Year 6
Miss Smith and Mrs Llewelyn
Mr Holloway
Welcome to the Year 6 web page. In 6AS you will find Miss Smith and in 6JL you will find Mrs Llewelyn. Helping children across both classes, you will find the wonderful Mr Holloway. If you have any concerns or queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with the school.
On this page you can find:
- Class information including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topics.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 6 Curriculum.
In Unit 2, our English lessons will focus around the book ‘Darwin’s Dragons’ by Lindsay Galvin. This book tells the story of Syms Covington, who has the job of fiddler and cabin boy on Charles Darwin’s boat, The Beagle. However, one day, during a storm, Syms gets separated from Darwin and the crew, and is shipwrecked on a strange Galapagos island. Whilst stranded on this island, he makes a fascinating discovery that will change his future drastically. From this text, we will be writing a diary entry from the perspective of Syms Covington, retelling the dramatic events of his shipwreck. After this text, we will be studying the book ‘Earth Verse’ by Sally M Walker and William Grill. This book contains many haikus about the natural world, and we will be writing our own haikus inspired by this book. In maths, we will be learning about the following topics: fractions, decimals, percentages and units of measurement. Our Geography topic links with our Darwin's Dragon text, as we will be comparing the Galapagos Islands to a contrasting place - Alaska. In Science, our topic will be ‘Extraordinary Evolution’, where we will be learning how animals have adapted to suit their environment and habitats, how they have adapted to suit the foods they eat, and how natural selection leads to evolution. In R.E. we will be exploring Christianity, focusing on the topic ‘How do Christians decide how to live? What would Jesus do?’. We will be looking at key parables that teach Christians how to make the right choices. Our topic for computing is Web Page Creation. We will identify what makes a good website and we will use this information to help us design and evaluate our own webpages using Google sites. Throughout the process we will be thinking about copyright and the fair use of media, as well as the aesthetics of our web pages and navigation paths. In D.T, we will be Exploring programmable circuits with sensors. We use crumble devices to design, make and evaluate an automatic night light. In PSHE, our topic will be Celebrating Differences, and in PE/Games we will be doing dance and tennis.
Maths home learning will be sent out every Wednesday and will be due the following Monday. As well as maths home learning, children are expected to access Times Table Rockstars three times per week, to help with learning and improving speed of times table facts (both multiplication and division). Spelling tests will be every Monday. Please remember to record your three weekly reads in your reading records and hand in every Monday. Oxford Reading Scheme books should be in your child's bag every day in case a teacher/TA needs to read with your child.
Year 6 PE days are Thursdays and Fridays, so please send your child dressed in PE kits on these days.
