Dear Parents/Carers of Year 5/6 Pupils,
We hope that you’ve had a relaxing break and we
welcome your children back to a busy half term in
Year 5/6.
We have a new and exciting history topic that we
will be learning about this half term – life in
Britain from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.
We will be studying:
• the chronology of British history and where the Stone Age is placed within this.
• how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been
influenced by the wider world.
• the similarity, difference and significance of the Stone Age compared to other
ancient civilisations.
• how to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends and frame historicallyvalid questions.
• the connections between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social
history.
Coverage of other curriculum subjects will include:
• English – Text - Stig of the dump
• Science – Evolution and inheritance
• Geography - Earthquakes and volcanoes
• DT – Using recyclable materials
• ICT – Creating e-Portfolios
• PE – REAL PE and Cricket
• French – Directions and asking questions
• RE – Islam
Provisional Maths coverage for the half term.
Mrs Sharkey
Mrs Hepworth & Miss
Robinson
Y6 – Percentages
Y6 – Percentages
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Mr. Llewellyn
Y5 - Robinwood
Decimals and long
multiplication
Fractions
Y5 - Robinwood
Algebra
Consecutive numbers and
line graphs
Pie charts
Ratio, Scaling, line graphs
SATs revision
Y6 SATs revision
Y5
Cubed numbers,
Y6 SATs & revision
Y5 – Recap percentages
Compare %, decimals and
fractions.
Y6 – Cober Hill
Y5 - Recap area
SATs & revision
Y6 – Cober Hill
Y5 – Recap area
Presenting historical
data
Y6 – Cober Hill
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dates for diaries:
Tuesday 19/4/16 – Y6 Cober Hill parent’s information meeting @ 6:30 pm in KS2 hall
Wed 20/4/16 to Fri 22/4/16 Y5 at Robinwood
Wed 20/4/16 & Thurs 21/4/16 – SRE for Y6 pupils
Wed 20/4/16 – PTA meet in Community at 7pm. All welcome.
Mon 25/4/16 – Bags2school
Mon 2/5/16 – Bank holiday
Fri 6/5/16 – Year 6 SATs prep in KS2 hall (p.m.)
May 9/5/16 - Year 6 SATs week commences/breakfast club starts at 8.15am (Mon to
Thurs only)
Week commencing Mon 16/5/16 – Bikeability for Year 6 pupils.
Wed 18/5/16 – Transition session at Horsforth High for some Y6 pupils
Thurs 19/5/16 – TAG rugby event.
Sat 21/5/16 – Bag Packing at Morisons Yeadon
Mon 23/5/16 to Fri 27/ 5/16 – Year 6 at Cover Hill
Fri 27th Break up for half term.
other dates to be aware of for next half term (summer 2)
Thurs 9/6/16 –Transition day at Benton Park for some Y6 pupils
Friday 10/6/16 – Queens 90th birthday celebrations
Tues 21/6/16 – School nurse visits Year 6 to measure height, weight, BMI
Sat 25/6/16 – Summer Fair
Thurs 30/6/16 - Transition session at Horsforth High for some Y6 pupils
Friday 8/7/16 – End of year reports to parents/carers
Friday 22/7/16- final day of term
SATs
In the lead up to SATs, may we take this opportunity to ask that you support your child with
reading regularly at home and by putting an emphasis on questioning your children about the
text they are reading. Reading and discussing texts with your child is fundamentally important
to improving both their reading and writing skills. To progress children need to read regularly at
home and bring in reading diaries signed and dated twice every week.
Your child should now be finishing working through their maths revision booklets. We ask that
you talk to your child about their work in these books and support them as necessary.
A letter providing details of the SATs breakfast club for Year 6 pupils was sent out last week.
SATs week timetable for Year 6 pupils
Monday
Tuesday
9th
10th
A.M.
Reading test
One hour
A.M
Wednesday
11th
Thursday
12th
Grammar &, Punctuation Mathematics
(45 mins)
Arithmetic Paper 1
30 minutes
Mathematics
Reasoning- Paper 3
45 minutes
Spelling Test
(approx. 15 mins)
Phew!
Many thanks for your continued support
The Year 5/6 Teaching Team
Mathematics
Reasoning- Paper 2
45 minutes