Class pages
The staff working in Year 6 are: | ||
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6RS | 6HR | |
Miss Saleem Miss Aminah Mrs Reilly Miss Shepherd |
Miss Robinson Mr Ali Mrs Nasreen |
In our theme work we designed our own board games and wrote instructions of how to play them.
As part of our English lesson, we were learning about the Titanic and deciding who was to blame for the disaster. Here we are doing a hot seat activity to help us write our balanced arguments.
As part of our enrichment sessions we made a patchwork using sewing skills
Our theme for this term has been Protect the Planet/ Pollution Solution
As Geographers, we have explored how humans affect the environment and have learnt how we can protect the environment. During these lessons we have explored issues around: pollution, climate change, littering and deforestation. We had the opportunity to litter pick and carry out a speed watch with our PCSOs. This was a great experience! Our Mother Earth is sacred and we need to take care of the environment so we have produced letters to persuade people to help save the planet.
In our English lessons, we have been learning to use formal language and have produced letters of complaint to our local residents to make them realise that our own area is experiencing a lot of problems.
In Maths we have a deeper understanding and can confidently use formal written methods for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. We have solved real life problems and puzzles.
This term we’ve had a great time meeting refugees and learning about their journeys. We have made some strong connections and we are looking forward to working with them again. Some of our Year 6 pupils went to Keighley College to experience the sensory room.
As part of our Brighter Futures Week, some of us visited Dementia Friendly, Sangat Centre, worked with the PCSOs and participated in a range of activities. Thank you to all the welcoming warm smiles from the community and organisations.
As well of this, some of us stayed over at school and had a great sleepover. Thank you to Miss Higgins, Mrs Carter and Mr Wilson for staying over.
In our English lessons, we will be reading a few chapters of the text called ‘Trash’ by Andy Mulligan which discusses how trash is dumped and how people are affecting the environment. We will be learning to use formal language to write public notices, information texts and formal letters. Another book we will be reading and exploring is the Paper Bag Prince by Colin Thompson. This book discusses the importance of nature and how humans are impacting on the environment.
In Maths we will continue to secure our number and place value knowledge. We will be multiplying and dividing by 10,100,1000, learning about negative numbers and Roman numerals. Our focus for this half term is to develop our confidence and fluency when adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing. We will be using the formal written methods and learning to apply our knowledge to solve real life problems.
How is human activity affecting our environment?
As Geographers, we will be exploring how humans affect the environment and we will be learning how we can protect the environment sending messages to our future generations/ local community members and the local council. During these lessons we will be learning about: pollution, climate change, littering and deforestation.
As part of our Art lessons, we will be creating art work using recycled materials.
Our DT lessons will involve using recycled materials to make musical instruments and researching ways to make items from junk and turning this into funk. We are excited for this challenge and welcome any recycled items.
Our theme this half term for PSHCE is Valuing Difference. We will be learning about diversity, respect and tolerance of other religions and faiths. We will be learning about prejudice and stereotypes.
In our Geography lessons, we analysed maps of Keighley and Haworth. We have learnt to use ordnance survey symbols and have become confident in working out 6 future grid references. We walked around the local area and identified key historical places and discussed how some places have changed over time.
We visited Haworth and enjoyed exploring the moors. We walked in the shoes of the Bronte sisters. The children enjoyed walking down Haworth main street.
As historians, we found out some interesting information about Captain Sir Tom Moore, Bronte Sisters and Sir Andrew Carnegie. A big thank you to these amazing people for bringing about change and making Keighley a better place. Year 6 have had an amazing time exploring the moors and walking in the steps of the Brontë sisters. We also took a stroll down Haworth Main Street, taking in the scenery and art.
In English, we read the text Railway Children and produced our own version of the classic novel. We enjoyed reading the book and compared life in different places and times. We enjoyed reading ‘From a Railway Carriage by R.L Stevenson’ and it was great to perform the poem and write own poems. For National Poetry day, we read poems based on the theme refuge. We discussed what a refuge is and what a refugee is. It was great to see children perform the poem and recite the poems off by heart.
In our Geography lessons, we will be looking at maps of Keighley and Haworth and answer questions. We will also be learning how to use ordnance survey symbols and 6 future grid references. In order to find out more about our locality, we will be analysing maps, aerial photographs, plans and e-resources |
As historians, we will be learning about significant people from Keighley and discuss reasons why these people have made a difference and the impact they have had on our lives today. We will place features of historical events and people from the past societies and periods in a chronological framework so we can build up a timeline of our local history. |
As historians, we will be learning about significant people from Keighley and discuss reasons why these people have made a difference and the impact they have had on our lives today. We will place features of historical events and people from the past societies and periods in a chronological framework so we can build up a timeline of our local history. |
Our theme this half term for PSHCE is all about Me, myself and relationships where we will be learning about our identity and relationships we have with others. We will be reflecting on a challenges we might face that arise from friendships and lean how to deal with these. We will also be learning to keep personal information safe online. |
In our English lessons, we will be exploring a fiction text ‘Railway Children.’ We will be reading the text and answering retrieval and inference questions. We will be learning how to identify and use grammatical devices in our writing and produce a diary in role as one of the characters. |
As part of topic for Maths we will be learning to secure our number and place value facts so that we are able to solve number and practical problems which involve money and measures. Throughout the lessons, we will be working on real life problems.