Welcome to Year 6
Year 6 key Information
Teacher 6A:
Mrs Hepworth shepworth@inspire.victorious.mat.org
Teacher 6B:
Miss Johansen ljohansen@inspire.victorious.mat.org
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Dickinson and Mrs Hall
Who to follow on Twitter: @MrsHepworth_KS2 @MissJ_Inspire
Weekly Spelling Test: Monday Morning
PE Days:
Autumn 1 – Monday and Wednesday
Forest School:
Autumn 1- 17th and 24th September
Autumn 2 – 19th November and 26th November
(you will be advised nearer the time which date is for 6A and which date is for 6B)
Year 6 Long Term Plan
What's happening in Autumn Term?
In the Autumn 1 Term, the children will develop their knowledge of the Viking invasion and settlement in Britain.
The children will explore the answers to questions like: where did the Vikings come from? Where did they invade and settle? Why did they leave Scandinavia? How do we know about them? We will work on timelines, maps whilst understanding how Vikings influenced the world we live in today, as well as some creative writing exercises. We will begin to appreciate why the Vikings were successful and to empathise with the people of Britain who experienced invasion.
In Autumn 2, we fill take a look at our local history and the impact it has had on the surrounding area, in particular the Victorian era. We will visit Portland Basin on a school trip and discover how The Industrial Revolution led to the creation of many jobs in Ashton.
We are we reading?
Autumn 1
Viking Boy by Tony Bradman
Steeped in Viking history and legend, this exciting story follows Gunnar as he encounters the Valkyries, journeys across the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard and enters the sacred Halls of Valhalla to seek his father and exact revenge on the men who killed him.
Autumn 2
Room 13 by Robert Swindells
Robert Swindell’s Room 13 is a spooky thriller story in which the main character is greeted with peculiar recurring nightmares whilst on a school trip to Whitby. The story follows Fliss, who along with her classmates, faces unusual red bite marks, a bout of sleepwalking, strange old women and Dracula himself.
What's happening in Spring Term?
Across the whole of Spring term, we move onto learning about World War 2. The children will look at a range of primary and secondary sources throughout the topic such as: images of Anderson Shelters, ration books, diary entries and propaganda posters. Through this unit, we will also study World War 1 and the impact of both of these wars at the time but also the long term implications.
We will also look at how much the world has changed since WW2 and the influences the war had on the way we lived.
This topic links beautifully with other subject areas such as art and DT, where children will be deigning an creating their very own Anderson Shelters, English and drama, PSHE and many more.
We are we reading?
When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle
Inspired by a true story. It’s 1940, and Joseph has been packed off to stay with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. To Joseph’s amazement, she owns the rundown city zoo where Joseph meets Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is ferociously strong and dangerous, but Joseph finds he has an affinity with the lonely beast. But when the bombs begin to fall, it is up to Joseph to guard Adonis’s cage should it be damaged by a blast. Will Joseph be ready to pull the trigger if it comes to it?
What's happening in Summer Term?
During the summer term, we have a very busy, but exciting, term to look forward to. Firstly, preparations for our Year 6 production begin, as well as rehearsing for our graduation ceremony which will take place at the end of Summer 2.
Summer 1
Our topic this half term is Russia where we will be studying and learning all about the human and physical features of Russia. This will also link beautifully with our DT food project, where we will create a traditional Russian stew.
Summer 2
Our final topic of the year will be ‘Coasts and the Water Cycle’. We will study coasts locally and around the UK, along with coasts from countries and places we have previously studied in Key Stage 2. Features, formations and the impact of changing coastlines will also be areas the children will look into in this unit of work.
We are we reading?
Summer 1
After the War by Tom Palmer
Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they’ve finally reached a place of safety and peace, where they can hopefully begin to recover.
Summer 2
Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick
Detention on a Saturday! Could life get any worse?
As it turns out, life is about to get much worse.
As if it’s not bad enough to be missing out on the best bit of the weekend, you have to spend it with kids you don’t even like. But that’s the least of their worries once the caretaker lets Naira, Angelo, Gus and Hallie into the school grounds and locks the gate securely behind them.
One minute the PE teacher, Mr Canton, is giving out chores for the morning and the next he’s dragged underground by some unseen horror, leaving only his cap behind. And that’s just the beginning.
