Welcome to the year 6 blog. Let’s find out what we have been up to and what we will be doing at the beginning of next half-term.
ENGLISH
In our reading lessons, we have been reading “Skellig” by David Almond. The children have been learning how characters are developed and how to identify certain themes in the book.
In writing, we wrote our own poem based on a poem entitled ” Into the Lair of Baron Jugula” and after two weeks work on that, we have just completed a unit on explanation texts where we seem to have been visited by an ogre and found out a lot about a rather mischievous creature called a boggart.
MATHS
In maths lessons, we have focused in on calculations and place value, as without a good knowledge of these areas, children will struggle with much of the SATs paper later in the year. We have also looked at algebra, which the children have coped well with.
TOPIC
Our topic this term is “Ancient Greece” and the children have learnt about where modern Greece is in Europe and which countries border it. We have also learnt about the opposing ancient city states of Athens and Sparta and the clear differences between them. We have studied the “hoplite” soldier and drawn our own pictures of them and are now moving on to find out about Heracles and his 12 tasks, from which we will then create our own mythical beast for him to battle and then write a further task for the ancient superhero.
RE
In this subject we have been finding out about what it means to be a Muslim, and this will culminate in a visit to the largest mosque in western Europe at the beginning of December-more information about this trip to follow at the beginning of next half term.
PHSE
In the first two weeks of term, we looked at what it means to be resilient and completed a number of tasks which helped us settle into year 6 and be a good classmate.
ART
We created our own symmetrical self-portrait using proportion, line and tone and have completed art tasks linked to our topic work.
ICT
We have completed mathletics tasks and used the internet to research what life was like for families in ancient Greek times.
BLACK HISTORY
We will be looking at the life of Michael Jordan and learning about his trip to the top of his sport and what made him such a success.
So, what is coming up next half term in Year 6 I hear you cry?
ENGLISH
After half term we will be writing a suspense story. In our reading lessons we will be looking at a book called Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli which is about environmental issues in Kenya.
MATHS
We will be beginning the half term with work on measure and then position and direction.
TOPIC
We will continue our topic on Ancient Greece where we will be creating a tapestry based on the story of Heracles and his 12 tasks.
In other subjects we will look at the song Happy by Pharell Williams in Music and do some work on staying safe online in ICT.
We will be beginning our afternoon interventions in maths and reading to help with preparation for the SATs in May.
Make sure your child is keeping up with the homework set and the weekly spellings and remind them that they can always ask for help from teachers (and parents) if they need it. Also, if he/she is not confident with x tables, please get him/her to practise them.
We look forward to seeing you on the 18th and 19th October for parents’ evening.
The Year 6 team