Livingstone Primary School
Welcome to Kingfisher's class: Year 6: 2024/2025
Mrs Cooper, Mrs Ferreira and Mr Jackson are so excited to welcome to the new Kingfishers into Year 6!
The Curriculum: Autumn 2
English
During Autumn 2, the novel Holes by Louis Sachar will be used as a stimulus for discussion of character, plot and setting and this exploration will lead to the main long writes of a formal letter and an informal diary entry. Specific themes of interest in the novel are those of: Justice; Friendship; Man vs Nature; Power; Money; Cruelty vs Kindess; Fate and Destiny. It is a fabulous, thought-provoking book that we are really excited to delve into with the children.
Literacy Skills:
- SPAG is intergrated into English lessons, but we will also focus on one specific grammatical device per week, so that we are gradually building a bank of knowledge across this area.
- Spellings are set and tested every week and pupils will be provided time to practise in class, whilst also being expected to work on them at home.
- A handwriting group will be lead by Mrs Ferreira and a Reading Fluency Group will be lead by both Mrs C and Mrs F across the week.
- Kingfishers are expected to read to an adult at home at least three times per week and this will be monitored in class; pupils working towards completing reward cards that lead to a prize awarded by Mr Lewis.
Maths
This half- term, the following units will be covered: Number: Fractions and Measurement: Converting Units. We will also be completing arithmetic tasks every morning and short assessment will be completed in class regularly, in order to ensure that we are refining our mathematics skills. Arithmetic intervention groups will be lead by Mrs Ferreira and pupils will also be removed for short afternoon sessions, on an ad-hoc basis, if it is felt that they require further explanation/ revision of topics covered in the morning Maths lessons. After-school Boosters, fo a small select group, will begin later in the term and letters will be sent to parents whose children are being invited to attend.
Science
On Thursdays, Kingfishers will be investigating the topic of Electricity with Mr Jackson and they will also be creating DT models, incorporating freshly-acquired circuit knowledge.
History
In Year 6, we alternate teaching of History and Geography and this half-term we will be exploring: 'The Ancient Greeks: What did the Ancient Greeks ever do for us?' in History. Areas of study include: Modern Day Greece; Everyday life in Ancient Greece; Athens vs Sparta; Ancient Greek Warfare; Beliefs of Ancient Greeks and Impact of Ancient Greeks on Modern World.
PE
with Sinclair Sports will take place on: Wednesdays and Fridays
Children in Kingfishers class need to come to school dressed in their P.E. kit on these days.
You will need: blue t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/jogging bottoms and sensible, outside trainers. Please ensure your child takes their earrings out on PE days.
Remember, the values you develop in sport will carry across into your academic work and all that you do in school and outside school.
Strive to be your very best!
We encourage Kingfishers class to think about this question on a daily basis:
How do you demonstrate these values whilst being physically active, when playing competitive sport, during PE lessons and, most importantly of all, in your everyday life?
Art, Design and Technology
This half-term, pupils complete a unit called Painting and Mixing Media: Artist Study, in which they will be exploring a selection of paintings through art appreciation activities. Further to this, they will be collecting ideas in sketchbooks and planning for a final piece after researching the life, techniques and artistic intentions of an artist that interests them.
History and Art will cross paths, as pupils will also design Greek vases with images of Greek soldiers and ancient patterns.
In DT, they will create a Steady-Hand Game, which will will link knowledge and skills acquired in Science lessons with Mr Jackson.
Spanish
Takes place every once every week with Miss. Lara. Pupils will be activiely engaged in speaking, listening and writing activities which will develop their skills of communication in this beautiful language.
This Half-Term, the main focus will be: Weather around the world -El Tiempo del mundo and this will culminate in writing and recording a weather report.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will continue to work from the One Decision schemes of work, which encourage children to look at the pros and cons of specific behaviours and make their own decisions about what is the right way to behave based upon this. We then discuss their choices focusing on the risks of specific actions. This half-term, the focus is on Feelings and Emotions: Worry, as well as a focus on Anti-Bullying Week.
RE: Why do Hindu’s want to be good?
Diwali and Christmas studies
MUSIC: Classroom Jazz 2 (Charanga Unit) and Christingle Songs
COMPUTING: Coding
Homework will be set weekly on a Friday and will be due every Friday. This will consist of CGP Revision Guides, alongside spellings and Doodle Maths. It is expected that Year 6 pupils are reading at home on at least 3 separate occasions every week, although it does not have to be for long periods of time, it is vital that this is done regularly. Rewards are given in class for pupils showing evidence of this in their homework diaries.
Maths and English Practice
IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practise question for the children to think about.
BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.
http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes!
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
A revision site based upon the old Key Stage 2 Tests but still contains lots of useful information for both Maths and English.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/
A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.
http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/
A site with links to Maths and English revision materials, including worksheets to look at online or to print off and practise with.
http://sats.highamstjohns.com/
These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer. View on screen or print off for free. Best used
http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/student-resources/past-papers/key-stage-2-ks2-sat-past-papers
Click on “For Kids” to access some fun games to practise speed of recall of times tables.
This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills.
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Loads of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts.
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
A range of English games and activities.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules.
http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html
A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns.
