Cypress Class (Year 6)
Welcome to Cypress Class
Staff
Class Teacher: Mrs Bennett
Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs Osmundsen
PPA Class Teacher: Mrs Olley (Wednesdays)
Term 2 Key Information
- PE on a Monday afternoon
- Forest School this term Tuesday 24th November and 1st, 8th December
- Monday 2nd November - Start of Term 2
- Thursday 5th November 2026 - school flu vaccinations
- Wednesday 11th November 2026- Rememberance worship
- Wednesday 11th November 2026- 15:30 - 18.00 Parent consultations
- Thursday 12th November 2026- 17.00 - 19.30 Parent consultation
- Friday 13th November 2026 - Children in Need - non uniform day and fundraiser
- Monday 16th November 2026 - odd sock day/ start of Anti-bullying Week and Maths week
- Tuesday 17th November 2026 - Year 6 Canterbury Museum WWII Workshop Trip
- Friday 20th November - Maths week non uniform day
- Friday 27th November - FRIENDS -Non uniform day in exchange for fair donations
- Sunday 29th November - Start of Advent
- Saturday 5th December 2026 - 11.00 - 14.00 FRIENDS Christmas Fair
- Monday 7th December - Last Week Teacher Led Clubs
- Friday 11th December - Musicians Assembly am and Big Play pm
- Monday 14th December - House Worship
- Wednesday 16th December 2026 - festive non uniform and Christmas Lunch
- Thursday 17th December 2026 - Winning House Celebration
- Friday 18th December 2026- 8.45 Christmas Giving Tree and Carol Service
We return on 4th January 2027
Term 2 Connected Learning
This term the Big Question is ‘Conflict and Resolution: Is it ever right to fight?’.
Our key texts in English are stories written by Oscar Wilde such as ‘The Happy Prince’ and ‘The Selfish Giant’. We will be identifying the use of formal vocabulary as well as archaic language and creating our own descriptive narratives. In grammar, there will be a focus on using passive verbs and
semicolons to further assist the structures of our writing. The outcome will be writing narrative texts inspired by these stories.
In Maths, we will begin work on fractions. This will include recognising and comparing fractions, including those with different denominators. We will be learning to relationships between numerators and denominators. We will also be using our four operations to add, subtract, divide and multiply fractions.
The History topic continues from term 1, WW2. This term the focus is on how the war affected the people in Britain on the Home Front. It will look at the Blitz and understand how this impacted on the local area.
In RE, the big question is ‘What would Jesus do’. This will look at the Gospel texts and understand why they were written. Children will explain the meaning of the stories Jesus told and suggest what Christians can take from the stories in life today. As the term moves closer to Christmas we will also be looking at Incarnation, God coming to Earth as a human. The children will study the Christmas story with a focus on the idea of Jesus being a refugee.
In Science, the topic of study is ‘Animals including Humans’. The children will explore the function and parts of the circulatory system and the function of the heart blood vessels and blood. They will also understand the importance of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the body.
Key Texts
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Maths in Year 6
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Timetables
Cypress Timetable Term 2Newsletters
Year 6 Newsletter Term 1 2026Year 6 Newsletter Term 2 2026Spelling
Year 6 Autumn Term 1 Spelling List
Year 6 Autumn Term 2 Spelling List
Home Learning
Every Friday children will receive a piece of English and Maths homework to complete by the following Friday - it will always be what they have learnt that week and therefore should be able to be completed independently. We provide this homework so that children can consolidate their learning in the hopes this will enable them to retain the information/process for longer.Useful Links
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