This year you are lucky enough to have

Miss Radcliffe - Class Teacher

Mrs Payne - Teaching Assistant 

Miss Wareing - Teaching Assistant 

 

PE will take place every Monday and Thursday, when you will be learning Street Dance and developing your skills in Tennis. 

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggins or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed.

Within this class. the children will complete an Accelerated Reader quiz once they have completed a book - this is great for building their word count! Afterwards, they are able to change their reading books. 

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

Year 6 - Spring 2

Is it Right to Fight?

As mathematicians we will…

Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages

Order fractions, decimals and percentages

Find percentages of amounts

Read, interpret and draw pie charts

Find the mean

Measure, calculate and classify angles

Solve coordinate problems

 

As writers we will…

Use passive verbs

Ensure a variety of verb forms are used correctly and consistently including the progressive

and the present perfect forms

Use a wide range of devices to build cohesion

Use organisational and presentational devices to structure text

Use colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses

Write a journalistic report

 

As computer scientists we will…

Explore the basics of artificial intelligence (AI)

Recognise how AI processes and responds to text prompts

Recognise how AI can be used to explore and generate images.

Apply AI-generated HTML code to the website Trinket

 

As geographers we will…

Explain the difference between human and physical features and name examples.

Name and identify key battlefields of WW2

Identify the key physical and human features of key World War Two battlefields

Describe what it would be like for military and civilians living and fighting in these regions. 

Say whether the landscapes and climate of all battlegrounds the same or different

Use digimaps to identify how the areas have changed/stayed the same and consider whether human or physical features are more likely to change. 

Explain why an ordnance survey map would be of greater use than an atlas or street map

Identify the types of industry where a bombing raid could cause maximum damage and how the land was used.  

 

 

As Historians we will…

Understand the causes of WWII

Discover the impact of the Blitz on Manchester and our local area

Compare childhood now to childhood in the 1940s

Evaluate the importance of secret agents and codebreakers

Handle evidence for example, The Diary of Anne Frank, and infer what life was like for Jewish people under the Nazi regime.

Understand the significant events that brought an end to WWII.

 

As learners of religion we will answer…

Why do Christians believe Jesus was resurrected?

How do many churches mark Good Friday and Easter Sunday?

What is the change in emotions felt for many Christians from Good Friday to Easter Sunday? Why is this felt?

When and why might a Christian have to stand up for their beliefs?

Why do Christians have hope even when someone dies?

What difference does the resurrection make to Christians?

 

As linguists we will…

Recognise and explain where the stress is placed in Spanish words.

Attempt to read new words using phonics and pronunciation rules.

Respond to the question ¿Dónde está la …? – Where is the ….?

Identify familiar vocabulary in a series of written clues.

Use clues and logic to locate different stalls in a market.

Build phrases to describe how two places relate to each other.

Describe the currency used in Spain.

Ask and say how much something costs.

Express how much/how many using food vocabulary.

To create and use dialogue for a shopping transaction.

 

As Design Technologists we will…

Look at pies and their packaging and learn typical ingredients

Discover history of pies

Taste pie ingredients and comment on their flavour and texture.

Prepare ingredients for a pie

Select appropriate weighing and cooking tools

Make a Woolton Pie

 

As scientists we will….

Describe the life cycle of a plant, including the reproductive stage.

Observe and compare equivalent parts in different flowers.

Describe the life cycle of a mammal.

Research the life cycles of different mammals.

Describe the life cycle of a bird and compare it with that of a mammal.

Describe the life cycle of an amphibian.

Suggest how temperature may affect egg hatching.

Describe asexual reproduction in plants.

 

As musicians we will…

Learn a song on the recorder.