Year Six: September 2019

Monday 30 September 2019

Emma Watson Biographies

In our English lessons, at the start of our time in Year Six, we have researched, planned, drafted and re-drafted biographies about Emma Watson.

Writing by Freya, Barney and Joshua can be found below:

Monday 23 September 2019

Big Art in 6DALM

At the start of this year, we worked together as a class to create some Big Art for the classroom wall.

The resources for the lesson came from here.

We're all rather pleased with it!

Wednesday 11 September 2019

This week, some children created 'sequenced videos'. Their task was to "Film a ball being thrown from one location and into another, so that the transition looks realistic, but the viewer knows it is not." Below are two examples of their work.

Monday 9 September 2019

Our Letters from Hercules Waldorf-Franklin III

For one of our first writing lessons this year, we read 'The First Hippo on the Moon' by David Walliams. Afterwards, we talked about the story and then put ourselves in the place of Hercules Waldorf-Franklin III, imagined ourselves stranded on the Moon and wrote back to Earth. We needed to be both persuasive and apologetic.

Friday 6 September 2019

Year Six Dates for This Term

September 2019
2^nd	Training Day One
3^rd	Term One Begins
3^rd – 6^th	Open Door Week
9^th	Home Learning Begins
12^th	Clubs Fayre
17^th	Y6 EoKS2 Tests Briefing for Parents
19^th	Y6 Legoland
20^th	Jeans for Genes Day
21^st	International Day of Peace
24^th – 2^nd	Life Education Mobile
25^th	#AskCJS
26^th	European Day of Languages
27^th	Macmillan Coffee Morning
30^th	Clubs Begin
October
2^nd	Walk to School Day
3^rd	Open Day
4^th	Individual Photograph Day
11^th	Celebration Assembly One
14^th – 16^th	PCLRs (No Home Learning / Staff Clubs)
21^st – 25^th	Half Term
28^th	Term Two Begins
November
6^th	Dads Who Read Library Event
10^th	World Science Day
11^th	Remembrance Day
11^th	Y3 to Y6 Immunisation
11^th – 15^th	Anti-Bullying Week
15^th	Children in Need
18^th – 22^nd	Road Safety Week
20^th	Children’s Day
20^th	#AskCJS
22^nd	Celebration Assembly Two
29^th	Edinburgh Bonus Day (St Andrew’s Day)
December
6^th	Christmas Decoration Day
6^th	Community Carols
10^th	Y3 Perform Nativity to Rest of School
11^th	Y3 Perform Nativity to Rest of School
16^th	Panto
16^th – 20^th	No Home Learning
17^th	Carols at St Mary’s
18^th	Instrumental Concert
20^th	Christmas Dinner
20^th	Last Day

Thursday 5 September 2019

Autumn Home Learning Information for Year Six

This coming year, the home learning expectations are as follows:

Each week, there will be either a written or online (TTRs/MyMaths) task set. These will link to End of Key Stage Expectations for arithmetic or reasoning. (20 minutes)

Weekly, we will set a grammar and punctuation activity to consolidate our work in class. (20 minutes)

In school, we have a weekly focus on learning and practising a spelling rule. A list of spellings to learn that follow the week's rule will be provided. (20 minutes)

Children should read on a daily basis. Renaissance Home Connect enables parents to see information about your child's progress within Accelerated Reader.

Home learning will be set on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. Home learning will begin on Thursday 12th September.

Anyone unable to access the internet at home can do so during a Friday or Monday lunchtime in school.

Class teachers will let their class know the day of the week spelling tests will take place.

We subscribe to:
Accelerated Reader
MyMaths
Times Table Rock Stars

3x3links.com/crosshalljunior

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