Class 6
Welcome to Class 6! Croeso i Dosbarth 6!
Teacher: Mr Groucutt and Mrs Kupe
Autumn Term 2023
Our value this half term is 'thankfulness'.
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Thessalonians 5:18
Our Creative Habit of Mind this half term is 'persistence'.
Remember
We have a Cardiff City Football coach teaching football until Half term on Tuesdays - please wear PE kit TUESDAYS until 24th October .
Our PE day is WEDNESDAY - please wear your PE kit to school every Wednesday. PE kit is a white polo shirt (or your house colour) and grey or black shorts/joggers & trrainers. Plain kits please, no patterns or large logos.
Reading books: every child has a reading book from our library and they may take them home to read. Home reading books can be changed whenever necessary.
Our context this term is "Radiant Rivers".
We are going to study the diversity of life in our local river and compare it to the Ganges. We kicked off our topic with a fabulous immersion day involving problem solving activities, visitors teaching us about Indian music and dance.
Homework
Spellings Tests are every FRIDAY. New words will no longer be sent home on paper. All words will be displayed on Google Classroom.
Click here to visit the Times Tables Rock Stars site to practice your tables.... who's going to be the first Rock Hero in your class? Practice your maths skills by playing against other children all over the world.
Click here to go to Spelling Shed to pratise your weekly spelling words.
HWB
Ask your teacher for your HWB password. On Hwb you can...
- access your personal Hwb email
- use online Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
- use J2e
- and much, much more.
Practise coding skills on Scratch
National Tests
Information for parents
Welsh Government guide for parents
Here is a link to the Welsh Government website where you can download sample tests:
This website has past test papers from England which can be printed:
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize is free and has many activities to practice all aspects of the Literacy and Numeracy framework.
Use the areas for all countries in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
IXl maths has free units you can trial for a month: http://uk.ixl.com/
Nessy reading and spelling has free access: http://www.nessy.com/
Websites with fun games and activities
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/index.htm
http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php
http://pbskids.org/games/reading/
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/subject/reading-games/