by Catherine Johnston

· Information and explanation text types

· National Poetry day

· Variety of sentence types

Welsh

· Dyma fi

· Using ‘frills’ to extend sentences

· Conversational Welsh on a variety of topics

Mathematics and Numeracy

· Place value to 1,000,000

· Four rules of number

· Data handling

· Problem solving

Mathematics and Numeracy

· Place value to 1,000,000

· Four rules of number

· Data handling

· Problem solving

Expressive Arts

· Year group assembly

· Drama activities from theatre Na Nog

· Portraits and printing

Science and Technology

· forces

· Electricity

· Climate change

Awareness Days and Celebrations

During this half-term we will be celebrating the following awareness days as a school:

Fair Trade Fortnight 22nd September

2nd October-National Poetry Day

Please look at our school calendar on our website for awareness days and celebrations after October half-term. The calendar also shows school holidays and INSET days. Calendar | Sketty Primary School

Reminders

Please label all school items. PE kit is a white T-Shirt, black shorts/ leggings and their school jumper. Children should come to school dressed in their kit on the days we have PE (Monday Y6MW and Tuesday both classes). YLJ will attend swimming lessons every Monday morning until half term. We are also a “nut free” school, so please remember this when preparing snacks, as some dried fruit snacks contain nuts.

If you have any further questions or concerns at any time, please do not hesitate to get in touch. You can do this by telephone, dojo or email. Johnsl2@hwbcymru.net WilliamsM2846@Hwbcymru.net Our website address is www.skettyprimary.co.uk

Kind regards,

Ms Johns & Mr Williams

What have we been learning in class this week?

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Weekly Achievements

Each week during assembly, we present certificates for Good work, Value and use of Welsh. 

This week's award winners

Home Learning

Reading

Year 6 children are expected to read daily at home and log their reading journal at least three times a week. We kindly ask that parents/guardians sign the reading journal once a week to help us monitor their progress. Each child has a designated reading day. Please see the inside of your child's reading journal to see which day your child's journal is due. Please see the below infographic on why reading every day is so important. If you need any advice on how to support the development of reading or book recommendations that are appropriate for your child.

If your child is part of the 'Nessy' or 'Reading Eggs' group, both of these platforms are able to be accessed at home for further practice. 

Maths, Spelling and Grammar

All maths, times tables, spelling and grammar homework will be set via SumDog. Homework will be linked to the topics we have covered in school and help us to identify any misconceptions. 

Other Homework

Occasionally, we will set other, optional homework for Year 6 children to complete.  Please keep an eye on ClassDojo for more information on this. 

Important Dates

Please visit the school calendar here and subscribe to 'Year 6' and 'Whole School' events.

PE (Please wear appropriate kit to school for PE)

Monday - Gymnastics/Swimming (indoor kit - white t-shirt and long, plain black leggings or tracksuit bottoms)

Tuesday - Games (outdoor kit)

Below are some of the upcoming events:

Year 6 Dates

Autumn Term

26th September - National Opera Cardiff

2nd October - Year 6 assembly

14th October - Theatre Na Nog / Waterfront museum

15th October - Technocamps (in school)

16th October - Shocktober - emergency service workshop ( in school)