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Our Autumn 1 Journey
Autumn 1 curriculum and homework web
year 6 autumn 2 curriculum web.pdf
Our first week in Year 6
This week, was our first week in Year 6 and Mrs. Wright gave us a book called 'Happy: A Children's Book of Mindfulness'. The book allowed us to explore our emotions and the world around us. Each page consisted of different poems which all had the same theme - appreciate life within that moment. For example, taking time to explore new places and savour each meal. It reminded us that there are so many ways we can slow down and find happiness, as well as giving us ideas for how to practice mindfulness in the real world and finding our inner peace. Once we reflected on the theme of the book, we completed some art activities related. Then, we linked the book to the inside out characters (which is a well-being theme throughout our school) and wrote a poem titled 'When I feel...' With each verse, it followed a pattern. We wrote a verse about each emotion and the mindfulness technique used to help us deal with that emotion.
English - Rose Blanche (linked to our World War Two topic)
Week beginning 25th September: Over the last couple of weeks, we have been focusing on the reading skills vocabulary and inference. This week, we used the drama technique 'Let's say' so that we could imagine how Rose felt when she saw the children at the concentration camp. We repeated this again through the childrens' point of view. We thought about what the main characters would be thinking, saying and how they they would feel. Then, we completed an axis of emotion activity to plot the feelings of the different characters during key events in the story.
Maths - Number and Place Value
This half term, we have recapped and consolidated our place value knowledge. We started with representing numbers up to 10 million by drawing place value counters, dienes, part whole model, number line and writing in words. Then, we looked at ordering and comparing numbers, rounding numbers, roman numerals and negative numbers.
Science - Electricity
During this half term, we started to explore our new science unit 'Electricity'. We discussed what we already knew and wrote these down in our brand new science portfolios.
Next, we learnt about the symbols linked to parts of circuit. We chose our level of challenge and drew circuit diagrams to match the real life representation.
History - World War Two
I know how World War Two started: We have started our World War Two topic! At the beginning of the topic, we shared what we already knew about WW2 as well as some facts about WW1 which may have contributed to the start of WW2. Then, we wrote down what we wanted to find out.
We listened to Neville Chamberlain's speech and used the 'let's say' approach: Let's say we are at school and it is the 3rd September 1939. You have just listened to the special broadcast by the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. We thought about what we would say, how we would feel and what we would be thinking. After, we took on the role of Neville Chamberlain and thought about what he would be thinking both before and after the broadcast.
I know how to place features of historical events from the past in chronological order: For the first part of the lesson, we learnt about the key events of World War Two and how this impacted Britain. Then, we worked in groups so that we cou ld create a class timeline of the events. We were assigned 2-3 events and create A5 poster depicting the date, title, a brief summary and a picture to accompany the event. I know how to summarise the main events from a period of history, explaining the order of events and what happened. This lesson we applied our knowledge from the previous lesson and wrote a summary of the events of WW2. I know how to consider ways of checking the accuracy of interpretations - fact or fiction and opinion of Winston Churchill. I know how to evaluate interpretations of Winston Churchill: In this lesson, we learnt about information that can be fact, fiction or opinion. In groups, we were given various interpretations of Winston Churchill and was tasked in sorting them out into fact, fiction or opinion. I know how to use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content: We used the chrome books to research information about the WW2 leaders and presented what we had found out. I know how to analyse and evaluate the impact of Churchill's speeches on different audiences. In this lesson, we listened to Winston Churchill's famous speech. We reflected on how it made us feel and how people would have felt at the time. Then, we wrote our own speeches, as if we were Winston Churchill and tasked with delivering an inspiring speech to the nation.RSE - Marvellous Me!
I know what my goals are for the year ahead: We held a class circle so that we could think about our goal for the year ahead. Some were school related ; others were not. We wrote our goal down before sharing with the class. Next, we read ‘Wonder Goal’ by Michael Foreman. It is a story of a boy who wanted to become a world class footballer. We thought about how he could achieve this before reading the story.
After, we thought about our goal and wrote down how we could achieve this by making it realistic and specific (SMART). I know how I can be a good citizen'. This lesson, we explored what it means to be a global citizen and a local citizen. For our first activity, we were given six images which we had to discuss and write down how the people in each image were being responsible global citizens. Then, we described how we would like to live as a responsible global citizen.
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Week beginning 4th September 2023: We started our values unit for this half term by discussing and writing down what we already knew about Martin Luther King. Once we did this, we read the 'Martin Luther King' book from the Little people, big dreams' series which re-told his early life and the key events which led him to becoming a significant person. After we listened to the book, we wrote down new information in a different coloured pen. In addition to this, it was Kestrels' class worship which showcased what they had learnt.
Week beginning 11th September 2023: We thought about what we wanted to find out about Martin Luther King (creating 'I wonder...' statements). We collated these in both classes and used the chrome books to research the answers.
R.E. - How can we make our town a more respectful place?
I know how to explore the different religions and beliefs in our society: To start off the lesson, we discussed in pairs the different ways we could make our town a respectful place. We shared these as a class and found out that some of us had similar ideas. Then, we were given data (from both the 2011 and 2021 Census) which showed the results of the different religions in Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber and England. At first, we had to discuss in groups what we noticed about each data, then we had to compare. This led onto us writing down the comparisons on a post it note. It generated discussion as to why there were increases and decreases in some religions. I know about interfaith work and how this can help communities: In this lesson, we researched what interfaith work was and how it is used in communities. Some of us were able to give examples of this as we had seen examples of it before. We also learnt that it will be 'Interfaith Week' in November, so we will do more work around this then. I know that we don't have to be the same to live together in peace: In groups, we discussed what we can do to live in harmony within our community. Then, we looked at an example of a peace charter and identified what the purpose was and its principles. After, we created our own peace charters in our groups. I know how to make our town a more respectful place: In this lesson, we consolidated all our learning and wrote an explanation text of how we can make Keighley a more respectful place.Our Autumn 2 Journey
Autumn 2 curriculum and homework web
year 6 autumn 2 curriculum web.pdf
English - Anne Frank by Josephine Poole
In English, we are reading the text ‘Anne Frank’ by Josephine Poole. It tells the story of Anne Frank and the significance of her diary. It helped us to deepen our understanding of the effects of WW2.
During the reading phase, we predicted what the text maybe about and inferred how the main characters felt during key events. Then, we justified our reasons by evidence from the text.
During the toolkit phase, we learnt different grammar techniques such as modal verbs, the subjunctive form, relative clause and active and passive voice. These features will help us when we write two diary entries (from Otto Frank’s perspective).
We have just finished the writing phase where we drafter two different diary entries (both from Otto Frank’s perspective). The first diary entry was when Margot received the letter to report to labour camp and the second was when Otto returned home after the war (finding out about the death of his daughters and wife). We used the inference skills from our reading phase and grammar techniques from the toolkit phase to write an effective diary entry. Once we wrote these entries, we edited each one so that we could improve it. Finally, we published our work. We are really proud of our work.
Maths - The Four Operations
In Maths, we have been focusing on the four operations. Throughout the unit, we have practised solving calculations using the written method for each operation. We have worked super hard to remind ourselves on how to do these and know that we will keep practising the methods.
Science - Light
In science we are learning about how light travels and how our eyes work to help us see. We also learnt about Thomas Edison and one of his amazing inventions - the lightbulb!
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Values - Can there be peace at times of war? All about John Lennon
In Values this half term we are learning about Peace, focusing specifically on John Lennon and the question ‘can there be peace at times of war?’. Throughout the unit, we have explored the concept of peace and what it means to use. We then linked peace to our previous English text ‘Rose Blanche’ as well as our current text. By doing this, we thought about times during the story where there were moments of peace during the war. Then, we read the story of ‘The Christmas Truce’ and discussed how this story showed peace during a time where there was conflict.
During these last few weeks, we moved onto learning about John Lennon. We learnt key facts and created a poster to show what we had learnt. We also drew images linked to the lyrics of ‘Imagine’. Furthermore, we painted images from the book which uses the lyrics of Imagine as a story. For our peace concert, we will use Makaton when performing the song Imagine.
History - What was the story of the Oxenhope evacuees?
This half term, we moved onto what WW2 was like in Britain such as the London Blitz and the different types of shelters used during an air raid. Not only did we use the ‘Let’s say’ technique, but we watched interviews from people who were an evacuee. These allowed us to imagine what it was like to be an evacuee and move to Oxenhope. We then wrote a letter back home to our parents – telling them about our experience. Finally, we learnt about the purpose of propaganda during WW2 as well as looking at a variety of posters and discussing what the main message was. Joel, our gardener, also delivered a lesson where he talked about the propaganda poster ‘Dig for Victory’. He explained how people were encouraged to grow their own food and explained what rationing was like.
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