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Our PE days for Term 4 are Tuesday & Friday.
Holes by Louis Sachar
BBC Bitesize –
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbh892p
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb
List of recommended books for Year 6 children to read
Best Books for Year 6 | Ages 10-11 Recommended Reads | BooksForTopics
https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-6
English games, including SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar)
Spelling and Grammar, English Games for 7-11 Years – Topmarks
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
Website to practise different maths skills:
IXL – Place values (Year 6 maths practice)
https://uk.ixl.com/maths/year-6/place-values
Maths booklets for children to practise the Year 6 maths curriculum
Parent resources | Maths workbooks | White Rose Maths
https://whiterosemaths.com/parent-resources
Information about Year 6 SATs tests
Key stage 1 and 2 national curriculum tests: information for parents – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
In history, we are investigating local history during the Victorian period. We will carry out an enquiry using the census, parish register, and factory records. We will learn about the changes to the family over a period of time and suggest reasons for these changes, linking them to national events. At the end of the unit, we will plan our own historical enquiry and research a local family.
In science, we are looking at circuits, batteries and switches. Using children’s prior knowledge of electrical circuits, we will learn to draw conventional circuit diagrams and use models to explain current and voltage. Year 6 will make their own batteries, relate this to their knowledge of voltage and explore how battery research has impacted other scientific progress. We will investigate the use of switches and fuses and apply their electrical knowledge to design and produce their own electrical device.
This term we will also be working towards our Enterprise Event. The children will be collecting the money they have made from their ‘Grow a pound’ event.
We will be reading Holes by Louis Sachar as our class book. We will be writing a range of genres based on the novel. We will write our own radio advert, an informal and formal letter and finally write an extended rewrite of the book.
In Computing this term we will be looking at the Be Internet Legends pillar Be Kind. This is where the children will learn how to be kind online and what to do if someone is not.
Our whole school Jigsaw theme this term is ‘Celebrating Difference’. This theme focuses on similarities and differences and teaches about diversity, such as disability, racism, power, friendships, and conflict. Children learn to accept everyone’s right to ‘difference’, and most year groups explore the concept of ‘normal’; bullying (what it is and what it isn’t, including cyber and homophobic bullying) is an important aspect of this theme.
We start our term with a trip to M Shed, dressing up as evacuee children. We are very excited for a real life experience and to broaden our WW2 knowledge.
In Geography, we will be learning about time zones around the world while exploring natural resources and energy found in the United States and the United Kingdom. We will learn about renewable and non-renewable energy sources and the impacts these have on society, economy and environment. Then we will carry out a fieldwork investigation considering the best location for a solar panel on the school grounds.
Alongside this, in our science lessons, we will be studying patterns through families, learning about characteristics that are inherited from parents and those that are environmental. Through the eyes of Darwin and Wallace, we will understand how observations lead to theories and explore natural selection. Through modelling the variation and natural selection of Darwin’s finches, we will explain how species evolve over time and incorporate fossil evidence that supports this theory.
In English we will be focusing our writing on Shackleton’s Journey: a story about an epic journey across Antarctica. It is illustrated and written by the talented William Grill, the story follows Ernest Shackleton through the unexplored south, on his trip to cross the vast south polar continent, Antarctica. We will be focusing on writing a narrative and looking at punctuating dialogue.
This term we will also be doing Jigsaw learning about ‘Healthy Me.’
In Computing this term we will be looking at the Be Internet Legends pillar Be Secure. This is where the children will learn how to protect their personal information.
We start the term in the forest. Year 6 will be able to cook a meal on the fire, make dens and swings and develop their whittling skills.
In the afternoons, we will be studying history this term, rather than geography, and our topic will be ‘What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain?’. We will be looking at the following issues: Investigating the causes of WW2; learning about the Battle of Britain; investigating the impact of the Blitz and evacuation on people’s lives; and evaluating the effectiveness of primary sources. We will be making our own mini models of an Anderson Shelter and combine this with our English unit, and write a set of instructions on how to make them.
In science, we will be looking at ‘Energy: light and reflection’. The key areas of study will be these: Proving that light travels in a straight line, children use this information to explain observations of reflection and shadows. Pupils investigate the effect of moving an object away from the surface it casts a shadow on and the relationship between the incoming and reflected rays on a mirrored surface. Exploring real uses of mirrors allows children to apply what they have learned about light throughout the unit.
In PE, we will be learning about the generic skills involved in Invasion games, and doing some gymnastics.
In Computing we will be learning how to be alert online, recognising what’s safe and what isn’t
Term 2 Jigsaw theme – Dreams and Goals
Our whole school Jigsaw theme this term is ‘Dreams and Goals’ and lessons are delivered in an age-and-stage appropriate way for each year group from EYFS through to Year 6. This theme aims to help children think about their hopes and dreams, their goals for success, what personal strengths are and how to overcome challenges via team-work skills and tasks. Children learn about experiencing and managing feelings of pride, ambition, disappointment and success. They will have opportunities to share their aspirations, explore the dreams and goals of others in different cultures/countries and think about their own dreams for the world.
If you have any further questions regarding our ‘Dreams and Goals’ Jigsaw unit, please contact your child’s class teacher using the admin@baileyscourt.com school email address.
It will be a busy term leading up to Christmas. We will have our annual carol concert, be completing Christmas crafts and even get to make a biscuit house in DT.
