🌟 Year 6 – Autumn 2 Update 🌟

We have another exciting half-term ahead in Year 6! The children will be building on their learning from Autumn 1, exploring new topics, developing important skills and taking on some fantastic challenges. Here's a little taste of what we will be getting up to this half-term!

Writing: We will be diving into the world of Darwin's Dragons to inspire our own adventure story openings. The children will be developing their use of vivid imagery and descriptive language, as well as exploring how dialogue can reveal characters' personalities and relationships.

Reading: Using Darwin's Dragons, we will be developing our core reading skills and learning to dig deeper into a text. We will be exploring characters and their motives, summarising key events and considering how an author's choice of language influences us as readers.

Maths: We will be continuing our multiplication and division learning journey before moving on to fractions, where the children will develop their understanding and apply their skills to a range of challenges.

Science: We will be exploring evolution and inheritance, discovering how living things have changed over time and how characteristics are passed from one generation to the next. We are also incredibly excited about our upcoming visit to the Natural History Museum on Wednesday 2nd December!

Geography: The children will be learning about time zones and how time differs around the world. They will then take on the role of reporters, reporting on New Year's Eve celebrations from different locations across the globe!

History: We will be continuing our journey through early civilisations, with a deeper focus on Ancient Egypt. The children will explore fascinating Egyptian tomb paintings and discover how the Egyptians became such skilled and successful farmers.

PE: We will be developing our orienteering skills, learning how to navigate and work effectively as a team. Alongside this, we will be building our invasion game skills through tag rugby, focusing on teamwork, tactics and communication.

Spanish: We will be developing our Spanish vocabulary and learning how to talk about where we live, building confidence in speaking and using familiar phrases.

Computing: The children will become website designers! They will be planning, designing and creating their own websites, thinking carefully about layout, content and how to make their websites engaging for an audience.

Music: We will be developing our recorder-playing skills and learning more about reading and writing musical notation. The children will put their learning into practice by creating their very own musical compositions.

RE: We will be exploring the two different birth narratives of Jesus, comparing the stories and considering how people can have different interpretations and understandings of the same events.

DT: Building on our seasonal food learning, the children will be taking on the role of chefs and designers. They will be creating a three-course meal in response to a client's brief, considering ingredients, seasonality and presentation.

Art: We will be continuing our portrait learning, exploring how different artistic techniques and media can be used to create expressive portraits. The children will be developing their ability to represent themselves and others through their artwork.

We have so much to look forward to this half-term, and we can't wait to see the children continue to challenge themselves, embrace new experiences and show what they are capable of. Let's make it another fantastic half-term in Year 6!