Welcome to Year 6
Here is an update on the curriculum for Year 6 during this term:
Following our updated curriculum, we will shortly be beginning our new focus question: Did John Harrison change the world?
Our focus questions help us to accumulate knowledge over the course of this academic year to be able to answer our big question: Can one person change the world?
During this focus, we will be identifying the position and significance of latitude, longitude, the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, as well as the Arctic and Antarctic Circle. The children will also learn about the Prime/Greenwich Meridian which has an incredible link to our local area as the Prime Meridian runs through Holbeach! The children will also learn about time zones. Historically, the children will learn about the life of John Harrison and his invention of the marine watch. Hopefully, they will be inspired to know that he grew up in Lincolnshire!
In art, the children will examine John Harrison’s technical drawings. They will look closely at mechanisms and create sketches.
Hedgehog Hunt
The Y6 children enjoyed partaking in a sponsored hedgehog hunt to raise money for new changing rooms for the school’s swimming pool.
Harvest Festival
DT 19 October
In DT, the children are going to be replicating Leonardo Da Vinci’s design of a cam hammer. In preparation for this, they learnt the name of different types of cams and experimented with how their shape effects the movement of the follower.
Our 30 Things Challenge
Our 30 Things Challenge is a seven year endeavour to be completed by pupils during their time with us. We have worked with children, parents, staff and governors to identify our own twenty-five tasks and combined it with five selected by our academy trust, which will be common to all children attending a LAAT school.
We have now turned these ideas into our very own “My 30 Things Passport”, which will be updated as each challenge is completed. We feel sure that you will agree that in order to meet their thirty challenges the children will be kept busy over their seven years with us!
For those children further up the school, or who join us later on in their school journey, we recognise that it may not be possible to meet all thirty before they leave us but we will endeavour to meet as many as possible in the time we have available.
Year 6 Class Staff
Class Teacher
Teaching Assistant
Homework
To view your homework and upload your completed pieces, please visit our class Padlet
Collective Worship
with Reverend Gareth
Coming back to school in a bubble,
a book for children
Water Safety
Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and staying active. Unfortunately we are not able to go swimming at the moment, however this week is Drowning Prevention Week so I thought it would be nice to at least think about swimming and water safety. There are some activities here that you may like to do, either print off, do in your books or on plain paper.
When you are out and about near rivers, lakes or at the beach or playing in paddling pools, remember to follow the Water Safety Code to keep yourself and others safe around water.
Mrs Rous, Swimming Teacher
Hockey 15 October
The children have been practising their hockey skills and have enjoyed playing matches
Computing 14 October
The Year 6 children have created radio plays about Bletchley Park. They have added sound clips, recorded their own sound effects and have written their own scripts.
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School Parliament 8 October
As part of our British Values, the children made speeches as to why they wanted to represent their class and be a member of school parliament. Year 6 then took part in a democratic vote and elected Scarlett and Daniel. Well done to both of you! We can’t wait to find out the impact you have on our school.
P.E. 8 October
On a wet and rainy day, Year 6 did P.E. indoors. They were looking at their aim and ball control.
Connections 5 October
Year 6 have been looking at Leonardo’s art including the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and the Vitruvian man.
They then measured to check Leonardo’s ideas on proportions.
Computing 15 September
The children researched and presented information about historical figures in computing.
Computing 15 September
The children have been using Google Sites to create detailed and informative websites including information about the people who worked at Bletchley during the war.
Connections – Geography 14 September
The children understood that Europe has a remarkably long coastline. They were calculating how far locations in Europe are away from one another by placing a length of string along the route and calculating the distance using the scale bar.
Computing 10 September
Year 6 had a talk about E-safety.
Tennis 10 September
The children worked on control and movement skills in their tennis lesson.
Computing 4 September
The children deciphered different codes, including a Caesar Cipher, Pigpen Cipher, Acrostic Code, Nth Letter Cipher and Date Shift Cipher.
