Year 6 2023 - 2024

Miss Tyrer 5/6LT

Miss Tyrer 5/6LT

Welcome to 5/6LT: another exciting year in Woodlands Primary School!

Hello everyone! I am Miss Tyrer and I am delighted to be entering my 8th year of teaching at Woodlands. I cannot wait to spend another year as part of such an exciting and creative school, and I am thrilled to be continuing my journey at Woodlands as a Year 5/6 teacher and as the phase leader for UKS2.

I love teaching all subjects and seeing children shine across the curriculum. This year, I am excited to be leading English across the whole school! I am incredibly passionate about developing a love of reading and writing in all children, and I love how writing allows us to express our creativity in so many different ways.
When I am not in school, I am often busy renovating my very first home which I bought in July 2021 (and is still very much work in progress!), and trying to stop my pet cat – Hugo – from destroying the place! I also really enjoy going to concerts, and spending time with family and friends.
I believe that in order to succeed it is vital to work as a team and support one another through all of the exciting challenges a new year can bring. I cannot wait to get to know you all better and learn all about your hopes, dreams and aspirations!

Miss Shepherd 6BS

Miss Shepherd 6BS

Hello, I’m Miss Shepherd and I’m extremely excited to be your Year 6 teacher at Woodlands Primary
School this year! I will be entering my third year at Woodlands and I am extremely excited to be leading
PE across the school this year.
In Year 6 there are lots of exciting things to look forward to and, other than the core subjects, we will be
working on topics such as: The Ancient Greeks (one of my favourites), Early Islamic Civilization and
Wars over time!
When I am not in school, I enjoy spending time with my family, friends and my three dogs Cleo, Lottie
and Mila. I love listening to music and going to concerts of my favourite artists as well as going on long
walks with the dogs, who tend to get very muddy!
I am passionate about all things art related and history as these were some my favourite subjects I
studied. We are going to work hard but at the same time I’m sure we will have a fantastic year together.

Mrs Megginson 6DM

Mrs Megginson 6DM

Welcome to Year 6!

Hello. I am Mrs Megginson and I will be your teacher in September. I am really excited that we will be working together! This will be my seventh year teaching at Woodlands and I am the History lead at our school.

Outside of school I like to spend time with my family and friends. I have 2 children. My son has just finished university and my daughter is in high school, but it doesn’t seem that long ago since they were in Year 6! We are all big music fans in our family - we like to go to music concerts and festivals together, go camping and walking in the woods or on a beach.

I am thrilled to be part of the Y6 team. We have worked together as part of the Upper Key Stage 2 team and we want to make your final year at Woodlands one to remember! We already have lots of exciting ideas and plans in place for you. I know we will have a great year together. I want our classroom to be a busy, happy place and I can’t wait for us to get going.

Welcome to Year 6!

Spring 2

 

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Our history topic this term is...

 

The Early Islamic Civilization

 Buildings and homes in the early Islamic civilisation - BBC Bitesize

 

By the end of this unit, we will know where the Early Islamic Civilization fits on a timeline of previously taught historical topics. We will know facts about the city of Baghdad, including facts about the House of Wisdom and why scholars wished to study there. Additionally, we will know some differences between life in Baghdad and life in Britain ~900 CE, understanding that Islam was in a Golden Age whereas Europe was experiencing the Dark Ages.

 

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In English this term, our focus text is The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

 
 

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When the Selfish Giant builds a high wall round his lovely garden to keep the children out, the North Wind blows, the Frost comes and the Snow dances through the trees. The Giant wonders why Spring never comes to his cold, white garden. Then one day the Giant looks out to see a most wonderful sight . . . 

 

Our mastery targets in English this term are:

  • *Integrate dialogue to convey character and advance the action
  • *Recognise vocabulary and structures for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
  • *Use passive verbs (the passive voice)
  • *Use semi-colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses
 

 

Exploring Guided Reading in the Primary Grades - KNILT

 

This term, we will be reading, 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales' by Oscar Wilde in our whole class reading sessions.

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High above the city, on a tall column, stood a statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

 

Mastery Keys 

 

*Draw inferences (inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions) and justify with evidence.

*Evaluate authors’ language choice, including figurative language. 

*Make comparisons within and across texts.

 

 

In Spring 2, Year 6 will be focusing on the topics Converting Units, Algebra and Ratio in maths lessons, following and adapting the White Rose Maths scheme of learning. 

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Year 6 will have P.E and COJO's on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Please ensure children have a weather-appropriate kit for these P.E. days, which includes a white top and black/navy joggers/shorts. Both PE sessions may take place outside for this half term, so it may be best for children to wear an outdoor kit for both lessons.

 

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