Year 6
I can't believe that it's already the summer term! I hope that you guys all had a restful break and didn't to too uch SATS revision (though I hope you did some!). I'm sure that you've all been up to some interesting things and have gorged yourself on plenty of Easter chocolate, but now it is time to get serious. SATS will be taking place during the week commencing 12th May and although I don't wan anyone to stress about them, I do want you to try your best. I will try to make the build-up as fun and as helpful as possible so that you can all do yourselves proud. Don't forget that despite SATS we will still be following our themed curriculum and with our History based DISCOVER term now finished, we will finish the year with our arty CREATE term.
In our Art lessons we will first be learning all about drawing and attempting to answer our enquiry question: "Can a drawing really look like a photograph?" We will learn about the different drawing media and assessing their different qualities, comparing the child artist Dusan Krtolicer with David Filer whilst attempting to incorporate some of their style and techniques into our own work, drawing from first hand experience and using shading and different pencil gradings to record our learning journey in our art journals. After refining our drawing skills, we will be moving on to painting and 3D art media.
In Science, our second half term will be investigating whether some sunglasses are safer than others in preparation for the summer holidays. The first half term will see us looking closely at electricity and developing our knowledge of circuits, the effects of changing voltage and how switches contribute to different devices.
Maths and English will be taking place on a daily basis to focus on the children's core skills which can be applied across the curriculum. In the first half term we will be focusing purely on SATS revision with plenty of reading and grammar focus in English and deconstructing reasoning questions in maths. I will be hoping to fill in any gaps that the children have in the daily lessons as well as the booster groups and Mrs Borgeat's SATS clinic.
Our Computing lessons in this term will be focused on creating media in the first half and data and programming in the second. I plan to tech a lot of PSHE this term with SRE, transition and our new 'No Outsiders' scheme to help the children feel fully welcomed and prepared for life away from Hollybush. These lessons will alternate with RE where we will be comparing and contrasting the beliefs and practices of Christianity and Buddhism using the new Emmanuel Project RE scheme of work. We will have two hours of PE each week with one hour taught by Matt and the other by myself using the fantastic 'Get Set 4 PE' scheme of work.
Click on the links below to see the curriculum maps and knowledge organisers for each subject as well as useful photos and videos that can support your child's progress. There is also a separate sub page for SATS with plenty of links, tips and advice.