Sonning Common Primary School

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Term 2 Week 5

  Science – This week, we will continue our unit on light. Both classes will learn about refraction and explore some of the fascinating illusions it can create.   Supporting the school on social media As you may or may not have realised, the school has recently started making a real push with marketing itself on […]

Term 2 Week 4

Literacy – This week, we will be writing setting descriptions using an image as inspiration. We will focus on vibrant, detailed descriptions, as well as the use of hyphens and prepositional phrases. Maths – Both groups will continue working on fractions. Mr. Foley’s group will focus on adding and subtracting fractions, including mixed numbers, while […]

Activities for Monday 18th November

KS2 Activities for Closure Day: In light of our school closing for the day, due to no water, here are some activities that you can try at home. This is also a good opportunity to complete some Spelling Shed, Rock Stars or Nessy as well as reading a good book! Please note that the activities […]

Term 2 Week 3

Literacy – Week three will provide another opportunity for the children to attempt a past SATs paper. The first part of the week will be devoted to assessment techniques and guidance on answering longer, 3-mark questions. Maths – Both groups will continue working on adding and subtracting fractions, including mixed number fractions. Science – Both […]

Term 2 Week 1 and 2

Literacy – The first two weeks of this term will focus on preparing for and writing information texts on sea creatures. Each child will choose one of five options and create a fact file, with the option to explore further details on a specific animal. Maths – This week, both groups have transitioned from large […]

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Term 1 Week 7

This week, the children will be studying: • Literacy – Our work on Robin Hood will culminate in rewriting the story in the form of a newspaper report. • Maths – This week, we will be exploring prime numbers, square numbers, cube numbers, and starting on long division. • Science – We will be concluding […]

Homework Expectations and Support

Dear Parents, The Year 6 team would like to clarify our homework expectations and offer some guidance to support your child. If your child is finding their homework challenging, please rest assured that they only need to spend about half an hour on it. The goal is to reinforce what they’re learning and prepare them […]

Term 1 Week 6

Next week, the children will be studying: Literacy – Robin Hood and the newspaper report genre of writing Maths – multiplication and division strategies Science – continuing with living things and habitats Computing – food/drink advert project

Term 1 Week 5

This week, the children will be studying: • Literacy – Our work on the Titanic disaster will culminate in a lively debate about who was to blame. • Maths – This week will be the first opportunity for the year group to try a SATs maths paper. We will complete all three papers throughout the […]