Year 6 - Shakespeare Class
Shakespeare Class
Class teacher: Mrs Wilder-Woods
Learning Assistants: Miss Folmer, Mrs Sargeant and Miss Bailey
Curriculum
STEAM |
This term, our STEAM focus is Science and we will be answering the question, ‘Can I develop an understanding of the living world around me?’ We will become experts on classification and evolution before communicating our learning through stop motions films. The objectives in this learning journey include:
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Mathematics |
In Maths, we will be covering tricky areas and gaps in our learning through revision sessions in preparation for SATs. Focus areas of these will include:
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Writing |
Within English, we will be continuing to collect writing evidence in a variety of context. Due to the requirements of SATS, we have two shorter units this term: a narrative and a biography. Narrative: within this unit the children will be writing a recount of part of Charles Darwin’s life. This will focus upon an area of his discovery, the Galapagos Islands. Within this unit, the children will be developing:
Biography: in the second unit, the children will write a non-fiction biography about the life of Charles Darwin. To achieve this, the children will develop the following skills:
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Reading |
During Term 5, we will be reading Skellig by David Almond. Through the text, we will be developing our retrieval and inference skills, identifying themes within and across texts and developing our own personal reflections. |
HRE (Health and Relationships) |
In HRE, we will be covering topics such as changing friendships, listening and responding to people respectfully, shared responsibilities and Media Literacy and Digital Resilience. |
PE |
In our PE sessions, we will be developing our cricket and athletics skills. In athletics, children will revisit throwing, jumping and running skills and being to prepare for Sports Day. In cricket, children will think about striking and fielding strategies and tactics in playing a game. |
RE |
Across the school this term, we will be exploring the big question ‘Is there a higher power?’ in our RE assemblies. In our RE lessons in class, we will be continuing to think carefully about examples of religious discrimination in the world today. |