Take a look at our Knowledge Organiser and Timetable for Spring 1.

Year 6 Spring 1 Newsletter

Welcome back and a Happy New Year from us!

This half-term Year 6 will shift focus from World War 1 to World War 2 and how this event occurred. The children will learn about Adolf Hitler and how he had plans to take over other countries. We will explore evacuation and how over 3.5 million children, along with some of their teachers and helpers, mothers with very young children, pregnant women and people with disabilities, were evacuated from the cities to the countryside, where it was believed they would be safer from bombing. Evacuation happened in waves, beginning on 1st September 1939. Other waves occurred at the start of the Battle of Britain and at the start of the Blitz.

Our English topic will use this knowledge to help write a diary and narrative based on Goodnight Mr Tom. This classic novel by Michelle Magorian which tales of aggressive behaviour of an ageing man who changes drastically in the company of a young evacuee from London that was sent to live with him during World War II.

Our Science topic this half-term is ‘electricity’. The children will explore how to create and draw a circuit, use the correct universal symbols and use problem-solving skills to consider questions like ‘how can we make the bulb brighter?’ We will also explore the meaning of amp, voltage and resistance.

During our maths lessons, we will be moving on to ratio and algebra whilst still recapping all of the fundamental skills to build fluency with any given arithmetic question.

Please take a look at our Long Term Plan below and also our Knowledge Organisers which will give you further insight into what we are teaching in class.

Reading and library books will be given out and reading records must be in school every day. Children should be reading at home a few times each week and having their reading record signed.

To aid learning at home, PLEASE support your child to learn their spellings, practice their ‘arithmetic questions’, read with them every week and keep up with their homework booklets!

We encourage all children to spend 30minutes on century each week to build on areas of weakness. Century is a great tool that focuses on the child’s individual ability and will offer help to teach them concepts that they are not yet secure with.

Spelling Tests will be on a Monday

Arithmetic Tests will be on a Friday

PE will be on a Tuesday this half-term.

PLEASE make sure your child has their FULL PE KIT in school (outdoor or indoor kit depending on the weather).

All uniform and PE kits, including pumps, should have names in them. If your child wears earrings then they need to be removed for these lessons.

White Tee shirt

Black shorts or pants

Black pumps or trainers (for outside)

If there are any questions about this term, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mrs Jackson, Mrs Griffiths and Mrs Joy