Welcome to Zeus
Welcome to Zeus class! Our names are Mrs Renshaw and Ms Pallett and we teach the Year 6 class at Hall Meadow. We are also lucky enough to have Mr Palmer teaching PE once a week.
In Zeus we aim to create an atmosphere of independence and encourage the children to take increased responsibility both for their learning, in preparation for secondary school, and by being excellent role models to the rest of the school, demonstrating this in their prefect roles.
This term’s learning
This term's theme is called "Lights, Camera, Action!” and will be based around how life has changed in Britain since 1945. The twentieth century was one of rapid change with countless technological, social and political developments. Our unit of work will focus on leisure and entertainment but will also look at home life, work life, population and technology and how these are all interwoven.
In art, we will be looking at the pop art movement and the work of Andy Warhol. Our music and computing will focus on the genre of film; the use of music in films and the making and editing of short films.
During our English session we will be reading and studying the incredibly inspiring book “Wonder” by R J Palacio. In maths, we will continue with our focus on number by looking at fractions, decimals and percentages. We will then turn our focus to a number of areas of shape and space such as area and perimeter.
This half term’s PSHE (Jigsaw) is called ‘Celebrating Difference’. We will be looking at disabilities, power and bullying behaviours.
In science our work will centre on physics with us looking at light, magnetism and forces.
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This week in Zeus class we have had lots of fun across all subjects and are looking forward to next week.
Maths
This week in Maths, we’ve been looking at and focusing on multiplying and dividing fractions. We learnt the method for dividing fractions: Keep, Change, Flip. ( KCF )
‘I enjoyed fractions and learning how to multiply them’ quoted by Madison.
Science
In science we have been thinking about light, the way in which it travels and how we see things. Our group task was to create a short children’s television programme to teach our target audience about ‘How we see.’
PE
On Friday afternoon we were lucky enough to have a visiting coach take us for a football skills session. We thoroughly enjoyed learning new skills and the competitive element to the game “King of the Ring”.
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English
This week in Zeus we have been finishing off our own myths and we have been planning our harvest poems creating some spectacular sentences and we have just started writing them, already they are amazing!!!
Maths
The past week in maths, we have been studying long multiplication, long division and short division. We also did a maths test on Monday – there were some very tricky questions!
PE
On Monday, we played our first ever rugby match against our classmates. We also practised our tackling (tag taking). We persevered and played fairly. We also discussed the rules for rugby and made sure we did not cheat.
TIP: Make sure (if you are playing rugby) stay in a line especially for defending.
History
Our topic is the Ancient Greeks. We have been researching, writing and finding out facts about them. My favourite activity was art and making up our own mythical creatures. It’s really fun and it’s a great experience for us.
By Aniya and Morgan.
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How you can help!
Year 6 are given weekly homework that is set on a Friday and handed back in for marking on the following Thursday. This consists of an English activity and a Maths activity. The children are also given weekly spellings to learn, which are tested on a Monday.
Home Learning
Please continue to support your child by encouraging them to read widely and frequently. They should also be discussing their reading with an adult on a regular basis.
Ensuring that your child is fluent with their multiplication tables is also incredibly beneficial for them. There are lots of ways that these facts can be practiced; chanting, singing, games, apps, web sites or simply writing them out.