Year 6
Spring 2: Would you rather be an Athenian or a Spartan?
We are very excited to be back in school with you all and are looking forward to a fabulous half-term ahead.
The Year 6 Team
We have a fabulous team here in Year 6. Mrs Remington Davidson and Mrs Moss teach in Violet Class whilst Miss Wykes teaches in Lilac Class. We also have Mrs Dennis, Ms Faboud and Mr Geen, our wonderful TAs who work across both classes.
Spring 2: Ancient Greece
During this term, we will be exploring where the Ancient Greeks fit into the chronology of the world’s history. We will investigate the lives of Ancient Greeks, their achievements and their influence on the Western world.
English
Our English units will have a narrative focus as we look at creating atmosphere within our unit on The Battle of Troy before turning to look at argument and discussion when we unpick how the Ancient Greeks influenced the way we live today. When exploring The Battle of Troy, we will be focusing on our use of figurative language to describe setting and character within the story of ‘Odysseus and the Trojan Horse’, building up to re-writing our own sections of the characters hiding in the colossal wooden horse and then sneaking into the city of Troy and winning the battle. Within the argument and discussion texts, we will be refining our ability to adopt a formal tone through the use of passive voice and technical vocabulary and
We will continue to read widely across the curriculum throughout the half-term and encourage the children to be reading daily and regularly updating their personal reading records. In addition to this, our Guided Reading sessions will focus on maintaining attention and participating actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic to initiate and respond to others’ comments.
Maths
In Maths this half-term, we will be continuing with our learning around the topic of ‘Statistics’ from before half term before moving on to ‘Ratio and Proportion’. Within this unit, children will describe relationships between two factors in the context of ratio, explore correspondence problems and apply their knowledge of scaling to a variety of contexts. Towards the end of the term, we will then delve into the world of ‘Algebra’ to get to grips with using symbols and letters to represent unknown values as well as manipulating these to find the accurate values of such unknowns.
PE
This half-term, our PE sessions will be on Tuesdays (Indoor) and Thursdays (Outdoor). On a Tuesday, children will need to bring in a PE kit to change in to and on Thursdays, they will need to come in wearing their PE kit and bring a change of clothes to change in to afterwards.
During our PE lessons, we will be completing a Gymnastics unit in Indoor PE, focusing on using our knowledge of the principles of gymnastics, particularly body tension and consistency of movement, to work collaboratively and imaginatively to compose motifs. In Outdoor PE, we will be exploring the Decathlon as a discipline within Athletics, looking at famous decathletes and their training routines. We will then be applying different methods of training, including interval training and circuit training, to practise events involving running, jumping and throwing. We will be focusing on our learning dispositions of resilience and reflection when improving our stamina and when evaluating our own performance as well as others’.
We will also be participating in a Bikeability programme to improve our confidence with using our cycles on residential roads. As part of this, we will improve our cycling skills, develop a positive attitude towards road users and extend our knowledge of the ‘rules of the road’.
Homework
Homework will be set on a Friday afternoon in Year 6. Instructions will be posted on Google Classroom and tasks will often include a Maths and English task on SATs Companion as well as Spelling, Handwriting or Maths Fluency. In addition, we encourage children to be reading daily, sharing these experiences with those at home wherever possible.
Important Dates
Monday 24th – Thursday 27th February: Bikeability
W/b Monday 3rd March: Book Fair in School (more information to follow in the newsletter)
Tuesday 4th March: Y6 Careers Fair Trip
Thursday 27th March: Y6 Fitzwilliam Museum Trip
Wednesday 2nd April: Y6 Netball Competition
Friday 4th April: INSET Day
Useful Links
Year 6 New to Year Group Presentation 24-25
Y6 Curriculum Descriptors Spring 2 24
Year 6 Maths – End of Year Expectations