Year 6
Welcome to the Year 6 class page – Mr Zoumides and Miss Michalska are looking forward to working with you this year!
Our Class Saint – Saint Maximilian Kolbe
St. Maximilian Kolbe is the patron saint of journalism, the media and the family. St. Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Poland. He was a Polish Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. He is a martyr as he gave up his life the safe the life of another man in the concentration camp in Auschwitz.
Home Reading
Reading helps children with their knowledge, understanding and language. The children are taught to read in school; however it is important that you encourage your child to read at home daily for 20 minutes and listen to them read a couple of pages of their book every night.
Reading books will be changed regularly and every week the children will also choose a library book to read over the weekend.
Click the video link below for tips on how to support your child with reading at home.
Parents, you must sign your child’s reading diaries, so that your children can be rewarded with a stamp for their efforts.
Homework
Children will be given 1 piece of maths and 1 piece of grammar homework each week. Homework will be handed out every Tuesday (to be completed by the following Monday)
Children also have logins to Times Table Rockstars and Emile and are expected to practise their times-tables and spellings weekly.
Click the link below to access our school login in page. Then log on using your child’s username & password will also be stuck in your child’s reading diary.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/12628
https://emile-education.com/log-in-to-emile-resources/
What will we be learning this Term?
Spring 1
RE
This half term we will be studying two units in our RE lessons:
Christmas
- In this unit of work, the children will explore the story of the birth of Christ from the Gospel of St. Matthew and the Gospel of St. Luke. They will also learn about some images of Christ that are found in the Prologue to the Gospel of St. John.
Baptism and Confirmation
- In this unit, the children will learn about the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. They will explore the signs and symbols of both these Sacraments and will hear about the gift of the Holy Spirit being given in the celebration of these Sacraments.
English and Reading
'Skellig' by David Almond
We will use our class book as inspiration for our own writing. We will learn key language and grammar skills to help us to produce a range of writing outcomes.
Ongoing throughout this term will be a strong focus on spelling, punctuation and handwriting. Please help your child to practise these skills at home.
Risks and Thrills
'Risks and Thrills' includes a range of short narratives and non-fiction texts. We will focus our reading skills around the following:
- summarising ideas from more than one paragraph
- making inferences using evidence to support ideas
- predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
- exploring a range of poetry and non-fiction texts to further enhance our learning
Maths
This half term, we will focus on:
Algebra
- Finding a rule
- Forming expressions
- Substitution
- Formulae
- Forming and solving equations
- Solving one and two-step equations
- Finding pairs of values
Decimals
- Rounding decimals
- Adding and subtracting decimals
- Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
- Multiplying and dividing decimals by integers
- Converting fractions to decimals
Percentages
- Understanding percentages
- Converting fractions to percentages
- Finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
- Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages
- Finding simple percentages of amounts
Science
Light
Our science unit of work this half term will cover the following objectives:
- Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.
History
Crime and Punishment
Our unit of work will be covering the following objectives:
Chronology
- To use dates and terms accurately in describing events.
- To describe the main changes in a period of history (using terms such as: social, religious, political, technological and cultural).
Evidence and Interpretation
- To analyse a wide range of evidence in order to justify claims about the past. To explain that no single source of evidence gives the full answer to questions about the past.
- With support, to refine lines of enquiry as appropriate.
Cause and Consequence
- To describe the social causes of crime and punishment.
- To describe the consequences of crimes.
Change and Continuity
- To identify changes in crime and punishment.
- To analyse why these changes happened using terms such as: social, religious, political, cultural and technological.
- To use appropriate historical vocabulary to communicate change and continuity.
Similarity and Difference
- To compare similarities and differences in crime and punishments over time.
- To compare the main changes in a period of history with the present day.
Historical Significance
- To describe the social, ethnic, cultural or religious diversity of past society.
- To describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.
Art
Exploring Identity
- Create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.
- Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay].
- Know about great artists, architects and designers in history.
Computing
We are Connected
French
In My French House
- Understand the French words for different types of houses and their rooms.
- Ask and answer questions using vocabulary about houses and rooms.
- Remember and understand the elements of a house and family.
- Use a writing frame to create a written description of their house.
- Label things in a bedroom and use the related vocabulary in simple sentences.
- Use prepositions accurately, both verbally and in written sentences.
- Write a letter to describe all the rooms in their house, where they live and with whom, using at least three prepositions accurately and including questions.
PSHE
Dreams and Goals
Music
Rock 'n' Roll
Our focus this half term is Rock 'n' Roll. Music lessons will take place every Wednesday.
PE
Health-Related Exercise (Wednesdays and Fridays)
Children will be practising their health-related exercise skills in PE this half term.
Please ensure that your child’s P.E. kit is in school on these days.
Useful links to websites that could help at home:
Arithmetic practice
https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-papers/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
https://www.mathswithamouse.co.uk/
This is an excellent site, providing revision help for KS2, KS3, KS 4 and KS5. This covers all subjects through activities and tests.
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
A wide range of KS2 SATs questions, from both past papers and their own team of teachers.
https://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
The following link is to a website that is full of maths activities: https://www.themathsfactor.com/