Year 6 2024 - 2025

Mrs Benson (Barn Owl Class)

Mrs Ravenscroft (Tawny Owl Class)

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Our autumn term topic is all about...

War: Friend or Foe?

During the autumn term, our topic work will focus on the topic 'War: Friend or Foe?'. This term is a History based topic and we will be learning about the causes and conseqences of war, focussing on The English Civil Wars and the Second World War. We will be finding out the reasons why each conflict started and the effect it had on the people living at the time and afterwards. Our English texts will also be on this theme. We will study 'Friend or Foe' by Michael Morpurgo and 'Once' by Morris Gleitzman in depth, and look at extracts from texts such as 'Goodnight Mr Tom' by Michelle Magorian. We will use film clips including 'Beyond the Lines' and the WWI truce to find out more.

Here are some more of our planned units of work:

Design & Technology: Frame structures. Designing and making an air raid shelter

Computing: Systems and networks

Science: Electricity & Light

Art & design: Still life drawing; Georgia O'Keeffe study

PE: Invasion games & Gymastics

RE:  What can we learn from Christian religious buildings and music? How and why do Christians worship?

PSHE: Relationships & Health and well-being

Click here for the full Key Stage 2 Curriculum Overview 

Homework:

We will set homework on Teams each Monday and work can either be uploaded or returned to school in the children's homework books by Friday

PE Days: 6KR Wednesday & Friday

                6EB Thursday & Friday

Important dates: 

2nd and 3rd September - INSET day

4th September - Back to school

30th September & 4th October - Y6 Chemistry with Cabbage days

10th-22nd October - Y6 Bikeability training

25th October - INSET day

8th November - Outdoor learning

11th November - Local History/Remembrance visit to St. John's church

21st November - 'Hartford Wealth' in school for Y6 Financial Education workshops

10/17/24th January - Y6 Survival project

6th March - World Book Day

w/b 12th May - SATs week 

16th-18th June London residential 

16th July - Y6 performance at the Grange theatre

• Dates could be subject to change during the year

Celebration assemblies will be on Fridays at 9am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

If you need to get in touch with a member of the Year 6 team, please phone or email the school office, speak to one of us on the playground at home time, write in your child's diary or send a message via Teams.