IPC - Brainwave
Year 6 kicked off the new year with the IPC unit Brainwave. Our learning has been focusing on how we learn. We have focused on the parts of the brain, the different types of learners that there are and how to teach new skills to other people. We have created graphs, written information reports and created our very own brain hats. Take a look below at some of what we have been doing.
IPC - Building a Village
During Autumn 2, our new IPC unit is called 'Building a Village'. Our learning will focus on the key ameneties that a village requires and what makes a successful settlement. We will also be focsuing on grid references when using an atlas, key European rivers and the origins of the names of towns and cities. Furthermore, we will also be focusing on the effective use of persuasive features in English. Our goal will be to persuade the general public to visit our village that we have created during our Entry Point.
Entry Point
As part of Entry Point into this unit, the children created their own village. We learned about the key ameneties that a village requires and then the children worked in groups to create each of them. The Entry Point required the children to use lots of Personal Goals. In addtion to this, the children then needed to decide what tourist attraction they would have in their village and also a village name.
Villager Profile
What does a village need? Villagers! In addition to creating their own village (which you can see below) the children were given a role within the village. From train drivers to school teachers, each child was given a different role and family name. They then had to create a back story as to why they moved to the village in the first place. Why not take a look below at one of the villages created and the names of each village in Year 6.
Building a Village
Maths
During maths this half term Year 6 will be focusing on the following areas: consolidating our understanding of mental and written methods of the four operations, estimating, measuring and converting different units of measurement including scales on maps, exploring the structure of different buildings in relation to 2D and 3D shapes and will be investigating the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages. For our maths display we focused on data handling and how you can present data in the follow ways: pictograms, bar charts, line graphs, pie charts and scatter graphs.
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English - There's a Boy in The Girls' Bathroom
During this half term Year 6 will be focusing on the Power of Reading text ‘ There's a Boy in The Girls' Bathroom' by Louis Sachar. The text is about a boy called Bradley who is not the most well-behaved boy at school. It rounts his journey from troublesome pupil to a boy who is kind and caring. Why not read the blurb below.
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
"Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you." That's Bradley Chalker for you. He is the oldest child in the class. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls, and the teachers say he has "serious behaviour problems." No one likes him - except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories. Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself.
Science - Electricity
Our science topic this half term is 'Electricity'. As part of this topic, we will be learning about famous scientists within this filed of science such as Michael Faraday, Nikola Tesla, Alessandro Volta and Benjamin Franklin. We will be learning about the components of a circuit and how to draw a range of different circuits such as series and parallel circuits.
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Headboy & Headgirl Elections
Headboy & Headgirl
This coming week Year 6 will be very busy preparing for the Head Boy & Head Girl elections that are due to take place on the 24th September. This week, in class, we will be focusing on what makes a good election speech and what techniques are used in order to write an effective speech. We will be writing our own speeches detailing what we would change in the school and make better if we were elected as Head Boy or Head Girl.
Headboy & Headgirl - update
We have now voted and have chosen our new Headboy & Head Girl. Congratulations to Heida and Noah! It was a very close contest and all candidates have done brilliantly. Both Heida and Noah have already spoken to Mr Tupper about plans to further improve the great school which is Stewart Fleming. Heida and Noah have already created a fantastic Power Point that they will be sharing with the other headboy and headgirls across the Pioneer Academy. Take a look below:
Heida & Noah's presentation about Kelvin Doe who is an inspiration to everyone
Topic Letters
Autumn 1 - IPC Unit - AD 900 - The Mysterious Maya
Autumn 2 - IPC Unit - Building a Village
Year 6 Curricular Targets
Important Information
Homework Menu
A homework menu has now been uploaded onto Google Classroom and all children have been given their login details. A piece of homework is to be uploaded every week. Class teachers will mark your child's homework electronically and feedback will be given.
Spellings
Spellings will also be uploaded onto Google Classrooms for your child to practise learning. Spellings will be uploaded on Friday and your child will be tested on Wednesday.
6L - Spellings are set on Friday and the children are tested on Wednesday.
6T - Spellings are set on Friday and the children are tested on Wednesday.
6F - Spellings are set on Friday and the children are tested on Wednesday.
Please ensure that your child wears their PE kit into school when they are timtabled to have PE.
6T - PE lessons are Mondays and Tuesdays
6L - PE lessons are Tuesdays and Thursdays
6F - PE lessons Tuesdays and Thursdays