Curriculum Overview Leaflet Year 6 Autumn 2015

How to support your child’s learning at home Helping at Home Read with your child every night ask them what the book is about, who are the characters, what do they do?

Practice times tables every night, test your child so that they know all of their times tables when called out randomly.

Ask your child to complete writing tasks for you, a shopping list, a story for a member of the family, perhaps they could start writing a diary of what they do each day and how they feel.

Ask your child about their day at school, what they have been learning about.

Make sure that they do their homework and bring it back to school on time.

Encourage your child to come to homework club at lunchtime.

Ensure that your child attends every booster club and/or tuition session.

Don’t forget that PE is on Wednesdays.

Key Dates- Borwick Hall 13th-16th October 2015 Meeting is 16.9.15 at 3.30pm

Homework Children bring a set of spellings home on a weekly basis, these words will then be tested in class the following week.

One set of Maths and one set of Literacy is given weekly but extra tasks can be set during the week which support what the children are learning.

Topic homework is set on a weekly basis in a number of different formats.

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A drop in homework club on Monday and Thursday lunchtimes is available for children who would like some help with their work.

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Lomeshaye Junior School Norfolk St Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SY

Curriculum Overview Year 6 Mr Smith, Mrs Spokes, Mrs Pinder Autumn Term 1

Creative Curriculum: Creative Curriculum: Survival: English: English: We are reading a novel called “Holes”

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We set our own personal targets and We set our own personal targets and identify our strengths, and learn that we identify our strengths, and learn that we are all valued. are all valued.

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Reading: Reading: Reading is a priority in school this

Reading a priority in ask school year.

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Weannual will beresidential visiting Borwick Hall our trip. We willfor our annual residential trip.

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