Autumn 1

Welcome back to the new school year - and your final year at St George’s! We hope you had a lovely summer holiday and are ready to get on with some exciting and challenging learning this term!  

This term we will be having PE with the sports coach on a Wednesday, and our other PE day will be Thursday so please come to school in your PE kits on those days.  

In English, this term, we will be creating giraffe poems, and writing and recording our own David Attenborough Style nature documentaries- I can't wait to hear some of your David Attenborough voices! In our reading lessons, we will look at lots of different kinds of texts and video clips to develop our comprehension skills.  Our topics in maths this term are place value and all four operations. 

Mrs Anderson will be working in Giraffe's class on a Tuesday and will teach Science and French in the afternoons. In Science you will be learning about light this half term and I know she has some exciting investigations planned for you! 

Throughout the Autumn term, we are learning about the Viking invasion of Britain which follows on nicely from your Anglo-Saxons year 5 history unit. We will be learning about where they came from, creating a timeline of significant events during the Viking era, finding out about what life was like for Vikings, making Viking shields and using our knowledge to consider why they were so successful in their raids. Our Art unit also links to our history learning as we are focussing on different styles of printing including block, lino, mono and screen printing and will be creating our own Viking patterns using the runic alphabet and motif patterns. 

Our exciting residential trip to York also takes place towards the end of this half term and links to our history and topic learning as we will be visiting the Yorvik Viking centre as part of our experiences, as well as visiting the castle, York Minster and completing other Viking related activities. We will be having a parents meeting soon to go through the details, fill in medical forms and answer any questions.  Kit lists will be sent home and available in the office soon. 

In PSHE this half term, we are learning how the choices we make shape our future. This unit includes lessons about the importance of understanding your own mental health and wellbeing, healthy lifestyle choices (including healthy eating, dental hygiene and exercise) and exploring how growth mindset can build confidence and resilience when facing a challenge. 

Our RE topic is about beliefs about God. We will learn about what belief means, how people know what to believe, exploring who/what influences our decisions and behaviour choices, how we know what is trustworthy and who inspires us.  

Even at the start of Year 6, we can’t ignore the transition to secondary school at the end of the year!  Secondary school applications need to be made by October 31^st. If you have any questions about this, or need any help completing application forms, please come and talk to us or contact the school office.

Now that the children are in Year 6, there are lots of opportunities for taking on greater responsibilities in school, such as being buddies to the new Reception children and being House Captains, and lots of rewards, such as sitting on the chairs in assembly!  However, with these rewards and responsibilities, comes the expectations that our Year 6's show themselves as role models for the younger children in school - through their appearance (smart school uniform), attitude and behaviour. 

I can't wait to teach Giraffe's class! We have lots of hard work to do and some challenges coming up this year but I'm excited to work with you all! 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to catch us at the gates after school, or call the office for an appointment.

Mrs Green, Mrs McBroom, Mrs Lovely, Miss Barlow, Mrs Varlow and Mrs Anderson (on Tuesday's)