1. Art, Design & Technology
English
This term we will looking at a variety of genres in literacy, the three main areas being:
Science Fiction
Diary entries
Letter writing
We will also cover a variety of punctuation, spelling and grammar rules in preparation for the GPS test and to add extra sparkle and variety to our writing.
Music
The children shall be exploring lyrics and melody and composing their own songs.
Art, Design & Technology
The children will be creating an underwater-themed collage as a class.
P.E.
The children will be studying invasion games and how to improve their ABC (agility, balance and co-ordination).
Mathematics
We will be going over many of the key areas of mathematics this term in order to revise for the SATS. This will include:
A wide variety of reasoning problems
Scale factor
Calculations involving brackets and missing numbers
All 4 formal written calculations
Shape, space and measure
Converting between decimals, fractions and percentages.
Year 6 Term
History/Geography
We begin a new topic this term and will be learning all about rivers, oceans, islands, coastlines and the water system. We will be exploring:
What the water cycle is
What the different features of river systems are
What the world’s most famous rivers
The different oceans and seas in the world and their habitats
French
Mrs Holt will teach a series of French lessons this term covering a variety of subjects.
Science
We will be studying electricity this term and will focus on:
How to illustrate, read and build circuits
Conductors and insulators RE
We will look at Christian places of worship this term, covering a variety of different Christian faiths and how the buildings differ or are similar.
Computing
We will be creating our own adventure game books using Powerpoint.