Welcome to Year 6

Teacher: Mrs Janvier

Teaching Assistant: Ms Laughton

Welcome to Year 6! Please check this page regularly for updates about what your child is learning in class. 

Our Learning

This half term we will continue our global theme as we study Trade in Geography. In science, we will be learning about the circulatory system and how lifestyle choices can affect our health, including working scientifically..

Year 6 Summer Messages

• Good attendance in Y6 is very important especially as we have a number of significant events this final half term.
• We will be covering the broad range of subjects including an art project, 3D modelling in computing and music.
• We will be preparing for our Leavers' Assembly and Mass - look out for dates on the newsletter as we hope you will join us on these special occasions.
• PE (outdoor) is every Thursday afternoon this half term.
• Reading books and reading records to be brought to school every day - please return any school library books you may have at home during this last half term.
• As well as following our RSE curriculum, we will also be focussing on Transition in preparation for secondary school.
• We have a number of visits planned including the Doncaster Aircraft Museum, which supports our previous learning in History, and Crucial Crew, which is a lifeskills event run by the emergency servers and other public providers - it is hugely beneficial to our children at this stage in their school journey.
• Please look at the class pages links for further information about curriculum/learning for our child this half term.

History:

What a great day Year 6 had at the Doncaster Aircraft Museum! There was so much to see and do at the museum and it was good to retrieve our knowledge from our Conflict and Resolution topic earlier this year. We finished our visit by spending a few moments at the South Yorkshire War Memorial remembering the sacrifice of the fallen and praying for peace in our world.

RE: Desert to Garden

This half term, Y6 are continuing to focus on the Gospel of John. Children made a close reading of the story of Jesus' Anointing at Bethany. They identified important details in the text and reflected on how different people present felt about the event. Following our work on the Sacraments, including how the sacraments use the different senses, they then considered each of the five senses present in the story. Our key word was anointing.

Numeracy

Y6 used the class set of iPads in Numeracy to practise skills on Mathletics.

RSE

Year 6 have been learning about emotional changes. We discussed different strategies in groups on how we can manage intense feelings and emotions such as counting to 10 or going for a walk. We agreed it is important to remember that no matter what we are feelings or what is happening around us God loves us. Finally, we made a feelings word bank where the children drew an emoji to match the feelings.

RSE

Year Six discussed the pressures people could feel to act or look a certain way. We watched episodes of Paradise Street and answered questions on what we had watched. Then, we discussed what we are thankful to God for about our body image. We discussed the pressures we have felt personally and scenarios where we could feel pressures. We lastly acted out different scenarios which demonstrate healthy and unhealthy pressures such as a school test or a friend wants you to buy the same shoes as you or they wont be your friend anymore.

History

Y6 looked at a collection of WWI artefacts including letters, postcards and photographs from a soldier in the trenches. The collection included the telegram sent to his family when he was sadly killed in action.

Book Talk

Using a double bubble to retrieve, compare and contrast information from a text and an image.

Y6 are working through the first branch of our new RE curriculum, Creation and Covenant. We have been making links between the second account of creation, Laudato Si and the Nicene Creed. We have reflected on our own Garden of Eden and how Baptism gives us new life in Christ.

History: Ancient Greece

Democracy was developed during the Golden Age of Ancient Greece.

Art: photomontage

Creating a montage by placing images of everyday objects.

We have also explored the different grades of sketching pencils and used this while looking carefully at Ancient Greek architecture.

Numeracy:

Literacy: Using our Writing Working Wall to support writing Greek Myths

Our Learning

We are reading The Explorer by Katherine Rundell in Book Talk and Literacy. If you are enjoying this book, you might also enjoy these books by the same author...

We have been learning about Climate Change in Geography. We used our new knowledge to plan and write an explanation text.

Year Six went on a trip to Crucial Crew. They did several different workshops such as knife crime, water safety, arson and court. They learnt great life skills that will keep them safe in the future. 

In RSE, we have been looking at how each and every individual child is unique, and they all have unique talents. The children chose to express their talents through the medium of drama. 

In class, Year 6 have been learning about what Remembrance means and the importance of Armistice Day. They were then tasked with creating a poem or prayer based on Remembrance.

We have been planning, editing and writing an independent piece of writing. The children have been writing an instructions text that is linked to their topic of ancient Egypt.

We have been using formal written methods for all four operations and have been applying these to help us solve problems.

This half term, we have been learning about ancient Egypt. We have looked at a variety of key questions to enable us to think like historians.

This half term, we have been looking at light and perception - focusing on how the eye works, how light travels, how shadows are formed. We have also completed investigations where we have posed a scientific question, made a hypothesis, written a method, included our variables (dependent, independent and controlled), take results, written a conclusion and evaluated our investigation. 

For Black History Month, we have been focusing on Muhammad Ali as our significant figure.

Key Information:

Homework: Homework will be set weekly - on a Tuesday - and due to be handed in the following Monday. Homework will consist of spellings, times tables practice SPAG, Reading and Mathematics. 

PE: PE is currently on a Monday. All children must have the correct school PE kit, which consists of white t-shirt and black shorts. Tracksuits may be worn as the weather turns colder and please could you ensure that all children have the appropriate footwear so that they can participate fully. 

Reading: Children have the opportunity to take a reading book home to read and also have access to reading for pleasure books from the classroom and the library. In Year 6, your children are also very fortunate to have access to Reading Plus, which is a superb online resource that will develop both their reading skills and their vocabulary. 

We challenge your children to read their school book at home daily and bring their reading record to school too. 

Previous SATS papers.

2019 Reading Materials

2018 Reading Materials

2019 Maths Materials

2018 Maths Materials

2019 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Materials

2018 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Materials