Year 6

Croeso i Blwyddyn 6!

Important things to remember:

We have P.E. every week. Our P.E. day is a Tuesday. Pupils need to wear their P.E. kit to school on this day. Blue or white t-shirt, black shorts and trainers. If pupils forget their kit, there is spare available in school to ensure they participate.

We are often asked how parents can help their children at home. Here are some ideas for you:

* Pupils will have a homework menu each half term, with activities linked to their topic work. They can complete them as little or often as they like but should aim to complete all the tasks by the end of the half term.

* Basic addition and multiplication skills are at the heart of most of our maths work. Helping your child practise these skills will really help them to progress. There are many websites with worksheets you can print or games you can load. We suggest that 5 minutes a day on the Hit the Button website will have a positive impact on your child's learning. Please take a look (see the link below). If they have mastered Hit the Answer on a particular times table, move on to the Hit the Question. After that, have a go at division facts.

* Reading- Your child will be bringing home a reading book to read with an adult. They will also have a reading record with question prompts for you to ask to discuss the text and ideas for activities your child can complete to show their understanding.

* Active learn- Your child has an online account with their reading books (as well as some maths games). They need to read the books and answer the questions. This helps us to assess their comprehension skills, which are as important as their ability to read fluently. Listening to your child read means that you can pick up on their mistakes. Reading TO your child helps them to understand what good, fluent reading with expression sounds like.

Mrs Fletcher, Miss Norrish and Mrs Griffiths

Autumn Homework Menu

Each week we would like you to complete one of the tasks below. Dojos will be given for effort and application of skills.

As many of the children have expressed a love of reading we have included optional books for wider fictional reading.

6C Class assembly rehearsal video Here is some video footage of us rehearsing for our class assembly which we performed live on Friday 27th September.

6B Class Assembly about the Zones of Regulation Here is a recording of our class assembly about the Zones of Regulation which we performed on 27th September

High school application process

It is time to apply for a secondary school place for your child. Below you will find information about key dates for the application processes in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

If you would like help applying to secondary school please speak to your child’s class teacher.

You will need to have an email account which you can access when applying. You also need a choice of 5 schools in the local area which you wish to apply to.

Applying for school transportation If you would like to apply for a bus pass for your child to get to school, here is a link to the Council web pages which has more information about how to do this.