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Year 6 Newsletter (April 23)

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Year 6 Newsletter

Summer 2023

Welcome to the Summer Term – Coda Music Centre

Welcome...

We hope you have had an enjoyable and restful Easter break. It doesn’t seem possible that we are already in the Summer Term; the children’s final term at Sprowston Junior School. With a range of activities planned such as the Year 6 End of Year Production, Hilltop residential and a Royal Norfolk Show Visit, this will be an extremely busy, but also most enjoyable, last few weeks.

Curriculum Overview

Summer

Literacy - Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.

Maths - Problem-solving challenges and investigations

Science – Living things and their habitats and Animals including humans

History – World War Two

RWE – Judaism (to coincide with our World War Two project) and Humanism

DT – Make Do and Mend Project (to coincide with our World War Two topic)

Art – Street Art including Banksy

PE – Athletics, Tennis, Cricket and Tri-golf

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The children have been working incredibly hard all year towards the SATs, and we know that they will continue to show this positive attitude to learning in the next week leading up to SATs. Remember: every lesson, every intervention group and every piece of homework counts.

SATs week will take place on the week of 8^Th May 2023.

Things will be a little bit different to normal this year due to the extra bank holiday celebrating the Kings Coronation on Monday 8^th May.

Monday 8^th May – BANK HOLIDAY

Tuesday 9^th May - English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (2 papers).

Wednesday 10^th May – English Reading.

Thursday 11^th May – Maths Paper 1 - Arithmetic. Maths Paper 2 - Reasoning.

Friday 12^th May – Maths Paper 3 – Reasoning.

We aim to make SATs week as relaxed as possible. Plenty of sleep, a good breakfast and arriving at school on time will really benefit the children.

We will also be welcoming children into school from 8:30am on SATS days to help with any worries or just to give them a little time to relax before the test; there may also be some delicious snacks available!

If you have any worries or queries regarding SATs, please do not hesitate to contact one of the Year 6 team.

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With only a term left of junior school, we will be continuing to prepare the children for their move to high school. The children will get the chance to visit their new high schools, and we will meet with staff from the different high schools to ensure a smooth transition. For some children (and parents!) this can be a worrying time, so please contact us, if you have any concerns.

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Trips:

Year 6 have got some really exciting things planned during the Summer Term, including:

Hilltop: Wednesday 21st June to Friday 23rd June

The Royal Norfolk Show: Wednesday 28th June

After SATS, Year 6 will be cracking on with our end of year production of Matilda, I know the children are extremely excited about this.

Nearer the time we will be letting you know about tickets but for now the dates of the performances are:

Tuesday 4th July at 6pm

Wednesday 5th July at 1:30pm

Thursday 6th July at 6pm.

If there are any issues with these dates please contact a member of the year 6 team.

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