Spring has Sprung!

Here's hoping for some warmer and most definitely drier weather than we have been having!  

Our topic for this half term is 'when I grow up ...'.  We will be looking at some famous speeches made by individuals who have had a great impact upon our world and using their persuasive tools tools to help us create a persuasive text.  We will be making cyanotypes in art, looking at evolution in science and the Suffragettes and the Suffrage movement in the UK as part of our history.  Our maths units are algebra; area, perimeter and volume and  properties of shape.

This is a short term but a busy one!

Highlights for Late Spring

Dates are, as always, subject to confirmation.

PE

Monday afternoons

MUSIC

As usual: Fridays

Remember your recorder goes home after the lesson; you need to bring it back in on a Friday morning!

DIARY DATES

Tuesday, 03rd March @ 3.00 pm - Year 6 Parents - residential meeting - Whitby

Melton Schools Prom Concert - Wednesday, 11th March 2026
If you've signed up, you will need to ensure your child is at Melton St Mary's Church for 4.30pm with a picnic tea - no glass bottles or fizzy drinks.  Thank you!

SEE BELOW FOR REHEARSAL FILES.

Term Dates

Last day of spring term - Friday, 27th March

Easter fortnight - Monday, 30th March - Friday, 10th April

SATs Week - Summer 1

Monday, 11th May - Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation papers

Tuesday, 12th May - Reading Paper

Wednesday, 13th May - Maths Paper 1 - Arithmetic

Thursday, 14th May - Maths Papers 2 & 3 - Reasoning

HOMEWORK

Expectations generally are:

• Reading - at least 3 times per week.  It doesn't have to be all night.  A minimum of 10 minutes will do it.  Reading comprehension cards are available to be taken home - one per week - and the swap with another child the following week. 
• Times table rock stars - keep your practice up so your speeds increase.  It's amazing how much time you can gain to work out maths questions when your recall of number facts is speedy and accurate.
• Spellings - Morpheme grids sent home for additional practice along with lists of words so you can practice the rules you need to know by the end of KS2.
• SATs Companion - Try the practice sessions on a wide range of topics within maths, English and science as well as the set tasks.  You are expected to complete each task set!  Practice will increase your accuracy, speed and, most importantly, your confidence

Here's to an amazing term of learning and activities.

Mrs Greaves & Miss Lambert