Year 6 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Year 6

Class Teacher: Miss Lamb (AM) & Mrs Pepper (PM)

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hoyle 

Welcome to the Year 6 class page. Have a look at what we are learning about this term:

Writing 

We will be focussing on reading and writing a variety of genres, such as letters, diaries and non-chronological reports. Much of our writing will be linked to our topic, Great Britain. We will be focussing on the ideas of using specific and accurate vocabulary, cohesion and sentence structures throughout our writing units. 

Mathematics

We will be consolidating and developing our place value knowledge of number before applying this to a range of problem solving opportunities. We will then focus on the four operations, fractions and decimals. We will use learned facts (including times tables facts) to support our calculations across all topics.

Science

We will begin by exploring Living things and their habitats. By the end of this unit children will be able to:
• identify the observable characteristics of an organism;
• group organisms based on their similarities and differences;
• identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments;
• sort and group animals and plants using a classification key;
• record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams, labels and classification keys;
• identify, group and sort microorganisms;
• recognise how we know that microorganisms are alive;
• understand the significance of Linnaeus’s legacy to taxonomy;
• identify and classify some plants and animals in their local area

RE

Our work in RE will explore why Christians call the day Jesus died 'Good Friday. Here will be lots of opportunities for us to share our own ideas and thoughts and to discuss how we all have differing opinions.

Geography

Our Geography work will explore the four countries that make up the United Kingdom and the features of each. We will develop our geographical skills when carrying out map work throughout this topic.

History

Our topic in History will be Ancient Greece. The children will gain an understanding of when and where some of the key events during the Ancient Greek period took place. 

Computing

In Computing, we will learn how to record data into a spreadsheet using microsoft excel including the use of fomulas. 

PE

Children will be taught PE by the PE coach on alternate Wednesdays and this will cover Fun and Fitness in the first half term and move onto Invasion Games in the second half. PE on Mondays will focus on circuits and develop leadership skills by creating their own lessons including a warm up, main activity and cool-down.

French

Our work in French will be focussed around what we want to do at the weekend with our friends, as well as consolidating previously learned vocabulary and grammar. We will continue to develop our oral skills through conversations and games.

Art

Our artwork will focus on develop painting and creating skills as they create a montage of abstract images that describe their likes, dislikes, hopes, fears and dreams using a variety of mediums. 

DT

Our DT work will develop our engineering skills as we design and create our very own CAMs machine.

Music (with Mrs Willis)

Children will learn to describe the effect of different combinations of pitched notes. They will learn to sing a round in four parts and accompany it with a three note chord (triad). Children will learn to create a class performance through practice and rehearsal.

Useful information:

PE kits - Monday, Wednesday (we have PE on different days each week - you can leave your PE kit in your locker throughout the week)

Reading records - Marked and given out each Friday

Homework (Maths and English) - Given out on Friday and due the following Friday