Welcome to Year 6JC Class Page, the place for you to find out all the amazing things that have and will be happening in your class this year.

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Year 6 - Autumn Two

How we See

As scientists we will:

• Compare different sources of light and describing the pathway of light from the source
• Explore how light travels into our eyes and allows us to see
• Investigate factors that affect the size and shape of a shadow
• Explore the relationship between incoming and reflected rays from a mirror and extrapolate missing values using a line graph
• Explore practical applications of mirrors by using different periscopes to relay information within teams
• Explore practical applications of mirrors by using different periscopes to relay information within teams

As children who value our positive health and well-being, in PSHE, we will:

• Discuss the role of parents
• Recognise the different groups of drugs (illegal, legal, restricted, and un-restricted.)
• Gain awareness of our own stress triggers and build coping mechanisms

As mathematicians, we will:

• Use our knowledge of factors and multiples to simplify fractions and find equivalent pairs
• Compare, order, add and subtract fractions with different denominators
• Add and subtract mixed number fractions
• Solve multi-step problems
• Multiply and divide fractions by integers
• Multiply and divide fractions by fractions
• Find fractions of amounts
• Convert between units of measurements
• Use the language of ratio as well as the ratio symbol
• Represent ratio as fractions
• Create scale drawings

As Writers we will:

• Read the book ‘Can we save the Tiger?’
• Enhance meaning through selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary
• Use modal verbs and adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
• Use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
• Use concise word choices
• Select language to appeal to the reader
• Clarify technical vocabulary
• Adapt formality to suit purpose and audience
• Provide well-developed factual information for the reader
• Manipulate style for specific purpose and audience (hybrid text)
• Include a summarising statement

Within Guided Reading, following the VIPERS questioning styles, we will:

• Explore how the use of effective vocabulary adds to the overall atmosphere and tone of the narrative.
• Create a character profile using inference and evidence from the text.
• Developing a scene further using dialogue to advance the plot.
• Make links across two stories (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) looking for similarities and differences.
• Explore a competition prediction to finish a chapter drawing on the writing of others.
• Write an itinerary with a focus on effective opening sentences using the skill of retrieval.
• Summarise the key events and messages in order to write a persuasive letter to Dinah Drax.

As Artists, we will,

• Develop our creative flare inspired by Wassily Kandinsky.
• Interpret and express emotions about famous artwork.
• Use artwork as inspiration for own designs.
• Use line, tone and shading techniques.
• Mix primary colours to create secondary and tertiary colours.
• Create atmosphere and light effects using a range of colours.
• Structure my ideas using a mood board which will inspire my final art piece. 

As readers, we will, explore a range of texts and stories:

Class Read – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.

This half term we will be reading ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce. An adventure narrative about a boy called Liam Digby who is an 11-year-old boy, so tall he is easily mistaken for a grown-up, which has its benefits.  Liam is the first 11-year-old to ride the best roller coaster in the world and is even able to test drive a Porsche. When Liam enters a competition to win a place on a secret amusement arcade, he finds himself in charge of four children who have been picked to ride a rocket ship into space. The story is filled with suspense, humour, surprises and lots of plotting in order for Liam and the other children to save themselves.