Class 6
Welcome to Y6
Autumn Term with Mr Huson
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We strongly believe that your child will do better if we work as a team. If you have any worries or concerns about your child, please do let us know so that we are aware. You may message on Class Dojo or, if you prefer, you can send an e-mail to the office. Alternatively, contact us on the playground before and after school if it’s a quick word you need.
Our Class Saint is: St. Maximilian Kolbe
Learning in Year 6 never stops...
Personal Challenge!
As the children begin to have ‘one eye’ on secondary school, I have challenged all of the children to complete the following two tasks before they leave our wonderful school…
- Complete a ParkRun (these are free and happen every Saturday at 9:00am [5km] or Sunday at 9:00am [2km]!) https://www.parkrun.org.uk/
- Sign up to a local library and loan a book or two! Again, these are free and are invaluable local resources! https://www.stoke.gov.uk/libraries
What we will be learning this autumn:
Maths: Place value within 10,000,000. This will include reading and writing, partitioning and comparing, rounding and using all four operations with numbers. Common factors and multiples, prime, square and cube numbers. Order of operations (BODMAS). Fractions: simplifying, comparing and ordering, adding and subtracting, converting and problem solving.
English and Reading:
This term, the children will be analysing and immersing; writing and editing; revising and publishing their very best written work in the style of the following genres:
Punctuation and Grammar refresher
Flash Fiction!
Biography / Autobiography
National curriculum expectations for grammar, punctuation and spelling will be taught throughout the above units. The children will be revising all aspects of GPS previously taught throughout school before moving on to new learning.
Our class novel is the marvellous 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
History: World War 2!
We will be learning about the effects of WW2 on the Home Front. We will learn about what life was like for evacuees and understand how propaganda was used during the war. During their study of World War II, the children will also take part on an exciting visit to the Imperial War Museum North!
Geography:
During the autumn term, the children will be learning about rainforests and investigating the following inquiry questions, alongside their own:
What is a rainforest?
What are the layers of the rainforest?
What characterises the Congo?
How devastating might deforestation be?
What are the ‘lungs of our world’?
Science- Living Things:
During the children’s exciting study of living things, the children will work scientifically by researching, observing over time, performing tests using equipment and asking questions! Throughout the term, Y6 will learn all about Carl Linnaeus’ legacy through the following questions:
-How many ways can animals be sorted?
-How and why do we use a classification key?
-How can we classify plants?
-What are micro-organisms?
-How are micro-organisms classified?
-How can we find out what makes yeast grow?
DT- Food
During the autumn unit, the Y6s will creating their very own steady hand games through careful electrical wiring! Throughout the unit, the children will:
Think carefully about electrical safety; combine materials to produce exciting challenges; evaluate findings and improve ideas; refine games to suit purpose and finally create their own steady hand game.
Art- Augustus Rodin!
The children will be studying the work of Augustus Rodin and learning all about his life and key works. In their sketch books, the children will make observational drawings of the human form and refine this process through the selection of interesting poses and shapes. Once the children have improved their sense of proportion, they will then begin to, in the style of Rodin, sculpt using clay before finishing the models off in paint!
RE
The children will begin Y6 by looking at The Story of the People of God in which the children will know that the Bible is a library of books that can be placed into different categories. They will be able to identify some styles of literature found in the Bible. They will know some stories of significant people from the Old Testament and will be able to discuss the relationship these people had with God. They will know and be able to reflect on the Commandments. The children will then study about The Followers of Christ and what certain specific prayers may guide them towards.
PE
The fundamental skills that the children will be practicing between now and spring are as follows:
Music:
Throughout the autumn term, Y6 will be answering the question: How does music bring us together?
Spelling:
All spelling patterns and words will be taught at school and children will bring home between 5-10 words each week to learn. Alongside spelling patters are the Y6 statutory words, all of which are listed below. Children should be able to spell all of these by the end of the year. Practicing little and often is the best method!
And finally, remember that in Y6, we
Thank you
Mr Huson
Year 6 Curriculum and Expectations
As a school, we report your child’s progress against these end-of-year expectations at our parent evenings during the year.
The following terms will be used:
· Your child is not on track to meet the end of year national expectations.
· Your child is on track to meet the end of year national expectations.
· Your child is on track to exceed the end of year national expectations.
Any extra support you can provide in helping your child or children to achieve these will benefit them greatly.