In English, our pupils will study ‘Shackleton’s Journey,’ by William Grill. This text focuses on the historic exploration by Shackleton and his crew on Endurance and it offers a unique visual re-telling of their expedition to Antarctica.
The Children will begin by examining the illustration on the book cover to develop their inferential skills and to form predictions. During the learning sequence, children will examine and discuss the differences between information and fiction texts; they will develop their knowledge of, and empathise with, characters through exploring dilemmas; they will participate in role-play activities and will produce a range of writing in response to their learning.
In Maths, our Year 6 pupils will develop their problem-solving and reasoning skills by tackling a range of mathematical challenges involving number, algebra, and geometry. They will solve problems linked to unequal sharing and grouping using fractions and multiples, and explore relationships between quantities through integer multiplication and division. Learners will apply their understanding of scale factors to solve problems involving similar shapes and compare relative sizes where values are missing. They will also generate and describe linear number sequences, represent missing number problems algebraically, and use simple formulae. In addition, pupils will find pairs of numbers that satisfy equations with two unknowns and systematically enumerate all possible combinations of two variables.
In Science, children will learn how to classify living things using the major classification kingdoms defined by Carl Linnaeus. They will identify and describe the observable characteristics of a range of classification groups including micro-organisms, plants and animals. Children will make careful observations to identify the characteristics that help scientists classify all living things, such as whether a living thing has a backbone and how they reproduce. Children will also be able to use their observations to construct classification keys of increasing complexity.
Working Scientifically, children will carry out investigations to observe how moulds grow over time. Children will use and construct classification keys to identify plants within their locality. They will identify specific species by closely observing the similarities and differences within each group
In Geography this half term, Year 6 will be looking at the Arctic and Antarctic continents. Throughout the topic, the children will be introduced to the characteristics and features of these polar regions. They will explore the environmental factors that shape and influence these geographical regions, as well as comparing the plants, animals and indigenous people who live there. Our pupils will learn about polar climates and polar oceans whilst beginning to appreciate the beauty of the world’s polar landscapes
In Music this term, the children will be learning songs from the Second World War Two and will be discussing the impact of different composers on the development of musical styles. They will also be evaluating how the venue, occasion and purpose affects the way a piece of music sounds.
In Art and Design, the children will be covering ‘Inuit’, a unit of work which will introduce them to the cultural and artistic traditions of the Inuit way of life. They will learn about significant Inuit artists, such as Kenojuak Ashevak, whilst exploring the technique of print-making used to create some of their artwork.
In PSHE, pupils will study the unit ‘Dreams and Goals’. Children will learn about setting personal goals and how to make a plan to reach these goals and motivate themselves. They will consider what things we could do to make the world a better place and work in groups to plan a project to improve something in our school or local area. We will finish the unit by looking at how we can celebrate our achievements and feel proud of ourselves.
In RE, Year 6 will learn about Humanism. The children will find out about what Humanists believe, and how they celebrate human achievements and capabilities. We will them look at the terms ‘atheist’ and agnostic’ and find out what these mean in terms of beliefs.
In PE, the children will be learning to put actions to music when creating dance routines. They will be working in pairs and groups to use their imagination to choreograph movements that flow and keep the rhythm of the music. The children will need to think about how directions of movements, levels, shapes and pathways can improve their ideas.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning how physical activity can be adapted. They will take part in a variety of sports such as bowls, boccia and table tennis. They will use communication, cooperation and their imaginations to develop their own activities and suggest ideas on how sports could be adapted.
In French, our pupils will be learning directional, transport and town vocabulary together with prepositional phrases. The children will describe their journey to school, plan a trip to France and become tourist guides, giving reasoned opinions on which places in town to visit. Finally, the children create a tourist leaflet, in French, for their own local area.
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