Year 6
Guide To
Spring Term 2
2016
Our curriculum at Summerlea is creative and designed to forge links
between the different areas of learning. Each topic we study is led by a
driving question to get us thinking. We have listed the main curriculum
areas that will be addressed by each question and have given a brief
outline of what we will be learning.
This half term our driving question will be…
“What Would You Do?”
Geography: As the driver for our topic, we will be focusing on
natural disasters and tsunamis in particular. As part of this, children
will learn about: the properties of the Earth’s layers; how volcanoes
are formed; why earthquakes occur and their effects; how tsunamis
occur; how to keep safe in a tsunami; and the impact of natural
disasters on people and the environment.
English: Addressing the question ‘What would you do?’, children will
present their findings and understanding of what happens when a
tsunami hits through their own, fictional eye-witness account based on
a real-life event. We will then discuss what we would do if Rustington
was a tsunami hazard zone and generate advice documents for
residents. Finally, children will be given the opportunity to
demonstrate their use of figurative language when creating tsunami
poetry.
Independent Research Project: The children’s IRP this term
is based on either a country of their choice or our topic on natural
disasters. Half an hour a week is given for children to work on these in
school and they will be presented in the last week of term.
Maths:
Our main objectives are to:
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in shopping contexts, and add
and subtract money using column addition and counting up; add and subtract
decimal numbers choosing an appropriate strategy, and add decimal numbers with
different numbers of places using column addition; solve subtractions of decimal
numbers with different numbers of places (2-places) using counting up.
Calculate and understand the mean average; construct and interpret distance/time
line graphs where intermediate points have meaning, including conversion line
graphs; understand pie charts are a way of representing data using percentages,
interpret and construct pie charts.
Read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants, draw and translate simple polygons
using coordinates and find missing coordinates for a vertex on a polygon; draw and
reflect simple polygons in both the x-axis and y-axis using coordinates; find unknown
angles around a point, on a line, in a triangle or vertically opposite and in polygons
where diagonals intersect.
Multiply 4-digit numbers including those with two decimal places by 1-digit numbers;
use long multiplication to multiply 4-digit numbers by numbers between 10 and 30,
including those with two decimal places; revise using short division to divide 4-digit
by 1-digit and 2-digit numbers including those which leave a remainder, and divide
the remainder by the divisor to give a fraction, simplifying where possible; use long
division to divide 4-digit by 2-digit numbers.
Generalise a relationship between pairs of numbers, express simple formulae in
words, then using letters; describe and continue sequences, generalise to predict the
tenth term, begin to generalise a term in a sequence using n to stand for the number
of the term in a sequence; describe ratio and use ratio to solve problems; find
fractions and simplify ratios.
Any help at home with learning number facts, times-tables and telling the
time would be beneficial!
Talk to your child’s Class Teacher for ways to help.
Year 6 news and information
The team:
Mrs Howard (Aspen Class Teacher and Upper KS2 Phase Leader)
Mr Fauvel (Rowan Class Teacher)
Mrs Stephens (Leading Learning Support Assistant)
Mrs Mills (Learning Support Assistant)
Mrs Hills (Leading Learning Support Assistant)
Mr Evans (Pupil Premium Teacher)
Exciting days and events:
NSPCC Workshops: Tuesday 8th and Thursday 10th March 2016
PE Days:
Monday afternoon – indoor PE
Wednesday afternoon – outside PE (please ensure your child has a
separate jumper for this as they may get wet)
NB: It is helpful if your child can have their PE kit in school every day as
there may be unforeseen timetable changes or additional activities
planned.
Homework:
Spellings: set every other Friday, beginning Friday 4th March.
Maths: set on a Thursday, due in the following Monday.
Coats/snacks/drinks and equipment:
Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing for cold/wet weather as
we will often still go out when it is raining. Please remember to ensure
they have a separate jumper for outdoor PE and can wear longer
trousers/jogging bottoms.
Maths café:
Maths café will continue on a Thursday morning (7.30am) from Thursday
25th February. This is currently for the same children who attended last
term but we will be reviewing this and will let you know if we would like
your child to attend.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with your child’s Class Teacher if you have any concerns or queries;
our doors are always open.