Year 6 - Aslan & Gryffindor
YEAR 6 - ASLAN & GRYFFINDOR
CURRICULUM FOR AUTUMN 1
This half term we will focus on History. We will be discovering how medicine has changed from the days of prehistoric civilisations and witch doctors to the NHS and modern medical discoveries. We will investigate why changes occurred, what effect this had on the people of the time and how discoveries changed the way we approach the treatment of illnesses.
AS READERS
We will read the text ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio to build core reading skills including vocabulary and word meaning in context, inference, prediction, retrieval and summary.
AS WRITERS
We will build on our writing skills and become cohesive and sophisticated writers by producing texts that are engaging and appropriate for the intended audience. Children will write both fiction and non-fiction pieces of extended writing. Using ‘Wonder’ as inspiration, we will write a diary entry in role as August’s new friends and consider their viewpoints. We will be linking our non-fiction writing to our history topic to write a comparative information text about modern medicine compared the past civilisations.
AS MATHEMATICIANS
In maths this half term, we will develop our number fluency as well as arithmetic and reasoning problem skills. Our main areas of learning will be place value, ordering numbers, rounding, negative numbers and consolidation of arithmetic skills.
AS SCIENTISTS
Our topic this half term will be ‘Evolution and Inheritance’. We will explore how characteristics are passed from one generation to the next and how species have adapted to suit their environments. We will learn about the process of natural selection, and how our understanding of the process of evolution has developed over time thanks to the work of scientists and palaeontologists.
SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Children have fortnightly DT lessons and weekly Spanish lessons. Specialist teachers teach these subjects.
In DT, the children will design and create bags using different shapes and sizes of textiles.
In Spanish, the children will learn days of the week, picnic food and body parts.
PE
Lessons will take place on Thursdays. This term, pupils will be basketball and dodgeball. Please ensure pupils arrive in the correct PE kit each week and all earrings are removed prior to arriving at school.
HOME LEARNING
In Year 6, pupils will receive English and Maths homework every Friday that must be handed in on Wednesday of the following week, which will be marked as a class. In addition, pupils will be given a list of 20 spellings from the statutory spelling list each week, which they are expected to learn in preparation for a spelling test every Monday. (Pupils are expected to demonstrate learning using EdShed or, if this cannot be accessed at home, by writing spellings in their homework book).
Please continue to read regularly with your child at home, as reading regularly will help your child’s vocabulary knowledge, spelling and writing skills. Furthermore, we ask that you encourage your child to learn their multiplication tables up to 12. This is an ongoing expectation until your child can confidently recall them in a mixed order and using inverse operations. (Times Tables Rock Stars should be accessed to help them).
