Year 6: Birch, Elm

Welcome to year Six!

Your teachers are: Mr Craig & Mr Daly

morgancraig@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk montydaly@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk

21st March 2025

Welcome to Year Six!

NB: We have been reading the Hobbit in Year Six this term. As it's such a long book, we will struggle to get through it before the Easter break; as such, we are hoping to watch one of the films at the end of term. The trilogy is rated 12, so if you do not want your child to watch it, please let us know.

This week, in English, we finished our discussion texts about endangered animals, and we have seen a huge improvement in the children's writing - not just the handwriting, but also the structure and content - well done all round! We are now putting together some information texts about volcanoes, which will be the focus next week.

In maths, we have now finished our fractions, decimals and percentages work, and we are now moving onto area, perimeter and volume.

In PSHE, we have focused on transition work - with the move to secondary school only 6 months away. It's been interesting to talk to the children about their hopes, and worries linked to moving on.

In geography, we looked at sustainable tourism on the Galapagos, and the children produced a poster to represent some of their ideas.

The evolution of the whale was the fascinating focus of science this week, and we learnt how it evolved from being a small land mammal 50 million years ago to the gentle giant of the oceans we see today.

In golf, the children worked in two groups again, but today's focus was accuracy - taking aim and hitting straight. Don't forget that if your child has enjoyed the golf so far and would like to explore their talents further, Bude Golf Club offers a Saturday morning session for juniors for just £5 per session. More details here: Juniors - Bude & North Cornwall GC

Have a great weekend,

Mr Craig & Mr Daly

Dates for your diary:

May 12-15th KS2 SATs Week

June 25-27th Bristol Residential

Homework:

Each week, children will be expected to:

complete the TTRS work set online, and complete their maths sheet
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!