Year 6 2020 - 2021

Welcome to Year 6!

SUMMER TERM

The last term is here! This year has gone so quick, yet so slow.

Let's make this term really count to get “secondary ready”.

We have a great new Novel to look at - to be announced after the launch (no spoilers here), Science, Spanish, Music, Art as well as a new Topic which, weather dependent, should take us outside more!

Covid safety measures will look the same as when you returned after lock down (8th March 2021):

Protective Measures: Both Mrs Dugdale and Mr Armstrong will be tested twice a week with the Lateral Flow tests and will wear masks whenever social distancing can not be adhered to.

Exit and entry: The protective measures of staggered entry and exits along with face coverings for adults entering site will be maintained. Year 6 will arrive in school at 8:30am to start our learning promptly at 8:40am in the classroom, and finishing at 2:50pm. Year group bubbles will continue throughout school.

Email Communication: Email communication with year group staff will only be responded to outside of teaching time – therefore please use office@richmond.doncaster.sch.uk for any urgent communication or telephone the main school office.

Absence: The re-opening guidance states school attendance will be mandatory for all pupils from the 8th of March; therefore, the usual rules on school attendance will apply. A reminder that any absences should be reported to absence@richmond.doncaster.sch.uk.

We feel this is important to work on elements the children have missed through lockdown and remote education such as team games, peer communication and health and wellbeing. From the 8th all children are to bring their PE kits every Monday to be then taken home each Friday.

VLE: Live Zoom Lesson will not continue once we have returned to class based teaching. However, all lesson taught in class will be added to the VLE for access at home for any cases of self-isolating pupils with teacher contact weekly for those pupils. Submission of work for marking and feedback will be via your child’s school spider individual account. You will have been sent this log in via school communications. A "Remote Education Live-Learning Agreement" has been sent out for signature. Click for link here

Any problems please let us know.

Lunches: Hot meals will return for all pupils when we re-open on the 8th of March, please ensure the office have been informed to ensure meal booking.

Snack: A healthy snack can be brought from home for break times in Key Stage 2 as toast will not be available due to staff capacity.

Please could you start to collect together all your 8 weeks of work in a named carrier bag so that, after quarantining it, we can add it to your child’s moderation file.

If you have already sent in a digital copies in, do not worry we have stored all of these, but please feel free to send in anything that you have at home.

We look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday!

Star Pupils

Mr Armstrong's class - Max Haugh was nominated by a Landslide by his classmates for always trying his best in class, avoiding classroom distractions and taking charge of his learning.- well done!

Mrs Dugdale's class - This week Freya was nominated by her classmates for the hard work and excellent effort she has demonstrated in her learning. Freya has been chosen for showing brilliant Collaboration, Resilience and Endeavour. Her classmates feel she tries hard and puts in the work when her learning gets tricky. Well done Freya!

Well done to both children!

Home Learing Links

Please refer to your email on how to Log in to the VLE.

The links are at the top of the page - All passwords have been communicated out to parents as well as given to the children.

Meet the Team

Y6A – Mr Armstrong - Class Teacher

Y6D –Mrs Dugdale - Class Teacher

Mrs Bouttell – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

If you would like to email the Year 6 team please email year6@richmond.doncaster.sch.uk

A Typical Day in Year 6

8:40 – In the classroom ready to start

8:40 - 8:55 – Registration , Spelling and Times table practice

8:55 – 9:15 – Grammar

9:15 – 10:15 – English

10:35 – 10:55– Maths Meeting

10:55 – 11:55 – Maths Mastery

11:55 – 12:35 – Lunch time

12:35 – 12:50 – Registration and Headspace - Mindfulness

12:50 – 1:45 – Cornerstones –Topic

1:45 – 2:00 – A mile a day

2:00 – 2:35 – Thrive / PHSE

2:35 – 2:50 – Class read

2:50 – Home Time

Archived from Lockdown

Wk com 08/03/2021

Well that's it! Our last live teaching lesson via Zoom. What a journey it has been! We have learned so much and continue to be impressed by our Year 6 pupils and their commitment to their learning. We are busy making preparations for our return to school and we can't wait to see you all back in school on Monday 8th March!

Below you find some information about what the return will look like:

Protective Measures: Both Mrs Dugdale and Mr Armstrong will be tested twice a week with the Lateral Flow tests and will wear masks whenever social distancing can not be adhered to.

Email Communication: When we return on the 8th of March, email communication with year group staff will only be responded to outside of teaching time – therefore please use office@richmond.doncaster.sch.uk for any urgent communication or telephone the main school office.

Any problems please let us know.

Lunches: Hot meals will return for all pupils when we re-open on the 8th of March, please ensure the office have been informed to ensure meal booking.

Snack: A healthy snack can be brought from home for break times in Key Stage 2 as toast will not be available due to staff capacity.

Please could you start to collect together all your 8 weeks of work in a named carrier bag so that, after quarantining it, we can add it to your child’s moderation file.

If you have already sent in a digital copies in, do not worry we have stored all of these, but please feel free to send in anything that you have at home.

We look forward to welcoming you all back on Monday 8th!

Wk com 08/02/2021

Protocols for Online Zoom Lessons

•Pupils should be logged in 5 mins prior to the start of the lesson

•Be ready for your lesson, sitting at a table, with your pencil and paper

•Strictly no sharing of the zoom link/passcode/meeting ID

•Log in with your name/no emoji’s

•Mute yourself unless asked to contribute

•Camera on at all times (safeguarding)

•Appropriate clothing worn at all times

•No mobile phones or other devices with you whilst in lesson – which leads to strictly NO photo’s/videos/screenshots of any part of the lessons (Data Protection and Safeguarding) – you do NOT have permission to do this

•Appropriate language at all times

•Only use chat function for learning purposes and in a respectful way

Wk com 01/02/2021

Another great week for work being handed in - Don't forget one great example of each piece of work is needed :

1 Maths

1 English

1 Topic

1 R.E

Please find a link below for the letter containing information about the thank you to the NHS and care workers:

Letter - NHS and Care Worker Thank You

Wk com 25/01/2021

To mark the start of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, The Duchess of Cambridge has sent a message of support encouraging children and parents to find ways to share their thoughts and feelings, particularly during such a challenging time. ðŸ’›

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1355807350486142976

Bitesize this week.

Now that we are well into our live learning sessions, we would like to leave a gentle reminder of our Zoom etiquette so that we can "get cracking" straight away and reduce screen time.

RHPA Year 6 Live content - Guidance for whole class live Zoom sessions for year 6:

Children should be prepared and ready for their learning:
- Something to write with
- Something to write on
- The previous lessons work available to show/discuss
Children should be fully dressed (but no need for school uniform)
Children should not be eating during live sessions or have phones at hand
Children should be on mute, unless asked to unmute
Cameras should be on (unless we have spoken to you/your child about this previously)
No virtual backgrounds please
The children’s names should be the screen name so that we know who we are admitting into the meeting (On Zoom go to ‘participants’ then ‘more’ then ‘rename’)
The chat function is for questions or comments to the teachers only
Sessions should not be recorded by parents on any device or shared, but may be recorded by school for safeguarding reasonsîœ’

Wk com 18/01/2021

Another great week under our belt – well done Year Six!

The internet didn’t "freeze" too badly despite the snow (see what I did there?) and we carried on with our great learning.

The first chapter of our novel has been read and questions answered: now for Chapter 2!

Pictures and ideas are coming in thick and fast for your WW2 projects – keep them coming. If you are looking for inspiration, check out our new gallery at the bottom of the page (remember to click on “all galleries” to see the full range).

Have a great weekend and we will see you online, on Monday, come rain, sleet or snow.

The Y6 Team

Wk com 14/01/2021

Our first whole week is ahead of us and already we have lots of your work pouring in - keep sending them and we will add them to the Y6 Gallery, and celebrate your achievements in our live classes.

Week two coverage

Novel Study – Goodnight Mr Tom

Maths – Fraction - Comparing, Ordering, Decimals and percentages

Maths Meeting - Reviewing Multiplication,dividing by 10/100/100, times tables, 4 operations

R.E – Buddhism.

Topic - Cornerstones - WW2

Wk com 04/01/2021

WOW! What an amazing Year 6 cohort we have!

We have been blown away by the Year 6 attitude to their online learning so far.

The Year 6 team are incredibly proud of the way our pupils have adapted to the remote live teaching element that we are now offering during lockdown. The pupils have been conducting themselves superbly, both online and in school as part of the Critical Worker bubble.

Everyone is really pulling together during this unusual time to make this new style of teaching and learning successful. We really appreciate the positive and constructive feedback we have received so far. As a result, we have been able to adapt our lessons to make them as impactful as possible. This is new to all of us!

We look forward to seeing all of the fantastic learning that the children will complete. We are excited to share this work with everyone here on our class page.

Week one coverage

Reading comprehension – Earthquakes –

Maths – Equivalent and simplifying Fractions with Bingo!

Maths Meeting - Reviewing Multiplication,dividing by 10/100/100, times tables, 4 operations

R.E – A cracking start looking at Buddhism.

Our Lockdown timetable for online learning:

Session One – 9:30 AM (English)

Session Two – 11:00 AM (Maths)

Session Three – 1:00 PM (Arithmetic & Topic)

Feedback to be given by pupils at the start of each lesson from the previous session.

*Zoom session will start earlier than the live lesson, so that children can log in 5 minutes before the session starts to ask any questions. They will need to be ready to begin their learning promptly at the designated time.