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Miss Kelly

Class Teacher

Mrs Wakelen

Teaching Assistant

Welcome to Year 6   
Our Learning Term 1 and 2
 
History
Our main topic for term1 will be focussing on the enquiry question 'What does a Census tell us about our local area?'
 
We will answer the following questions throughout the topic:
- What does a census tell us about the people living in our local area?
- What happened to Mary Bucktrout?
- How did Mary Bucktrout feel about the key events in her life?
- Who lived in our local area?
 
Geography
Our main topic for term2 will be focussing on the enquiry question 'Can I carry our an independent fieldwork enquiry?'
 
We will answer the following skills throughout the topic:
- Developing an enquiry question
- Creating data collection methods
- Mapping a route
- Collecting data
- Analysing data
- Presenting data
 

Science

In Science, in terms 1 and 2 we will be learning about 'Electricity' and 'Light'.
 
Term 1 - Electricity:
- Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines.

 - Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye.

- Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes.

- Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.

Term 2 - Light:
- Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.

-Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.

- Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.

 

 
Key Information 
 
PE
Monday - Miss Kelly
Wednesday  - Mrs Sinclair 
 
Term 1 - Football (Miss Kelly) and Athletics (Mrs Sinclair)
Term 2 - Hockey (Miss Kelly) and Tag rugby (Mrs Sinclair)
Term 3 - Gymnastics (Miss Kelly) and Netball (Mrs Sinclair)
Term 4 - Dance (Miss Kelly) and OAA (Mrs Sinclair)
Term 5 - Tennis (Miss Kelly) and Rounders (Mrs Sinclair)
Term 6 - Athletics (Miss Kelly) and Cricket (Mrs Sinclair)
 
Please ensure your child comes to school dressed in a suitable PE kit on these days.  The children will be outside in all weathers. Long hair must be tied up and earrings to be taped or removed, along with removing any jewellery or watches. If earrings are removed, please ensure that your child has a small pot or safe place to keep them in.
 
PPA
On Wednesday afternoons, I am out of the classroom for Planning, Preparation and Administration time. During this time the learning will be PE and RE or Spanish.
 

SATs

The spring term is the time in year 6 when we start to prepare for the May SATs. SATs will take place between Monday 12th May 2024 – Thursday 15th May 2024 so please avoid booking any time off school during this week and in the case of illness, children are still able to sit SATs up to one week after the official SATs week. We are beginning to look at techniques and strategy in answering some of the questions – but this is being done so with a positive and upbeat attitude so we are boosting confidence and the children are responding really well to this. We are doing a little and often approach so the heart of teaching and learning remains much the same.

Year 6- Term 2 - Local area - Independent equiry topic enquiry web.pdf
Year 6- Term 1 - Local area - Census topic enquiry web.pdf