Year 6

Hello there. Firstly, we’d like to welcome you to Year 6. Read the information below to give you a brief idea into what we will be doing this term, so as to give you an insight to your child’s time in school!

READING: We will start the half term reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo and then Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis. Two fantastic books which we are sure the children will enjoy. During our reading lessons will be focusing on improving our reading fluency and comprehension skills.

WRITING: Our first writing project will be an autobiography, where children will write about their own lives up to date. Their autobiographies will include details such as, where they were born, family, their school story so far, likes and dislikes, significant life events and hopes for the future.

MATHS: In Maths we will be learning place value before moving on to addition,subtraction, multiplication and division. Please encourage your children to log into TTRockstars regularly, times tables are used frequently in Year 6.

History/Maafa: This project teaches children about Africa past and present, with a particular focus on Benin. It traces the development of the slave trade and explores Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, the causes and consequences of the European colonisation of Africa and the worldwide communities that make up the African diaspora.

Science/The Circulatory System:This project teaches children about the transport role of the human circulatory system, its main parts and primary functions. They learn about healthy lifestyle choices and the effects of harmful substances on the body.

Geography/Our Changing World:This essential skills and knowledge project revises the features of Earth, time zones and lines of latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on a map. Children find out more about map scales, grid references, contour lines and map symbols. They learn about climate change and the importance of global trade. Children analyse data and carry out fieldwork to find out about local road safety. They study patterns of human settlements and carry out an enquiry to describe local settlement patterns.

DT/Food for Life: This project teaches children about processed food and healthy food choices. They make bread and pasta sauces and learn about the benefits of whole foods. They plan and make meals as part of a healthy daily menu, and evaluate their completed products.

Art/Tints, tones and shades: This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and exploring mixing tints, shades and tones. They learn about significant landscape artworks and features of landscapes before using this knowledge to create landscape paintings.

Music: We will continue to use our music platform, Charanga, to listen to and perform music. Our first focus song is ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams.

PSHE/How we keep healthy as we grow: We will be learning about well-being and how we can keep ourselves healthy mentally and physical. We will look closely at positive friendships.

RE: How and why are Jewish festivals celebrated today?

Here is your Year 6 Class Charter challenge sheet. You can also download a copy by clicking on the image.

Download all the Charters as a PDF file