Maple Tree Class - Year 6
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Welcome to our class page! We are looking forward to an exciting and busy year ahead!
Maple Tree Class is taught by Mrs Trotter and supported by Mrs Senior.
Class Routines:
- PE is on a Thursday and Friday - PE Kit should be worn on those days.
- Homework is given out on a Friday to be returned the following Wednesday.
- Reading books will be changed on a Monday and Friday. Children should be reading at home at least five times a week.
If you need to speak to us please see us during drop-off times before/after school, email maple@ruffordparkprimary.org.uk or call 0113 3910906 and we will respond as soon as possible.
Autumn Curriculum Overview:
I wonder how World War Two affected families in Yorkshire
- English: Children will be writing to inform and entertain through writing non-chronological reports, diaries, letters and narrative descriptions.
- Reading: Our class reader is 'Goodnight Mr Tom?' by Michelle Magorian. Children will be reading through this text and answering a range of questions to support their comprehension. In addition, the children will be completing a range of other comprehension-based activities.
- Maths: Building on place value knowledge, using all four operations to answer problems, fractions and converting units of measurement.
- Science: Electricity and Animals including Humans
- Computing:
- Sharing Information
- Safety: Self-Image and Identity
- Video production
- Music: Sing Up Units, weekly singing and a World War Two Christmas
- DT: Super seasonal cooking
- History: Understanding the key events of WW2 and how they affected families in Yorkshire.
- PE: Tag rugby and netball
- RE:
- How and why are Jewish festivals celebrated today?
- How do Buddhists live a meaningful life?
- PSHE:
- Me and my relationships
- Valuing differences
- French: Phonics, Presenting Myself, Family