Year 6 2021 - 2022

Welcome to Year 6! I hope you have had a great summer. 

This term we will be exploring World War 2. We will look at how and why the war began and what happened during this time. For English, we will be studying the books 'Star of Fear, Star' of Hope and 'When We Were Warriors' which complement our topic. 

For science we are learning about electricity. Use the link to have a go at making your own circuits in this virtual lab. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab_en.html 

Reading

Reading is essential to support your child's learning in all areas of the curriculum. It is important that they are encouraged both in school and at home to read for enjoyment. They can choose both fiction and non-fiction books and try different genres such as mystery, sci-fi, historical fiction, fantasy etc. 

I will send reading records home with a book of your child's choice from our class library. They should read every day for at least 10 minutes - preferably more - and an adult should sign their reading record. We are also continuing to use 'Bug Club' which can be found at this address https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 The username and password will be written in the reading record. 

The children also have logins to Bedrock and Timestables Rock Stars.

Swimming

Swimming will begin on Tuesday 7th September. Please ensure your child has their swimming kit in with them every Tuesday.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact me on my email -  stephanie.tollitt@st-johnfisher.halton.sch.uk I will try to respond to any queries as soon as I can.