All Saints C of E Primary School
Curriculum information
Class 6
Spring 1 2015
Dear Parents
A belated „Happy New Year‟ to you all; we hope that you have had a very good
Christmas break. This letter is designed to provide key information about your child‟s
learning this half-term. If you have any questions, please don‟t hesitate to come and
see us.
Subject
English
Maths
Content
Week 1 & 2: Over weeks 1 and 2 we will be working on stories with
flashbacks, using the short film “The Piano” as a stimulus for our own stories.
The children will learn how to show the passage of time (including flashbacks)
in their writing. They will explore how sentence structure can be varied to
create different effects and will work on creating mood, describing setting
and character and interweaving with action. They will revise different types of
clauses and use subordinate clauses to add detail about characters.
Week 3 & 4: Modern Fiction – children will learn about the range of fiction
genres and the main features that distinguish each. They will write a story in
the genre of their choice, focussing on personal literacy targets which will
have arisen from their writing in the previous unit.
Week 5 & 6: Explanation texts - children will revise the purpose, layout and
features of an explanation and will write explanations linked to their science
work. They will carry out their own research using a variety of sources, revise
note taking and organise notes to write their explanation texts. Related
grammar will include the use of causal connectives, colons before lists and
semi-colons to separate main clauses.
You can help by: encouraging your child to read regularly, discussing the
books being read and by using the town library. You can also help by ensuring
your child completes their weekly homework and encouraging him/her to
explain his/her understanding of grammar and spelling rules to you. Regular
learning of spellings is essential.
Week 1: Read and write numbers with up to 7-digits, understanding what each
digit represents; work systematically to find out how many numbers round to
5000000; solve subtraction of 5- and 6-digit numbers using written column
method (decomposition); read and interpret graphs.
Week 2: Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000; compare and order numbers
Science
Computing
RE
with up to three decimal places; know common fraction / decimal equivalents;
solve problems involving fractions and percentages
Week 3: Use partitioning to mentally multiply 2-digit numbers with one
decimal place by whole 1-digit numbers; multiply numbers with two decimal
places; use short multiplication to multiply amounts of money; use estimation to
check answers to calculations; use long multiplication to multiply 3-digit and 4digit numbers by numbers between 10 and 30. Understand and calculate
averages
Week 4: Name, classify and identify properties of quadrilaterals; explore how
diagonal lines can bisect quadrilaterals; understand what an angle is and that it
is measured in degrees; know what the angles of triangles, quadrilaterals,
pentagons, hexagons and octagons add to and use these facts and
mathematical reasoning to calculate missing angles.
Week 5: Add and subtract numbers using mental strategies; solve addition of
4- to 7-digit numbers using written column addition; identify patterns in the
number of steps required to generate palindromic numbers; solve subtraction
of 5-, 6- and 7-digit numbers using written column method (decomposition);
solve additions and subtractions choosing mental strategies or written
procedures as appropriate; read, understand and solve word problems
Week 6: Identity common factors and common multiples; understand that a
prime number has exactly two factors and find prime numbers less than 100;
understand what a composite (non-prime) number is; use long division to divide
3- and 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers, giving remainders as a fraction,
simplifying where possible.
You can help by: encouraging the quick and accurate recall of number bonds,
practising strategies for mental arithmetic, multiplication tables and the
identification of different measuring systems in common usage, and being able
to convert measurements, eg. mm to metres
Linked to computing, we will be looking at the insides of our bodies this half
term, revising the digestive system briefly before looking in depth at the
circulatory system.
You can help by: discussing your child‟s learning with them, including the planning
of healthy meals, and why each food group is necessary for a healthy body.
Our topic for the entire Spring Term will be „Inside our Insides‟. We will use
data loggers and online surveys to collect data; use software, including Exel to
organise and display our findings; use green screen technology to make
presentations to others; programme interactive representations of systems of
the body; e-safety: know how to protect myself and to support my friends to
protect themselves and make good choices online; understand how to protect
computers and other devices from harm on the Internet.
You can help by: discussing the difference between posting opinions and
comments online and chatting face to face with your child; when using the
internet with your child, discuss the reliability of the information given.
We will be asking what it means to belong to a religion, and in particular
comparing Islam with Christianity.
PE
Humanities
MFL
DT and Art
Collective
Worship
Our Unit of Work this half term will focus on dance, and will use games as a
starting point.
You can help by: ensuring your child always has their PE kit in school.
Our focus is on geography this half term, and we will be looking at a range of
maps to identify continents, countries and capital cities. We will look at how
and why cities grow, and will look at London in some detail.
You can help by: encouraging your child‟s interest, talking about their growing
knowledge in the subject, using the internet when appropriate and locating
countries mentioned in the news on maps, together with the important cities of
that country.
The children will be reading a simple story in French. Through this they will be
learning about adjectival agreement as well as new vocabulary. They will use
the story as a model for writing their own story for younger children.
You can help by: Practising and learning together at home. There are also
many great apps and web-sites that the children can use.
We will be studying paper sculpture, looking at the work of some prominent
artists and creating individual and group pieces using a variety of techniques.
New Year Resolutions/Going for Goals
 Epiphany, how we can all be stars this new term;
 New year and new hope, encouraging children to make a new start,
showing determination in the new year;
 To examine how small behaviour changes can make a big difference.
Lost and Found
 To show that Jesus is like a light that shows us the way, a light that
brings deep joy into our lives, a light that brings comfort, reassurance
and hope;
 Children will experience the story of The Lost Coin;
 To show that everyone is precious to God, with a link to problem-solving.
Wise and Foolish
 We are learning to be prepared, make wise choices not foolish ones;
 To think about the talents we have and how we can use them wisely.
Additional Information
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All homework set will be recorded in the home/school diary, and additional
homework is set as required. All reading should be recorded in the home/school
diary. When your child reads as part of a Guided Reading Group in school, this
will also be recorded in the home/school diary.
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Please ensure all uniform, including PE kit is named. PE kit should be in school
every day.
Home Learning
Maths
Your child will receive maths homework on a Wednesday, and this
should be handed in by the following Monday.
Individual extra tasks may be given from time to time to reinforce
learning in class. Times tables should be practised on a daily basis as
necessary
English
Your child will receive Literacy homework on a Friday, and this should
be handed in by the following Wednesday.
Spelling
Your child will be given new words every Monday. Details of the rule or
pattern to be learnt, together with examples of words, will be sent
home on this day. Your child will be tested on some of the words in
the list on Friday, and also other words that use the same pattern to
ensure that children are learning to apply what they have learnt. It is
therefore very helpful to spot words that fit the week‟s rule or
pattern with your child and discuss these, for example where the
tricky parts might be.
Reading
Reading books and home/school diaries should be brought to school
and taken home every day.
Ideally your child should read every day, including some time spent
reading to an adult and discussing what has been read. All reading
should be recorded in the home/school diaries, and we expect to see a
minimum of four reading sessions at home every week.
Reading Walls: At the front of your child‟s home/school diary is a
reading wall; this contains details of books that your child should read
throughout the term. The blank spaces are to record your child‟s own
choice of book.