Spring Term

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English

This term we will be reading a variety of texts including Eye of the Wolf by Daniel Pennac and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. We will be using our developing  skills to compose our own writing based on these texts including letters, stories and diary entries . We will also be continuing to improve comprehension skills and reading fluency.Alongside this, we will continue to  learn and practise  more spelling patterns and grammar rules to help improve our independent writing. 

Maths

As well as revisiting the topics from last term we will also have an introduction to basic algebra, complete work on statistics and explore shape and angles in more detail. All of these topics will be completed by practising and then applying skills learned in problem solving contexts. In addition to this, we will continue to practise all of our arithmetic skills daily.

Science

Our Science topic this term is Our Bodies, which includes identifying and naming the major organs of the body, finding out about the human circulatory system, discussing what is needed to live a healthy lifestyle and understanding the effects of unhealthy choices on our bodies. 

Computing

We will be completing our topic on spreadsheets as well as returning to our coding skills to debug and create our own simulation. Finally, we will be creating our own Blogs.

History

We will be continuing with our topic of Crime and Punishment and will be looking in detail at this aspect of life in both the Tudor period from the late 15th Century to the early 17th Century and in the Victorian Age from 1837 to 1901. Finally we will be comparing our findings across the whole topic with modern times. 

Geography

In our topic Economic activity in the UK we will be answering questions such as:

Art

 Pattern is our art topic at the end of this term. We will be looking at what makes a pattern a pattern, some artists famous for their pattern work and designs including William Morris and finally creating our own patterns based on the natural world. 

D&T

During the first half of this term we will be looking at what cam mechanisms are,  how they work and where they are used in the real world. We will end by designing our own toy that uses this type of mechanism. 

PSHE

Our first topic this term is called ‘Living in the Wider World - One World’ looking at the relationship between rights and responsibilities, the importance of having compassion towards others and ways of carrying out shared responsibilities. Our second topic is called ‘Relationships - TEAM’ where we will focus on friendships and relationships with others(both online and in the real world) - how we can tell if these are healthy relationships, respecting others and recognising that personal behaviour can affect others both positively or negatively. 

RE

In RE this term, we will be looking at both Hinduism and Sikhism and identifying inspirational founders and leaders within both of these faiths including Bhagat Puran Singh and Mahatma Gandhi.        

French

Where We Live and Numbers to 100 are our French topics this term. We will learn to say, read and write words, phrases and sentences related to these two areas.   

Music

This term the children will be completing Classroom Jazz 2 which will build on the skills already learned in Year 5 including identifying elements of this musical style, composing, performing and improvising. This will be followed by ‘You’ve Got A Friend’ which will focus on the music of Carole King and again develop performing skills through singing and playing instruments. 

Spelling

We will be recapping all spelling rules and patterns from Key Stage 2 as well as the Year 5 and 6 Statutory spellings. Spellings will be practised daily in school, available on the Google classroom Year 6 Spellings page and tested each Monday.

PE

Year 6 will be completing a range of activities during our PE lessons this term. These will include coordination, strength and balance skills as well as learning a range of net and wall games - in particular learning the rules of and playing tennis.

Online Safety

 We will be looking at how the online world can affect our health, wellbeing and lifestyle including recognising features of persuasive design and how this can be used to keep users engaged; recognising the pressures that technology can put on people and how these can be managed; and assessing different strategies to limit the impact of technology on health.