SAT's Revision Summer 1

Revision gives the children the opportunity to revise what they have learnt and go over any areas of concern. These will be guided and supported by the Year 6 adults, whom will coach the children in preperation for SAT's. 

Britain at war!

This Summer term project teaches children about the causes, events and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, the influence of new inventions on warfare, how life in Great Britain was affected and the legacy of the wars in the post-war period.

Reading and writing 

Some of the writing opportunities will be based on:

- The story of Jemmy Button 

- The Viewer by Shaun Tan

- Animal adaptations - link to Science 

- A Story Like The Wind by Gill Lewis 

Maths

The children will revise key skills in final preparation for the SATs tests. The children will be given an opportunity to work as part of a team to apply their learnt to skills - to real life contexts. 

Science

This project teaches children about how living things on Earth have changed over time, and how fossils provide evidence for this. They learn how characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring, and how variation in offspring can affect their survival, with changes (adaptations) possibly leading to evolution.

Additional Learning Opportunities

As well as focusing on the core subject areas we will be looking at key foundation subjects. The focus will be on the skills which link to our topic. Here's what we will be focusing on...

History

Children will be able to articulate and present a clear, chronological world history narrative within and across historical periods studied. Including timelines which demonstrate the chronology and links between key civilisations, events and significant inventions in world history.

DT

The DT for this term will be allowing the children to look into shelters and dens. It will allow the children to evaluate the materials needed to withstand the elements and also explore their individual ideas around a dream den. They will be given an opportunity to create their own scaled down model to withstand the elements controlled by the teachers. 

Computing

In year 6 the children will be looking into 'Networks'. The aim of these sessions is to provide children with the opportunity to find out more about how networks work, understand computer networks including the Internet, learn how they can provide multiple services, such as the World Wide Web, and explore the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration

PE

In the Summer term we will be doing Athletics. The most obvious objective of athletics is the development and maintenance of physical fitness. The student who participates in athletics will improve physically and mentally while learning activities that will maintain a high level of physical fitness.

How you can help at home?

Children should be reading a minimum of three days a week with a signed reading log. Reading at home will help enhance children’s reading skills as well as their writing.  

English Homework will be handed out out on a Tuesday and will need to be returned on the following Tuesday to be marked. Maths Homework will be handed out out on a Friday and will need to be returned on the following Friday to be marked.

It will be linked to what your child has been learning about in school that week so discussing their home learning with them would be a great way to help with their speaking and listening skills too!  

Thank you for your support, any questions please ask! :)