Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope this letter finds you well. It’s hard to believe that we are now beginning our final term in Year 6 – and the children’s final term at Beechwood. The time seems to have flown by!
Summer is one of our busiest terms. Early in the term, the children will be tackling their SATs. They have worked incredibly hard in school – thank you for the support you have given them with their revision at home too. We are looking forward to celebrating with our trip to Matilda.
Aside from tests, we have plenty of exciting topics in our wider curriculum too. In science, we will be learning about electricity followed by the human circulatory system. Our RE focus begins with the concept of wisdom, while the children will have the chance to develop their drawing, sketching and sculpting skills in art.
We are excited to launch our enterprise project with the children after SATs week. Through this, we aim to raise as much money as possible, which will be used towards our ‘Party on the Playground’ and the coaches to Paultons Park in July. This will include the children designing stalls for a craft fair on the playground and taking part in a sponsored running event. We are always blown away by the children’s creativity with this.
We are also currently drawing up plans for the Year 6 production, which the children will find out about in the first week of Summer 2!
Our PSHE learning focuses on how we manage change; this will support the transition work we will complete in school in advance of the move to secondary school.
As usual, the page overleaf contains details of the project homework we are setting for this term. In the run-up to SATs, we ask that the children keep practising their times tables and other number facts, as well as spellings. Some of you have chosen to purchase CGP revision books too; if the children wish to share any of their work with us, please send it into school with them. As ever, we recommend reading a wide range of high-quality fiction and non-fiction.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Best wishes,
The Year 6 Team
Year 6 Summer 1 Curriculum Homework – Due on Friday 22nd May
Geography Study – Let’s all go to the coast!
In this topic, we will be thinking about the physical and human processes we see at the coast. Please create a piece of homework relating to this. It could be:
- Some research about erosion and deposition at the coast, rock formations or sea defences, which could be presented in an information poster or booklet.
- Research into how humans use our coastline (e.g. shipping, tourism), possibly through a local study, which could be a presentation or map.
- A model of a local coastline or some artwork of a coastal area you have visited.
The choice is yours!
Year 6 Summer 2 Curriculum Homework – Due on Tuesday 14th July
PSHE
As you come to finishing your time at Beechwood, we would love you to make something to commemorate your time here. This could be any thing you like. It could celebrate lots of your favourite memories or one specific memory.
You could present it as:
-a poem
-A poster
-A drawing
-A written recount
