Croeso i Flwyddyn 6!
Welcome to Year 6!
Class teachers:
Miss Fry 6F
Miss Taylor 6T
Teaching Assistants:
Miss Clarke, Mrs Cremona-Thomas
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Our Topics
We are planning for the following:
Spring 1 -'Frozen Kingdom' - Welcome to the Planet's coldest lands!
In this project, the children will:
Spring 2 - 'Darwin's Delights'
Ship Ahoy! We're off on an exciting expedition with Charles Darwin and his crew on HMS Beagle.
In this project the children will:
Summer 1 - 'Gallery Rebels'
Pack up your pencils, pick up your paintbrushes and prepare to be amazed by the wonderful work of 19th and 20th century artists.
During this half term, we will:
Homework
Homework will be set regularly; this is often set on Google Classroom. Homework will help to consolidate skills taught in school and may also provide information if a home task is required for a topic. In Year 6, we encourage the children to be as independent as possible when organising and prioritising their time; we do this with the aim of preparing them for High School and we are grateful for your ongoing parental support with this.
Parents might like to consider subscribing to a weekly publication called First News. It is an excellent newspaper that has many interesting articles about current world events, written in a child-friendly way. If you are interested in subscribing to the newspaper at home, please click on the following link: https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/?utm_source=neutral-homepage&utm_medium=topnav&utm_campaign=neutral-homepage
Cymraeg
In Wales, the Welsh language is a core subject alongside English, Maths and Science. The children have many opportunities to practise their Welsh language skills throughout the school day, both inside and outside of the classroom. In addition to this, we have a daily Helper Heddiw session which focusses on different language patterns. The children also have lessons dedicated to their reading and writing skills.
Dysgu Cymraeg/Learning Welsh
If parents would like to join their children in practising Welsh at home, please see below for some links which we hope will be helpful:
https://www.s4c.cymru/en/dysgu-cymraeg/#
Apps:
Say Something in Welsh
Duolingo
Criw Cymraeg
Due to Covid-19, this year Criw Cymraeg will be comprised solely of children from Year 6. Members of Criw Cymraeg have a very important role in helping to promote the use of the Welsh language throughout the school. Pupils will be selected early in the Spring Term. In February 2020, we were proud to have been awarded the Cymraeg Campus Welsh Bronze Award; this year our aim is to start working towards the Silver Award and Criw Cymraeg will play a pivotal role in this.
Alongside studying non-fiction genres, we continue to use 'Alan Peat' sentences in Year 6, so if your child enjoys creative writing at home, please could you encourage your children to include them in their work. These top tips for sentence writing will really help you improve your writing skills. Click here, or find the link at the bottom of the page.
Useful Information: