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Year 6 Spring – First Half Term - Information to Parents Literacy: Narrative Poetry What we will be covering: What we will be targeting: What you might like to do at home: Talking about features of the Antarctic environment Use a range of sources to research and locate information Take notes to support their speaking and writing Summarise information from a range of sources Write in a range of genre types for different purposes and audiences – diaries, poems, letters, newspaper articles, stories, non-chronological reports Extending the use of complex sentences by adding subordinate clauses effectively. Using punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences Using punctuation accurately Exploring different narrative techniques – personification, metaphors, similes, alliteration, repetition, rhyme Using different sentence structures for impact Continue to read and discuss text Research the Antarctic and compare to the UK (climate, weather, animals, time zones, seasons). Research and compile a fact file of famous explorers. Numeracy: What we will be covering: Number using negative numbers in context, and calculating intervals Calculation use brackets to explore the order or operations secure understanding of long multiplication including HTU x TU Divide three digit numbers by two digit number using long division written method Solve problems involving all four operations Fractions Find equivalent fractions using multiplication facts Divide proper fractions by whole numbers Ratio and Proportion Calculate percentages mentally Solve problems involving percentages Algebra Investigate sequences and understand formulae may be written to describe a rule. Measures Calculate volume of cuboids Geometry What we will be targeting: What you might like to do at home: Identify and explain circumference, diameter and radius of a circle Converting measures by multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1000. Using large numbers in mental calculation Ensure times facts to x 12 are fast and fluent! This is a vital skill in year 6 We have a great resource called ‘My Maths’ which the children can access at home and this has games and lessons on all aspects of maths. Science: What we will be covering: What you might like to do at home: Electricity Recognising that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit. Recognising some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors. Associating the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit. Comparing and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches. Using recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram. Describing how voltage changes in a series and parallel circuit. Create a parallel circuit with components for a light house or a doll’s house. Theme Learning (Art, Design and Technology, History, Geography): What we will be covering: Greece Lightning! History: Place Ancient Greece civilization on a timeline. Study Greek architecture and discuss main features. Study Ancient Greek pottery and establish what they tell us about life in the past. Research aspects of daily life using primary resources and compare and contrast findings. Use sources of information to make deductions about life in Ancient Greece. Research the Ancient Olympics and establish what they tell us about the past. Geography: Identify geographical features of Greece, name seas, and locate mountains. Art: Draw/ sketch Ancient Greek pots using observational drawing skills. Use research to influence the design and decoration of a modern pot based on those found in Ancient Greece. Construct and decorate a clay pot using coils or a thumb pot What you might like to do at home: POWer Projects to be handed in 8th February Weekly Homework: Maths homework will be given on Thursday and is to be returned the following Thursday. Literacy homework will be given on a Tuesday and must be handed in on the following Monday. This will normally be a grammar piece but may vary depending on the literacy topic that week. Spellings will be given out on a Tuesday and the children will be tested the following Tuesday. Children are encouraged to read to an adult at home at least once a week. This can be from a range of texts including newspapers and magazines.