YEAR SIX: SPRING TERM

SPRING TERM IS SHORTER BUT NO LESS NON-STOP!

OUR CORE INTENTION IN ACTION

Take a look at the page below, including our curriculum project posters and mats, and download copies at the base of the page.

It always feels like a shorter but packed time of year during Spring Term in Year 6. Lets share some of the I Dream Of Being.... subject highlights.

Our students have continued to support our school community citizenship work through their student leadership roles throughout the term. We sharpened our History focus upon World War Two, which began in Autumn Term, by drilling down to life on the Fylde Coast during this time via our latest local history study. Looking at the vital role that the coastline played in training, manufacture and housing wartime leadership and services was surprising for many of our students and gave them a new perspective on the traditional views of life in wartime. Design & Technology continued to draw meaningful links from our World War Two projects with Vickers Wellington Bombers being designed and created in our final Moveable Mechanics project. (The bombers were built in the nearby Squires Gate airport and therefore have a very important and local theme attached to them.)

The STEM Agency continued to direct and provide context for our Science work. We studied the circulatory system and causes of damage to the human body within our research this term, whilst undertaking detailed classification of some plants, animals and micro-organisms.Casting a magnifying glass over lots of fine details and information! 

Earthquakes and tsunamis were studied during our Geography project: 'Restless Earth'. We looked at the impact of these natural events for those closely affected and also the geography beyond why they happen. There were many questions asked as everyone really become engrossed in this interesting and powerful project. We returned to study sculpture one last time through our Art & Design project. Studying the work of Antony Gormley and Alberto Giacometti  we drew inspiration from the 'Olympic Pictograms' that have been used at recent games to form our own sculptures, experimenting with cutting, joining, bending and twisting. The Olympic theme continued into our French project ’Les Jeux Olympiques’.We learnt a range of new French vocabulary connected with the events at the games.

Mathematics continued to apply the children's knowledge in a range of different problem solving contexts as we tried to deepen and challenge their thinking across their final year. We would call this on a daily basis in the classroom as moving the learning from 'Green to Gold' in terms of adapting what we teach and aim for in Mathematics each day whilst covering all areas ranging from number to shape and measures. 

In Year 6, we take a slightly different stimulus for our English projects. We remain focused on key purposes for reading and writing but more directly within the context of two chosen texts. Letters From The Lighthouse by Emma Carroll and Macbeth by William Shakespeare form the basis for this work. We have been writing to re-tell and entertain through diary entries, narratives, character descriptions and news articles. 

We have been looking at exodus in Religious Education, namely what it means and its significance. We have also looked at the life of Jesus. Asking questions about who he was and his ongoing presence for many people. Spring Term in Music means our performing focus with repertoire pieces, accompaniments to familiar songs and singing melodies with up to four parts being the challenges this term. The focus for our Spring Term Physical Education work has been a combination of gymnastics indoors and Outdoor Advenuturous Activities with attempts at orienteering on school site requring teamwork and problem solving skills. Our Year 6 Computing work is planned as a Skills Showcase. For this latest term we used data from our Geography project: 'Restless Earth' to challenge our Data Handling skills in a final project Search Engines have been the continued focus for our Computing Systems & Networks element, whilst an understanding of 'copyright' and how we can use tools on screen to help us collaborate and communicate safely has been the spotlight for our E-Safety work. My Happy Mind/PSHE & Relationships has centred upon making and maintaining relationships based upon respect and gratitude and using our own strengths to appeal, and relate to, others.