What your child is learning this half term
Spring 2: Gallery Rebels
Literacy
Our curriculum this half term will be focusing on non-fiction texts.
We will be focusing on how Art has developed throughout time,
looking at: Surrealism, Impressionism and Expressionism within
their reading focus.
Children will be covering the following genres: explanation texts
(about famous artists), narratives and poetry.
At home: Take your child to the local library and encourage them
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to find information on famous 19 and 20 century artists. Children should also
be revising knowledge of Grammar and Punctuation in preparation for SATs.
RMSE
We will be learning about the meaning of forgiveness and being merciful this half
term. We will also be looking what religions say about these dispositions. Later in
the term we will also be learning about the Easter festival.
At home: Talk to your child about forgiveness and why it is important to forgive
people.
Music
This half term, Year 6 will be focusing on Expressionist music and researching the
composer Arnold Schoenberg. They will be describing how composers create
mood and reflect on different sounds and tone to create effect. Children will
compose their own piece of music in the style of the Expressionist genre.
At home: Encourage your child to talk about the skills they are developing and
practise regularly.
Health Education
This half term, we will be learning about the effects of alcohol and drugs on our
bodies; children will explore legal and illegal drugs, and look at people’s attitudes
towards drug taking.
At home: Encourage children to reflect on how they can avoid pressures and
live a healthy, happy lifestyle.
Maths
In preparation for SATS, children will be revising Place Value, Multiplication and
Division facts, Four operations to solve word problem, Fractions, Decimals and
Percentages, Angles, Metric units, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, and Multiples and
Factors
At home: Continue to practice mental maths skills regularly including the four
operations and support children in recalling multiplication and corresponding division
facts.
Science
Children will be developing their understanding of electrical circuits in our “Danger – Low
Voltage” topic. They will be learning about the different circuit symbols, how electricity is
generated and transmitted across the country as well as investigating electrical appliances
and circuits.
At home: Discuss with children how to stay safe around electricity and identify electrical
items in the house.
PE
Computing
This half term, 6H will be learning about Handball, whilst 6K will be taking part in
Athletics activities and 6B will be focusing on Rounders.
At home: Encourage children to practise the skills they have learnt in PE
lessons.
“We are Market Researchers”
Linking to their learning of developing and creating apps, children will conduct research into
the potential market for their app, using an online survey together with interviews or focus
groups. They will analyse the data and information they obtain and create a presentation
summarising their findings.
At home: Encourage children to identify different types of Market Research they can carry out.
Art/DT
History/Geography
In our Art and DT lessons, we will be looking at the works of 19th and 20th century
artists; using their techniques to recreate their paintings, such as Paul Cezanne,
Salvador Dali and Max Ernst.
At home: Visit a local art museum and explore great artisitic work through the
centuries, discussing different techniques that artists have used.
This half term, we will be completing our new topic ‘Gallery Rebels’. We will be learning
how to use maps to locate the different Art Museums around the world discovering the
country and continent in which they are located and looking more in depth at the
geographical features of that country. Children will also research great artists through
time, such as Vincent Van Gogh.
At home: Take your child to the library and allow them to find out about the different
art museums around the world.
Homework
Maths, Literacy and Topic homework is set on a Thursday and must be returned on a
Monday. Please ensure that you read with your child every day. Children can change
their home reader book as soon as they finish it. We encourage all of our parents to let
us know how well your child is reading at home.
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