year6@holytrinityprimary.org

There will be no homework set on Teams this week whilst we ensure all pupil logins are correct. However, spellings will be set on Spelling Shed and your child will come home with their book band book. I have also added some interactive maths and English websites at the bottom of this webpage where children can practise their skills.  

Welcome to Year 6 

Miss Harding and Mrs Fargher (Mondays and Tuesday afternoons) with Mrs Hunter and Mrs O'Neill

Welcome to the autumn term and your first term in Year 6. It is going to be a very busy and exciting term: you will meet your buddies and help them settle into Holy Trinity; you will assume your whole-school roles and responsibilities and there will be mountainous engaging learning opportunities. 

Our values this term are friendship and truthfulness under the umbrella of forgiveness. 

In English, our books this term are Pig-heart Boy by Malorie Blackman, War Horse by Michael Morpurgo and The Christmas Truce by Carol Ann Duffy. You may bring in your own copies of these should you wish.  

P.E. will be on Wednesdays (Dodgeball) and Fridays (gymnastics) so please come to school in your P.E. kits. If you have a sports club after school, please come to school in your school uniform and bring your P.E. kit to change into. If you take part in lunchtime football training, please come to school in your uniform and then you can change into your P.E. kits.  

Information for Parents

Stationery

Please remember to send your child to school with the stationery listed below. 

• dark blue handwriting pen (no biros)
• pencil
• highlighter
• purple pen (biro is fine)
• glue stick
• whiteboard pen
• pencil sharpener
• rubber
• 30cm ruler
• small set of coloured pencils
• glue stick
• a pair of scissors
• a half-moon protractor.

Pencil cases will be sent home each half term so items can be replaced as necessary.

Homework

English and Maths homework will be set on Teams every Monday and is due in by the Friday. Homework is to be completed in the pink homework books unless stated otherwise. If children finish their homework before Friday, they can bring it into class and place it in the box. Each piece of homework should take a maximum of forty minutes. 

Children will bring home a blue spelling book on a Monday with their spellings written in. Please do not practise their spellings with them in this book. It is only to be used for writing new spellings and for their test on a Friday. They can practise their spellings on Spelling Shed by playing the games.    

Should children finish their homework early or want to do a bit more, they can go on Spelling Shed to play games on Grammar Arcade or practise their times tables on TTRS. 

Reading

Please try to hear your child read their reading scheme book every day, just for 10 minutes. It really does make a difference! When your child has finished a book, please write in their reading record. Your child will then put their book and reading record in the box in the classroom to be checked. 

I would like to challenge the children to read as many books from the suggested reading list as possible. They will be celebrated in the classroom and on the webpage so please let me know once they've completed a book and email a photograph of them with the book. We have a class library, which they can borrow most of the books from.

General Reminders

• Winter uniform is grey skirts, trousers or shorts with a white shirt, tie and green school jumper or cardigan.  Please remember that school hoodies can only be worn with P.E. kit.
• Hair that is long enough to be tied back please do so fully using a green or hair-coloured band. 
• No nail varnish please.
• Plain gold / silver stud earrings only.
• Your child may wear a watch or Fitbit but these must be removed for P.E.
• No other jewellery such as friendship bands etc is permitted.
• If your child wears a religious adornment, please let me know.

Absolutely NO NUTS in school please.

Spelling

English Websites 

Maths Websites

Other Useful Websites