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Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
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Hello and welcome to our Year 6 page!
Here you can find out what we are doing in English, Maths, Science as well as find out more about our topic this term.
We also have some links available to use to help you continue your child's learning at home. In addition to this, please read regularly with your child.
Thank you so much for all your efforts with your learning logs this term, we are looking forward to having a good look at all your hard work.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or queries.
Thank you,
Mr Greenhalgh and Mrs Kennedy
English
In English, we will start the term by looking at poems, starting with Blitz by Mary Désirée Anderson. We will explore poems for peace and how vocab can be carefully selected to create a certain mood within a piece. We will also explore the book Star of Fear, Star of Hope to create our own flashback stories.
How you can help your child? Encourage your child to read their school reading book and ask them questions about the book which they are reading. Also, please encourage your child to log on to Reading+ at home, to help them level up and develop their reading skills.
Maths
In Maths, we will be focusing on Place Value, more specifically, numbers to 1,000,000 all the way to numbers up to 10,000,000. We will then move onto recapping the four operations and how we use them in our work. We will then move onto recapping the four operations and how we can use them interchangeably to complete calculations.
How you can help your child? Practice times tables and division facts regularly. Encourage your child to log on to Sumdog and TT Rock Stars to practice their multiplication facts and battle against their friends to become a Rock Star champion.
History
This term our theme is Monarchy.
This term our theme is Monarchy. We will be looking at some specific monarchs, including Henry VIII, King John and Queen Anne. We will also be exploring the Norman Invasion and how the Normans came to rule England. As well as this, we will be recapping the British Empire and the impact it had on the world.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their theme lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Key Questions:
- How did the Normans come to rule Great Britain?
- Why is King John an important part of English history?
- Why did King Henry VIII want an heir?
- How did Queen Anne create Great Britain as a country?
- What was the British Empire and what did it mean to people?
Science
In Science, our topic is Evolution and Inheritance. We will be looking at how animals have evolved and how they have changed their characteristics in order to survive. We will also be researching the theories and the minds behind them.
How you can help your child?
Please keep asking your children what they have been learning in their science lessons as discussion at home is very important.
Religious Education
This half-term in RE, we will be exploring 'Creation and Science - Conflicting or Complementary?' where we will be acting as thologists to explore some of religion's biggest questions. We will look at the Creation story in Genesis 1 and explore how Christians can see both science and religion important.
Class Texts this Term:
Poems from the Second World War
Poems from the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and friends who experienced WWII from different standpoints.
Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Set in France, during the Nazi occupation of World War II, a gentile child named Helen recalls the mounting persecution of her Jewish friend. She wonders why does her best friend, Lydia, have to wear a yellow star? Why are people in hiding and using strange names? What is Lydia afraid of? Touching upon the Holocaust with sensitivity and poignancy, Star of Fear, Star of Hope will help readers understand this difficult event in history.
