Miss Clifford, Mrs Whitten &
Mrs Verhoeven
assisted by Sophie & Natalie
CURRICULUM
OVERVIEW
Click here for Year 6 overview
USEFUL NOTICES
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Homework is set daily and therefore Maths books, SPaG books, SATS prep folders and reading records must be brought to school every day.
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Bring a water bottle to school each day
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PE will be on a Friday and you are to come to school wearing your kit.
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Our library session is on a Friday so please have your library book in school to renew or change.
HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS
We will continue to have daily homework. Please see the expectation for Year Six on the
Home Learning page for more information.​
PE
At Boutcher, we follow the ‘Real PE’ approach. Real PE is a unique, child-centred approach that engages and challenges children in their PE lessons. It focuses on the development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning. Real PE focuses on six key cogs, these are: Creative, Cognitive, Health and Fitness, Personal, Physical and Social.
In the summer term, we will be working through the ‘physical’ cog in our weekly PE lessons and will move on to ‘fitness’.
Our PE day is Friday and you should wear your PE kit to school.
PE kit is as follows:
- plain white t-shirt or polo top
- navy blue jogging bottoms, leggings or shorts (no logos)
- school navy blue jumper or cardigan
- suitable trainers for PE
ENGLISH
This term we will be using Grimm Tales for young and old by Philip Pullman as a stimulus for our writing. Through these lessons children will be guided to examine a range of Grimm Tales and to look closely at the characteristics. Through lessons, we will analyse the language, characterisation and common story structure across many of the tales. We will make comparisons between many versions of the same story and analyse the extent to which these stories can be classified as ‘fairy tales’ Eventually we will work towards creating our own Grimm tales, planning for a balance of dialogue and narrative and using devices to advance the action.
PSHE
At Boutcher School, we teach Personal, Social, Health Education (PSHE) and relationships as a whole-school approach to underpin children’s development as people and because we believe that this also supports their learning capacity. We use the Jigsaw Programme which offers us a comprehensive, carefully thought-through Scheme of Work which brings consistency and progression to our children’s learning in this vital curriculum area. This term the topic being covered across the school In PSHE is relationships and how to to build and develop healthy connections.
READING
We will continue with guided reading sessions. During these lessons children read aloud, answer questions relating to the text and discuss the text as a group. We will be reading Grimm Tales for young and old by Philip Pullman in these sessions and developing our understanding of traditional tales.
BOOK LIST
Click here for Year 6 book list
MATHS
During this term, we’ll be revising and consolidating much of the KS2 expectations for maths.
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Click here for Maths Methods Handbook
R.E
This term our topic is, how does the Torah help Jewish people to understand what being Jewish means? We will start the topic by considering why Abraham is significant figure in the Jewish faith and how he demonstrated the belief in One God. We will also consider the importance of the Torah, Jewish prayer and worship and Bar/Bat Mitzvah. At the end of the unit, children will have the opportunity to create their own rite of passage for leaving primary school.
SCIENCE
We will be learning about animals including humans. We will build on prior learning and knowledge through understanding different systems within the body. We will research the parts and functions of the circulatory system, focusing on how nutrients are transported around the human body. We will explore how a healthy lifestyle supports the body to function and how different types of drugs affect the body.
TOPICAL TALK
We will continue to have Topical Talk lessons using their one-hour materials. Through these lessons the children will participate in informed and open-minded discussions about the biggest issues of our time, whilst developing essential critical-thinking and communication skills.
FRENCH
We will continue to have French lessons taught by Miss Simmons on a Wednesday morning and children will practise French throughout the week through daily greetings and classroom instructions. This term our topic will be French café culture.
THEME
This term our topic will be Globalisation. We will learn what globalisation is, how it has changed the way we communicate and affects trade. We will learn about the impact of globalisation on fashion, food and how it impacts our own lives.
