The Year 6 teaching team consists of:

Mrs Perkin, Mrs Miller, Mrs Roberts and Miss Partridge

Mrs Turner, Mrs Pearson and Miss Kearney

Welcome back to the

Summer Term

During this term, we will be completing the learning below as well as preparing your child for their transition to secondary school.

Literacy

Flashback Writing which will be linked to our World War II theme from last term.

Poetry again linking to World War II.

Non-Chronological Writing which will link to our Holocaust topic.

Numeracy

Ratio and Proportion 

Geometry

Statistics

Science

Electricity - this is continuing from last term. Children will learn about circuits and their functions. This will include looking at the impact of voltage.

Animals - Children will build on their knowledge and understanding of different systems within the body. They will research the parts and functions of the circulatory system. 

History

 Holocaust - The children will learn about the events that led up to the Holocaust. Using Anne Frank, children will gain an insight into the experiences faced by a Jewish family. 

R.E

Hinduism - The children will identify Hindu deities and say how they help them to describe God. They will also explore popular Hindu stories including Diwali.

P.E

Decathlon and Yoga

PSHE

Healthy Me

 Children will explore how a healthy lifestyle supports the body to function and how different types of drugs affect the body.

Changing Me 

Children will be taught to understand puberty and respect the changes that they see in themselves and others.

The children will be taught age-appropriate puberty and sex education over the course of this unit. Please contact the office if you would like your child to be withdrawn from the sex education element of the unit. 

French

  Houses - children will learn to describe rooms in a house.

Design Technology

Baking cakes using WW2 recipes.

Art

Brusho Blitz - Children will create a blitz scene using brusho paint for sky and black felt to represent the skyline.

Please keep watching this space for information regarding a Year 6 celebration evening in July.  We will try and inform you of our intentions as soon as possible once COVID restrictions are known.

Remember our P.E days are:

Wednesday – Outdoor Games

Thursday – Indoor P.E.

Curriculum