Great Crosby Catholic Primary 01519248661 admin.greatcrosby@schools.sefton.gov.uk
The Northern Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2RQ
Welcome to Year 6
We are on the rollercoaster ride that is Year 6!
Teachers
6D - Ms Dalton
6JL - Mrs Johnstone-Swift and Mrs Lloyd
6T - Mrs Tyson
The primary school chapter of your life is coming to an end, and it can feel like a big change, but we are here to make this last year as easy as possible.
In Year 6, we will travel through time as we see how the First World War had an impact on our city. In fact, if you look into your own family’s history, we would love to know if there are any World War One connections you can share with your class. We will go exploring in Antarctica with Shackleton and investigate the theory of evolution with Charles Darwin. These are just examples of the adventures we will have. There are opportunities for all of you: scientists and artists.
In English, we will revisit spelling patterns (it’s a good idea to play the games on Edshed and practise the year 5/6 spelling list). We will explore familiar and unfamiliar punctuation, find fronted adverbials, use rhetorical questions and extend your writing skills with similes and metaphors. In maths, we will increase your understanding of the four number operations with whole and fractions of numbers; we will investigate graphs and data and we will engage with our times tables daily. If you are still unsure of your times tables, please keep learning and practising them. ‘Times Table Rock Stars’, ‘Arithmagicians’ and ‘Hit The Button’ are excellent online resources. You need to be able to recall tables facts as fast as you can your own name, and the ability to do this will really make maths lessons easier for you.
Year 6 is a lot of hard work, but it is also a lot of fun. All we ask is that you come prepared to do your best and follow the code of conduct
Recommended Authors
These are recommended by the Y6 staff. Tell us if you have other authors that you have enjoyed.
Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, William Nicholson, Robert Westall, Charlie Higson, Eoin Colfer, Michelle Magorian, Alan Ayckbourn, J. K. Rowling, Helen Creswell, Darren Shan, J. R. R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Kay, Will Peterson, Dan Friedman, Cornelia Funke, Jenny Nimmo, Phillip Pullman, Louis Sachar, David Walliams, Philip Caveney, Rick Riordan.
Click on the image for a list of the Top 50 classic books every child should read!
Weblinks
Times Table Rock Stars
Use the same username and password that you use for Purple Mash and Mangahigh.
First visit the Studio to improve your rock status. You need to have had ten goes in the Studio to get your rock status.
Practise in the Garage.
Test yourself in the Soundcheck, then visit the Studio again.
Mangahigh
Maths lessons, challenges and games for homework and classwork. Try using your Purple Mash login and password or see Mr Cannell for help. School id 41975.
Arithmagicians
Arithmagicians will help with rapid recall of key mathematical facts of for 30 focused mental arithmetic objectives. It helps if you know your times tables!
Health For Kids
This is an NHS website for children which has advice about health, illness, feelings. It has advice for getting help and games to play.