Welcome to the page from Year 6

 

Our teacher is Miss Lewis

 

 

In this term we will be learning:

 

Year 6 AUTUMN- 2007

 

English                                                                                                     Welsh

Writing – journals, letters.                                                                        Gwyliau – (holidays)

 

Persuasive/discursive writing.

 

Improving story writing                                                                                             

 

Grammar – developing use of adjective phrases,                                     

 

adverbs, connectives, conjunctions and contractions.

 

Spelling                                                                                                      P.E./Games

 

Extending use of prefixes and suffices, rules when making                                             

 

nouns from verbs, words containing ‘ph’, silent ‘p’ and ‘h’.                    Netball/Rugby skills

 

Class novel – Carrie’s War                                                                        Swimming

 

                                                                                                                    Dance workshop activities

 

                                                                                                                   Gymnastics

Mathematics

 

Number                                                                                                       I.T.

Revision of place value of numbers up to 5 and 6 digits                            Spreadsheet modelling

 

Numbers to 4 decimal places                                                                      Internet use.

 

Rounding up/down to 2 decimal places

 

Addition/subtraction involving decimals and measures

 

Prime numbers, square numbers, square roots.

 

Multiples, factors

 

Revision of equivalence of fractions

 

Topic

Number pattern investigations

 

Mystic Rose

 

 

Science

 

Earth and beyond – solar system

 

Electricity – parallel/series circuits

 

Light – how light travels/formation of shadows

 

 

R.E.

 

 

How Christian life and values are relevant to personal

 

relationships and the way we treat others.

 

The historical role of the Church in Wales.

 

The sacrament of confirmation

 

Art/Music associated with the festival of Christmas.

 

 

History

World War Two

Life in the 1930’s

 

The onset of WWII

 

The evacuation of children

 

Activities based on the novel  ‘Carrie’s War’

 

 

Music

 

 

Compositions linked to the science topic.

 

 

Art

 

Colour mixing using pastel crayons

 

Investigating colour linked to the weather

 

The paintings of Rousseau, Renoir and

 

William Turner

 

Year 6 Spring Term 2008

English                                                                                                    

 

Spelling –ea, ough, augh, ous, ious, ent, ant, ence, ance word endings

 

Extending story writing, - extending sentences, use of adjective adverbs clauses, similes and metaphor,

 

introduction of personification and anthropomorphism.

 

Interpreting texts and developing higher comprehension skills.

 

Handwriting – developing fluent, joined styles.

 

 

Mathematics

 

Continuation of fractions

 

Mode and median, ratio, proportion and probability

 

Positive and negative integers.

 

Weight and measurement.

 

Problem solving through prediction and generalisation.

 

Using algebraic formulae

 

Revision of 2D/3D shapes and co-ordinates.

 

 

Science

 

Revision of  light, sound, materials and the human body.

 

 

R.E.

 

Christian art work – icons and images of the incarnation

 

Mosaic law and Judaism

 

The building of Solomon’s temple.

 

 

Music

Class composition based on the water cycle

 

 

ICT

Spreadsheets using the  interactive white board.

 

Use of CD roms and the internet

 

 

D.T.

 

 

Designing and making ‘torch’ creatures/machines

 

 

History

Children in WWII

 

Life of the evacuees

 

The diary of Ann Frank

 

 

Art

The Impressionists.

 

Modern Welsh artists

 

 

Welsh

Hamdden - Leisure

 

 

P.E.

 

 

Circuit training

 

Gymnastics – Flight and balance

 

Outdoor – Game skills (football and rugby)    

 

Geography

 

 

Environmental change – The development of the Barry Waterfront. (Spring Term 2)