Welcome To Elder Class Webpage 🌳

On our page we will be sharing our learning experiences and providing key information to parents.

Our Class Teacher is Mrs Doody.

Our  Class Higher Level Teaching Assistant is Mrs Bowes.

Our Learning Support Assistant us Mrs Reid. 

Our P.E day is Wednesday.

Elder's Expectations

In Elder class,  we are expected to complete the following homework challenges each week:

Reading: 📖

• Read independently or with an adult 5 times during the week.
• Please click the link below to find a recommended selection of Year 6 books for your child to enjoy. 

Maths: 🧮

• Complete 10 minutes daily on TTRS (Garage Challenge) to develop our fluency and application of the all of the times tables.
• Complete weekly tasks set on Mathletics.

Spellings:✍

•   Practise and complete a spelling test (Friday) based on the Year 5 / 6 spelling list. 

Autumn Term Learning🍁

English

In English, we started the termy with poetry, ' Behind the Magical Door, where we looked at figuarative language and expanded noun phrases.

We then explored the text, The Library, taken from the Spiderwick Chronicles.  This was a suspense story with a chasing plot.  Throughout thus unit, we looked at how authors create suspence and experiment with effective verb choices, eerie descriptions and dialogue that show how the characters are feeling.  We are currently completing our own version of a chasing plot/suspense story. 

Thematic Approach

We have been researching the Evolution of Earth.  This began by an investigation of the planet Earth and how it has evolved over billions of years to ensure that life can thrive and survive.  We then moved on to looking at how the physical features of our planet have changed over time, either through the shifting of tectonic plates or through natural disasters such as volcsmic eruptions and earthquakes.

Suggested Reading Books for Year 6