Year 6

Mr Hutton & Miss Smith

Art – As artists we will study collage:

• Explore ideas about the work of Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso’s Cubist work.
• They will be able to use materials and processes to communicate ideas, methods and approaches in their own and others’ work.

Computing – We will :

• Solve problems, using a variety of software.
• Learn to use technology safely and responsibly.

Studying networks

• Studying different networks.
• Comparing school and global networks.
• Effective methods for researching.

Blogging

• Understand what a blog is and its key features.
• Create a blog with a specific purpose.
• Explain the approval process that blogs go through.

Design Technology – As designers we will :

• Develop our knowledge, understanding & skills in textiles, i.e. using a range of stitches.

English – As writers and communicators we will :

• Extend narrative writing - including flashbacks (using “The Piano’ Aidan Gibbons’ and ‘The Wonder’ by RJ Palacio as stimulus).
• Write a diary entry (autobiographical) based on a character’s life and experiences.
• Write a balanced and/or persuasive argument on a chosen topic relating to our History/Geography themes.
• Non-chronological Report based on a product or a place.
• Extend Reading comprehension, grammar and punctuation skills.

French – As linguists we will study :

• Famous French people.
• The French Revolution & The Tour de France.

Geography - As geographers we will:

• Describe and explain how some UK settlements have developed and changed over time, and why certain locations are more favourable than others.
• Use physical and political maps, atlases, globes, Google maps and Google Earth to locate and describe major imports and exports, including those of the UK.
• Learn that exports are where the UK sells good to other countries and imports are where other countries sell things to us, i.e. bananas.

History – As historians, we will:

• Learn about the location and brief history of
  Ancient Greece.
• Know who Alexander the Great is and why he is ‘great’.
• Compare Athenian and British democracy.
• Learn about Sparta’s rivalry with Athens.
• Compare the Ancient Greek Olympic Games with our modern Olympic Games.

Mathematics 

• Be introduced to the ratio symbol.
• Use scale factors to solve ratio and proportion problems.  
• Read, interpret and draw line graphs and pie charts.
• Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples.

Music – As musicians we will continue to:

• Learn about all the foundational elements of Music with a focus on chords and structure through the online musical platform ‘Charanga’.
• Explore a variety of musical styles.
• Improvise and compose music using instruments.

P.E. – As athletes we will:

• Develop our cricket, rounders and athletics skills.
• Improve our fitness levels.

R.E. — As theologians we will study:

Called to Serve:

• Become aware of Jesus’ teaching and example of service.
• Recognise that God has given us gifts/talents to use in the service of God and people.
• Be aware of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Understand that we receive these gifts in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
• Reflect on some of the different ways we can serve God.
• Learn about the Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders.

Faith in Action:

• To recognise that God created all human beings in his image.
• To understand the corporal works of mercy.

RPSHE - We will study:

• What will change as we become more independent?   How do friendships change as we grow?
• Pol.Ed - Transition and Resilience
• My Happy Mind - Transition & Be the best project.

Science – As scientists we will :

Living things and their Habitats

• Learn who Linnaeus was and learn about his classification system.
• Identify characteristics of living things and use classification keys to sort living things.
• Use classification keys to identify vertebrates and invertebrates, arthropods and common British trees.

Animals Including Humans

• Identify the main parts of the human circulatory system.
• Describe the functions of blood and blood vessels.
• Investigate the effect of exercise on heart rate.
• Identify healthy and unhealthy diets and the impact that diet has on the body.
• Identify how drugs impact on the way the human body functions.