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Weaverham Forest Primary School and Nursery

  

Welcome to Year 6

Miss Treasure  Mr Roberts   Mr Truran   Miss Langton (Mon & Tues)   Miss Owen (Weds - Fri)

Yearly overview:

Please take a look at our yearly overview:

Year 6

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Pathways to Write

King Kong – Anthony Browne

Writing Outcome:

Action packed story ending.

 

 

 

A Place to be: Stories about the Windrush Generation – Floella Benjamin

Writing outcome:

Information leaflet about the Windrush Generation

Shackleton’s Journey – William Grill

Writing Outcome:

An entry for Shackleton’s journal giving a narrative account of a significant event.

 

 

Star of Fear, Star of Hope – Jo Hoestlandt

Writing outcome:

To write a story with a  flashback from another character’s point of view.

Star of Fear, Star of Hope – jo Hoestlandt

Writing outcomes:

Diary entry, non-chronological report

 

 

 

Plastic Planet - Georgia Amson-Bradshaw

Writing outcome:

A persuasive speech campaigning  for the reduction in plastic waste to an audience of peers or audience outside of their school community.

Pathways to Read

When we were Warriors by Emma Carroll

 

Fiction: historical short stories

 

The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Dame Floella Benjamin

 

Non-fiction

Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long

 

Non-fiction - biographies

 

 

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

 Fiction: Adveture

SATs style reading texts

 

SATs style reading texts

Great Adventurers

by Alastair Humphreys

 

Non-fiction: Information

 

 

Geography/

History

Geography: Would you like to live in the desert?

History: What can the census tell us about local areas?

Geography: Why does population change?

History: What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain?

Geography: Why do Oceans matter?

 

Unheard Histories: Who should feature on the £10 note?

Science

Living Things: Classifying big and small

Energy: Circuits, batteries and switches

Living Things: Evolution and inheritance

Animals: Circulation & Health

Energy: Light & Reflection

 

Making connections: Are some sunglasses safer than others?

Art/Design Technology

Artist study - Desert image in the style of Van Gogh

DT: Electrical systems -  Steady Hand Game

 

Artist study: Henry Moore. Air raid tunnels

 

DT: Structures: Air Raid Shelters

 

DT: Cooking: Nutrition and developing recipes

 

Art: Plastic recycled 3d sculpture

 

Music

Weekly Band & Performances

PSHE/RSE/No Outsiders

Families and Relationships

Health and Well Being

Citizenship

Economic W ell Being

Identity, Safety and the Changing Body

Transition

Computing

Online Safety

Programming: Intro to Python

Computing systems and networks: AI

 

Data Handling: Big data 1

 

Data Handling: Big data 2

 

Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and history of computers

Skills showcase: Inventing a product

 

RE

What does it mean to live in a religiously diverse world?

 

 

What do religious and non – religious world views believe about equality, justice and fairness?

 

Are Humanist and Christian ideas about science, conflicting or complementary?  Does the Big Bang Theory disprove the Genesis account on Creation?

 

How do Sikhs worship?

 

 

 

What are the differences and similarities within Christianity locally and globally? What can we learn from Christian religious buildings and music?

What do Christians believe about the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven?

 

 

 

PE

Gymnastics

Hockey

Dance

Indoor athletics

Multi-skills and Games: attacking & defending

Games: Tennis

Athletics

Games: Fielding – Rounders, cricket

French

French Sport & the Olympics

French Football Champions

In my French house

Planning a French holiday

A town in France

 

 

 

Maths:

We follow the White Rose schemes of learning. Take a look at the yearly overview. (Occasionally, the order of the units is altered to suit the needs of the class or the length of a term.)

Autumn Term:

 

autumn newsletter y6.pdf

 

 

Homework:

Homework will be set on a Monday and will need to be completed by Friday This will include a page of SATs style grammar / reading comprehension and a page of maths questions. In addition to this, children can access TTRockstars, Reading Plus, Prodigy, Spelling Shed and other online activities. Children should read at least 3 times a week and have this recorded on Boom Reader.

Additional information:

PE kits should remain in school for the week as this allows us to be flexible with the weather.