Year 6
Welcome to Year 6!
The Team is Miss Dineen, Mr Goegan, Mr Lenehan, Mrs Worrall and Miss Iqbal.
Year 6 | Autumn 2 |
History and Geography This half term we will look Africa’s history and how it changed from pre-colonial times to the present day. This includes looking at the colonisation of Africa by European countries, pre-colonial West African kingdoms and in Geography, we will look at the main biomes of Africa and their features. | |
Maths This half term in Maths we will explore fractions and percentages. We will also continue to consolidate our arithmetic methods covered so far. Arithmetic tests will be completed on a Friday to improve knowledge and develop children’s stamina in the correct methods. All children need to know their times tables and should be practising them at home. | English We will be writing a piece of writing to inform this half term based on the partition in India. Children will learn about the divide of India after British rule and how the country was divided. We will also be writing a diary entry based on the famous book “A Christmas Carol”. We will start our new book study text Kick by Mitch Johnson. We will be focusing on reading stamina this half term as well.
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Home Learning
Reading at least 4 times a week. Practise on TT Rockstars, Spelling Shed. Y5 and Y6 children are given a school laptop to use at home and in school. Homework is set every Friday for the children to access on their laptops through SATS Companion. Homework completion is reviewed by the class teacher on a Wednesday and reminders are given. Homework must be completed by Wednesday. | Dates for your diary Parents evening Week beginning 10th November. Sign up will be on Class Dojo this year. Tuesday 25th November Cinema Visit.
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Year 6 | Autumn 1 |
Learning Journey In the Autumn term, we will be looking at the Victorians as part of our History topic, we will base our learning around the global theme Power and Governance. This will also link with our geography work looking at our local area and the impact of the British Empire around the world. As part of our immersion into this topic we will use quality texts, clips and P4C lessons to see what life was like for Victorian people. We will then explore deeper into the theme of power and link it to the present day.
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Maths This half term in maths we will be revisiting place value as well as consolidating arithmetic methods covered in Y5. All children need to know their times tables and should be practising them at home. Weekly arithmetic tests will be completed on a Friday to improve children’s knowledge and stamina in correct methods. | English We will be writing a narrative this half term based on the book Wild Boy. This book is an exciting text that follows the life of a boy who is a carnival attraction set in the Victorian era. Our Book study text will be the Wolf Wilder which will link to our theme on Power and Governance |
Home Learning
Reading at least 4 times a week. Practise on IXL, TT Rockstars, Spelling Shed. Y5 and Y6 children are given a school laptop to use at home and in school. Homework is set every Friday for the children to access on their laptops through SATS Companion and IXL. Homework completion is reviewed by the class teacher on a Wednesday and reminders are given. Homework must be completed by Thursday. | School Updates
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