Maths:
For this half term, the children will be learning about pie charts and how to interpret data. Then they will be completing exciting projects where they can apply the Maths skills that they have been learning all year into real life projects such as knowing how to scale up a recipe for a specified number of guests and planning a holiday package to include excursions and dining options.
PSHE: Our topic for this half term is 'A World Without Judgement' with a focus on 'British Values'. We will explore our own values, religious values, stereotypes, respect and the importance of equal rights. Another topic that we will be exploring is 'The Working World'. Here, children will investigate areas of enterprise, in-app purchasing, their growing personal responsibilities of undertaking chores at home and ways of earning money. As part of our PSHE curriculum, we will undertake a workshop where we will feelings and queries relating to transition to high school.
English: This half term we will be continuing to develop our writing skills by creating a set of instructions to instruct a Y5 child how to make a waistcoat for the Y6 Atkinson Show. We will compose an explanatory text linked to our work in science about the circulatory system and finally, we will continue to develop our skills when thinking creatively, by writing setting and character descriptions.
Year 6 Summer 2:
History Focus
Geography: This half term we will be planning and undertaking a piece of independent fieldwork. We will then report on and reflect on the findings.
Science: In Science, we will be completing our work on Living organisms and their habitat by looking at micro- organisms before revisiting and exploring the scientific content from previous topics in the year.
Reading: The children will continue to work on their retrieval skills, understanding vocabulary and phrases, how to infer from the text and how to use evidence to support inferences.
PE: In PE we will continue to develop skills in striking and fielding (cricket and rounders) and invasion games.
History: Throughout this half term, we will be learning about a non-European society, in particular, the early Islamic civilization focusing on the Ancient city of Baghdad c AD 900. Children will contrast this with British history.
Art and Design: Sculpture
Yo en el mundo / Me in the world:
• Say and spell some of the different countries and the relative capital cities in the Spanish-speaking world and find them on a map.
• Say and write about some key celebrations in the Spanish speaking world and some of the differences in terms of geography, historical sites and cultural facts.
Children will begin by discussing the work of artists that appreciate different artistic styles and by the end of the unit they will create a sculpture to express themselves in a literal or symbolic way. After planning, children will reflect on their creative decisions, suggesting ways to represent memories through imagery, shapes and colours and following the creation of their sculpture they will evaluate their own execution.
Year 6 Summer 2: History Focus
RE: In RE we are continuing to explore the word 'eternity'. In this unit we will consider what different religions believe about life after death.
Music: Reflect and rewind – In this final half term we will be recapping all of the key terms explored this year. We will also sing songs to sum up our time in primary school whilst developing our keyboard and compositional skills.
Year 6 Performance: What a Knight
The children will be learning lines, singing songs, working out dance routines and perfecting their acting in preparation for our end of year performance at the Atkinson in July.