Year 6 - Oak Class

Curriculum News

English

This half term, we will be reading a book called 'Stay where you are and leave’. This book is based around WWI and will link with our current History topic. This will be used as inspiration for children to plan, draft and write their own recount. Pupils will also be writing setting descriptions, diary entries as well as , participating in role plays and developing their reading skills such as predicting and inferring information.  

Maths 

We will start this half term by focusing on the place value of numbers up to 10 million, in which we will be ordering, comparing and rounders numbers. Then, we will be consolidating the four operations, looking at the order of operations and multiplying and dividing by 2 digit numbers before finding common multiples, factors and prime numbers. 

History

Our History focus this half term is World War I. The children will further develop their chronological understanding of British History and understand and know; why the war started, who was involved and the life of a soldier. The children will also understand wartime propaganda and take more of detailed look at the Battle of Somme. Pupils will understand the impact of women and animals in the war and how the war ended. 

Science 

This half term our science topic is ‘Classification’. Pupils will classify and group animals and plants before looking at the microorganisms and exploring if they are healthy or harmful. Children will also be looking at the work of Alexander Fleming. 

Spellings

Children will be given a new spelling list every Monday. Children will be expected to practise the spellings both in school and at home ready for the test every Friday. 

PE 

The pupils will receive two PE sessions a week. They will be on a Wednesday morning with the Oak teaching team and Tuesday afternoons with the sports coach.

Reading books 

Pupils will be able to choose their own reading book from the school library. The children are to return their book to school with a signed reading record every Thursday. If your child has not finished their book, please could the reading record still be signed and returned stating which page they have read to.

Homework 

This term, Oak Class will be completing a WWI and WWII themed home learning challenge as their homework. Please see below.

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