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Miles Coverdale Primary School

Welcome to Year 6!
                                                                     
Following a busy year in Year 5, our pupils have now reached their final year in Key Stage 2. This year in Year 6, we are committed to developing our pupils’ skills as independent enquirers, creative thinkers, reflective learners, team workers, self managers and effective participators as they prepare for transition into Key Stage 3 in Year 7.
 
Your children are aware of the need for on-going assessment so that they know their progress and achievements that they have made and they are also aware of those areas or aspects where gaps in their understanding remain and need to be addressed in order to secure the necessary progression in and meet the end of Key Stage 2 expectations in preparation for the SATs.
 
So that all of our pupils' needs are met, teaching is balanced between providing support and interventions while also ensuring that your child continues to develop a sense of responsibility as an independent learner. The home-school link will continue to play a vital role in this, so we always aim to keep you informed of your child’s progress.
 
 
LITERACY (English)
The Year 6 curriculum in English is exciting, stimulating and based on The Primary Framework for Literacy and the National Curriculum for English.
 
READING
The reading curriculum in Year 6 is soundly based on a wide range of high-quality fiction and non-fiction, including ICT programmes that provide the opportunities for your child to apply and extend all his or her reading skills.
 
 
The class read-aloud books for 2011-2012 are: The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and Private Peaceful by Morpurgo.
 
 
WRITING
The class will write in a range of formats during the school year.
 
The autumn term writing activities are non-fiction genres of biographical and autobiographical writing; journalistic writing, formal and informal writing and also the structures and features of persuasive texts.
 
Extended writing opportunities allow time for developing the narrative structures, characters and settings through listening, speaking, drama and reading and will continue to develop the use of complex sentences and punctuation to create subtle effects of meaning in sentences.
 
The children will have opportunities to improve their understanding of grammar, sentence structure, spelling and vocabulary. Handwriting and presentational features will be on-going.
 
 
MATHEMATICS
Mathematics is taught in line with the National Curriculum for Maths and the New Primary Framework for Mathematics. In Year 6 children learn to solve multi-step problems, including those that involve fractions, decimals and percentages. Throughout the year they will develop and refine their strategies to solve increasingly complex problems.
 
 
Pupils receive daily maths lesson that include mental maths. During the year children will continue to consolidate their knowledge of:
 
Mental maths: participation in a range of mental maths activities.
Number facts: involving all four operations.
Recall multiplication and division facts.
Shape, Space and Measure: identify, describe, make and classify angles.
Use co-ordinate system: identify and plot points on four quadrants.
Calculate area and perimeter.
Data handling: solve problems by collecting data using tables or lists.
Using and Applying Mathematics: frequent opportunities to use and    apply mathematics across the curriculum.
Explain reasoning and strategies clearly and logically.
Check answers with repeat and inverse operations.
Use estimation and rounding to predict calculation.
 
 
SCIENCE
Pupils will take an active role in investigation and theoretical class work.

The science units are:
. Materials and their properties.
. Light and Shadows.
. Dissolving
. Reversible and Irreversible Materials.
. Micro-Organisms.
. Forces in Action
. Electricity-changing circuits
. Inter-dependence and adaptation
 
 
 
HISTORY
During the year pupils will investigate two main topics:
 
Black History
The Slave Trade to the celebrations of Black achievements.
To read and learn about the courage of famous slaves…Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglas, Ellen and William Craft and others. To understand who and what helped the slaves to escape.
What was the Underground Railroad?
Discussion about the lives of famous Black civil right leaders…Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.
Learn about the Abolitionist.
 
 
World War 2
Know when and where the Second WW took place.
Know the names of the main leaders during WW2
What were the reasons for the war?
Evacuation.
The Blitz.
 
 
RE
Two units in year 6:
Places of worship and praying: The Mosque, The Church, Outdoor facilities.
Investigate the purpose or reasons why there are places of worship.
Why are places or buildings deemed to be places for gathering of worship?
 
 
Journey. Why are some places sacred?
What happens when followers of a religion go to a sacred place? (The Hajj and Lauds.)
What is a Pilgrim?
Pupils will be given opportunities to think about their own journey of life. Who or what will they use as a guide on their journey?


ICT
During Year 6 pupils will continue to build upon previous experiences in using the computer and other information technology. The pupils will have two or more lessons per week in the ICT suite were they will be taught the following topics:
Using the internet to search databases and to interpret information.
Spreadsheet modelling.
Using the search engine.
Multimedia presentations.
 
 
 ART
Children in Year 6 will develop the visual and tactile elements of art:
 
Shape
Form
Line
Tone
Colour
Brush strokes
Pattern and Texture
Design Technology
Pupils in Year 6 will have the opportunity to improve their design ideas and make 3-D designs.
 
 
Citizenship: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education:
Junior Citizenship
Wasted
Schools Police Liaison Officer
Positive relationships
Effective responses to bullying
 
 
 
 
YEAR 6 SWIMMING LESSONS
Every Tuesday from 1:30 to 3:00. Please ensure your child is equipped with a swimming costume, hat, towel and goggles (optional).
No jewellery on Tuesday.
 
PE
Indoor PE lessons are on Thursday for 45 minutes. Remind your child to bring a pair of shorts, or joggers and a T-shirt.
No jewellery on Thursdays!
 
Homework
Homework will be given on a regular basis. The homework will cover the two core subjects of English and maths. From time to time, homework for other curriculum areas will be sent home. Encourage your child to complete the activities in order to consolidate or extend their understanding of prior learning.
 

SCHOOL RULES, ROUTINES and PROCEDURES:
School begins at 8.50am. Please ensure that your child arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the bell rings.
 
Breakfast club begins at 8am every morning. Please go to the school office or the 'Clubs' tab on this site for further information.
 
First day absence call should be made on your child’s behalf please or a letter of explanation for absence should be sent with your child on the day your child returns to school.
 
Uniforms must be worn each day. No colourful trainers, only black footwear is allowed. Please ensure your child’s name is written on all articles of uniform.
 
Please ensure you have provided the school office with up to date information and phone numbers.
We are all looking forward in working together with the children, parents and carers of year 6. I am available either before or after school to meet with parents to discuss concerns or queries.