Spring Term

Happy New Year!

Spring term is another riveting, informative and action-packed term.

In English, we will be starting by writing our 'Instructions' that will contain all the key features needed to instruct you to build your own battery-powered model car. After that, we will be experiencing what it would be like to be a person living during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. We will be trying to recreate the struggle to live in the harsh wild whilst being tracked by wolves and trying to find gold. We use this experience to write a narrative that will grab the reader’s attention and engross them emotionally so they can’t put our books down! As well as learning about narratives, we will be learning about and writing Articles, Diaries and Formal Letters. We will be continuing to expand our technical SPaG knowledge, looking at the use of colons and semi-colons between clauses, using dialogue to create atmosphere and advance the action, and higher-level tense work.

In the spring term we will focus on many aspects of Maths: Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Formal, Written Strategies, Fluency and Reasoning whilst Problem Solving, Geometry, Area and Perimeter. We will also be covering business elements of Maths when we participate in the Tenner project – looking at profit and loss and budgeting too.

In Science, we will look at electrical circuits and their components to link to our car chassis. We will carry out a fair test experiment, investigating voltage within a circuit and draw appropriate conclusions and go on to consider renewable and non-renewable energy.

In Geography, we will do an in-depth study into the economic activity of the United Kingdom, learning about the three main economic sectors and how each impacts the UK's economy. An important aspect will be the focus on their sustainability. As part of our study we will also look into the human geography of the United Kingdom, trade links and the distribution of natural resources, including energy, food, minerals and water.

As part of their ongoing History learning about the Maya civilization Year 6 students will be given an independent study project to complete. This will allow them to consolidate and showcase the knowledge they have gained throughout the topic.

In Art, the children will explore the work and art of Banksy. They will also create their own Banksy inspired work. We will also look at perspective art, where a point will be used to create a landscape picture. This will also encompass famous artists and their work.

In RE, the children will have the opportunity to debate a range of questions linked with: What makes us human? What happens when we do wrong? Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in?

Throughout Computing, the children will learn to use PowerPoint to create a presentation promoting their work. TT Rockstars, will be used to reinforce Maths learning. The internet will be used as a research tool for projects and other class learning. Staying safe on the internet will be taught during Computing sessions. The children will learn how to program robots, learn about variables in games and experiment with data using spreadsheets.