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.
Our Learning Updates
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English
This week in English, we watched a short animation called “Alma.” We’re currently planning a narrative about the clip, and we’re looking forward to writing our horror/mystery themed stories. Recently, we’ve also finished most of our planning for our write-ups.
Reading
We’ve began reading our class text “Pig-Heart Boy”, a book about a teenager who is in desperate need of a heart transplant; his only hope is a pig’s heart. We’re all enjoying the book, and we’re looking forward to finding out what happens to our protagonist, Cameron.
Maths
In Maths, we’ve been learning how to convert units of measurement (as well as capacity) and have solved a series of problems and questions using the methods we’ve been taught over the last few days.
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MATHS
During maths this week, we have been calculating fractions mentally and we have also been applying our knowledge of fractions to problem solving situations particularly when presented in different ways. We have also been using bar models to help us and support us with our answers; it has also helped us to improve our reasoning skills. We are looking forward to beginning a new subject next week.
ART
Linking to Remembrance Day, we were also drawing poppies following a guided video. We first sketched out our poppies in our art sketchbooks, then experimented types of reds to see which ones we preferred. After, we drew our final pieces on thick paper, and traced over it with a sharpie (a black permanent pen) then coloured them in and cut them out. We used all of our poppies to make a war display.
Diwali
On Wednesday, it was diwali; as a result we learnt some more about diwali and why it is celebrated. We learnt about how people celebrate diwali and what types of food they ate. We made some Indian sweets called Barfi. We started by adding pink food colouring to coconut then mixed in condensed milk to make the mixture stick.
BY: Louis and Lottie
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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.