Deer Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to Deer class page. We are very excited for the year ahead in Year 6 and have lots of exciting lessons and experiences to look forward to. As parents/carers, you play a vital role in supporting your child’s journey through Year 6. This year is an important milestone for your child’s education, as it marks their final year in primary school before transitioning to secondary school. We hope that you will find this class page useful in supporting your child through this journey.

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Curriculum news

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In Deer Class, the children have been getting creative by designing and making their own Christmas stockings. They explored a range of techniques, including stitching, cutting, joining and decorating with different textures and materials. The children showed great focus and imagination, producing beautifully individual stockings to take home. Well done, Deer Class! Fantastic festive making!

 

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The children have been working hard to develop their drawing and sketching techniques. This week, they explored how artists use light and dark to bring pictures to life. Using wolves as their inspiration, the children experimented with shading, contrast, and the careful use of pencil strokes to show texture and depth. Their sketches beautifully capture the power and character of these fascinating animals, showing just how much their confidence and creativity are growing.

Summer 1 Curriculum Newsletter

 

During Summer 1 we will be continuing to look at the year 5/6 statutory spelling words alongside revisiting common spelling patterns from the year.

 

Home learning projects

  • Get creative – can you make a collage of Ilkley Moor? Can you include the wonderful wildlife that reside there too?
  • Creative writing – do you ever find living creatures in your house (flies, spiders, mice even)? Write from their perspective. What does your house look like to them? How do they feel when they see you?
  • Get active! Make it your mission to try something new this half term with your family.
  • A trip to the seaside! With the weather improving, a day trip to the seaside to look at our wonderful coasts. Can you pick out the features you have learnt about?

 

Dates for the diary

Summer 1

14th – 17th April – Residential

11th – 14th May – SATs Week

15th May – SATs completion celebration day

19th May – Brownlee Triathlon

20th May – STARs event

 

Summer 2

To be updated soon.

Further dates to be added throughout the year.

 

Links to support learning

Reading

Please encourage your child to read daily for a minimum of 20 minutes. At least 3 reading sessions per week should be recorded in the school Reading Record. Children should all have a school reading book (that can be changed regularly) but should be encouraged to read other material as well.

Read more about English in Y6 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Does your child not know what to read next? Here is a link to ‘100 Books To Read Before You Leave Primary School’.  Sheet 1   Sheet 2    Sheet 3    Sheet 4   Sheet 5

Spelling

Please find links to the Statutory Spelling list for Year 3 and 4, and Year 5 and 6. These could be printed at home to help your child practise and retain these tricky spellings.

Maths

Times Table Rock Stars (children will have their login details and can access this through RM unify) – Children should be practicing recall speed of all times tables.

Read more about maths in Y6 in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study

Just for fun!

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