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YEAR 6: Summer Term 2019
Our topic will be: Rainforests and The Mayans. Our whole class text will be ‘WonderStruck’.
LITERACY
Our key text will be WonderStruck. Our learning will include:
A travel leaflet on Gunflint Lake;
A free verse monologue poem;
An information text about America in 1970.
READING
Reading tasks will include:
reading and discussing our class text;
comprehension tasks to deepen understanding of the whole class texts being studied;
reading and answering questions based on a personal book chosen from the reading scheme;
reading a variety of books at home (for 10 minutes 3 x per week).
HISTORY / Geography
We will be discovering the ancient Mayans and the impact that they have had on the modern world. The pupils will also learn about Gods and different aspects of Mayan culture. We will also explore the human and physical features of rivers and rainforests.
RE
We will be thinking about what religions say to us when life gets hard.
MATHEMATICS
We will be spending longer on each area of Maths in order to gain depth of understanding. We are covering:
Statistics
Geometry: Properties of shape
Investigations
ART / DT
The children will use clay to make Mayan sculptures, and draw artwork in the style of Henri Rousseau .
SCIENCE
We will be studying: Living things and their environments; Evolution and inheritance. This will be a taught through child-led investigations, practical experiments and teacher-led activities.
HOMEWORK
This is set every Friday and due in by the following Friday.
Spelling sheet (tested the following Friday);
Maths work sheet (linked directly to skills taught that week);
Reading (as mentioned previously).
Please encourage your child to give 100% effort to homework.
PSHE
We will be working on understanding our relationships, feelings and emotions. We will also continue teaching Spring Fever. Please ask your child about this.
Any questions? Please catch us on the playground at the end of the school day, make an appointment at the office or contact us via email: [email protected]
TRIPS / EXPERIENCES
Drayton Manor
Seaside Day
VALUES-BASED EDUCATION
Our focus values this term will be:
Self-belief, Pride and Curiosity.
REMEMBER: In the warmer weather, please send your child to school wearing sunscreen, and with
a bottle of water and a sunhat.
P.E.
Days: Tuesday and Thursday - but please have PE kits in school every day.
Remember: no jewellery; long hair tied up.
COMPUTING
We will use ICT across the curriculum this term.
