Homework 

Each week, children will be given maths, reading and English homework on a Friday. This will be due on the following Wednesday. 

PE  

For all year 6 classes, PE is now on Monday’s and Friday’s. Please ensure that your child has their PE kit on these days. The children may sometimes do PE outside, so please make sure they have a warm PE kit and appropriate shoes for these sessions.  

Trips 

On 9th June, Year 6 will be having a First Aid workshop run by the Red Cross. In addition to this, the residential is from Monday 27th June to Friday 1st July. On the 8th July, we will also have our end of year disco!  

Key Times 

For Year 6, the school day will begin at 8.50, and end at 3.35. Please stick to these timings as each year group has their own start and end time to ensure social distancing where possible. 

Other 

To ensure we are being as safe as possible in the current climate, we consistently have windows open in our classrooms. Please ensure your children are in full uniform, with a jumper or cardigan, with extra layers underneath if they wish to.  

Literacy 

In Literacy, we will be reading The Odyssey. It is a fiction story based on the adventures of Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, who journeys through Greece for ten years. Our writing focus will be narratives and playscripts.      

Maths 

In maths, we will be preparing for secondary school covering key concepts including algebra and ratio. We will also be revisiting our previous units of statistics and geometry.   

Science 

Secondary transition will be our focus in science. We will be exploring how to stay safe in the lab and begin looking at key symbols and scientific drawings.       

Geography 

We will be looking at micro-climates focusing on different types of micro-climates such as those found within a city and in a desert. Following on from this, we will exploring the micro-climates in our school and local area.  

History 

In History, we will be learning about how London has changed over the years. Each week we will look at London during a different period of history including: The Victorians, The Suffragette Movement and The Black Power Movement.   

RE 

In RE, we will be exploring the question ‘Is anything ever eternal?’ 

Computing 

We will be focusing on text adventures in computing, planning, and creating our own text-based adventures on Purple Mash.     

Art 

In Art, we will be learning about textiles. To begin with, we will be researching key artists including James Fox and Bisa Butler. We will then use Batik technique to create a resist in fabric. Following this, we will use a variety of stitches to create patterns before pulling together everything we have learnt for a final piece.        

French 

In French, we will be using key vocabulary to talk about our holidays. We will also have a focus on conversational French and will prepare and perform a conversation in partners.     

PSHE 

In PSHE we will be exploring mental health and growing and changing. We will begin by looking at gender identity before identifying where we can go for help. We will then be looking at the stages of reproduction in humans (a letter will follow about this). The rest of the unit will focus on managing change, including the change of secondary school.    

PE 

In PE we will be doing rounders and athletics.  

Music 

For our music lessons, we will be focusing on our end of year 6 production! More details to follow about this.   

DT 

In DT we will start to research mechanical toys before designing, making and evaluating our own prototype for one.