📖 English

Writing

Using The Way of the Wolves as inspiration, children will:

• Write a documentary narrative in the style of David Attenborough

• Develop precise vocabulary choices for effect

• Use advanced punctuation (semi-colons, colons, dashes and hyphens)

• Link ideas clearly across paragraphs

• Edit and improve their own writing

Reading – Beetle Boy

Children will develop fluency and expression while:

• Learning new vocabulary

• Retrieving and summarising key information

• Making inferences

• Analysing language and themes

 

Discovery Learning:

 Science 

Children will explore how living things are grouped and classified. They will:

• Use classification keys to identify organisms

• Learn how animals are grouped (mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians and fish)

• Understand how classification supports biodiversity studies

• Record findings using tables, charts and diagrams

 PSHE 

We will develop critical thinking skills by exploring:

• Bias and persuasion techniques

• Influencer marketing and advertising

• Media impact on self-image

• How to identify trustworthy information

• Staying safe online

 Geography – 

Children will:

• Locate and describe the world’s major biomes

• Interpret climate graphs and global data

• Investigate how human activity contributes to global warming

• Explore how climate change affects rivers, marshes and ecosystems — including here in Norfolk

 Music

Children will explore jazz and blues styles by:

• Learning about improvisation

• Playing melodies using the C major and C blues scales

• Creating motifs and short riffs

• Performing with steady rhythm and confidence

 Computing

Children will:

• Enter and format data

• Use formulas such as SUM

• Sort and filter information

• Create graphs and charts to present findings

 Art

Children will:

• Study Kahlo’s life and artistic style

• Develop proportion and positioning in portrait drawing

• Use colour to convey mood and emotion

• Include symbolism to represent identity

We like to nurture a strong ethos of reading for pleasure in the class and encourage regular reading both in and out of school.

We also have a WAW (Wise about Words) story time each day.  This may be sharing our class novel or a shorter book from the class collection. 

As part of our ongoing drama work with the WAW project, we will be incorporating drama games and techniques to our learning across the curriculum.

Reading is an essential part of every child’s education.  We promote reading for pleasure throughout the whole school and encourage the children to read every day.  In Year 6, staff members have made a collection of some of their favourite children’s fiction which is available to borrow from the class bookshelves. The children have diary-style planners to keep themselves organised and which are used as reading records for home reading.  We also have a ‘library card’ system where children keep a record of the books they have borrowed. The children also have a space within class where they can write recommendations and comments about the books they have read.  We expect the children to read regularly at home and to use their Reading Log as a place to reflect on their reading.  Reading for pleasure has been proven to benefit children’s mental health and wellbeing and is an indicator for success in later life.  We notice in class that children who read more have a wider vocabulary and more ideas for writing as well as being more fluent readers, which really helps with their learning across the curriculum.

An example of some (but not all) of the books we have recommended in the past can be found in the ‘100 book challenge’.

Woodland sessions will take place on Wednesdays. During these sessions, we will be completing Outdoor adventurous activity. Children will complete orienteering activities, using maps to follow a route. They will also be set a range of problem-solving activities that require teamwork and adapting to change.

Class Dojo will continue to be used this term. It is a great space where you can view photos, videos and information about what is happening in Year 6 and across the school. If you require another invitation, please don’t hesitate to ask. 

We expect the children to read every day and to fill in their reading logs from time to time, documenting and reflecting on their reading.
Children will have homework books for Maths, English and Spelling/Grammar. They will be set a weekly task to complete from each book which will then be reviewed in class together. All children have access to TT Rockstars for regular times table practise at
home. Their log-in details are stuck in their Homework logs.

 

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