Welcome to Year 6
Our teacher for this year is Miss Milligan, our TA's are Mrs Todaro and Mrs Todorova.
Autumn Term 1
Welcome to Year 6. I am really looking forward to the year ahead and seeing your children blossom as individuals. We have lots of very exciting events happening this year and I know your children are set to be fantastic role models for the rest of the school. During the Autumn term the children will be engaging in lots of exciting topics across all subjects. As well as our great learning in the classroom, we will also have some great trips and exciting events happening in school.
English
To start our English learning the children will be starting from the first day of school to write an adventure story, where something unexpectedly goes wrong!
Following this piece, we will begin our biographies. During our guided write we will be focusing on the life of Roald Dahl by reading his book ‘Boy’. The children will be researching and finding out a lot about him. Before, going onto picking an inspiring role model in their life, to write their own biography, following the same format.
Then we will be moving onto a Nonsense narrative, where the children engage in drama to help build their literacy skills. Prior to finishing the term with a non-chronological report.
Maths
At the start of term we will be looking at number and place value. Prior to building on our calculation methods (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), Fractions and finishing the term with converting units.
Don’t forget to login to TT Rock stars and Mathletics;
Science
Our topic this term will be electricity. The children will be building on prior knowledge by creating parallel and serial circuits. Learning their Electricity symbols and finishing the topic by creating a burglar alarm.
History
In History we will be learning about the Ancient Greeks. The children will be learning about the life and achievements of the Ancient Greeks. During this topic we will be sharing our learning with you all by performing our class assembly.
Geography
This term we will be focusing on natural resources. The children will learn how they form and how we can sustain natural resources. We will also be working on our map skills throughout the topic.
RE
In RE, our big question for this term is, ‘How has the Christian message survived 2000 years?’ In this topic our key vocabulary will be;
- Ascension
- Pentecost
- Good News
- Persecution
- Fruits of the Holy Spirit
- The Trinity
- Confirmation
How has the Christian message survived 2000 years
Art
In art this term we will be looking at ‘Trees’, the children will use lots of different mediums to create different trees, such as, charcoal, oil pastels and water colours. The artists we will be focusing on are Van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet and William Morris.
Computing
We will be becoming ‘adventure gamers’ this term. We will be learning about python and syntax throughout the topic.
Spanish
In Spanish the children will be spending a lot of time working on their pronunciation, as well as their written Spanish. By the end of the topic we are hoping all children can write about their daily routine and tell the time in Spanish!
PE
In PE this term year six will be taught by Mr Moura our PE coach. He will be focusing on invasion games in their lesson on a Wednesday. The children will also be swimming on a Friday morning.
RSHE
‘Being Me in My World’
Our RSHE topic to start the term is all about celebrating us! We will be thinking about how to make everyone feel welcome, how to make our school a happy place for everyone.
Things to note
Please be encouraging your child to read as much as possible! This children will need their reading books in school every day. Each child should also be reading every day at home. Thank you for your help with this.
P.E. will be on Wednesday afternoons. The children must arrive in school in their uniform and bring their school P.E. kit to change into. Swimming will be on a Friday morning, please make sure your child comes to school with their swimming kit.
What a great first half term we have to look forward to!
