Welcome to Year 6
Melbourne - taught by Miss Smith
Sydney- taught by Mrs Dunbobbin
Our support staff are Mrs Young
Summer – All the World’s a Stage
English Writing
In the first half of the Summer term we will be looking at the book Manfish. Throughout this unit, we will be writing a radio broadcast, creating a persuasive piece for a website, writing a poem and a diary entry in role as Jacques Cousteau. Our developing vocabulary and our Mastery keys are below:
In the second half of the Spring term, we will be writing a variety of pieces, such as a letter, diary entry and playscript based on the book Macbeth. This unit will be a consolidation of previously learnt skills taught through Pathways to Write:
Reading
In reading this half term, we will be focussing on the book Great Adventurers. Mastery keys for this unit are below:
Maths
In Maths this term we will be consolidating our learning and revising previously learnt concepts. Useful websites to support consolidation of Maths learning are listed below:
Useful Websites:
To help you along the way we have found some websites which they may find useful. Many of these are interactive and use brief tutorials or engage the children to use their knowledge through the playing of games.
- Maths Primary Homework Help
- Hit the Button
- Daily 10
- Times Tables Speed Test
- IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual year groups. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about. ixl English & Maths
- BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2 SATS. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription. See link below.
- A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along. http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
- A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes! http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
- A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information. http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/
- This site has lots of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills Maths Playground Games
- Lots of maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts. sheppardsoftware Maths
- A range of English games and activities. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Science
Animals including Humans – During this unit we will be developing our understanding of the Human body. We will be learning about the circulatory system, functions of the heart and blood vessels. We will be considering the positive impact a healthy diet and lifestyle has on the human body and recognising substances that may be harmful to the human body.
PSHE: Relationships and Changing Me.
PE:
Summer 1: Athletics and Mini Tennis.
Summer 2: Badminton & Pickleball and Cricket & Rounders
Geography: During this unit, we will be revisiting our knowledge of the water cycle and looking further at the river system. We will be looking at how coastal features are formed and identifying coastal features of the UK created through the process of erosion.
Art: Keith Siddle - We will be looking at the work of Keith Siddle using brave colour and we will be drawing a variety of sea creatures exploring tone, colour, light and form within an image.
DT: We will be completing work based on structures during Design and Technology this term, in particular we are looking at Playgrounds. Throughout this unit, we will work in teams to design, build, test and adapt our own playground structure using a wide range of materials.
In the second half of the summer term, we will be working on our End of Year Performance. Through this, we will be using our art skills to support with making props and learning new songs as part of our Music curriculum.