Year 6 | Clarendon Federation

Welcome to the Year 6 Page

Mrs Wardle - Orca Class
Mrs Sanders - Leopard Class

Useful Information

Homework - Homework will be given out on a Friday and due in the following Wednesday. Homework in Year 6 will be English, Maths and Spellings. Children are expected to learn their times tables and these are practised daily.

Reading - Children are expected to read at least 5 times a week at home. Please record reading at home in reading records. Reading records will be checked daily. Their achievements are shown on their class reading tree. Every child has an apple on the tree which moves around as their days reading at home increase. It becomes very competitive to be the first one to reach the 'Golden Apple'!

PE - We have 2 PE lessons per week - 1 outdoor and 1 indoor. Please make sure you come to school in your P.E kit on your P.E days. This should be a white t-shirt, black or navy shorts, leggings or joggers, plain navy, black or blue jumper and trainers.

Below is information about our learning this term as well as links to useful websites to support learning at home.

Spring 2: Take One Book

This term, we will be celebrating World Book Day focusing on the story of Hamlet by Shakespeare. Our book week focus will be about sharing stories orally and in written form. In English, we will be writing our own non-chronological reports based on mythical creatures and will be exploring the topic of biomes in Geography. In Science, we will be continuing our learning about electricity and how we can impact the output of circuits.

Spring 1: Take One Artist

In Spring 1, we will be looking at portraits and the work of Andy Warhol with his portraits and self-portraits. Our final piece will focus on a layered portrait of ourselves using the work of Mike Barrett. In History, we will be exploring the historical period of the Victorians and how life changed during this period of time. We will be looking at the legend of Sweeny Todd and using it to inspire our writing. In Computing, we will be developing our coding skills using Scratch and we will be developing our own games. In Science, we will be exploring the Victorian invention of electricity and how circuits work. At the end of the term, we will be venturing on our Year 6 residential to Braeside.

Autumn 2: Take One Scientist

In Autumn 2, we will be exploring the historical period of World War I and the impact that it had on the local area around the school. We will be creating our own websites with linked webpages and navigational controls in Computing and in Science, we will be looking at the work of William Harvey, exploring how the circulatory system works in humans and how exercise can affect it. In P.E, we will be working with Coach Dave on developing our teamwork and accuracy with throws and shots for goal.

Autumn 1: Take One World

As a year group, we will research and explore our class animals and the issues that causing them to be endangered. We will use our computing, writing, artistic and PSHE skills to explore these issues and understand how our everyday actions can impact the world around us.