Mrs Stimpson (Class Teacher: 6S) Mr. Thomas (Class Teacher: 6T)
Mrs. Rigby and Miss Goci (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs. James (Teaching 6S on Thursdays)
Mr Jarrett and Mrs Onions (Cover Teachers)
Miss Flint and Mrs James (Lunchtime Supervisors)
Autumn Term
Scroll down to the Documents section for important information regarding Year 6.
English
Our first unit of study is based on 'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan. Children will spend time predicting and discussing their initial responses to the book before making inferences whilst reading. By writing in role, and writing to entertain, our pupils will make choices about their writing, and should now be writing in the style of an author.
This story is a wordless picture book that tells the story of a man who leaves his family behind to live and work in a place that is completely alien to him.
Children have been provided with a spelling list focused on Year 5 and 6 spelling patterns which will be included in their writing. While we no longer test, we do assess during spelling activities and through the application of spellings in children's writing.
Year 6 are independently recording their Year 6 reading journey through reading sketchbooks. The aim of these is to promote a love of reading and reflection on what they've read. It is also designed to give them increasing ownership and freedom over their learning. We have seen some wonderful work so far, and the children have evaluated one another's work too. We look forward to seeing what this term brings!
Our reading volunteer is David. He comes in on Thursday afternoons to help children improve their reading fluency.
Maths
This half term, we will cover:
Within all Maths lessons, the children are provided with problem-solving and reasoning tasks tailored to their ability. The level of challenge is chosen by each child with input by class teachers and teaching assistants (and adapted where necessary).
Topic (History and Geography):
Maafa
· Africa is a diverse continent with a variety of different climates, landscapes, human settlements and populations.
· Many of these kingdoms, including the Kingdom of Benin, Kingdom of Aksum and the Mali Empire, were powerful, highly-evolved civilisations.
· Maafa is a Swahili word meaning ‘great catastrophe’ that is used to describe the ‘African Holocaust’ and the history and effects of the transatlantic slave trade.
· Britain played a key role in the Maafa.
· The triangular slave trade was a very profitable system of enslavement, developed to provide labour for plantations in the Americas.
· African people were forcibly taken from their villages and marched to coastal trading forts on the west coast of Africa.
· Once they arrived in the Americas, they were sold at auction and transported to work on plantations or as domestic servants.
· The Slavery Abolition Act was passed in 1833, which made slavery illegal.
· During the 20th century, Britain recruited thousands of soldiers and workers from the West Indies to help Britain fight in both World Wars and to rebuild the economy afterwards. However, mass arrivals of black people between the 1950s and 1970s caused a rise in racial tensions and prejudice, and black people were treated badly.
Science
The Heart and Human Circulatory System
· To name the main parts of the circulatory system and describe the functions of; the heart, blood vessels and blood.
· To know that that diet, drugs, exercise and lifestyle can impact on the way the body function.
· To know the ways nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
KEY SCIENTIST: Daniel Hale Williams
Light
Children choose one of the following questions to investigate:
How much light passes through a range of transparent and translucent materials?
How much light is absorbed by different materials?
Do all shiny materials reflect light?
Does scrunched foil reflect as much light as flat foil?
Which fabric would be the best to use to make a pair of curtains?
When does a material become opaque?
Is any material totally transparent?
Children design the method and list equipment needed for the experiment.
Children follow method and take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate.
Children display their data appropriately. Give time for them to interrogate their data, seek out patterns and answer their question.
Religious Education
Our theme is Creation
We'll be looking at different Christian perspectives of the Creation story.
Computing:
Computing lessons will be underpinned by E-Safety.
Initial lessons will focus on cyberbullying and how harmful it is.
Following this, the first unit will be about Creating a Webpage.
PE:
Year 6 will have PE every Friday. Our unit this half term is Handball! Please ensure you are wearing the correct kit on P.E days!
We are also swimming every Monday this term.
School Games Values
These are values which we encourage the children to display in P.E as well as during the school day:
RSHE (Relationships, Sex, Health, Emotions):
Me and my relationships - this term we will look at how to compromise and negotiate. How to treat other people, be assertive but also be kind.
French: (Mr Jarret)
Clothing.
To learn the vocabulary for clothes, adjectives of colour, adjectives to describe clothes, using the present tense of '-er' verbs. To know how to say what they are wearing, and how to describe clothes.
Art and Design Technology
Collage
Hannah Hoch was a German Dada artist. She was part of an art movement formed during the First World War.
We will evaluate Hoch's artwork before creating our own pieces inspired by one of our school values: Honesty.
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