Welcome to Class 6 - 2024/25
Mrs Galpin is our class teacher.
Miss Budworth is our teaching assistant.
Reading Spine 2024-2025
Term 3 - The Americas
This term we will be exploring The Americas. This is a rich area of learning: The Americas span the length of the globe with huge differences in culture, climate, flora and fauna. As a team, we will be learning about the many countries in North and South America; exploring the states within the USA; studying the geography of the land – including the political drivers of settlement; and investigating the biodiversity within the varied biomes across the latitudes.
To enrich this study, we have selected gorgeous texts with beautifully lyrical language. They will also provide a focus for our art lessons in collage, where we will study the use of negative and positive space and the effect this has on the viewer. The emotional reaction to many of the paintings and collage pieces during our first lesson this term was delightful, perfectly demonstrating how art can evoke strong reactions. We will use this knowledge to further develop our inference within the texts we read and consider both the author’s language and illustrator’s choices.
In computing, we shall be building on our knowledge of computer aided design (CAD) using TinkerCAD, which is free and can be explored further at home, if desired.
Please do take a look at our curriculum overview, the 100 recommended reads for Year 6, and the parent planners and knowledge organisers, which are for your information. These can be found at the bottom of this webpage.
Additional Texts for Term 3
Term 2 - 2024 - Antarctica
We have started the new term with a new topic. We will be learning all about the continent of Antarctica; the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on the earth. We have already found out about the location of the continent and some of its major human and physical features. Throughout the rest of the term, we will be learning about the continent’s history and how scientists study the area to learn more about climate change.
Term 1 - 2024 - Evolution and Inheritance
During the first term of this year, our topic was science based. We learnt all about how life on earth evolved as habitats changed over time. We looked at skeletons and fossils to discover how these changes have occurred. Having studied rocks (especially sedimentary rocks) in the past, we knew how fossils were formed and could use these as evidence. We then went on to learn more about characteristics that animals inherit and those that are environmental. Following this, we studied how an animal of our choice has adapted to living in its environment. To round up our learning, we studied Charles Darwin and his groundbreaking theories that stunned the Victorian world and took part in an investigation to examine how finches beaks’ affect their ability to feed and thrive. At the end of the term, we were very excited to take part in a live online workshop with the Natural History Museum in London where we completed a ‘Timeline Treasure Hunt’ and examined how animal skeletons adapted to environmental changes.
In music, we have all been learning to play the ukulele. We have learnt how to strum and a few chords already. We are looking forward to being able to perform a piece for our parents later this year.
