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Kepier Crescent, Gilesgate, Durham, DH1 1PH

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Home / Our Classes / Year 6

Year 6

Welcome to Year  6

Please visit Our Curriculum section of our website, where you will find our Class Overviews which detail what we will be learning this term.

Autumn 2

In English we will be exploring the book Floodlands over a few weeks, thinking about how it is written, the techniques the author uses to address the reader and the quality of the overall text. We will move on to quality writing in the same style as the author.

We will continue to work hard to learn the statuary spellings.

In Maths we will continue to work on written methods of the four operations then will move on to fractions, decimals and percentages.

In science we will study animals including humans, focussing on the circulatory system, diet and exercise and the impact that our lifestyle has on our bodies.

In Design and Technology, we will look at how shelters are structured then will design our own shelters, thinking about how to reinforce them, making them fit for purpose.

In computing, we will use programmes to sequence activities, using a variety of inputs and outputs. We will change things within the programme and predict the outcome.

In history, we will study the Benin Kingdom, comparing it with England at that time. We will look at cause and effect, linking this to BLM. We will use this knowledge to describe change over time.

Our author for the term continues to be Lewis Carroll.

Autumn 1

English, this term children cover a range of nonfiction texts, including reports, diaries, non-chronological reports as well as narratives and poetry.

Maths, children revise all elements of place value, fractions and all written methods of the four operations.

In geography, children learn about forests, focusing on rain forests, their location and the effects that humans have on them.

Science, children will learn about living things where they will use a classification system to group things according to specific characteristics.

Art, children will practice and improve their drawing skills and apply them to illustrating poems.

French, children will practice their vocabulary skills and simple phrases

PE, children will learn the rules for grid rugby and will play small sided games, focusing on basic skills of moving and passing.

Our special author this term is Lewis Carroll.

 

Mrs Matthews
 

 

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Durham

DH1 1PH

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