Y6 Hawthorn
Welcome to Y6 Hawthorn
#Y6Hawthorn
Teacher: Mrs Morgans (Mon-Wed) and Mrs Nolan (Wed pm - Friday)
Teaching Assistants: Ms Denton, Miss Taylor & Mr O'Dell
Welcome back after the Summer holidays and welcome to Year 6! We hope that you have all had a safe and rewarding time with your families during the summer break; we are really looking forward to returning as we have missed you all!
This will be the final year our Year 6 pupils will be with us and we aim to ensure that all the children continue to achieve their potential in Year 6 through growing their brains, making beautiful oopses and seeing wobbles as a positive way to learn from. As the oldest children at the Firs Primary, this is an important year for them and I hope they all enjoy the year and work hard in achieving their potential to become strong independent learners. Remember... practise makes MORE perfect!
This term we are focusing on the Victorian period and what life was like living in Victorian England. There are many interesting facts to discover and learn about and children will be asked to engage in personal research projects later in the term, such as: child workers, technological advancements or crime and punishment!
It is important they build on solid foundations from previous years and work hard to help prepare for life at high school. It will be extremely helpful if you are able to continue to support your child at home by continually monitoring reading and progress with any home learning tasks, such as spellings and times tables.
Our weekly routine will be...
- Tuesday- Children should arrive in school in full P.E. kits (yellow t-shirts, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms during the Winter months and trainers or black pumps). Regular school uniform is not required on this day.
- Wednesday- Homework books handed in with completed homework tasks.
- Wednesday- Children should arrive in school in full P.E. kits (yellow t-shirts, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms during the Winter months and trainers or black pumps). Regular school uniform is not required on this day.
- Friday- Children will receive their homework on Fridays with tasks to be completed at home.
- Daily- Independent reading books to be brought to class every day.
If there are any changes to the weekly routine or there are any issues arise, please let us know! Make sure you follow @firsprimarysale and search #Y6Hawthorn to keep track on all the fun activities and interesting work we produce each week!
I will be in contact with any specific dates and details of any up and coming events but please do not hesitate to contact me about anything relating to school life. If there are changes to the weekly routine or there are any issues that arise, please let us know by contacting school either by phone or email- office@firs.trafford.sch.uk The admin team are always happy to forward your emails onto class teachers.
Many Thanks,
Mrs Morgans & Mrs Nolan.
Our classroom
Miss Abraham reads Street Child Chapter 1
Please make sure you have listened to this before the end of our first week back in September!
Year 6 Bookshelf
Our Reading Area
As a school, we have a huge focus on reading for pleasure. It is crucial that children in Year 6 read regularly, and that the texts they are choosing are appropriate and challenging for their own level. Please see below a suggested reading list for year 6 - full of fantastic books which should challenge and excite them! Happy reading!
Our Art Gallery
Art is a lesson that we love to express our creativity. Sometime our art is linked to a topic or book and sometimes art is linked to festivals and celebrations in the calendar. Our units this year will be closely linked to drawing, printing and sculpting. We focus on the process rather than the outcome; that way all of our work is unique, just like us! We hope you enjoy the images of our work that will be shared on here and our twitter page throughout the year.
Here is a copy of the Year 6 expectations - this covers what children will be learning throughout the year in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Methods In Maths
We understand that the mathematical methods taught in school may be different from what adults at home know and use. Use this link to find videos that explain the methods taught in school for each operation.
Here is a copy of the new Numeracy Framework for Y6 to help you understand what your child will be learning and when.
Breathing exercises with Mrs. G
Mrs. Gilbert has used her expertise in all things well being and yoga and has created an extremely helpful video for us that will help us develop some breathing exercises that will help calm us and clear our thoughts when we may be finding it difficult to relax. The exercises are easy to do and can be done anywhere in the house on your own or even with your family. It won't take long! I am sure you will make great use of the video and thank you Mrs. Gilbert for creating it all :)
Go-To Art Activities
Here are a range of fun Art activities that you can try out at home!
Do you have any ideas for this page? Why not let your teacher know!
Have you seen the Kids' Zone? Play games, and visit some cool websites. You can vote for your favourites!