Information - Year 6 - Holy Family Catholic School

This is the curriculum that your child/ren will be studying between now and the end of the Autumn term.

Year Group: 6

RE	Babies; Initiation; Gifts
Literacy	Genres of Fiction; Adverts & Persuasive Writing
Maths	Counting & Calculating; Data and Measure; Number Facts & Shape
Science	Interdependence & Adaptation; Micro-organisms
ICT	Creating a website; Designing a board game
Topic:
History	Not on timetable this term
Geography	The Mountain Environment
Art	Still life drawing; Tye dye and collage
Design Technology	Designing and making slippers
Music	Mainly rhythm
PE	Multi-skills & Invasion games

Homework will continue to be set as follows:

Monday	Reading; Science; Literacy
Tuesday	Reading; Maths
Wednesday	Reading; Maths; Literacy
Thursday	Reading; Maths; Literacy
Friday	Reading; Science; Maths

· In Year 6, homework should take no longer than 1 hour daily to complete. We do expect it to be done. Please support your child and us by insisting that your child does her/his homework every night.

· We set homework for the following reasons: so that your child can continue their learning at home; to reinforce something they have been taught in school; to complete work they have started in the lesson in readiness for the next lesson; so that you can be aware of what they are learning at school and the progress they are making.

· Do take an interest in what homework is set but please don’t do their homework for them: it doesn’t help them and it doesn’t help us.

· If you believe that the work they have been set is too easy or too difficult for them, you have the right to ask to discuss this with their teacher.

Please note that the homework timetable is a guide only. There will often be occasions when the timetable changes due to practise for the 11+ or SATS or when the timetable has changed in school for various reasons and therefore the lessons have not been taught.

Homework is intended to consolidate what has been taught in school and should be manageable. If you find your child is struggling with any aspect of their work please let your child’s class teacher know.