Welcome to Year 6
There are two classes in Year 6. 2NA are taught by Miss Ahmed; 2EP are taught by Miss Payne. Mrs Weston, Mrs Cann and Mrs Maciaszek work with us.
Spring Term
During the spring half term we will be focusing on the whole school topic ‘Around the World’. This will be followed by the next topic ‘Those Who Came Before Us’, which will have a history and geography focus.
In writing lessons, we will be focusing on refining our previously learnt skills across a range of text types and genres.
In maths lessons, we will be consolidating our knowledge of the maths curriculum. We will be exploring a variety of different reasoning techniques to deepen our understanding of what we have learnt.
In reading lessons, we will be deconstructing and analysing a variety of extended text types to develop and further our retrieval and inference skills in order to provide reasoned explanations to a range of comprehension questions. Within our class reading for pleasure, 2NA will be reading ‘There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom’ by Louis Sachar; 2EP will be reading ‘Pig-Heart Boy’ by Malorie Blackman.
Within our wider curriculum…
As geographers, we will be exploring different biomes found across the world alongside how plants and animals have adapted to live within these environments. We will also be discussing how climate change and global warming has affected areas around the world.
As historians, we will be learning about the English Civil War. We will use primary sources and interpretations to explore the impact of the Civil War on the monarchy.
In art lessons, we will be exploring the work of Georges Seurat and attempting to recreate a painting using the technique of pointillism.
Within Science lessons, we will be learning about evolution and inheritance to understand the process of living things changing over time- exploring that evidence comes from fossils.
Useful information
Homework will be handed out every Friday and due back in and completed by the following Wednesday.
Home reading – it is the expectation that children read at least three times a week. These will be checked on a Wednesday and Friday.
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