This week's Learning in Year 6 at a glance!
Year 6
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Learning Link: Our Dream WorldThis term, we will explore what we would like in our dream world, from recognising the impact of climate change and plastic pollution to journeying to the Greek forest in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and exploring the mystical lands that can be found in ‘The Arrival’. The creative talents of the children will be put to good use throughout all of their learning, and the links between English and Art will culminate in the children creating their own lifesize, 3D sculpture for display in ‘The Canvas’. |
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St. Mary: Mrs Sharpe – mrssharpe@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk Mrs Bond – mrsbond@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk St. Louise: Mrs Lewis – mrslewis@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
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Curriculum Newsletters for Autumn, Spring and Summer can be accessed here as they become available |
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Year Group Reminders |
Week Commencing: Monday 26th January 2026 Week B Tuesday: PE for both classes 6L: Tag rugby until Feb half term - please send in old trainers or football/rugby boots and a set of old trousers/joggers to wear over their PE kit. 6M: Badminton and Tag rugby from after half term until Easter. Friday: ‘Break the rules day’ to raise money for our Busenya partnership school. School council mentors and teachers have shared the six ‘special rules’ which can be broken on this day only. There will be more details in this week’s newsletter and donations of £1 will be made available to pay on Scopay. Children can break any of the ‘special rules or a combination of all of them if they would like to.
SATs preparation: This website has some really great short videos on arithmetic and maths strategies to support SATs revision. They have all the topics mapped from January to the SATs in May. https://vocabularyninja.co.uk/16-weeks-to-sats/ Looking further ahead:
You will need: • A named water bottle, fruit or vegetable snack • A coat (every day - we will go outside whatever the weather!) Gloves and hats for PE • A confident and positive attitude shining through a huge smile! |
Homework |
We ask that the children continue to read every day, recording their reading in their homework diaries. We will be sending home books and books unless your child is a ‘free reader’. Please login and use TTrockstars for continued times table practice. Spelling tests will take place every Friday and then new spellings will be set for the following week. We ask that spellings are practised between 4-5 times per week and that words are written into sentences or paragraphs (if they make sense!) to aid application. Additionally, each week children are given definition and sentence sheets to finish off at home. New CGP pages and spellings were set on Friday 16th January and are due on Friday 30th January 2026. |
Reading for Pleasure |
Poetry anthology |
RE |
Galilee to Jerusalem John’s Gospel - The sixth and seventh miracles: Jesus heals the man born blind and the raising of Lazarus from the dead. |
English |
English: Midsummer Nights’ dream To identify study and complete a retell of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream from Hermia’s point of view. Identify and use relative clauses Master Readers This half term we will be The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd Monday: Whole class reading of text Tuesday: Book club: Predict what what will happen Question to improve understanding Explain meaning of the words in context Summarise main ideas Wednesday: Modelled comprehension Thursday: Assessed comprehension Friday: Review, respond and chapter reading. |
SPAG |
Expanded phrases, adverbs and determiners |
Maths |
Fractions To multiply decimals by powers of 10 To divide decimals by powers of ten To multiply a decimal by a whole number To divide decimals by integers |
DT |
Sculpture To experiment designing a sculpture inspired by the style of Giacometti |
Computing |
Online safety To explain how sharing information online can help people to work together |
Geography |
Field work Field Sketching on Horseshoe Lane West, and up on the Downs. |
Science |
The Heart To understand the names and functions of the main four blood components |
French |
We are learning numbers 40-69, spotting patterns. |
Music |
Our learning will practice the chords of C major and A minor, which will help us to rediscover the idea of tonality. We will be introduced to the chord of F major. |
PE |
Gymnastics Understand what counter balance and counter tension is and show examples with a partner. Combine and perform gymnastic actions, shapes and balances with control and fluency. Create and perform sequences with varied movements and holds. Suggest changes and use feedback to improve a sequence. Tag Rugby Children will learn how to position themselves for a backwards throw and how to control the ball when catching and throwing. Use skills and strategy to outwit the opponent. Applying different movements and skills under pressure. Use space to support teammates. Vary types of attacking play to avoid predictable play. Badminton Using different types of shots/clears and racket movements within the game to keep advantage and gain points. To serve effectively, use tactics when needed and begin to self-manage a game with an opponent. |
Learning for Life |
Body image |