Year 6 - Nightingale Class

Welcome to Nightingale Class

 Class Teacher: Mrs Cole

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Sobhani

 

Welcome back to Term 4

This term we will be extending our new learning in Maths, looking at area, perimeter and volume, as well as investigating some statistics. We are looking at a new enquiry question for Geography about Mountains. 

Enquiry Question - Geography

Why are mountains so important?

This term we have a Geography enquiry: 'Why are mountains so important?'  This builds on our previous learning about rivers and physical geography. How are mountains formed, why are fossils found high up in the mountains and how climate is affecting the mountains of the world?

Reading

       

We will continue to read: The Girl who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson.

We will continue to follow Yanka's journey into the Snowy Forest to find out the mystery of her past. The story so far has seen Yanka and her friend Sasha help an elk on a frozen river, fight off wolves and discover a house with chicken legs. The incredible descriptive writing of Sophia Anderson  has transported us right into the depths of this story and left a desire to find out where Yanka's adventures will end. 

Please continue to encourage your child to read every day at home! Reading helps to improve writing and all areas of academic work. Please listen to your children read whenever possible, question them on the story or characters to ensure true understanding of the text.

 

 

In English, we will be using our topic on mountains to inspire our writing, using all the skills we have been revising and learning during our first three terms. 

Forest School​​ - will still take place on Monday afternoons for those children who were attending last term.

Please remember to send children in with their Forest School kit in a bag, as they will change after lunch. Please ensure the Forest School clothes are appropriate for the weather that day.

Please send in wellies that can be kept in school to utilise the outdoor learning spaces every day.

Those children working with Mrs Cole and Mrs Pursey on Monday afternoons will enjoy extra forest school later in the year. 

P.E - Friday afternoon

Our P.E lessons are still on Friday afternoons. This term we will be learning hockey. This will be outside. Please send the children into school with their P.E kits in their bag and a change of outdoor P.E shoes, not their school trainers, or their outdoor muddy ones.

         

The Term 4 knowledge organisers below provide information on our learning for this term.

Teachers can be contacted via Class Dojo if you have any questions or queries regarding the home learning. 

Please click here to access extra phonics, reading and spelling resources.

Please click here to access links to other useful home learning resources published online.

If you are unsure of any log in details please contact the teacher through Class Dojo or email office@pilgrims-way.kent.sch.uk