Year 6
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Welcome to Year Six
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If you were unable to attend our 'Meet the Teacher' session, please click on the link to access the presentation used: Curriculum Presentation to Parents
A reminder that Year 6 have PE every Thursday - please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit and footwear.
If your child walks home alone or brings a mobile phone to school, please ensure the forms have been completed and sent to school via Arbor.
Important Dates:
Friday 25th October - Last day of Autumn 1.
Thursday 31st October - Deadline for high school applications for September 2025.
Monday 4th November - INSET day.
Tuesday 5th November - Children return to school.
Thursday 7th November - Outdoor classroom day
Friday 8th November - Year 6 forest school
Tuesday 12th November - Odd socks day
Friday 15th November - Children in Need
Monday 25th November - Year 6 forest school
English
During our English lessons throughout the Autumn term, Year Six will be studying the narrative poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes which will inspire writing opportunities based around diary entries and newspaper reports. The children will be exposed to archaic language used within the time period alongside a breadth of key skills required from each genre. Following on from this, the children will then research and write their own non-chronological reports inspired by our Geography unit about the Galapagos Islands with a focus on technical vocabulary and structural devices.Throughout all lessons, we will continue to reinforce and develop the use of accurate punctuation and grammar alongside a focus upon the Year 5/6 statutory spelling list.
Reading
During the Autumn term, Year Six will study the texts 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and 'The Boy in the Tower' by Polly Ho-Yen. Throughout both texts, we will focus upon the core reading skills of vocabulary, inference, predicition, explanation, retrieval and summary. We will also discuss the increasingly mature themes of both texts which include: the power of fate, the importance of friendships, justice, character transformation and mental health with a focus on depression and isolation.The children will also take home their own reading book from school based upon their ZPD level. We encourage the children to read every day, whether this be independently or through shared experiences, across a range of text types to support their confidence, fluency and exposure to vocabulary.
Maths
As a school, we follow the Power Maths scheme and the units we cover are outlined in our curriculum overview. These units support the children in developing problem solving and reasoning skills as well as the ability to explain and justify their answers using manipulatives where necessary. In addition to this, we complete weekly arithmetic practice, rapid recall of key mathematical information, daily 5 in 5 (five questions to test the retrieval of mathematical learning) and TTRockstars to help build confidence, fluency and accuracy within the subject.Curriculum
During the Autumn term, the children will study a variety of interesting units in our wider curriculum which are outlined in our curriculum overview.Art - the children will create a 3D volcanic structure inspired by the volcanoes in the archipelago of the Galapagos Islands using papier mâché.
History - we will explore crime and punishment across the ages considering how law and order has evolved from the Saxon era through to our modern British legal system today.
Geography - the children will study the natural beauty of the Galapagos Islands from their location, formation and the physical landscape to Charles Darwin's famous Voyage of the Beagle.
Design and Technology - we will focus upon the mechanical system of cams to create a moving toy beginning with the design process to the creation of the final product.
