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    Year 6

    Welcome to Year 6!

    We have two classes: Falcons and Kestrels. Mrs Carr and Mrs Pulling teach Kestrels. Falcon class is taught by Miss Etheridge.  Mrs Eccles is teaching across Year 6.  Our teaching assistant is Mrs Parlour. 

    You will need to bring your water bottle, AR book and communication book every day. You will also bring a pencil case which will be left in school. We will have PE on Tuesday and Thursday

    In the autumn term, our topic will be, ‘From Coast to Coast’ which is a topic all about movement around coastlines. In the spring, our topic will be, ‘When the Sirens Sound’ which is all about World War II and in the summer, our topic is, ‘Adventures on The Downs.’

    Curriculum News: 


    Programme of Study


    Homework

    Homework is set via Google Classroom.  

    As a minimum, each child will have: reading, spelling, grammar or punctuation and maths each week. 

    Accelerated Reader – ‘Reading for pleasure’

    Reading is an extremely important part of our curriculum and children may complete AR quizzes at home or at school. 

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    Learning Journey

    Click here for the Year 6 Curriculum Overview. The overview may be adapted in response to wider global events. 

    autumn

    Autumn - From Coast to Coast

    Have you ever discovered anything exciting washed up on the beach? Well, what if it was a message in a bottle? In the autumn term, we are inspired by  our key texts, The Island and Kensuke’s Kingdom which lead us to learn about life aboard the seas and give us clues as to what it might be like to survive on a desert island. We visit Shoreham to learn about the history of the port and how imports and exports have impacted the land use along the coastline. We develop our observational drawing through mixed media artwork and clay sculpture and explore the RHE themes of isolation, resilience and tolerance of others. Our science during this term explores theories for evolution, and how fossils might provide evidence for this. Alongside this, in RE, we explore the idea of Creation. We also learn about our circulatory system in Science, including how to keep our heart and bodies healthy.

    Key Questions we'll be asking:

    • Why do people move from coast to coast? What else is transported from coast to coast? What impact does movement from coast to coast have? 
    • What does inheritance mean?

    Trips

    In this term we are going to enrich the learning with…

    • Trip to Shoreham to visit the port and the RNLI lifeboat station
    • Novium Museum workshop

    Supporting your child

    • Please attend any curriculum meetings throughout the year.
    • You can support your child by ensuring their homework is completed.
    • Continue to read with and listen to your child read regularly. 

    spring

    Spring – When the Siren Sounds

    In Spring term, we experience what life was like for a child living in the time of the Second World War. As war begins, and the air raid siren sounds, we first find out about life in our country during wartime - how people protected themselves, how rationing affected diet and what it felt like for a child who was evacuated away from their family. A trip to Newhaven Fort enhances our topic by learning about wartime defences and the Home Front.

    We will learn 1940's-style dances, cook authentic wartime meals - using rationed ingredients and our artwork will be inspired by L.S Lowry. Our science topics during the spring term are light and electricity.

    During the second half of the spring term, we learn about the effects of war on children in different countries around the world. We are introduced to The Holocaust through our texts Rose Blanche and resources from the National Holocaust Education Trust.  In RE, we learn about the Jewish faith and explore how people’s faith may affect their choices: focusing particularly on Anne Frank. IN DT we enjoy 'making do and mending' by designing and sewing evacuee teddy bears. Finally, our wartime journey ends with a VE Day-style celebration - come and celebrate with us!

    Key Questions we'll be asking:

    • How were children affected by World War II?
    • How were children kept safe?
    • What was the impact on children’s daily life?
    • How were children around the world impacted?

    Trips

    See the section marked 'Letters' for a copy of the corresponding letter.

    • Newhaven Fort trip- to learn about wartime defences and the Home Front.

    Supporting your child

    Some things to do at home with your child:

    • Speak to older relatives about their memories of the 1930s- 1940s
    • Visit Michelham Priory or the Imperial War Museum in London to find out more

    Homework

    Our homework this term will primarily be focussing on revision for the SATs in May (see separate revision timetables) on Google Classroom.

    Please keep focussing on the basics:

    • spellings & punctuation
    • times tables
    • mental and written methods for +, -, x and ÷

    summer

    Summer – Adventures on the Downs

    Having begun Year 6 down at the sea, we end our year by venturing up to The South Downs and exploring the diversity of our local habitats and wildlife.

    Reflecting on and enjoying our natural world is our priority this term! Rich in folklore and legends, the South Downs inspire our writing through poetry and narrative. Our key text, Skellig, enables us to explore themes of nature, life and death, conflict, freedom and independence. We develop our map reading skills during our field work trips this term and broaden our historical knowledge by conducting a local history study of how Broadwater has changed over time. 

    Our art for this term is based on the artist Georgia O'Keefe.  We create lino-prints and watercolour paintings based on our local wildlife.  In Science, we explore classification of species, looking specifically at the scientist, Carl Linnaeus and The Linnaean System.

    In RE, we look at the concept of Salvation, focusing on the resurrection. By the end of this unit of learning, we produce a piece of artwork that depicts our own interpretation of the resurrection and what this means to us.

    Questions we'll be asking:

    • Why is the South Downs such a special place?
    • Why is it special for us?
    • How has it changed and what can we do to protect it? 

    Trips

    Paultons Park - reward trip 

    Lodge Hill Residential


    Supporting your child

    Some things to do at home with your child:

    • Go up to The Downs and explore!
    • What landmarks can you see from where you are?
    • How many of the “50 things to do before you’re 12" list can you achieve? (National Trust list)
    • Find out about the history of where you live: your road and your house.

    Homework

    Our homework this term will primarily be focusing on revision for the SATs in May (see separate revision timetables)

    Please keep focusing on the basics:

    • spellings & punctuation
    • times tables
    • mental and written methods for +, -, x and ÷
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