Welcome to Year 6! 

Here, you will find all the information that you may need throughout the term including key information, subject outlines and resources. 

 

The Year 6 Team: 

6C

  • Mrs Cocomazzi 
  • Mrs Denis

 6HJ

  • Miss Hope  
  • Mrs Jackson 
  • Miss Parnell 
  • Mrs Quinn 

Please contact the admin email with any enquires.

admin@cranborne.herts.sch.uk

Key dates: 

Please find a link to the key dates here:

https://www.cranborne.herts.sch.uk/school-calendar 

 

PE:

Our PE Days will be on Monday and Wednesday.  We would like the children to wear their PE kits to school on these days. 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Overview

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English:

This term the children will dive into the wonder of the Invisible World found in The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide. Through this beautifully illustrated book, the children will be explore the exciting world of fantasy fiction. They will develop their vocabulary and how to use precise and effective word choices to describe the fairies, goblins and trolls that live inside the book. The children will also continue to improve their understanding of grammar through a series of engaging lessons.

As part of the unit, the children will plan and write their own non-chronological report about a fantastic creature, using formal language. This unit aims to inspire a love of reading and writing while sparking creativity and imagination.

 

Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (The Spiderwick Chronicles) : Black, Holly, DiTerlizzi, Tony: Amazon.co.uk: Books

 

Reading:

As always, we will continue to enjoy and engage with high quality core texts throughout our English sequences. For the first few weeks, our reading lessons will focus on comprehension keys and vocabulary  acquisition, exploring how precise and effective word choices impact a reader. 

In addition to this, each morning the children will be taught how to answer specific questions including those that require evidence to support their answer.  This is in preparation for the SATS at the end of the year, and we use various extracts from past papers to achieve this. 

Whilst your child may be confident with word reading, please do try to hear them read aloud in order to develop fluency. If you can, encourage them to discuss their reading with you by giving their opinion on a character or summarising what has happened. 

When reading with your child at home, you may want to use some of the following question stems: 

  • Find a word that shows/means/tells you that...
  • Give one piece of evidence that shows...
  • What does …. suggest about …..?
  • How does …… seem …..? 
  • Which word is closes in meaning to ….?
  • What impression do you get of....?
  • How do you know that...?

Spelling:

Spelling rules and patterns will be taught weekly during specific spelling lessons and revisited throughout the week. The children will also need to practise spellings from the Year 5/6 Statutory Spelling list. You can find these words as a document uploaded on the right hand side of this page. For each writing unit, we will choose words from this list that are related to our core text, and therefore expect the children to use these in their writing. 

 

Maths:

In Maths, we follow the Herts Essentials Scheme for learning. During this term, we will work on a range of topics:

  • Order of operations
  • Algebra
  • Perimeter
  • Area
  • Find angles on a straight line and around a point
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions
  • Volume and measure

We use a mastery approach in mathematics, so the children will prove their ideas in different ways including images, bar models and representations.

Each morning, the children will complete early work. This involves the children answering arithmetic questions to help develop their mental fluency. You can help at home by asking your child arithmetic style questions such as: 

  • What number is 100 times greater than ...? 
  • Divide 400 by 8
  • Subtract 70 from one million 
  • What is one tenth of 6.5km? 
  • Find the difference between .... and .....?
  • Write one fifth as a percentage
  • What number is 10 times less than ...?  
  • Find 3/4 of 750
  • Round 342.45 to the nearest tenth

 

Science:
Our topic this term is the Circulatory System, where we will be learning about the heart as a powerful pump, the different types of blood vessels, and what blood is made of. The children will discover how the circulatory system connects with the lungs and digestive system to transport oxygen and nutrients around the body. Children will also investigate how exercise affects heart rate and discuss how lifestyle choices can influence long‑term health. Throughout the unit, they’ll develop key scientific skills by carrying out simple investigations and presenting their findings clearly.

To support this topic, you may want to read 'Cardiology for Kids' or any other books to support this topic.

cardiology for kids book ...

 

 

PSHE:

Year 6 will be exploring the PSHE topic Dreams and Goals, where children learn how to challenge themselves by stretching the boundaries of their current learning and setting clear, achievable targets. They will think about how to recognise when they have reached a goal and reflect on the emotions that come with success, effort, and perseverance. As part of the unit, pupils will also consider the lives of people around the world who may be facing hardship, helping them to recognise their own emotional responses and develop empathy for those living in difficult situations.

Year 6 Teacher Assessment Framework for Writing

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Year 5/6 Statutory Spellings

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Useful resources:

 

The websites listed below may be useful in supporting your learning this year:

 

REMOTE LEARNING

If you are unable to come to school, but are well enough to continue learning, please use some of the resources above. You may also wish to;

  • Write a poem about the snow, using figurative language such as personification, similes and metaphors
  • Use a picture and annotate with adjectives, expanded noun phrases and relative clauses
  • Visit www.myminimaths.co.uk and complete one of the arithmetic papers - you will find the answers for the paper on  there too. Check to see if you beat your previous score 
  • Log in to Times Table Rockstars to improve your speed of multiplication recall, Purple Mash to complete a comprehension and Mathletics to revise topics we have learnt recently (area, adding and subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, long division) 
  • Follow this link  https://www.literacyshed.com/the-images-shed.html to inspire creativity, writing a short story/recount about one of the images. There are questions to prompt your thinking.

Geography: 

Year 6 will be learning about Coasts and Rivers in Geography, exploring what coasts are, where they are found and how they are formed. Pupils will investigate key physical features and the processes of coastal erosion, as well as different strategies used to manage and protect coastlines. They will use maps and a range of research sources to study specific coastal areas and consider how changes in land use can affect both people and the environment. As part of the wider topic, children will also learn about the features of rivers and how they are formed, helping them understand how rivers and coasts are connected within the landscape.

The children may want to read the book 'Journey to the River Sea' or other books to support their learning.

 

Best children's books - Rivers and Coasts Booklist

Art and D.T.:
Our topic this term, we will use a range of effects to convery mood and atmosphere in painting to represent 'The Blitz'.