St Peter's Community Primary School
Year 6 - Rhino Class
This term in Pavilion Class...
For the start of this new term, in Rhino Class our topic will be World War Two, learning about the timeline of events such as the outbreak of the war, the Battle of Britain, the heroic rescue at Dunkirk, the Blitz, the D-Day landings, the liberation of the concentration camps and the celebrations of VE Day.
In Maths, we begin the Spring term learning about fractions, decimals and percentages. Similar to our previous term, we will still have a key focus on the four key operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
In Literacy, we will be focussing on making sure our writing is accurate and coherent with a particular focus on a number of punctuation marks including commas, brackets and dashes. To build up our skills in this area, we will use a variety of tasks such as diary entries, letter writing and persuasive speeches. We will also begin this term by improving our grammar skills by learning about the accurate use of dashes, hyphens and inverted commas.
In Science, we will learn about electricity, where we will be building circuits and comparing or giving reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches. In PSHE, our topic is called ‘Dreams and Goals where the children will learn skills about how they can work out the learning steps they need to take in order to reach a goal and understand how to motivate themselves to achieve these.
In P.E, we will be improving our skills in cricket and badminton.
Useful Information:
· P.E. is on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E. kits on these days.
· Home learning tasks will routinely be given out on Fridays and handed back in on the following Friday.
· It would also be helpful if your child could practise their reading and times tables skills at home for 15 minutes each day. This could involve listening to your child read a book, asking them to summarise a section or simply asking them to recite their times tables. Times tables practise can also be done online for free using this website: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 It's vital that the children build up their arithmetic and reading fluency ahead of their SATs examinations in May 2024.
Thank you for your support.
Mr Ward
YEAR 6 DOCUMENTS
Click on the links below for more Year 6 information.
Year 6 Residential Information
Secondary School information:
The closing date for applications to transfer to secondary school in September 2024 is the 31st October 2023.
Guidance on the application process is available on the council website here: School application guides
Online applications are open on the council website here: Apply for a school place
It is recommended that parents apply online as this means they will receive an automatic confirmation of their application. It also means they will receive an offer from us by email on 1st March 2024.
If parents are unable to apply online they can apply by downloading an application form using this link: Download school application forms .
Email offers in response to online applications will be made after noon on 1st March 2024. Offer letters in response to paper applications where the parent has provided no email address will be posted first class on 1st March 2024 which means they will not be received until after 1st March. No decisions will be given by telephone.
PACA
Hove Park School
Prospective Parents/Carers and Year 6 Students
We are excited to share information about our bespoke upcoming events for Year 6’s with you. Our Open Evening is taking place at our Valley Campus on Thursday 5th October between 6pm – 8.30pm. We also invite you to attend Open Mornings and Taster sessions running the week beginning Monday 2nd October. Please see our website here for all information and links to book events – https://www.hovepark.org.uk/open-evening-2023
King's School
Booking for our Open Mornings is now open on our website. Please visit our website here to book: King's School (kingsschoolhove.org.uk)
As part of our Open Events for Year 6, we will be running taster sessions for next year’s Year 6 students who would like to find out more about King’s. These will take place on Tuesday 19th September and will run from 3.15pm-4.30pm. Year 6 students will be able to select preferences from a range of sessions. Information about the sessions can be found by following the link to the sign up form. This can also be accessed via the Open Events page on our website King's School (kingsschoolhove.org.uk).
Cardinal Newman
Key Stage 2 SATS information
TBC
Click on the image below for photos of our recent activities in Rhino Class!
