Author: staff06

SATs Revision
Literacy
Reading paper revision, including 2008 paper in groups.
Narrative reading and writing units —The Long Walk and The Giants Necklace.
Formal and informal writing—letters, invitations and reports.
Numeracy
Mental maths practise daily
Revision from SATs papers, including 2008.
Measuring and drawing angles.
Calculating missing angles
Column method of subtraction
Chunking method of division in a column
Word problems, including two step problems.
Science
Adaptation—including plants, food chains and classification keys.
Changing state, incorporating evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing.
Forces—including floating and sinking.
Revision of SATs materials, including 2008 paper.

Transition Work
Transition work is work given to us by the high school to complete and send back to them. Work involves literacy, numeracy and science. Although we have not been given the transition work as yet by the school it normally involves the following:
Literacy
Work based around the novel Kensuke’s Kingdom.
Numeracy
Problem solving and algebra
Science
An investigation to assess SC1 skills

Year 6
Summer term

Other activities planned for after SATs
Media Challenge
All children will be working in groups to complete a challenge for a story board and newspaper report on a given subject for the preliminary round the of competition. One group will be chosen to represent the school.
Business and
Enterprise
Children will work in groups to set up and run a small business. Exact details yet to be finalised.
Leavers Book
Children to work in groups to complete a section of the leavers book which will then be for sale at the end of the year.
Big Arts Week
The whole school topic is rainforests. Exact activities are yet to be decided.
Leavers Assembly
Children will work together to create and all singing and dancing leavers assembly ready for the end of the year.