Butterworth - Year 6

What Pupils will be Learning About

Geography – What is so special about Brazil?

Science - There will be a science week – details to follow

DT -  Brazilian Recipes

PSHE -  Personal responsibilities.

Music  - Learning songs for forthcoming Year 6 production (details to follow)

RE – Beliefs and behaviours - compare and contrast across religions

Computing – 2D and 3D modelling

Modern Foreign Languages – Learning classroom vocabulary and some conversational French.

This term PE, for we will be learning and playing netball and looking at activities based around team building and co-operation. 

PE Days: Tuesday – Indoor and Thursday – Outdoor

Maths

Area

The children will continue to use their solid number skills and apply this when looking at:
Ratio

Algebra

Fractions

Decimals

Percentages

Perimeter, area and volume

The children will also continue to develop their mathematical thinking and refine their reasoning skills.

Reading

Book: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Writing

Key Vocabulary:

South America

Brazil

Brasilia, Rio De Janerio

Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest

Urban / rural

Favela

Agriculture

Poverty / inequality

Deforestation

Arable farming / pastoral farming

Natural resources

 

 

Things you could do at home

 

•Reading with your child every day; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.

•The expectation is that Year 6 children have a fluent and rapid recall of their times tables. Please continue to support with this if needed.

•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic. 

 

Discussion Point

Is logging sustainable? 

 

What does a rainforest do for us?

What Pupils will be Learning About​

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History – What we still see today from the Mayans.​

Science - Electricity​

Art / DT -  Designing and making Mayan face masks​

PSHE -  Dreams and Goals​

Music  - Advanced Rhythms​

RE – Christians and Humanists​

Computing – Creating and using spreadsheets​

Modern Foreign Languages – Continuing to develop our conversational French​

PE -  This term for PE the children will be improving their Gymnastics skills along with an introduction to Cricket and building on their ball control and team games by learning Handball.​

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PE Days (for both classes):​

Monday – Indoor​

Friday - Outdoor​

Maths:​

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Fractions:​

- adding and subtracting​

- multiplying and dividing​

- fractions of amounts​

- proper and improper fractions​

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Converting units of measure:​

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- metric and imperial units of measure​

- miles and kilometres

Reading:​

Where Monsters Lie – Poly Ho-Yen​

Amari and the Night Brothers – B.B. Alston    ​

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Writing:​

We will be exploring writing for a range of purposes. A focus this term will be looking at persuasive letter writing and continuing to build our creative story-telling.​

Key Vocabulary:​

Electricity​

Cell​

Battery​

Terminal​

Switch​

Open switch​

Closed switch​

Circuit​

Positive​

Negative​

Pole​

Current​

Motor​

Buzzer​

LED ​

Resistor

Things you could do at home​

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• Reading with your child every day; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.​

• Times tables continue to be a vital part of your child's mathematical understanding. Please, if needed, use Times Table Rockstars to ensure they have the speed of recall needed to support other areas of their mathematical learning.​

• Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic. 

Discussion Points 

How did the Maya develop such an advanced civilization?​

What do we still use from the Maya today?​

How do they compare to other culture?