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How we are working
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How we are working
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Why? Excellence and Enjoyment

How we are working
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Why? Excellence and Enjoyment
Why? Seven Areas of Learning

How we are working
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Who?
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What will they be doing?
In Year 6
– Mrs Beeden: Literacy, Music
– Mrs Chamberlain: ICT, French
– Mrs Green: Numeracy, RE, PSHE and all other subjects not covered by Mrs Chamberlain and
Mrs Beeden.

How we are working
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Who?
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What will they be doing?
In Year 5
– Mrs Beeden: Literacy, Music, Art & DT, Topic.
– Mrs Chamberlain: ICT, French, Science,
Numeracy, PE
– Mrs Green: Numeracy, RE, PSHE

Themes and Topics
Y5 Topics are
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Tudor Explorers
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France
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Mountains
The Caribbean
All the fun of the Victorian Fairground
What is Art / Production

Themes and Topics
Y6 Topics are
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The Greeks - Term 1 and 2
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Rivers and Environment - Term 3
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Me - Term 4
The Mayan Civilisation– Term 5
Journeys – Moving on – Term 6

Homework
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Y5
– Monday: Topic for following Monday
– Tuesday: Reading
– Wednesday: Tables/Literacy
– Thursday: Numeracy for next day
– Friday: Grammar for Monday, spellings for a test on Thursday

Homework
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Y6
Monday: Literacy for Mrs Beeden (for Tuesday)
Tuesday: Topic (for Wednesday/Thursday)
Wednesday: Spellings etc. (for Thursday/Friday)
Thursday: Numeracy (for Friday)
Friday: Reading Journal for Monday
The children have been given a copy of this and the
Reading Journal information. They have been asked to stick it in their homework diary.

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Year 6 Literacy Plan 2 Weeks per Text Type
Introduce text type, relevant sentence structure Homework
Sentence practice
Check and mark homework with children which feeds into lesson.
Organisation of the text type. Paragraph structure.
Guided writing. Teacher modelling, children actively helping.
Grammar punctuation and spelling work
Homework
Spelling homework given out.
Comprehension of text type
Introduction of the title for Wednesday’s writing. Sharing of ideas.
Independent writing with support where required.
Up grade and learn from mistakes
Homework
Plan for Tuesday. MUST BRING IN
ON TUESDAY
MRS BEEDEN MARKS 30 SCRIPTS
AND GRADES THEM!!!
Homework
Spelling homework given out.
Grammar punctuation and spelling work
Comprehension of Iliad story

What can I write in my Reading Journal?
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Your journal could include some of the following ideas:
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Write a description of the main character – their appearance, the way they dress, the way they talk and their personality; you could even draw a picture of your impression.
Choose a particularly descriptive passage and make a list of examples of vivid imagery e.g. similes, metaphors, noun phrases etc.
List the words and phrases used to create atmosphere.
Write what a character might be feeling at any stage in the story.
Keep a record of your predictions about what might happen in the next chapter or the rest of the novel
Write down words that you do not understand and look them up in a dictionary. Record their definitions in your journal.
Write about your favourite part and why you like it.
Choose a descriptive word from the text, write it down, and, using a thesaurus, make a list of five synonyms and antonyms for that word.
Write some advice to a character in trouble.
Explain whether you would recommend the book and why.

Trips
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Y5/6 Visit to London (June/July 2015)
Y6 Day visits allied to Topic, free or low cost.

Parental Help Please!
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Year 5
– Cooking and sewing as and when!
Year 6
– Term 5/6: DT-Slippers (1 st to 5 th June)

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Y5/Y6 ‘Happenings’
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Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)
Taster Days – Deepings etc.

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)
Taster Days – Deepings etc.
Leaver Service – Last Day of Term

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)
Taster Days – Deepings etc.
Leaver Service – Last Day of Term
Senior Citizen Party - 9 th Dec

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)
Taster Days – Deepings etc.
Leaver Service – Last Day of Term
Senior Citizen Party - 9 th Dec

Year 6
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SATS – 11 th to 14 th May 2015
Church School Festival (21/05/15 tbc)
Taster Days – Deepings etc.
Leaver Service – Last Day of Term
Senior Citizen Party - 9 th Dec
Cycling – 1st to 5 th June 2015

Facebook
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Don’t have strangers as Friends
Don’t use Facebook in their bedroom
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