Year 6 Easter Revision Homework

All Year 6 children will have brought home an A4 ring binder containing revision aids and a revision booklet. Within this booklet, there are daily arithmetic and reasoning maths questions plus a few SPAG questions. This should take no more than 15-20 minutes per day to complete. Please encourage - as much as is possible - them to complete the work daily: leaving to the last minute will be impossible!

The answers to the maths questions are below; we will mark and discuss the SPAG when in school.

It is vital Year 5 & 6 children read frequently: progress on the Accelerated Reader programme will be monitored weekly, with in-class time allocated daily for independent reading, reading to an adult and end-of-book quizzes. Daily time will also be allocated to investigation-based spelling work and practice. In addition, the children should ensure regular practice on TTRockstars, which will help with multiplication tables.

Homework/tests will be as follows:

Monday: spellings will be tested (see lists below); reading records will be checked and progress logged; reading homework (class text) may also be assigned.

Wednesday afternoon: multiplication tables tests

Thursday: Maths homework to be completed before/by the following Tuesday.

Thursday: Grammar homework to be completed before/by Tuesday of the following week.

Additional pieces of homework may be set for the whole class or individual children as required.

Please ensure you have a homework diary or notebook in school at all times to record tasks and deadlines.

Summer Term (2) spellings

This final half term, we will be focusing on certain Year 5/6 spelling rules and patterns. Instead of asking the children to learn a list of words for a test, I will be sending them home with a sheet (sometimes double-sided) of rule/pattern practice. I hope that using the words and writing the words in context will be a valuable memory aide.

Reading in Owls Class, Years 5 & 6

Reading for pleasure is encouraged in many ways and in all year groups. For example, in addition to engaging with Accelerated Reader, every class has a weekly, timetabled "book club" when book ideas and recommendations are made or dicussed and books/chapters shared; children across the school enjoy a daily "story time" with their class teacher and, once per half term, with other teachers in the school; all classes have the opportunity to visit our school library every week; our Year 6 Reading Ambassadors also open the library during the lunch break, at least twice per week; we celebrate World Book Day with a whole week of activities...

There are many more ways we promote and encourage reading for pleasure in school, however, reading at home is equally important and crucial for every child.

But, what to read?

Below are links to recommended books and suggestions of similar authors if trying to encourage new books. If you would like any further help with suggestions for your child, please talk to the class teacher or Mrs Pearson.