Year 6 Team -  Miss Evans, Mrs Pickering, Mrs Steventon and Miss Meredith

This Half Term

Over the next two terms, we will be reading Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth taken from the book Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield. The texts retell the plays by William Shakespeare as stories, using a combination of Shakespearean language taken from the original plays and modern English, which means that the children are exposed to vocabulary from the time period but able to easily access and understand the storylines. All of our English learning will be based around the key texts, exploring the complicated roles of each character, the context within which the stories have taken place and symbolism used throughout. The children will produce a range of writing, including character analysis, play scripts, narratives, letters and newspaper reports.
 

Reading for pleasure texts:

Science
Animals including Humans
 

Art
 Collage: Analyze several works of ‘Pop Art' and create their own piece, paying attention to design, scale, line, and shape, as well as complimentary colour.

Mixed Media Printmaking and Textiles: Combine different printing techniques, media and equipment with other mixed media techniques to create their own piece of artwork and develop experience in embellishing. 
 

RE
What matters most? Christians and Humanists

This unit will address both a person with a religious background and a person who is a humanist. It will explore the difference between having faith within their life and having none. 
 

PE
Tennis and Gymnastics
 

MFL
Where I live, Numbers 1-100 and Shopping
 

Jigsaw (PSHE)
Dreams and Goals and Healthy Me
 

Design and Technology
Mechanisms—Fairgrounds continued.
 

Computing
Formulas and spreadsheets
 

Music - Ukulele

 Core Skills:
● Note songs – At the start of term 2 the note songs are more difficult and test pupils ability to change strings more often and perform harder rhythms
● Tempo – Pupils should now be getting used to changing notes faster.
● Song Structure – Some songs in Tern 2 contain multi – part structures. By now pupils should have a good understanding of verse/chorus and when to change between sections
● Vocals - In term 2 the songs become increasingly harder to sing, it is important to break these down into small sections to make sure that pupils can sing each line accurately
● Key Vocabulary – start to refer to timing, dynamics, tempo, pitch and melody more often during this term.

Song Focus:
- This Is The Life
- The Middle
- Wake Me Up

Previous Learning

Last Half Term

At the beginning of Year 6, children will begin learning about WWII. Children's learning is supported by our key text 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' by John Boyne, which will inspire their writing throughout the Autumn term as well as support their learning in RAID lessons. Children will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of WWII in History lessons when they explore the effects of the Second World War on citizens both nationally and internationally. Children start the unit by exploring how the end of WWI influenced the start of WWII. They investigate key events in WWII and the countries involved, study wartime propaganda and discuss the reasoning for and influence of bias and censorship in wartime Britain and investigate the causes and impact of the Holocaust. 
 

Reading for pleasure texts:

Science
Light, Electricity and Living Things
 

Art
Drawing: Redesigning the school building to look like one of Gaudi's buildings, inspired by natural forms.

Painting: During this theme, the children will be looking at the work of Chris Ofili and learning about the concept behind it. Children will select an idea or issue that is interesting to them and develop a piece of conceptual work that represents those ideas.

 

RE
Autumn 1: Exploring Key Leaders – Sikhs and Hindus.

This unit will begin by looking what the children believe to be key leader and the profile of what a person a key leader. It will then compare the two key leaders of the Sikh and Hindu faith. Guru Nanak Dev Ji is the founding Guru of the Sikh faith and Mahatma Ghandi a key leader of the Hindu faith.
 

Autumn 2: What can we learn from religions about temptation?

This unit enables pupils to engage thoughtfully with questions of good and evil, right and wrong through thinking about temptation. Pupils will become familiar with stories of temptation and ritual practice from Islam and Christianity, and will be enabled to think for themselves about questions to do with morals, choices and the impact of our behaviour on others.
 

PE
Cricket and Rounders

MFL
Weather and Who am I?

Jigsaw (PSHE)
Being me in my world and Celebrating difference

Design and Technology
Mechanisms— Fairgrounds.
 

Computing
World Wide Web—selecting search results, ranking of results, how searches are influenced and communicating responsibly.

Music 
Autumn 1: Hey, Mr Miller
Autumn 2: 'Shadows' and 'Composing for Protest!'