WELCOME TO YEAR 6

Mr Reed and Mr White

This is a very important year for year 6 children as it is their last year at Clifton Green Primary School and they will be preparing to go on to their secondary schools.  The children will be encouraged to take on more responsibilities for themselves, for instance ensuring they have their PE kit in school for games, to learn their tables and so on.  Along side this the children will be participating in activities within school, these will include serving tea and talking to the senior citizens who come to our harvest festival, showing visitors around school and showing responsibility towards the younger children in school.

Parents are encouraged to support their children within school.  This includes encouraging them to complete and hand their homework in on time, to learn their tables and listen to them read.

TIMETABLE FOR ACTIVITIES

 Swimming 
Wednesday afternoon               £2

Half of Mr Reed’s and Mr White’s  class will be swimming this term (letters have already been sent home for those children) and the rest of the children will be swimming in the summer term.

Earrings must be removed by the pupil for safety reasons.

PE 

PE may be indoors or outdoors, depending on the weather conditions.  Mr Reed and Mr White encourage the children to take responsibility for ensuring they have their PE kit in school.  The PE kit should include a pair of black shorts and a white T-shirt plus a pair of plimsolls/outdoor training shoes.

 Earrings will have to be removed by the pupil during this lesson for safety reasons.

The PE lesson will be on a Monday afternoon.

Homework 

The children will receive literacy homework on a Friday to be handed in on Monday morning and numeracy homework will be on a Monday to be handed in on Wednesday morning. This should take them one hour to complete and should be returned to school for marking.  This is very important for the children to do as it indicates to Mr Reed and Mr White whether the children have understood the past week’s lessons and enable him to flag up with any children who have misunderstood any aspect of a lesson.  However, it is important that the children do not worry if they are unsure what to do – teaching staff are on hand at the beginning and end of the day to give extra support.

Tables 

It is very important for the children to learn their tables.  This will help them with all aspects of their numeracy work.  Those children who do not know their tables find the lessons a lot harder and so it is in their interests to learn their tables to make their numeracy lessons easier.

Spellings

The children will receive 10 spellings on a Monday morning to learn during the week for a spelling test on Friday.  Parents are encouraged to support their children at home with their spellings by encouraging them to learn them and testing them at home.

Homework

This Club is for Year 6 children, held on a daily basis. 

Reading Club

It opens from 8:30 a.m. and gives the children that little bit of extra time or help they may need to complete any homework or to practise their reading and comprehension skills.

Year 6 River Walk along The River Ouse

The sun shone for the year 6 children as they started their final school year at Clifton Green Primary School with a walk along the River Ouse on Friday, 9^th September 2011.

This was part of their geography project on the study of the river – thinking about how the Ouse was formed, how the land along it’s banks and the river itself was used in the past and how it has changed for present day use.

The children walked from Clifton Ings along to the Millennium Bridge crossing the river and walking back along the opposite bank.  Along the way we stopped at the various bridges – sketching some of the detail of them, looking at the materials used to build them, when they were built and what they are used for (pedestrians, bicycles, cars and trains).  One of the big changes the children learnt was the change of land use along the Ouse’s banks – from warehousing to recreation with hotels and shops.

Despite their aching feet, the children enjoyed the day, stopping for lunch at Rowntree Park before setting off for the final leg of their walk back to school.