This week's learning

	Week beginning Monday 9th December 2019
English	We will be revising punctuation and grammar. We will also be writing a biography with reference to a famous scientist.
Mathematics	This week in mathematics we will be focussing on fractions: Use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination. identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers recall and use equivalences between simple fractions, decimals and percentages, including in different contexts
Topic	Natural Disasters: describe and understand key aspects of physical geography by identifying biomes.
Year 6 Investigates	Year 6 Investigates: Cats Cats is an upcoming musical fantasy film based on the stage musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. You could: enter the competition research T.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd-Webber look at inclusion policies
School events	Wednesday 11th December 2019: Carol Concert at St Andrew's Church Monday: outdoor P.E. Wednesday: indoor P.E. Please keep PE kits in school to accommodate timetable changes. Tuesday afternoons for 10 weeks: 'Positive Minds' initiative delivered by Watford Football Trust