Year 6
Mrs Eccles, Mrs Farmer and Mr Holloway.
Welcome to the Year 6 web page. In 6AE you will find Mrs Eccles and in 6MF you will find Mrs Farmer. Helping children across the classes, you will find the wonderful Mr Holloway. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topics.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 6 Curriculum.
In Autumn 2, our English lessons will first focus on the book ‘The Journey’ by Francesca Sanna. The Journey by Francesca Sanna is a powerful picture book about a family fleeing their war-torn homeland in search of safety. Our first writing outcome will be a dual narrative diary, where we will write from two contrasting perspectives: a refugee child experiencing the journey and their mother. This challenging format requires pupils to maintain two distinct voices while exploring themes of fear, hope, displacement and belonging. Building on our work with The Journey, we will then apply our understanding of the refugee experience to persuasive writing. Our outcome will be a persuasive letter to local families, encouraging them to support refugee families with children. We will end the term by writing a setting description inspired by the vivid imagery of Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell. In maths, we will be studying fractions and applying the four operations to a range of fraction calculations. We will then be moving onto ratio to solve a range of problems, including scale factor of shapes/drawings. In geography, the children will be cartographers, learning how to identify different features on a world map (e.g. latitude, longitude, tropic of capricorn etc.) and locating other key information such as continents, cities and biomes. In science, the children will be studying spectacular space! They will be locating key planets and learning about the movement of the Earth and moon. Children will also be learning about the seasons and why the amount of daylight changes throughout the year. In computing, we will be studying programming, specifically, how to use a crumble controller to program events. In R.E. the children will be learning why the Torah is important to Jewish people. In PSHE our topic will be ‘celebrating differences’ and in P.E. the children will be doing fitness and gymnastics.
Home learning will be sent out every Wednesday and will be due the following Monday. The first home learning will be sent out on Wednesday 9th September. Spelling tests will be every Monday and the first spelling test will be on Monday 14th September. Please remember to record your three weekly reads in your reading records and hand in every Monday. Oxford Reading Scheme books should be in your child's bag every day in case a teacher/TA needs to read with your child.
P.E. days are Monday and Thursday. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kits on these days.
