Welcome to Class 12C/Hx
We are a Year 6 class and our teachers are Mrs Hext, Mrs Carr and Mr Johnston. We enjoy working together to learn about the world around us. We are excited by new challenges and opportunities and aim to become more confident, independent and resilient learners.
Autumn
Our first topic answers the question: ‘What was life like in World War 1?’ In this topic we will learn about World War 1, focusing on what life was like to be a soldier during this time. We will learn about the experiences and contributions made by soldiers and the impact the war had on Great Britain. In our English lessons we will be making links between our reading and writing, using extracts, short stories and longer novels including, ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman and ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo. In our Art lessons, we will be using the work of the talented artist, Yayoi Kusama, to inspire our own designs for a sculpture using wire. Topics we will consider in science include: ‘How do we classify living things?’ and ‘Why is it important to have a healthy heart?’ We will be working independently to research, design and make robots as part of Design and Technology and we will consider the important environmental issue, sustainability, in Geography, undertaking our own independent research and conducting surveys to think about how our school can reduce its plastic waste
Spring
Our first topic answers the question: Who won the race to the South Pole? This will allow the children to reflect on the efforts of those ‘heroic’ explorers, including Shackleton, Amundsen and Scott and learn about how they were able to explore without the use of sophisticated technology to help them. Our Independent Learning Project will be Geography based and we will answer the question: What lives in the Polar Regions? In this topic we will research information about the Arctic and Antarctica and compare life in the
Arctic to the UK. In our English lessons we will learn how to write a biography and use our knowledge of one of the explorers to write their life story. ‘Skellig’, by David Almond will be one of our class novels this term and we will be writing a diary entry from an alternative character’s point of view. We will be working independently to research, design and make shelters in forest schools as part of Design Technology and in our Art lessons we will take inspiration from the artist Jackie Morris to produce drawings and paintings of animals and plants. In our Science lessons we will be expanding our knowledge of electrical circuits and beginning to design, test and make our own electrical devices as well as finding the answers to the question: Which living things have survived the game of life?
Summer
In Year 6, Summer means SATs! Our assessment week will start at the beginning of May with tests in Reading, Maths, Spelling and Grammar. We will continue developing and improving our extended writing after the SATs. In science we will be contemplating the question: What can light do? Our Summer History Topic will be: ‘Who were the Mayans and what can we learn from them? ’ We will once again be making some choices about our learning in our history topic by completing another of our Independent Learning Projects. An important aspect of our learning in the Summer Term will be in PSHE as we prepare for transition to secondary school. We will be contemplating the questions: What will change as we become more independent and how do friendships change as we grow? The most exciting part of the Summer Term will be our end of year musical-theatre production. We’re not sure what the play will be just yet . . . but we can guarantee it is going to be a FABULOUS EXTRAVAGANZA! We will use the production to work on our creative skills in art and design, making props, costumes and backdrops for the production.
Useful Information
- Please ensure your child’s name is inside all of their uniform including PE kit and shoes.
- We use Class Dojo to set homework, award team points and communicate with parents. Please ensure you are signed up to Class Dojo using the parent code provided. For more information please click here.
- For further information about the homework your child will be set please click here
- Teachers will update Class Dojo with details of your child’s PE day.
- Pupils should come to school appropriately dressed for P.E. in either school kit (red t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/trousers), or other suitable clothes including t-shirt, shorts or tracksuit bottoms that follow PE kit guidelines. Footwear can include plimsols, trainers or barefoot (depending on the suitability of the activity).
- All children must bring a water bottle from home and take it home at night to clean and refill- please ensure names are on all bottles.
- All children are provided with a red book bag which they should bring to school each day.
- Pupils are asked to read at least 3 times a week at home and should submit their reading diary via Class Dojo.
