Barn Owl Class

Barn Owl Class

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English

This term Year 6 are reading the book ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. Whilst studying the book, the children will be writing a biography of the author before moving onto a narrative piece of writing. Their narrative will be focused on a particular scenario from the book and the children will be writing the same scenario from a different character’s perspective; they will be focusing largely on building in a variety of grammar and punctuation into their writing. After their narrative, year 6 will be using the book to write a balanced argument using their knowledge of the characters in the book and the situations they are placed in to support their points.

Maths

We are beginning the term with a focus on order of operations (BIDMAS), where children will learn the rules of BIDMAS and securely their skill and confidence in using this in both an arithmetic and reasoning aspect. Year 6 will also be revisiting our calculations, focusing firstly on addition and subtraction. Children will secure their column method while simultaneously working on their arithmetic ability. Finally, year 6 will be practicing similar skills with their multiplication and division.

History

Spring term involves year 6 exploring the rise and fall of Hitler. During this unit, children will be discovering the repercussions of World War One on Germany, how the people of Germany were feeling after this and therefore how political groups like the Nazi Party came to be in government. We then explore the various different beliefs of views of the Nazi Party and how this influenced Hitler’s actions that prompted World War Two.

 Geography

Year 6 are learning about North America this half term. They will begin by understanding the difference between a continent and a country and then delve into the various different biomes that make up the continent itself. After exploring the biomes, we focus our attention on the Mississippi River and what this provides people living in the states which the river courses through.

Science

This half term, year 6 will be learning about electricity. The children will be learning about what exactly electricity, understanding voltage and the impact this has on a simple circuit and how including switches in circuits changes the course of the flow of electricity.

Art

In the spring term, children will be looking at the architectural features of Victorian buildings. We begin by focusing of the Houses of Parliament and developing their sketching skills.

PE

Year 6 are focusing on gymnastics, they have our school sports partnership coach delivering lessons this half term and will explore the various different gymnastic shapes and balances.

RE

This half term we are studying incarnation exploring how the Christian faith which affirms that God took human form in the body of Christ. 

In our class you will find:



Class Teacher: Miss Mutimer

HLTA: Mrs Courtnell

Teaching Assistants: Miss Hayward


Contact Us: year6@st-johns-pri.cambs.sch.uk


Our PE day will be: Thursday

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