Yr.6 Spring Term 2
Dear Parent/Carer,
During the second half of the Spring term, year 6 will be covering the following topics:
Numeracy: Ratio and proportion, investigation techniques, 24 hour clock, the use of timetables, mental calculation strategies, the standard written methods for addition, subtraction multiplication and division and properties of numbers.
Literacy: Aesop’s fables, studying the book ‘Fuzzy Mud’ by Louis Sachar and revising different genres including instructions, debates, explanatory texts and newspaper articles..
Science: How we see things and revision of topics studied in previous year groups.
History: The Indus Valley Civilisation
Computing: Creating video trailers
PE: Tag Rugby and Swimming
Music: Composition
Art: Creating terracotta toys based on the Indus Valley
RE: Christianity: salvation- what difference does the resurrection make to Christians?
French: French speaking places
PSHE: Local democracy
Below are some links to websites which will link to our topics this term;
http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/mmg/teaching/peterstidwill/interact/interact.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths
We hope this will give you further insight into your child’s education.
Yours sincerely,
Miss S Laws and Miss J Landy