Nelson (Year 6)
Mrs Bell
Class Teacher
Mrs Jones
Teaching Partner- AM
Ms Last
Teaching Partner -PM
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Early Morning Work
For the first half-an-hour of the day, the class focus on developing key skills in English and maths. The children work through a daily maths task to improve their mental agility. They will also have a handwriting task, which has a spelling, grammar or punctuation focus. This is also when children are heard read individually and also in guided groups.
For the first half-an-hour of the day, the class focus on developing key skills in English and maths. The children work through a daily maths task to improve their mental agility. They will also have a handwriting task, which has a spelling, grammar or punctuation focus. This is also when children are heard read individually and also in guided groups.
English
English and spelling is taught daily and develops reading, writing and speaking and listening skills. During the following terms, the children will be focusing on the following texts:
English and spelling is taught daily and develops reading, writing and speaking and listening skills. During the following terms, the children will be focusing on the following texts:
- Poetry
- Narrative -setting and characterisation
- Journalistic writing
Maths
Maths is taught daily from Monday to Friday. Nelson Class will develop their mathematical reasoning skills by applying their mathematical knowledge and understanding to a range of different topics and areas of maths.
As a mathematician, the children will be focusing on both arithmetic and reasoning and problem solving skills across the following topics in maths:
- fractions, decimals and percentages
- measurements
- ratio
- algebra
- shape and geometry
- area, perimeter and volume
- statistics
RE
In the following two terms, the class will be learning about the five pillars of Islam and the Christian concept- Salvation.
Geography
The children will be learning about the Natural Disasters in the following two terms and they will be focusing on the concepts, community, consequences and wonder. The children are working on the following skills:
- identify global positions using longitude and latitude
- reflect on the significance of the Prime Greenwich Meridian on world time zones
- apply precise vocabulary and precise evidence to explain geographical features of a location
- generate reasons as to why locations and place may change in the future
- reflect on why some locations are similar and different to others, in relation to their human and physical features
- apply six-figure grid references when identifying the positon of different places and landmarks
- evaluate the impact of human and physical activity on the locations studied, describing the impact on the environment
- create a source that demonstrates an understanding of the locations studied
Computing
The children will be learning about networks and E-Safety over the following two terms and they will be focusing on the following skills:
- Explain how different domain names can help when understanding information online.
- Understand computer networks including the internet
- Describe different services provided by the Internet and how information moves around the Internet.
- Use knowledge of the meaning of different domain names and common website extensions
- Select and use a variety of methods to communicate and collaborate online.
- Select, use and combine software on a range of digital devices for a specific project.
- Create a digital source
PE
The class will be doing circuit training on a Tuesday afternoon in PE and doing outdoor PE on a Wednesday afternoon.
PSHE
PSHE is taught each term based on discussion and circle times. The children are given the opportunity to empathise with others and their emotions as well as coming to terms with and verbalising their own feelings and opinions. The children will be learning about relationships and focusing on the following skills:
- To explain how to look after their digital wellbeing.
- To discuss how to stay safe, healthy and happy online and when to use digital technology.
- To explain how to develop safe, respectful and healthy online relationships.
- To understand how to use social media responsibly.
- To identify online bullying behaviours and talk about what they can do to help themselves and others if it is seen or experienced.
- To describe strategies they can use to assess the reliability of online information and images.
Science
The children will be learning about evolution and inheritance and living things and their habitats in the following two terms; the children will be focusing on the following skills:- to explain that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things from the past.
- to now that off-spring vary and not identical to their parents
- to identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment
- to understand that adaptations could lead to evolution of a species.
- to describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to characteristics, similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals.
- to give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
- to subdivide broad groupings, such as micro-organisms, plants and animals, into vertebrates and invertebrates.
- to use classification systems, such as keys, to identify animals and plants in our immediate environment
- to describe the work of scientists who have led work on classification.