Tiptree Heath Primary School

As part of this topic we will be learning about the key events in World War 2, how the war started and ended and the main countries involved. We will be finding out which countries were axis and allied powers and the locations of significant events and battles. We will be learning about evacuation and finding out what life was like for a child during this time. We will also be looking at rationing and how this affected people, as well as designing our own World War 2 recipes. We will identify the impact of WW2 on Britain and how people on the Home Front contributed to the war effort. As part of this topic, we will also be looking at Goodnight Mr Tom and completing a range of activities based on this.

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Our Science units this term are ‘Light’ and ‘Electricity’. As part of our light unit we will be finding out about how light travels and reflects off different surfaces. We will be discussing how this helps us to see objects and also explaining why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. Within our electricity unit we will be identifying symbols and components of a circuit, identifying how the voltage of a circuit will affect the brightness of a lamp or volume of a buzzer and creating our own circuits with switches.

Our maths units this term are: Number: Place Value, Number: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Number: Fractions and Measurement: Converting Units.

Our English Units are: Informal letter writing, Rondelet Poems, Character stories, Diary Writing, Newspaper Reports and Instructions.

Information for Parents

Start time: 8:45am

End time: 3:15pm

Thursday and Friday are our PE days. Earrings must be taken out and long hair tied back for P.E sessions.

Google Classroom

Here is a link to a video version of the log in guide emailed out with the children's log ins and here is another guide for parents to support their child using Google Classroom

Weekly Homework

English

Coming Soon

Here are some further spelling lists you could practise:

100 High Frequency Words, 200 next High Frequency Words, Year 3/4 Statutory Word List, Year 5/6 Statutory Word List

Reading

Read at least three times each week.
Your number of reads will be added up every week so that we can reward you with a Bronze (50 reads), Silver (100 reads) or Gold (200 reads) badge.
Can you collect them all?

For a list of recommended reads for Year 6 click here