We have two year 6 classes- Mr Perry and Mrs Sampson & Mrs Martin

     Mr Perry- Owls          Mrs Sampson &

                                       Mrs Martin- Robins  

Support Staff - Mrs O'Hare and Mrs Dallimore.

Welcome to Term 5

We hope you have all had a great break. As the months continue to warm up, please can you make sure that your child has a water bottle and that they have
their name on everything so that jumpers and cardigans left on the school field can be reunited with their owners!

When the children have PE, they should continue to wear their Bitham Brook PE kit into school with the school jumper over the top (if weather conditions require a jumper).  

SATs clubs will continue this term. It is really important that children currently attending SATs clubs continue to attend
these regularly.

PE Days

We will have PE on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays this term. 

Please note the Bitham Brook PE kit is a plain white t-shirt and black shorts/leggings/tracksuit with daps/trainers. Other sports clothing is not acceptable as it is important that, as a school, we have pride in our appearance. Please could children also ensure jewellery is removed for the lesson or prior to coming to school.

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross McKenzie

Year 6 learning this term

Maths

Our focus will that of shape and geometry for the first weeks of this term, as well as revision of all units taught over the year, as the children prepare for their SATs.

Reading

We will be reading The Nowhere Emporium this term. We will continue to use our reading skills to interrogate the text and answer questions about character motives and themes within and across different texts.  

Writing

Most of our writing will be centred on our class book, ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ where they will be writing a diary entry and a fantasy story

PSHE

Our PSHE topic this term is called Relationships and focusses on our own mental health as well as the mental health of those around us. We will discuss what makes a good friend and talk about respect. We will also look at grief and loss in this unit, and how to manage emotions connected with both of these. Our final lesson will focus on safe relationships on-line and the responsible use of technology.

Science

In Science, we will be learning about living things and their habitats.  Children will describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals.               

 Computing

We will be learning about coding this term. This involves looking at existing coding, asking the children to ‘read’ it and make predictions about what may happen when the code is run. They will then take time to understand the coding and learn how to modify it, before attempting to write their own coding from scratch.

History

We will be continuing our learning about Victorian Westbury, including a case study on Abraham Laverton and the philanthropic work that he did within Westbury. The children will end the unit by discussing whether life was better for Victorians in Westbury during this era.

Music

We will continue to use Purple Mash to explore Microsoft Excel. We will look at how to construct, utilise and interpret spreadsheets.

Art

We will be learning about one point perspective.

Physical Education

In PE, we will be focussing on Summer athletics.

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