Class 11 – Year 6

We are so excited so welcome you into Class 11.

In Autumn Term, we will be looking at the British Monarchy with a focus on the current royal family before looking at Henry VIII and the break with Rome after half term. In Geography, this term we will be looking at the UK and its regions, counties and cities. In Computing, we will look at systems and networks and how computers ‘talk to each other’ over the internet before moving onto programming and creating quizzes with include selection. In Art, after half term, we will be looking at portraits and linking this to Henry VIII. In science, we will be looking at materials, their properties and how they change – including investigations into how sugar dissolves and how the speed of the process can be sped up. In RSHE, we will be focusing on healthy relationships and what makes a good friend, before moving onto staying safe after half term. Textiles is our topic in Design and Technology after half term, when we will be designing, making and evaluating Christmas decorations. In Music, we will look at music through the ages and Christmas. In Religious Education, we focus on three questions; ‘Who am I’, ‘Is commitment important?’ and ‘What does it mean to live in hope?’. Looking at our qualities and how we show them before moving on to learning about the Sacrament of Marriage when Fr Paul will be coming into school working with us before we end the term looking at Advent being a time when we appreciate the love in our lives and prepare to celebrate love becoming a reality in the person of Jesus. In Spanish, we look at recapping some basic phrases, school, numbers and Spanish customs.

In English, during Autumn term, we will be looking at emotive stories through the Video clip Broken – Rock, Paper, Scissors before moving onto the classic poem ‘The Highwayman’ where we be looking at understanding the story the poet is trying to tell us and the style and effects he uses before writing an information text to help others understand the poem. After half term, we study the book ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ writing an informal letter from William to his mother and then a non-chronological report on evacuation. We will then take a look at a persuasive piece using a John Lewis advert for inspiration.

In maths, we will look at place value, including negative numbers, the four calculations: addition; subtraction; multiplication, including 4digit multiplied by 2 digit before moving onto long division. We end the term looking at fraction – adding, subtraction, multiplying and dividing them before moving onto finding fractions of amounts.