Year 6 - David Attenborough
David Attenborough Class — Year 6 — 2024 - 2025
Hello everyone and welcome to our David Attenborough class page.
We are one of three classes in Upper Key Stage 2. In our class, there are 30 children.
Here you can see what we've been doing and find out about what we're learning.
Mr Lamb is our teacher and Mrs Hill helps us throughout the week.
Curriculum — what are we learning this year?
Autumn Term – History Focus
Were the Anglo-Saxons or the Vikings better invaders?
Spring Term – Geography Focus
Why are rainforests so important?
Summer Term – Art Focus
Why are people fascinated with space?
For more details please see
https://www.dalestorth.notts.sch.uk/our-dalestorth-curriculum/
Each term, you will receive a newsletter telling you more information about each topic as well as Knowledge Organisers. These provide you with ‘Subject Specific Vocabulary’ and ‘Sticky Knowledge’ that your child will be learning throughout the topic.
Knowledge Organisers and Newsletters
Autumn
Useful Information
PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays.
Your child needs to come into school on their PE days (Mondays and Wednesdays) wearing their outdoor PE kit.
No jewellery is allowed in PE lessons, so if your child has their ears pierced they will either need to take their earrings out for P.E. or cover them with tape/plasters, provided by yourselves, so that they don’t get caught during the lesson.
Homework in Year 6 is given out each Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday.
Each week your child will receive an English homework sheet and an online maths activity on mathletics. Your child’s login details are in their diaries, in their homework folder and on a separate letter.
Spellings are given out on a Monday and your child will be tested on these the following Monday. The weekly spelling test will have a total of 12 spellings — 10 learnt and 2 ’unseen’ spellings from previous weeks. Spelling lists are located in the front of your child’s diary and they are uploaded to Spelling Bee (login details are located at the front of your child's diary)
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/
SATs Tests
According to the Department for Education, SATs will take place in 202. There will be a meeting later in the year to discuss the tests in more detail, but the test dates are Monday 12th May 2025 – Thursday 15th May 2025. Please DO NOT book any holidays during this week.