Year 6 South

Here is the Year 6 Spelling list. Each week the children will have some of these words to learn. 1.      accommodate 2.     accompany 3.     according 4.     achieve 5.     aggressive 6.     amateur 7.     ancient 8.     apparent 9.     appreciate 10.  attached 11.   Available 12.  Average 13.  Awkward 14.  Bargain 15.  Bruise 16.  Category 17.  Cemetery 18.  committee 19. Communicate 20. Community 21.  Competition 22. conscience* 23. conscious* 24. Controversy 25. Convenience 26. correspond 27. criticise 28. curiosity 29. definite 30. desperate 31. determined 32. develop 33. dictionary 34. disastrous 35. embarrass 36. environment 37. equip (–ped, –ment) 38. especially 39. exaggerate 40. excellent 41. Existence 42. explanation 43. familiar 44. foreign 45. forty 46. frequently 47. Government 48. Guarantee 49. Harass 50. hindrance 51. Identity 52. immed

Reading With that in mind please can I also ask that you encourage your children to read - daily for at least 15min as this will make a huge difference to the overall outcomes for your child's achievements in school. They don't have to read allowed to you if you are busy, but they do need to make more of an effort to read more often and read more challenging books. Performances With this being assessment week the curriculum timetable will be reduced. There will also be rehearsals taking place for the Halloween show and auditions for the Christmas Pantomime. English In English this week the children will be working on correcting and editing their writing and improving their use of; past, present and future tense. They will also be tested on the spellings from last week. Maths In Maths this week the children will be working on methods for subtracting whole numbers and decimal numbers Thought for the week

Coming up in week 5 It was such a pleasure to spend the week with your children last week.  Last week we had a great time on the year 6 sailing camp, Although we were all very tired by Friday, many happy memories were created and new skills learnt. Reminder On Thursday we have a day off for a bank holiday and on Friday we have a staff training day, so no children in school on those days. Assessment Week Next week 16 th October 2017 we will complete our first set of assessments to evaluate what the children have learn so far and what they still need to work on. There is no need to revise for these assessments. English In English this week we will be continuing with our book study – Goodnight Mister Tom. The children will be writing in the style of the author by predicting what they think will happen next. Maths The children will be working on subtraction problems that include money. For example - how much change form 5, 10 or 20 pounds?