Melbourne - taught by Miss Smith
Sydney- taught by Mrs Dunbobbin
Our support staff are Mrs Young
Year 6 Information
Autumn – A Fighting Chance!
English writing
In the first half of the Autumn term we will be looking at the book Star of Fear, Star of Hope. By the end of this unit, we will be writing a story with a flashback from another character’s point of view. Our developing vocabulary and our Mastery keys are below:
In the second half of the Autumn term, we will be looking at the book The Place for Me, Stories about the Windrush Generation. At the end of this unit, we will be writing an information leaflet about a period in Black History. Our developing vocabulary and our Mastery keys are below:
This half term, we will also be writing a special Christmas story for one of the children in Reception. We will have the opportunity to meet with our Reception buddy, write a story and create a personalized story that we can read with them.
English – Reading
In the first half of the Autumn term, we will be reading When we were Warriors and studying Poems from the Second World War. In the second half of the Autumn term we will be reading Windrush Child. Our Mastery Keys and Pathway Expectations are below:
Maths
In Maths this term we will be completing the following units:
Place Value
- Numbers to 1,000,000
- Numbers to 10,000,000
- Read and write numbers to 10,000,000
- Powers of 10
- Number lines to 10,000,000
- Compare and order integers
- Round any integer
- Negative numbers
Four operations
- Add and subtract integers
- Common factors
- Common multiples
- Rules of divisibility
- Primes to 100
- Square and cube numbers
- Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number
- Solve problems with multiplication
- Short division
- Division using factors
- Introduction to long division
- Long division with remainders
- Solve problems with division
- Solve multi-step problems
- Order of operations
- Mental calculations and estimation
- Reason from known facts
Fractions
- Add and subtract integers
- Common factors
- Common multiples
- Rules of divisibility
- Primes to 100
- Square and cube numbers
- Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number
- Solve problems with multiplication
- Short division
- Division using factors
- Introduction to long division
- Long division with remainders
- Solve problems with division
- Solve multi-step problems
- Order of operations
- Mental calculations and estimation
- Reason from known facts
- Multiply fractions by integers
- Multiply fractions by fractions
- Divide a fraction by an integer
- Divide any fraction by an integer
- Mixed questions with fractions
- Fraction of an amount
- Fraction of an amount - find the whole
Measurement – Converting Units
- Metric measures
- Convert metric measures
- Calculate with metric measures
- Miles and kilometres
- Imperial measures
Ratio
- Add or multiply?
- Use ratio language
- Introduction to the ratio symbol
- Ratio and fractions
- Scale drawing
- Use scale factors
- Similar shapes
- Ratio problems
- Proportion problems
- Recipes
Geometry – Position and Direction
- The first quadrant
- Read and plot points in four quadrants
- Solve problems with coordinates
- Translations
- Reflections
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
Light – During this unit, we will be recognising that light appears to travel in straight lines, using the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye, explaining that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes and using the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.
Living things and their habitats – During this unit, we will be describing how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals and giving reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
PSHE: Being me in my world and Celebrating Difference
PE:
Autumn 1: Sports hall athletics, Tennis
Autumn 2: Inspire Create Perform (WW2), Solve Explore Challenge
History: WW2
We will be looking at events during WW2; Battle of Britain and the Blitz. We will be looking at Remembrance, Evacuation and a timeline of events during WW2.
RE: Why does religion look different all around the world? (parts 1 &2)
Art: WW2 Packaging
Throughout this unit, we will be looking at the work of Claire Harrup, exploring packaging design, re-designing packaging using line, typography and colour and creating WW2 packaging.
DT: Food and nutrition – Rationed Carrot Cake
During this unit, we will be researching, designing and preparing a WW2 rationed carrot cake. We will be looking at food hygiene and writing a recipe, taking into consideration rationed ingredients.
Computing: Coding & Online safety