Year 6: Birch, Elm

Welcome to year Six!

Your teachers are: Mr Craig & Mrs Collidge

morgancraig@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk louisacollidge@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

week commencing 22nd April 2024

NB1: Attached below, we have left the poster for the NHS Peer Mentoring Scheme, which is aimed towards helping Year Six children make a smooth transition to secondary school. Please let us know if you sign up!

NB2: Also attached below is a copy of the letter you will have already received, detailing SATs week and the traditional SATs Breakfast.

This week, it was nice to see some good weather - perhaps summer is finally on the way!

On Monday, it was 'Earth Day', and so we did activities linked to the theme of 'Planet v Plastics', including reading, mindfulness and investigating the problems linked to plastic pollution.

In science, we looked at the work of Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish father of the classification system used throughout the World. The children made presentations on a chosen animal class (mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile).

We looked at the background of Crime and Punishment (our history topic) this week, with children discussing the rights and wrongs of historical, and modern day, punishments.

On Thursday, the Year Sixes ran their 'Mini-Marathon'. They all did a great job and put a lot of effort in to their runs, with many of the children reaching the target of 2.6 miles! Well done to all!

In English, we are continuing to look at the plight of the three little pigs, and this week, we re-enacted their protests against the banks!

Our maths work has been focused on shape, and this week, we looked at angles in triangles and quadrilaterals.

With our buddies, we spent some time on the field and around the bike track - it was nice to have the weather to be outside!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Craig & Mrs Collidge

SATs & SATs Breakfast letter

Year 6 SATs breakfast 2024.pdf

NHS Peer Mentoring Scheme

Peer Mentoring - East April 2024 1 (1).pdf

Dates for your diary:

Week commencing 13th May: SATs week (do not go on holiday!)

3rd - 5th July: Bristol Residential

Homework:

Each week, children will be expected to:

complete the TTRS work set online and the mental maths sheet given to them
practise spellings (using Spelling Shed) set online
read at least five times a week (preferably to an adult!)

All of the children should be able to log in to TTRS and Spelling Shed as we have had a practice in school to ensure they know what they're doing! If you have any issues, please let us know sooner rather than later!