Welcome to Year 6!

The Year 6 team:

6S: Miss Stone

6RP: Mrs Preedy & Mrs Russell

Learning Assistants: Mrs Bridges

Miss Stone is new to Thomas Jolyffe and is excited to be teaching in Year 6!

Mrs Preedy has been teaching at TJ for 18 years in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Mrs Preedy is our Deputy head and is responsible for PSHE and is curriculum lead in the school. If you want to give Mrs Preedy the creeps, ask her a question about her favourite bird: it turns out she is not a big fan of any birds! On top of this, Mrs Preedy is a big sports fan and loves to organise and colour code!

Mrs Russell is looking forward to another year in year 6 and has previously taught in most of our Junior classes. Mrs Russell is responsible for D&T, History and EAL at TJ and enjoys reading in her spare time. If you want to find out more about Mrs Russell, ask her about her love of Land Rovers!

Mrs Bridges has got to be one of the longest serving learning assistants in TJ history! A stalwart in the local community, you'll often see her walking her dog at 7am before she steps into the classroom. If you ever need to know anything about TJ, Mrs Bridges is the lady to go to!

We are super excited for our return to school in September and can't wait to get back into some and old and some new routines. This term we will be focusing on the IPC topic 'The Holiday Show' and learning all about the circulatory and respiratory system in science. 

Homework will be given on the following days: 

• Tuesday:
  • Spelling activities to be completed throughout the week before. This will be through EdShed and paper based. We will complete a spelling test every Tuesday. 
• Friday:
  • Grammar and punctuation worksheet 
  • Maths homework, either on MyMaths or as a worksheet

Reading should be ongoing throughout the week. Children can quiz at school or at home using the following link: https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/2249477

Miss Stone: stone.s@welearn365.com

Mrs Preedy: preedy.r@welearn365.com

Mrs Russell: russell.c3@welearn365.com

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