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 back Year 6!

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).  

PE Days

Tuesday- Breakdancing
Wednesday-Dance
Thursday –Netball

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 Lion Above the Door

Year 6 learning this term

Maths

In maths, we will be learning all aspects of solving problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages. We will end this term by looking at problems involving different units of measure and begin to investigate shape.

Reading

Our book this term is called The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Rauf. This is a story about two friends who feel like they don’t fit in at their school. They go on a class trip which inspires their quest to celebrate the forgotten World War Two soldiers. The novel explores themes of prejudice and historical racism.

Writing

Our writing will be linked to our class book, ‘The Lion Above the Door’. We will be writing a newspaper report based around events in the text. Later on in the term, to get into the Christmas spirit, the children will be writing poetry based on Michael Morpurgo's Poem Coming Home

RE

This term we will try to answer the question, “Are religion and science in conflict?” Within this unit, there will be a focus upon “resurrection, crucifixion, salvation and atonement” as well as a look at “faith and theology”.

Science

In science, we will be looking at Evolution and inheritance. The children will recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. Children will also learn how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution          

 Computing

In computers, we will continue our unit on Blogging; the children will be planning and writing their own blog. We will then move on to learn about Networks.

History

This term we look at World War 2. The focus: the reasons why the war started; the Blitz; the role of women during the war and a local study (Westbury) about tthe impact of the war.

PE

In PE, we will be continuing to focus on the sport of Netball. We will be enhancing skills previously learnt and building towards game tactics.

French

We will be learning key phrases and linking together our knowledge to speak in full sentences.

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