It’s Spring! Welcome back to what looks to be an incredible term of hard work, success and wonderful memories. We’re excited to be continuing our yearly theme of ‘The Treasure Within; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’. There promises to be endless dreaming, asking, aspiring, achieving and believing.
Within our annual theme, we will focus our learning this term on ’A World Powered by Change’ This will involve an exploration of life during WW2 and the impact this had on geography within the British Empire.
RE will follow the RED topics below:
Religious Education
RE will follow the ‘To know You more clearly’ curriculum of:
Galilee to Jerusalem: this branch follows Jesus’ journey, exploring his teachings, actions and sacrifice and how Christians are called to live out love, service and faith.
Desert to Garden: this branch explores the journey from struggle to hope, showing how God brings renewal, new life, and transformation through the Christian story.
Other faiths: where pupils will learn more about Hinduism and Sikhism.
English
In English, Year 6 will continue to familiarise themselves with a range of texts, punctuation and grammar. We will explore these alongside our class read: ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ and ‘The Lost Thing’ by Shaun Tan.
Maths
Maths will focus on revising all aspects of the curriculum as well as perfecting our arithmetic and written skills, and applying these to a range of problems,
Science
Science will involve a look at Light: how light travels, how we see objects and investigate shadows.
Wider Curriculum
Computing will focus on coding, designing a computer of the future and internet safety.
Art will focus on painting and mixed media, using famous artists to inspire us to create our own artwork.
In PE, we have the opportunity to develop our ball skills in Dodgeball and Hockey.
In Geography, we will take a look at the British Empire and how the war impacted this, through invasion and migration.
History will focus on the Second World War through learning about the Blitz, evacuation, the Holocaust and how WW2 impacted people living in Britain.
DT will look at ‘navigating the world’ by creating our own product using CAD.
Year 6 will also be studying French, building up a basic vocabulary and essential conversation skills through the topics of ‘World Wide Weather’ and ‘Let’s Go on Holiday’.
We will also be spending some dedicated time on RSHE again—that’s ‘Relationship, Sex and Health Education’. We will explore body-image, feelings, and internet safety as well as revisiting and deepening our understanding of different forms of abuse.
