Download Year 6 - Pikes Lane Primary School

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Biographies: we will be researching the life stories of
famous inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and
Edward Jenner.
Short stories: we will be focusing on short stories based
on the animation Girl and Robot, writing in role as
different characters from the story.
Explanation text: based on our work in science, we will
learn about how light bulbs work and writing explanation
texts about creating working electrical circuits.
Journalistic writing: writing newspaper reports of
significant events and inventions – for example, when the
sound barrier was broken.
SPAG: we will be working on our spelling, punctuation and
grammar targets throughout all of our literacy units
Electricity:
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light bulb, and – of course – the iPad!
All across the curriculum, we will be creating lots of
meaningful links with science, learning about electricity,
sound, micro-organisms and forces.
effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction.
We will also be thinking about how some mechanisms,
including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to
have a greater effect.
our learning in a variety of curriculum areas.
Miss Patel will be teaching computing and coding skills to
Year 6, providing a modern, up-to-date curriculum!
We will be using databases and spreadsheets to
investigate data sets
Ratio and proportion: solve problems involving the
relative sizes of two quantities where missing values
division facts, solve problems involving similar shapes
Homework
A written task, spelling task, and maths task will be given out on
Friday afternoon.
Homework should be returned on the following Monday. Please ensure
that you child completes every task and returns it on time.
It is also really important that your child reads at home regularly.
Please encourage them to read daily. Trips to the library would also
be very beneficial.
We take attendance very seriously at Pikes Lane. Please ensure your
Year 6 are looking forward to using the iPads to enhance
Maths
can be found by using integer multiplication and
Attendance
ICT and Computing
switches and light sources).
earth because of the force of gravity and identifying the
Title: Which inventions changed the world?
inventions throughout history – such as the telephone, the
symbols and creating their own electrical circuits (including
We will be focussing on explaining how objects fall towards
Theme
creation and impact of some of the most significant
The children will be learning about circuits by drawing the
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During this theme, Year 6 will be learning all about the
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child is in school EVERY day and on time. Thank you.
General Information
SATs are approaching!
We will be spending time this term preparing your children for the
upcoming SATs, which will take place on the 11th May!
where the scale factor is known.
Algebra: use simple formulae, generate and describe
linear number sequences, express missing numbers
calculation algebraically , find pairs of numbers that
satisfy an equation with two unknowns, enumerate
possibilities of combinations of two variables.
Measurement: recognise when it is possible to use
formulae for area and volume of shapes, calculate the
area of parallelograms and triangles.
Geometry (properties of shape): illustrate and name
the parts of circles (radius, diameter, circumference)
PSCHE
We
will be focussing
onconstruct
developing
PSCHE skills,
Statistics:
interpret and
pie our
charts
thinking about:
- Giving
- Keeping active
- Connecting
- Taking notice