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Year 6Year 6MMrs Sumptonrs SumptonSt George’s Church of England PrimarySt George’s Church of England Primary

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How we are working

• Class teacher – Mrs Sumpton• PE – Boston United • Art - Mrs Carder and Mrs

Slocombe• TA/ 1:1 – Mrs Carder, Mrs

Slocombe

Core subjectsCore subjectsMathsMaths

EnglishEnglish

Maths• The areas we will be studying are;• Number (counting, working with 7 digit

numbers, fractions and decimals, negative numbers, and percentages)

• Measurement (working with circles, and converting between standard units of measurement)

• Geometry (compare shapes based on properties, find unknown angles, calculate area and volum)

• Statistics (Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use them to solve problems)

EnglishIn English we will be

looking at :• Legends• Journalistic writing• Poetry• Stories with

flashbacks • Biography• Persuasive texts

• Formal writing• Plays• Stories from famous

authors• Argument• Stories with

historical settings• Explanations

Topics• Burger and fries – Terms 1 • Monkey business – Term 2• Mayan – Term 3• Road Trip – Term 4• Rise of the Robots – Term 5• Who ate all the tarts? – Term 6

Homework•Spellings given out on a

Monday and tested on Friday•Reading – 10 minutes daily•Maths/English – Out on

Thursday and in on Wednesday

•Homework diaries – Checked on Wednesday

Parental support• Support with homework activities• Test children on times tables• Hear your child read daily• Sign each time they read as well as the

homework diary• Help with school trips• Remind your child to bring their PE kit on

Wednesday and Thursday

Trips• Summer term residential• Day visits throughout the year to

enhance topic work• Year 5 and 6 play at the end of the

year

Facebook/ Internet•Children should be 13 to

have a Facebook account.•Many games have an age

rating of 18. •Monitor children who are

using the internet. Look at their ‘history’ regularly.

Don’t forget to visit our school website for additional

information:

http://www.st-georges-stamford.lincs.sch.uk/