Homework 

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

PE  

The P.E days are Monday and Friday. The children may sometimes do P.E outside, so please make sure they have a warm PE kit and appropriate shoes for these sessions. 

Trips 

This half-term we will have Shakespeare Workshop.    

Key Times 

For Year 6, the school day will begin at 8.45, and end at 3.30. Pupils can arrive at school from 8:30 to come in for a soft start activity. If a child arrives after 8:45, they must be taken round to the school office.   

Literacy 

In Literacy, we will be reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. It is a fiction story based during WWII at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. It tells the story of two young boys who make an unlikely friendship. Our writing focus will be diary entries, newspaper reports and information texts.     

Maths 

In maths, we will be focusing on statistics before moving on to measurement and then time. We will be having a heavy focus on reasoning skills this half-term.  

Science 

Classification will be our focus in science, thinking about how we can sort organisms into groups, why we need to classify organisms and we will be using classification keys to classify animals. Week 3 is also science week where we will be taking part in a whole school science focus.   

Geography 

We will be looking at migration, looking at the different types of migration, the positive impacts on migration on London as well as focusing on refugees and what happens to them when they move to a new country.  

History 

In History, we will be learning about how WWII changed Britain. We will be looking at the impact of the war on different groups of people and aspects of life including young people, women, healthcare and the people of the HMS Windrush. 

RE 

In RE, we will be exploring the question ‘Is Christianity still a strong religion 2,000 years after Jesus was on Earth?’. 

Computing 

We will be focusing on spreadsheet, how to format data in a cell and learn about formulas.   

Art 

In Art, we will be learning about stencils, being able to design our own stencils, with a focus on something that is important to us. We will be using our stencils to create a collaborative piece of artwork.     

French 

In French, we will be studying different festivals and learn how to speak about them in French. We will be learning some conversational French skills including how to give our opinion about something.    

PSHE 

In PSHE we will be exploring media literacy and digital resilience. We will look at how our data is used online and the impact of social media on our lives.  

PE 

In PE we will be doing tag rugby. 

Music 

For our music lessons, we will be focusing music technology using a programme called Launchpad. This can be accessed at home if you’d like to have a go! 

DT 

In DT we will continue to design, make and test our own utility belts.