Year 6 - Shakespeare Class
Shakespeare Class
Class teacher: Mrs Wilder-Woods
Learning Assistants: Miss Folmer, Mrs Sargeant and Miss Bailey
Term 2:
This term, our STEAM focus is Technology. We will also be working as historians and geographers. We will be answering the question ‘Can I design and build a structure using my knowledge and understanding of historical periods?’
STEAM |
The outcomes for the journey will include designing, making and evaluating an effective model of a bomb shelter that can hold a family of Lego people and withstand a given weight from a dropped height. The children will then use their findings to work collaboratively as a whole class to create a shelter big enough for an adult to fit inside Through this term’s STEAM project, we will be covering the disciplines of DT, history and geography. Throughout the learning journey we will:
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Mathematics |
In Maths, we will be focusing on:
In Fluency, we will be focusing on:
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Writing |
This term, we will be using the text Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo as a stimulus. This text allows for the children to review this classic children’s author. The setting of the novel links directly to the STEAM curriculum and sets the children up to think about a moral dilemma. There are strong opportunities to develop both characterisation and action through the use of dialogue. Our focus for this term will be on securing the use of direct and reported speech, as well as considering how speech can both reflect character as well as advancing the action. We will first work on a fiction piece of writing – a narrative focusing on dialogue advancing action and developing characterisation. During the second half of term, we will work on a non-fiction piece of writing – a recount using a journalistic style. |
Reading |
During Term 2, we will be continuing to read ‘Rooftoppers’ by Katherine Rundell. Once finished, we will be looking at the text ‘All Aboard the Empire Windrush’ by Jillian Powell. Through these texts, we will be developing our retrieval and inference skills, identifying themes within and across texts and developing our own personal reflections. |
Computing |
This term in Computing, we will be looking at creating media and web page creation. The children will investigate what makes a good website and begin to think about how we may want to lay out a webpage and why. We will also have a look at copyrighting and thinking about how to add links to a website. |
HRE (Health and Relationships) |
In HRE, we will be looking at our Health and Wellbeing. Children will learn to:
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Music |
This term, the children will be learning about Classroom Jazz, focusing on two tunes - Bacharach Anorak and Meet The Blues. The children will be listening to and appraising music as well as learning about the interrelated dimensions of music through playing instruments and improvising. |
PE |
In our outdoor PE sessions, we will be developing our netball skills. Children will learn to throw and catch the ball, using a variety of passes and think about the footwork rule and how to pivot. They will develop both attacking and defending skills and work towards participating in a game, working as a team. For their indoor PE session, the children will be looking at gymnastics. They will focus on being able to roll, rotate, balance, jump and travel. They will be using the equipment to build on these skills, including the springboard, tables and wall bars. The children will be working towards developing and performing a group sequence containing a variety of elements, then evaluating these together. |
MFL – French |
This term, we will learn vocabulary and sentences related to transport. The children will learn to:
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RE |
Across the school this term, we will be exploring the big question ‘Who experiences true freedom?’ in our RE assemblies. In our RE lessons in class, we will learn to:
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