Green Dragon Primary School

What’s the big idea?

First there was a big bang! Then life began on Earth 3.8 billion years ago. But when did humans arrive and where did we come from?

If we can find out the answer to these questions perhaps we can figure out where we are heading in the future...

Science

We will know:

• How life began in the sea
• How fossils provide information about living things from the past
• Why the dinosaurs died out
• How plants and animals reproduce
• How living things evolve and change over time
• How plants and animals are adapted to their environment

We will be developing our understanding of:

•  Whether there might be life on other planets
• The classification of plants and animals

Technology

We will know:

•  What foods early humans ate, grew and cooked

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

We will know

• How to simplify fractions
• How to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions
• How to order and compare fractions
• ALL OF OUR TIMES TABLES AND DIVISION FACTS!!

We will be developing our writing skills . We will be applying our knowledge of grammar, punctuation and spelling to help us.

School day:

The Year 6 school day starts at 8.45am. Your child needs to enter school through the main gate and walk through the KS2 playground. Staff will direct your child.

All adults dropping off or picking up children must wear face masks from now on. Thank you. Please ensure you stay two metres away from other families.

Your child needs to be collected from the KS2 playground at 3.15pm, unless they walk home alone. If your child can walk home alone, please fill out the form that you can collect from the office (this includes those children who walked home alone last year).   

PE kits & swimming

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt. Year 6 will have P.E. on a Monday and a Friday so please ensure that your child wears their P.E kit on these days to school. Please make sure that these are weather appropriate.  Wyvern 1 need a swimming kit on Tuesdays, Wyvern 2 on Fridays.

Home Learning:

TBC

These link to the learning that we are doing in the classroom, and will prepare the children for the expectations of homelearning in secondary school.

We always show your children how to complete the home learning but please email us if you have any problems. Thank you!

Your child has their login details – if you need these again, please email:  wyvern@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

If you have any problems with completing the homelearning tasks, please talk to your teacher at pick up or email your teacher.

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Symptoms of COVID-19 or of a cold:

You will be asked to follow the COVID-19 guidance for households with possible infection coronavirus guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance.

You will be asked to have your child tested for COVID-19 as this could have an impact on our school. This can include testing for all children and their families, if displaying symptoms.

*If your child does not take a test, your household will have to isolate following government guidance – please contact the school for more information.

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher/team.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that we have more time at the end of the day or email us on the address below : wyvern@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.