YEAR SIX: SUMMER TERM

SUMMER TERM: AN END OF A JOURNEY

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.

Wow! What a fantastic term of I Dream Of Being.... it has been. From the outset where we set out expectations and routines to the commencement of the year 6 student leadership work we have been non-stop busy. We took part in a Don't Panic: Air Raid! Stunning Start event for History, inspired by Corporal Jones' catchphrase from Dad's Army, we introduced our studies with a short, special event which took us to the outbreak of World War Two in 1939. Our project was entitled We All Stand Together. Design & Technology fed directly from our World War Two project with 'Live Well For Less' in our final Food & Diet project. It gave Mr Taylor the chance to show us he could actually cook - we're still not entirely sure! Aside from this, we created items from a rationing menu that we drew up individually based upon our research.

Mr Denton joined the team to lead our Science work. In his own usual, unique style he worked with us on big ideas such as variation of characteristics during our Evolution & Inheritance studies under the banner of The STEM Agency our big question enquiry team that delve deep into the subject. It was good fun and introduced some really interesting new knowledge around the way we look, act and are influenced by our environment and what we inherit. 

Our Geography project was 'Earth's Resources' involved looking at how these can be sources of energy and the debate around renewable v non-renewable and the issue of sustainability including the effects of using fossil fuels on the environment. We also touched upon natural minerals, where they are found and how they can impact upon a country's wealth and economy. Whilst studying the work of Paul Cezanne and Leonardo Da Vinci as part of our Still Life project in Art & Design allowed us to work in our new Art Studio and focus upon how we can work on small detail through observation. the children showed excellent progression in their pencil drawing and shading skills. As well as learning about World War Two in the English language, we have learnt about it in French too. Our project ’La Seconde Guerre Mondiale’ was challenging yet fun. We learnt a range of new French vocabulary.

Mathematics is about application in many ways during Autumn Term: trying as much as possible to place the methods and knowledge, that the children have gathered over the years, into a range of different problem solving contexts as possible. Extending knowledge but reinforcing, re-visting and applying in order to deepen understanding. 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. 

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 journeys in Religious Education, namely through pilgrimage and its meaning and life journeys for people of differing faiths and beliefs. Then moving into have people of faith prepare for Christmas celebrations. Autumn Term in Music means our singing focus. Three and four part rounds have been our goal with a focus upon Danny Boy and Gold Save The King as anthems to share. Two of our popular mini league sports: netball and football have formed the focus for our Autumn Term Physical Education work. Our Year 6 Computing work is planned as a Skills Showcase. For this term we created 'The Good Tank Guide' named On Track (a fabulous play-on-words), this allowed the classes to apply their text and multimedia skills within a project drawn from our history studies. Safe research including considering content of websites and its accuracy and bias has formed our E-Safety work alongside considering relationships from an online point of view and how bullying can occur through this. My Happy Mind has focused upon considering how mental health is something we all share, looking at possible ways in which we can keep a healthy mind through healthy habits and delving further into rights and responsibilities as young citizens within our community.