Year 6 2024 - 2025

Mrs Benson (Barn Owl Class)

Mrs Ravenscroft (Tawny Owl Class)

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Our spring term topic is called...

Could you survive in the Hartford jungle?

During the spring term, our topic work will have a Geography emphasis. We will be finding out about biomes and where the rainforests of the world are located and what the environment is like there. We will focus in on South America and its geographical features, countries and climate. Alongside this topic, in English we will be reading the book 'Hatchet' by Gary Paulsen. We will be replicating some of the main character's survival techniques during our 'Survival project' in Marshall's Arm nature reserve (den building, foraging, using nature's resources). Later in the term, we will also be learning about the lifestyle of the Ancient Maya civilisation who lived in South America.

Here are some more of our planned units of work:

Design & Technology: Textiles. Combining different fabric shapes to make a 3D textile product

Computing: Programming & Online safety

Science: Living Things & their Habitats

                Evolution & inheritance

Art & design:Explore texture, 3D clay sculptures

PE: Invasion games (hockey), striking and fielding (cricket), gymnastics

PSHE: One World & Digital 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.