Staff
Mrs Chamberlain (Teacher)
Mrs Higgins (Teacher a.m. only)
Mrs Clarkson
Welcome to Year 6’s summer term overview!
We hope that you have had a wonderful Easter and are ready for our final term together.
SATS WEEK begins on Monday 12th May.
Our Robinwood residential takes place from Wednesday 18th June – Friday 20th June.
Our Shakespeare festival takes place on Wednesday 25th June.
Religion
Pentecost: Witness
The children will explore what it is to be a witness and the courage sometimes needed to do so. They shall discuss issues such as how and when it might become difficult to speak up and why it is a courageous thing to do.
Reconciliation: Healing
The children will be learning about show understanding of religious sources, beliefs, ideas, feelings and experiences concerning the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and make links between them.
World Religions
We shall be learning about the beliefs and culture of those following Sikhism and will be visiting the Gurdwara.
Universal Church: Common Good
The children will be able to make links between various scriptures and beliefs. The children will give reasons for certain actions by believers in working for justice and the common good.
English
At the beginning of this term, we will be basing our writing around a film about a girl named Alma. We will be writing a setting description and a narrative including dialogue.
Following this, we will start studying the life and work of William Shakespeare and we will begin preparing our production of King Lear!
Grammar will be taught and applied through our writing.
We also have regular reading comprehensions lessons as well as daily Guided Reading lessons. Through these sessions, we aim to build on the children’s vocabulary and focus on the types of inference and retrieval questions which will help them develop further ready for their transition to high schools.
Weekly spellings are provided on Mondays. These are based on the National Curriculum spelling lists for Year 5 and 6. We will also revise previous years’ spelling rules throughout Year Six.
Maths
During this first this half term, we will be completing our work on the properties of shapes. After this we will revisit properties of circles looking at the radius, diameter and circumference of a circle.
The children will complete their year of maths doing maths investigating and consolidating their knowledge.
If you have any further questions about our learning this term please call in to see the Year Six Teachers at the end of the school day.
Notices:
PE is on Thursday afternoons.
Science
Our first topic this term is Evolution and Inheritance.
Our lessons will cover, recognising that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. Understanding that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents. We will also learn to identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
Our second topic, after the half term break is Animals, including humans
In this topic we will learn how to identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood. We will recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. We will also work to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
If you have any further questions about our learning this term, please call in to see Mrs Chamberlain.
Notices:
Arithmetic tests will take place every Friday.
PE is on Thursday afternoons and children should come to school dressed in their PE kit every Thursday. Please wear your PE kits (suitable for the weather) to school on Thursdays. No branded sportswear is allowed.
We will continue with our French lessons with Mrs Higgins along with other curriculum areas each afternoon including Computing, Art, Music and DT. We will also be making wider use of our outdoor learning environment.
If you have any queries, please speak to Mrs Chamberlain.
SATS
This year, SATS week will be the week commencing Monday 12th May 2025. Year round attendance is very important so that children can achieve to the best of their ability but it is crucial that all Year Six children are in school this week.
