Year 6 2024 - 2025
Ms Dickenson
Welcome to the Autumn Term 2024
HOMEWORK: PLEASE SEE THE BLUE BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE.
Ms Dickenson, Mrs Stokes and Mrs Foy welcome you to the Year 6 page!
We have lots of exciting things planned for this term and we can't wait to get started.
Key Dates for Year 6:
1/10/24: Photo day - individual and siblings
3/10/24: Parents evening: 2-6pm
7/10/24: Bikeability
8/10/24: Bikeability
25/10/24: Break up
4/11/24: Back to school
11/11/24: Remembrance Day Assembly
20/12/24: Break up
6/1/25: INSET DAY
7/1/25: History workshop - The Kingdom of Benin
10/2/25: Stanley Head Residential
14/2/25: Break up
24/2/25: Back to school
4/4/25: Break up
22/4/25: Back to school
12/5/25: SATS WEEK
22/5/25: Break up
23/5/25: INSET DAY
2/6/25: Back to school
4/6/25: Whole School Class Photo
18/7/25: Leavers' Assembly
18/7/25: Break up
..................................................................................................................................................................................
Please see below for an overview of our learning this term. For more detail, please see the Welcome Letter which will be sent home within the first few days of term. This letter will also be available in the files section below once term begins.
Curriculum for the Autumn Term
Religion
- Autumn One - The Kingdom of God
- To know about the Kingdom of God
- To understand that everyone is invited to the Kingdom of God
- To understand the words and actions necessary to show our commitment to the Kingdom
- To understand the variety of responses to the Kingdom
- To know that Jesus has compassion on all who suffer
- To know about people who helped to spread the Kingdom of God
- Autumn Two - Justice
- To understand the meaning of justice
- To know about some people who have been persecuted for speaking out against injustice
- To know about some people who work for justice
- To know that Advent is a time when we prepare
- To know about the Mystery of the Incarnation
Maths (more detail in maths overview in files section below)
- Place Value within 10,000,000
- Four Operations
- Fractions
- Imperial and Metric Measures
English
Key texts: Letters from the Lighthouse; Holes; The Boy in the Tower
Reading comprehensions on a variety of texts including modern classics.
Writing - Descriptive narrative; diary entry, information text & explanation
Spelling - Revision of 3/4/5/6 statutory words; Year 6 spelling patterns
Grammar: Nouns, verbs, adjectives, noun phrases, pronouns, determiners
Whole class guided reading - The Eye of the Wolf
Science
Autumn One - Light
- To investigate the fact that light travels in a straight line
- To understand angles of incidence and reflection and how periscopes work
- To understand and explain refraction
- To understand how shadows are formed and carry out an investigation
- To understand what the colour spectrum is and how to split white light
- To learn about the life and work of Sir Isaac Newton
Autumn Two - Electricity
- To learn how electricity has impacted our lives
- To learn about famous scientists and their discoveries surrounding electricity
- To learn about voltage and how it affects electrical circuits
- To learn about circuit symbols and how to accurately draw electrical circuits
- To use our knowledge of circuits to create out own electrical game
History
Autumn One -
- To investigate the causes of WWII
- To understand the different roles and experiences of those who contributed to the war effort
- To understand the impact of rationing in WWII
- To find out about the Blitz and the communities affected by it
- To understand people's experiences of evacuation during WWII
- To understand the significance of the Holocaust
Geography
Autumn Two -
- To find out about the Earth's climate and areas of extreme temperatures
- To find out about the water cycle and the distribution of water across the world
- To find out about extreme weather conditions across the world
- To find out about earthquakes and what causes them
- To find out about tsunamis and how they are caused
- To find out what volcanoes are and how they are formed
Computing
- Online safety
- Coding
- Word Processing
Art
- Make My Voice Heard - Drawing unit
- Experimental mark-making
- Symbolic Imagery
- Chiaroscuro
- Street Art
- Powerful Imagery
Design & Technology
- Business Enterprise
- Electricity - Steady Hand Game
