Welcome to Year Six! I look forward to working with yourself and your child to ensure they have a happy and successful final year at Bishop Martin.
Curriculum English - To begin our new school year, the Lions will be using ‘The Nowhere Emporium’, written by Ross MacKenzie as a stimulus in our English lessons. The children will create pieces of writing that are themed around magic and mystery focusing on both narrative and non – fiction genres of writing. They will write a piece of extended narrative based on the novel and plot of ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ and will produce a hybrid information text in the form of a magazine page, as well as a mini biography, piece of discussion and non – chronological report. Maths - To begin our new school year, the children will be focusing on Number and Place Value. They will use skills learnt in previous year to support them when understanding larger numbers up to 10,000,000. The children will learn how to read, write, order and compare numbers up to at least 1,000,000 and be able to determine the value of each digit, they will be exploring how to round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 and will aim to solve practical problems that involve these. The children will also begin work on the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) where they will begin by using mixed operations to solve calculations. Theme - Geography – As part of our theme the children will go on a voyage of discovery to South America as they learn all about the countries, culture and geography of the fantastic continent. The children will learn about the climate, the geographical features, the industries and the people of South America through a number of different tasks and activities. The children will get an insight into what life is like in South America in comparison to here in the United Kingdom. History – As part of our theme the children will be studying The Mighty Maya! They will discover where and when Maya built their magnificent civilisation by developing a range of skills across the curriculum. The children will investigate how they lived, what their culture was like and their legacy. They will also be able to make comparisons between their lives and those of the Mayans as they discover more! RE - Our RE unit for Autumn one is: Life as a Journey and Pilgrimage. The aim of this unit is to, give children an opportunity to think about the idea that that life is a journey and what it means to make that journey as a Christian and to enable pupils to begin to understand the concept of undertaking a religious pilgrimage. By the end of the unit the children will know that:
Some people undertake a pilgrimage as part of living out their faith; The life of people in the bible effects the behaviour, beliefs and life choices of Christians today; Being a Christian and following Jesus’ teaching has an impact on a person’s life; The life journey of Jesus answers questions about what Christians believe; Christians in many countries across the words are persecuted because of their faith.
Reading Reading is an important element of the curriculum. We are continuing to use Bug Club as a resource for home reading; your child has been allocated a variety of books on Bug Club that will support their level of reading. In class there is a ‘reading bingo’ competition for the children to take part in to encourage additional reading at home and in school.
PE This year we continue to use West Lancashire Schools Sports Partnership to deliver our PE lessons each week, this day remains as Wednesday. Please ensure that your child brings their PE kit to school on a Wednesday and that all jewellery is removed.
Snack
Support
If your child would like a piece of toast during morning break please ensure they bring 20p each day or £1 for the week.
We are lucky to have Miss Smith (A.M) and Miss Still (P.M) as our support in class this year.
If you have any concerns about your child, please contact school to discuss this as soon as possible. Thank you for your support Miss Bond