Information - Years 5 & 6
Curriculum Newsletter
Set out below is a broad outline of your child’s curriculum
for this term (Spring 2006). It is important to note that, in
addition to the work described below, time will be spent on
other aspects of the curriculum, especially the development of
basic skills in English and Mathematics.
Literacy
During the Literacy Hour, children will:
- Discuss a range of fiction and non-fiction texts
- Express personal responses to texts
- Write stories & non-narrative texts
- Investigate grammar
- Study sentence construction and punctuation
- Revise spelling conventions & rules
Numeracy
In Maths lessons, children will:
- Investigate place value, ordering and rounding numbers
- Work with money and ‘real life’ problems
- Use negative numbers
- Use pencil & paper procedures involving addition,
subtraction, multiplication & division
- Collect and analyse data
- Develop their calculator skills & know when it is
appropriate to use a calculator
- Investigate shape & space
- Work with metric and Imperial measures
Science
Interdependence and adaptation
- What is required by green plants for healthy growth
- How green plants produce new material from air and water
- How animals and plants are suited to the habitat in
which they live and grow
- Food chains
- Using keys to identify and classify plants and animals
Mr Mehew’s class will follow the unit on dissolving completed
by 5/6 JH & 5/6JA last term. This will involve: making water
clear; testing how solids dissolve; using graphs; planning fair
tests; making and testing predictions; repeating observations
and measurements; evaluating experiments.
Mrs Hartley’s class and Mrs Austin’s class will study
‘Changing Circuits’. This will involve: finding ways to alter
the brightness of a bulb in a simple circuit; drawing circuit
diagrams; constructing diagrams from circuits; setting up
circuits in order to investigate an idea; developing
understanding of electrical conductors and insulators.
I.C.T.
The children will use a spreadsheet to explore a mathematical
model. They will enter formulae into a spreadsheet and explore
how changing data in a spreadsheet can affect results.
Design Technology
The children will work in a small group to design and make a
model of a Fairground Ride.
History
Work will continue on ‘Britain Since 1948’ with particular
reference to changes in:
- Home life and technology
- Popular culture
Geography
The children will begin a study of mountain environments and
investigate local, national and international news stories.
Art
Children will use the landscape as a starting point for two
dimensional work. They will record observations through drawing
and photography and use their ideas to communicate their ideas
in a piece of art. They will consider the work and approaches of
artists who have responded to landscapes in various ways.
Music
Using music from ‘Bugsy Malone’, the children will focus on
rhythm, melody and timbre. They will improvise rhythmic and
melodic phrases as part of a group performance.
P.E.
- Dance: children will create a dance based on ‘West Side
Story’
- Outdoor PE: basketball, tag rugby
- Circuit training
R.E.
Children will complete the unit started last term on the
Christian Bible. They will also begin a new topic on Muhammad
and the Islamic religion.
PSHE
This term the children will look at responsibilities, growing
independence, health and dealing with bullying.
Homework
As we approach SATs, Year 6 children may occasionally be
required to undertake extra homework tasks in order to complete
or revisit aspects of core subjects (Literacy, Numeracy or
Science). If you wish to support your child’s preparation for
SATs you can purchase practise test books for English, Maths and
Science from local booksellers. There are also web sites to
support SATs revision if you have internet access.
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