IPC - Moving People
This term the children have started their new IPC topic 'Moving People'. This topic focuses on the issue of migration and the factors that cause it to occur.
As part of our Entry Point, both 6T & 6L went to South Norwood Country Park and built their own refugee shelter. The children were put into groups and had to use a range of Personal Goals in order to construct the shelter. They had a fantastic time and it will definitely be a memorable moment they will never forget. Below are some pictures of what the children got up to.
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 Roman Numerals and the children chose a year from history where something historical had happened and then had to convert the year into Roman Numerals. Below are some examples of the work that they produced.
English - Power of Reading - Ice Trap
During this half term Year 6 will be focusing on the Power of Reading text ‘ Ice Trap'. The text is about Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew and how they become trapped in the deadly pack-ice in the Antarctic. Endurance, the ship they used for the journey, is crushed by the pack-ice and they are stranded on an ice floe for months. Why not read the blurb below.
ICE TRAP
An amazing tale of heroism and ingenuity, this dramatic picture book tells the story of Shackleton's incredible adventure in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. In August 1914, during the height of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off from England with a team of explorers to walk across the Antarctic and study the icy depths of this new and forbidding continent. Sailing through some of the most perilous seas, the Endurance becomes trapped in the deadly pack ice of the Weddell sea. When the Endurance is eventually crushed between the vast bulk of two floating icebergs, the men are forced to abandon ship and make the dangerous journey across the crushing sea in lifeboats. They reach relative safety on the uninhabited Elephant Island, but an even greater peril faces Shackleton and five other members of the crew.
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Science - Living Things and Their Habitats
Our science topic this half term is 'Living Things and Their Habitats'. As part of this topic, we will be learning about the different types of living things that there and how they function in the world that we live in. Furthemore, the children will be focusing on the anatomy of such living things with regards to the type of skeleton that they have.
Headboy & Headgirl Elections
Headboy & Headgirl
Year 6 have been very busy preparing for the Head Boy & Head Girl elections that are due to take place on the 18th September. So far in class, we have been 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
The winners from the elections for Headboy & Headgirl were Sam from 6L & Ruby from 6T. They have both been very busy in school setting up cup stacking club at lunchtime, the school newspaper 'Fleming Fizz' and creating a reef for Remembrance Sunday. Keep up the brilliant work.
Autumn 2 - Building a Village
Spring 1 & 2 - Moving People
Year 6 Curricular Targets
Important Information
English and maths homework is set on Monday and is due in Thursday.
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.
Please ensure that your child's PE kit is in school everyday.
6T - PE lessons are on Monday & Thursday.
6L - PE lessons are on Monday & Thursday.
Homework
Children will be set pages from their revision books for maths and English every week. The pages that they will need to complete will be given to them every Monday. Homework will be set every Monday and will need to be in school compeleted for the following Thursday.