Welcome to the P6 class page!

We are excited about getting to know you all and we are here to help you in whatever way we can, and we hope everyone enjoys their year and learns plenty along the way.

This page will give you an idea of what we’ll be getting up to in P6. Visit the website every half term for information on what we will be learning about.

There are two P6 classes in the 24/25 year. The P6 teachers are Mrs Esler (teaching P6BE) and Miss Marcus (teaching P6BM).

Our classroom assistants this year are Mrs Backus and Mr Martin.

THINGS TO REMEMBER! 

What should your child bring with them to school? 

• Pencils
• Rubber
• Sharpener
• 30cm ruler
• Pritt stick
• Biro pens for marking (blue, black, red or green) - no gel pens please
• A 12 pack of colouring pencils
• Healthy break and a packed lunch
• PE kit consisting of a tee-shirt, shorts, pair of trainers and jogging bottoms/leggings - this remains in school.

Homework

Homework is an important part of your child's development and helps to reinforce the learning that has taken place during the school day.  

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday nights the children will have:

• Reading
• Spellings
• Tables or mental maths related to the current topic

Written Homeworks will be given on Monday and Wednesday nights.  These will usually be Literacy (Monday) and Maths (Wednesday).

On a Tuesday night we will set Online Learning, usually on Education City or sometimes using a suggested website activity.

There is no written or online homework on a Thursday night so that pupils can revise their spellings and tables/mental maths for the weekly Friday test.

Help with Homework

Helping your child with their homework will help motivate and encourage them to continue to work at their best.  Here are a number of ways in which you can help your child with their homework:

• Listen to them read / ask them some questions about their reading book
• Ask them their spellings
• Go through their maths facts/tables
• Ask them some questions about what they learned today
• Check that their homework is completed and signed.

Please sign your child’s spelling booklet, homework diary and written homework book.

If you feel your child has found their homework a little tricky or requires a little extra help from the class teacher, please put a note in the homework diary for us to check the next day.

Whilst these are simple things, they will make all the difference to your child’s learning.

Please remember you can contact the teachers  using the Seesaw app. We will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible. 

We look forward to getting to know you and your child better over the year. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any worries, questions or concerns. 

Mrs Esler & Miss Marcus

What's happening in Term 1 - Part 2?

Our boys and girls have been working extremely hard in the first few months of Primary 6 and it’s hard to believe that Christmas will soon be upon us. The children are taking the Carol Service at the end of term (Tuesday 17th December) and we will be spending time rehearsing songs and lines, so apologies for the constant singing you will have to listen to at home!  

Please read below to find out what else we will be doing on the run up to Christmas.

Language and Literacy

In our comprehension work we will be continuing on work on how to summarise - giving a shortened version of a text covering the key points and linking this with our creative writing as we plan and create our own Jack and the Beanstalk Comic Strip. We are still continuing to work hard at spellings as this is such an important skill, and at comprehension as this allows us to improve our understanding of the things we read. 

In grammar work, we will be focusing on the adjectives we use in everyday speech and using these to make our writing more interesting - eventually writing a description of a winter/christmas scene. We’ll also be learning how to correct common grammar and punctuation errors within pieces of writing.

Mathematics and Numeracy

Over the next while our focus on number will be on fractions. We will solve problems involving equivalent fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers. We will be simplifying fractions and using the highest common factor to help us order and compare fractions. Using our multiplication and division skills, we will also calculate fractions of numbers. 

We will also be working on our problem solving skills through word problems, mental arithmetic and investigation type tasks. 

Times Tables

Having begun work on division and fractions it has become apparent that some children are still struggling with quick recall of times tables facts, and recalling facts backwards e.g. 56 = 8 x ? Parents could help by going over tables with your child, a little every day. This could be orally or an app on your phone or tablet. It really makes a huge difference to their confidence and ability in maths.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/

https://www.theschoolrun.com/best-times-tables-apps-for-kids

World Around Us - Unsinkable

Having learned about the planning, building and setting sail of the Titanic, we will be learning more about some of the passengers and crew members who were aboard. We will be finding out their stories and sharing these – with some shocking revelations to be made! We will then focus on the events that took place on night of the sinking, investigate the phenomenon of icebergs, and research the different perspectives relating to who was to blame for the sinking of this great ship. We will be combining our WAU with some ICT as we create a Titanic Animation using Just 2 Easy.

Swimming will still be continuing for both classes - Mrs Esler's class on a Thursday morning, and Miss Marcus' class on a Friday morning. 

What's happening in Term 1 – Part 1?

World Around Us

Our World Around Us topic this term is ‘Unsinkable’ and will focus on the amazing story of the Titanic, as well as related themes. We are learning about where and when the Titanic was built, and about what life was like back then. Using our summarising, questioning and inferring skills, we will investigate the timeline of events that led up to the Titanic’s sinking, using ICT sources and books to research information about passengers on board and where the ship sank. We will use this information to create our own Titanic fact files and think about how the crew and passengers felt. In art, we hope to create our own Titanic advertisement poster as well as a disaster scene showing the sinking of the Titanic. We also hope carry out scientific experiments to find out more about ice bergs.

Language and Literacy

Comprehension work allows us to improve our understanding of the things we read.  In our comprehension work we will be learning how to clarify - or work out what unfamiliar words or phrases mean - in our reading books, library books and in other pieces of text we read in school.  We will also be learning how to summarise pieces of text to capture the main idea.  In our grammar work, we will be studying the different types of nouns, verbs and adjectives we use in everyday speech. We’ll be learning about alphabetical order, and how to correct common grammar and punctuation errors within pieces of writing.  Writing is an important part of what we do in school and throughout the year we will be working hard to improve our understanding and application of selected genres of writing.

Mathematics and Numeracy

In Numeracy we will be concentrating on quick times table recall and developing mental maths skills. We will also be focusing on the place value of really big numbers as well as how to order, sequence and round these numbers.  We will be learning about decimal numbers and fractions and thinking about how these are linked to one another.  Throughout the year, we will focus on problem-solving strategies involving the four mathematical functions that will enable us to work out solutions to everyday problems. 

This term both classes with also be going swimming - Mrs Esler's class on a Thursday morning, and Miss Marcus' class on a Friday morning.