Welcome back to Term 1!

The children have come back to school with fantastic attitudes to learning and have dived right into their learning for this term. 

Check out our amazing learning below. 

British Values: Democracy

This week we listened to our Church School Council representatives give their speeches of why they should be elected for our class family.

We discussed our British Values and explored the meaning of Democracy, before casting our votes and posting them in the ballot box ready to be counted. 

Maths: Place Value

We have been revisiting our knowledge of Place Value. This has helped us to understand the value of numbers up to 10 million. We worked well with our learning partners and used the maths manipulatives to help us answer the questions. Well done Year 6!

English: Blog Writing

We have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the first part of our book: Frankenstein.

This term we are investigating what a blog is and the features of them.

We explored the character's feelings by tracking their thoughts. We thoroughly enjoyed this activity, asking meaningful questions to provoke detailed responses. 

Art 

Why is art important to humankind?  

In our painting unit, which focusses on the concept of visual culture, we are examining the work of both Turner and Van Gogh and what makes their landscape painting so significant to modern culture.  

French 

Comment vas-tu à l'école?  

Within our French unit, we will be learning vocabulary relating to transport. So that we are able to talk about ourselves, using the past, present and future tense to explain how we will, are or have travelled.   

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)  

Just because we can, does it mean we should?  

The unit we are studying this term will support us to develop a clear understanding of what a healthy relationship looks like. We will consider what gender identity can mean and how people show love and commitment.  

Women's Aid Workshop

We had a healthy relationship workshop from Women's Aid. We discussed what the four different types of were, then we completed an activity to sort out scenarios into the correct categories. Finally, we discussed and described what a safe and unsafe house would be like. 

Physical Education:   

Swimming: we are all working our hardest to ensure that everyone can swim at least 25m by the end of Term 2!

Geography

How does the Earth's crust shape the world?

This term, we will be exploring what a mountain is and how they are formed. We will be working as cartographers to understand the topography of the U.K.  By the end of our unit we will be able to know the names of different mountain ranges, both in the U.K. and the rest of the world. 

Science 

How has Scientific understanding changed over time?  

This term we are studying two Science units – first light and then electricity. By making use of our understanding, we will strive to prove different scientific laws! How very exciting!

Music  

Which element of music is more important?  

Developing our aural recognition of different instruments, we are developing our understanding of what different time signatures sound like so that we are able to listen to and appraise music. By doing this, and listening to different vocal pieces – which range from medieval to modern – we will explore the big question: which element of music is more important

Religious Education (RE)  

Just because we can, does it mean we should?  

Within our lessons, we are drawing upon our knowledge and understanding of different religious beliefs to examine different moral dilemmas.