Welcome to Year 6!

 

Welcome to the Year 6 page. This is where you will find all the information about Year 6; our routines and expectations.

You will also be able to see our curriculum, photos of our work and examples of  our daily life from artwork to groupwork to outings and trips.

Please visit regularly to stay in touch and follow our learning journey before we head off to Secondary School.

 

Curriculum Overview:

Summer Term 2023

Summer Term 2 

R.E.

Topic 8: Healing

Why do we care for the sick? Why do people give time & commitment for caring for others? What gives a person comfort when they are very ill?

Topic 9 : Common Good

What is justice?   Why is there inequality in the world? How can we work together to build a fairer and more just world?

Maths

Summer 2   Statistics  –  properties of shapes  – consolidation  – themed projects

 

 

English

The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo. The children will be learning to explore a powerful narrative with strong links to factual events . To explore complex emotions and hard-hitting themes in a fictional narrative. We will be writing diary entries as well as using role play and drama to become immersed in the story. Practising our speaking and listening skills will be hugely significant as we prepare for our Leavers Production!

 

 

 

 

Science

Light: children will learn to recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines; use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye; explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes and to explore the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

R.S.H.E.

Created and Loved by God explores the individual. Rooted in the teaching that we are made in the image and likeness of God, it helps children to develop an understanding of the importance of valuing themselves as the basis for personal relationships. Emotional Well-Being helps the children learn about pressures that they may experience from themselves, others and the media. Children will develop ideas on how to build resilience through thankfulness.

MFL

Spanish – celebrations and culture of Spain.

P.E.

In Year 6 we will be communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. We will develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise our own success

Art & Design

We will be using a multitude of skills that we have been practising throughout our Primary schooling to work towards our Leavers Production!
These will include; papier – mache; painting and drawing; stage design; sewing; make up and hair design to name but a few!

Music

We will be learning many new songs from different genres which we will be performing as part of our leavers production at the end of the year.
There will be opportunities for solo work as well as harmonising and instrument playing too.

 

Summer Term 1 2023

R.E

Topic 7 : Witness

Why does it sometimes need courage to become a witness? How do you know when to speak out? What do I want to witness in my own life?

Maths

Summer 1 – Properties of shapes – Geometry – Ratio – Revision of all four operations – More Reasoning & problem Solving

English

Summer 1

We will be covering a variety of fiction and non-fiction text types which include poetry, description, narrative and information reports. We will also be refining and revising our skills in: Inference; Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar; Reading and Grammar in preparation for the SATS.

Science

Summer 1

Light: children will learn to recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines; use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye; explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes and to explore the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

Humanities

History – The Round City of Baghdad

Art

The children will be learning to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] in a topic based on the natural world.

MFL

Spanish – celebrations and culture of Spain.

P.E.

In Year 6 we will be communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. We will develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise our own success.

Spring Term 2023

R.E

Spring Term 1

Topic 4 – SOURCES

 

How is my life enriched by books?                How do books take a person beyond themselves?

 

Topic 5: Unity

What helps friendships grow? What makes unity between people? What undermines friendship and unity?

Spring Term 2

Topic 6 : Death and New Life

Why does loss and death bring about change? How do people cope with loss and death? Is it possible for good to come out of death and loss?

Year 6 Residential Trip. https://www.hilltopoutdoorcentre.co.uk/education/schools

6N Reading:

Romeo & Juliet – William Shakespeare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Skills: Prediction – Questioning – Clarifying – Summarising – Making Inferences – Evaluating – Making Connections – Combining Strategies

Writing:

Romeo & Juliet – William Shakespeare

Playscripts – Diary Writing – First Person Recount – Informal Letter Writing – Newspaper Report

Narrative Writing including descriptive writing

6M Reading:

The Tempest – William Shakespeare

Writing:

The Tempest – William Shakespeare

Playscripts – Diary Writing – First Person Recount – Informal Letter Writing – Newspaper Report

Narrative Writing including descriptive writing

 

GPS

Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Objectives

Maths

Autumn 1 – Number & Place Value – Calculating using the 4 Operators

Autumn 2 – Calculating using the 4 Operators – Fractions – Reasoning & Problem Solving

Spring 1 – Fractions cont. – Decimals – Percentages – Algebra – Measuring/Converting Units

Science

Animals Including Humans – Healthy Bodies

Humanities

History:

Crime & Punishment

Cordoba – The City of Light

Geography:

What the Ocean gives us

Why is California so thirsty

MFL:

Spanish: All about Me

Art

Linked to Literacy & Geography & RE

Computing

E-safety – Coding – Computer Literacy

Term Project: Design, Create, Test & Evaluate your own Computer Game using Scratch

Music

Sing complex melodies and play a variety of instruments including the ukulele.

PE

Team Games – Invasion Games – Daily Mile

 

Autumn Term 2022

R.E

Autumn Term 1

Judaism: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement)

Topic 1: Loving

Does love last forever or does it have limits?           Do you have to earn love?                How can I love people I don’t like?

Autumn Term 2

Topic 2: Vocation & Commitment

What does it mean to be committed?          Why are some people so dedicated to the service of others?

Topic 3: Expectations

What is the difference between ‘I wish for’ and ‘I expect’?      Why is it good to have high expectations of yourself and others?       What is the role of patience in expectations?

Spring Term 1

Topic 4: Sources

How is my life enriched by books?   How do books take a person beyond themselves?

 

 

English

Reading: Floodland

Key Skills: Prediction – Questioning – Clarifying – Summarising – Making Inferences – Evaluating – Making Connections – Combining Strategies

Writing: Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick

Diary Writing – First Person Recount – Informal Letter Writing – Newspaper Report – Narrative Writing including descriptive writing

Reading: Floodland

Key Skills: Prediction – Questioning – Clarifying – Summarising – Making Inferences – Evaluating – Making Connections – Combining Strategies

Mama Miti

Wangari Muta Maathai was a highly educated Kenyan woman who founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977. She organised Kenyan women to plant trees in order to empower them, to combat deforestation, and to work for sustainable development. She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

In year 6, we have immersed ourselves into the life & work of Wangari; creating artwork, poetry, informational publications and drama/freeze frames, so that we can understand her story and make links to Floodlands and our Geography topic.

 

 

GPS

Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Objectives

Maths

Autumn 1 – Number & Place Value – Calculating using the 4 Operators

Autumn 2 – Calculating using the 4 Operators – Fractions – Reasoning & Problem Solving

Summer 1 – Properties of shapes – Geometry – Ratio – Revision of all four operations – More Reasoning & problem Solving

Science

Autumn 1

Biology: Evolution & Inheritance – Adaptation – Classification – Enquiry

Research – Planning & Investigation – Using Scientific vocabulary.

Writing Tasks: Works of Linnaeus, Darwin & Mary Anning

Autumn 2

Electricity: Children will learn to represent circuits using symbols in a diagram and conduct their own experiments. They will learn
about two of the most important scientific inventors in the field of electricity – Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla and get the
opportunity to develop their understanding of what electricity is and how to measure it.

Spring

Animals Including Humans
The heart; The blood; Investigating heart rate; Benefits of Exercise; Diet & Exercise; Drugs & Alcohol.

Summer 1

Light: children will learn to recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines; use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye; explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes and to explore the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

 

Humanities

History:

Crime & Punishment

Cordoba – The City of Light

Geography:

What the Ocean gives us

Why is California so thirsty

MFL:

Spanish: All about Me

Art

Linked to Literacy & Geography & RE

Computing

E-safety – Coding – Computer Literacy

Term Project: Design, Create, Test & Evaluate your own Computer Game using Scratch

Music

Sing complex melodies and play a variety of instruments including the ukulele.

PE

Team Games – Invasion Games – Daily Mile