Year 6 - Queen and Solsbury
Welcome to Year 6!
The Year 6 team (led by Miss Mullaly and Mr Dack) are delighted to be part of your child's learning experience as they enter Year 6 and move towards the end of their time with us at Oldfield Park Junior School. We are here to support your children and you as parents in any way possible. If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate - pop in for a chat, give us a ring or drop us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
"High School Musical" (Resources)
Script - a new version of the script. Every child has been included and we've reworked the script to make it ... better.
High-School-Musical-final.docx
Music (for all children to learn):
02-Getcha-Head-In-The-Game.mp3
03-What-Ive-Been-Looking-For.mp3
04-What-Ive-Been-Looking-For-Reprise.mp3
06-When-There-Was-Me-and-You.mp3
09-Were-All-In-This-Together.mp3
10-I-Cant-Take-My-Eyes-Off-of-You.mp3
Dancers (choreography to learn):
High School Musical Dance Along
Residential PowerPoint:
Weekly Timetable:
Below you will find an example of one of our weekly timetables:
Meet the Teacher 2024
Find below a PDF copy of the slide show presented at last night's "Meet the Teacher" meeting. If you have questions about any of the content, please do get it touch.
Term Five - Take One! Andy Warhol (Self-Portrait)
It's a short term but a fun one!
SATs are finally with us AND we'll be spending some time stepping into the shoes of pop-artist maestro, Andy Warhol - who was he? Where did he come from? What's he famous for? We'll be looking at these questions in detail and a lot more besides! There's a trip to the Holburne Museum to look at one of his self-portraits and the end-of-year production will be announced at the very end of term.
Term 5 Spellings:
Spellings this term will be slightly different in that we've now completed the formal program for Year 6. Below you will find a copy of the spellings that have been used in the SATs tests since 2015. The children will have been given a hard copy of these spellings at the end of Term 3. Each week the children will be asked to learn a "row" from the spelling list (e.g. Week 1 of Term 4 we will be looking at suffixes, prefixes and words ending in 'el'). From the row 12 spellings will be randomly chosen for the spelling test at the end of each week. As usual, if you have any questions about this, please let us know.
Term Four - Temples and Trials (The Maya Civilisation)
We've got a brand new text (Survivors by David Long & Kerry Hyndman) and a brand new theme this term - Temples and Trials. Over the next six weeks we shall be investigating the Maya Civilisation, their rituals, beliefs and accomplishments. In Computing, a group of robots have crash-landed in the Amazon - armed only with a Micro:bit computer, can the children help them to survive?
Temples and Trials KNOWLEDGE-ORGANISER.pdf
Temples and Trials THEME-LEAFLET.pdf
Term 4 Spellings:
Spellings this term will be slightly different in that we've now completed the formal program for Year 6. Below you will find a copy of the spellings that have been used in the SATs tests since 2015. The children will have been given a hard copy of these spellings at the end of Term 3. Each week the children will be asked to learn a "row" from the spelling list (e.g. Week 1 of Term 4 we will be looking at suffixes, prefixes and words ending in 'el'). From the row 12 spellings will be randomly chosen for the spelling test at the end of each week. As usual, if you have any questions about this, please let us know.
Year 6 SATs Spellings 2015 - 2024.docx
Term Three - Citizens of the World
What does it mean to be part of a community? How do decisions concerning people’s rights and freedoms get made? What does it mean to be equal and to have equality? What is a democracy?
Over the term, Year 6 will be establishing a new colony on a distant planet. Wanting to avoid the mistakes of the past, the children will set up a democratic government and establish new laws in order to help their new society thrive.
Through the lens of history, the children will learn about the democratic process, the importance of rights and the responsibilities that go along with them. Can they create the perfect society?
Citizens of the World Theme Leaflet.pdf
Citizens of the World Knowledge Organiser.pdf
Term 3 Spellings:
Find below the spellings for this term. As part of the children's homework, they will be required to learn as many of the spellings as they can. The left hand column contains common high-frequency spellings from prior year groups. The right hand column contains Year 5 and 6 spellings. There will be a spelling "quiz" ever Friday featuring six words from each column. If your child struggles with spellings, help them to concentrate on the words in the left column - we would like everyone to score at least 6 every week.
Spelling scores can help support our judgements regarding and assessing the children's writing at the end of the school year.
Below you will also find a full list of every spelling that has been issued in the official SATs tests. Worlds indicated in grey are possible future spellings:
Year 6 SATs Spellings 2015-2024.docx
Term Two - Who Were The Vikings (part.2)
Continuing our historical investigation into the Vikings and their impact on the British Isles, we take a closer look at the collapse of the Viking Empire and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. There will also be the world premiere of the children's documentary - "Who Were The Vikings?"
Who Were The Vikings (Part.II)? Information Leaflet.docx
Who Were The Vikings (Part.II)? Knowledge Organiser.docx
Who Were the Vikings! The Premiere!
We had an amazing afternoon at the premiere of the children's movie - popcorn was eaten, photos were taken and Oscars were given! The children should be exceptionally proud of what they've achieved; the documentary was almost entirely put together by them and there's certainly a lot of talent on display here. If you haven't seen it yet, follow the link below and enjoy. We've also uploaded some photos from the event and I'm sure you'll agree, the children look amazing!
Term 2 Spellings:
Find below the spellings for this term. As part of the children's homework, they will be required to learn as many of the spellings as they can. The left hand column contains common high-frequency spellings from prior year groups. The right hand column contains Year 5 and 6 spellings. There will be a spelling "quiz" ever Friday featuring six words from each column. If your child struggles with spellings, help them to concentrate on the words in the left column - we would like everyone to score at least 6 every week.
Spelling scores can help support our judgements regarding and assessing the children's writing at the end of the school year.
Below you will also find a full list of every spelling that has been issued in the official SATs tests. Worlds indicated in grey are possible future spellings:
Year 6 SATs Spellings 2015-2024.docx
Term One - Who Were The Vikings?
Join us as we investigate the Viking civilisation. Who were they? Where did they come from? What impact did they have on the British Isles and the rest of Europe? Over the next few terms we will be deepening our understanding of these fascinating people - were they really as bad as they were made out to be?
Who Were The Vikings Information Leaflet.docx
Term 1 Spellings:
Find below the spellings for this term. As part of the children's homework, they will be required to learn as many of the spellings as they can. The left hand column contains common high-frequency spellings from prior year groups. The right hand column contains Year 5 and 6 spellings. There will be a spelling "quiz" ever Friday featuring six words from each column. If your child struggles with spellings, help them to concentrate on the words in the left column - we would like everyone to score at least 6 every week.
Spelling scores can help support our judgements regarding and assessing the children's writing at the end of the school year.
