Topaz

Welcome to Year 6 and Team Topaz

Your teacher is Ms Ellis

Your teaching assistants are Mrs Sides and Mrs Pullen 

This week in maths we were looking at how to calculate the area of rectangles, triangles and parallelograms as well calculating volumes of cubes and cuboids. In English we wrote explanations of gadgets that we would take into the rainforest to help us survive.

Next week in maths we will be looking at solving algebra problems and in English we will be looking at the features of autobiographical stories and begin to write our own.

Congratulations to our weekly certificate winners:

Values: Ellie for showing a passion for getting involved in all extra-curricular activities.

Maths superstar: Kayla

Writing champion: Ismail

Curriculum star: James M

Home learning:

Friendly leaves: 

Ask me why?:

Home Learning

No home learning 

Spellings:  

Personal

Spellings

Spelling pattern

 –cial / -tial 
special

official

artificial

glacial

financial

essential

confidential

substantial

influential

torrential 

Times Tables: Continue to practice all times tables facts.

Reading: Part of your home learning task is to read five times per week and complete your reading record to reflect this. To complete the reading challenge, you must read seven times per week and complete your reading record.

Geography

Your optional home learning this term is to research:

Rainforests

Your topic home learning for this term is all about rainforests. If you choose to complete it, it will be due in the week before the Easter holidays.

Your task is to find out as much as you can about rainforests! Present it any way you  please!

You could think about:

• What rainforests are
• The different types of rainforests
• Where the world’s rainforests are
• The different layers  in a rainforest
• The plants you find in rainforests
• The different animals found in different rainforests around the world
• Why rainforests are so important
• What we get from  rainforests
• Why  rainforests are in danger and the implications for our world
• Amazing rainforest facts!

You could look at the following websites to help you.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/rainforest.html

http://kids.mongabay.com/

http://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/rainforest-habitats

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zfp34wx

 PE Days:

PE Days for Topaz Class in Spring Term are Mondays and Wednesdays. Please make sure you have your PE kit in school on those days.