Whaley Bridge ERPolar Bear
Welcome to our Year 6 class: the Polar Bears! This is a fantastic year group and we have lots of fun learning about WW2; Ancient Greece; and our local area.
To find out more about what we will be learning this year, please see the information highlighted in the long term plan here.
As part of our topic this half term, we are reading 'Letters From the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll. Below are some of the audio recording links as requested by the children.
Contact
This is the class teacher’s email – please use this for matters around your child’s learning and continue to use info@whaleybridge.derbyshire.sch.uk for all other matters.
Home Learning
This term, we are learning about how Whaley Bridge has changed over time. Your child may want to conduct their own research into one of the following subjects to support their learning:
- Todbrook Reservoir
- Peak Forest Canal
- River Goyt
- Industry in Whaley Bridge
- Whaley Bridge and its links to WW2
They may also want to create their own sketch map of a particular area of Whaley Bridge that interests them.
Letters From the Lighthouse
As part of our topic this half term, we are reading 'Letters From the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll. Below are some of the audio recording links as requested by the children. The links should be advert free, but have been taken from Youtube, so parental guidance is advised.
Chapter 13 - https://video.link/w/lgX5d
Chapter 14 - https://video.link/w/KjX5d
Chapter 15 - https://video.link/w/kkX5d
Chapter 16 - https://video.link/w/clX5d
Chapter 17 - https://video.link/w/5lX5d
Chapter 18 - https://video.link/w/fmX5d
Chapter 19 - https://video.link/w/DmX5d
Chapter 20 - https://video.link/w/bnX5d
Chapter 21 - https://video.link/w/koX5d
Homework
Please continue to read regularly and use TTRS to practise your times tables.
Homework will be set on Friday and is to be completed by the following Wednesday.
Thank you
Homework Tasks:
- Log onto TTRS to practise your times tables. (Please spend at least 10 minutes a day on this.)
- Please log onto Spelling Shed and complete the task.
- Please log onto Deepening Understanding and complete the tasks.
- Please listen to your child read at least three times a week and remember to ask them some of the VIPERS questions to check their understanding.
OWL Homework
This term's O.W.L. homework will be due in school on Monday 20th March and we will be sharing the children's creations with the school that week.
Please click the link below to see the tasks for the Polar Bear class.