Miss Carberry is the teacher in our Year Six class. Our PE days are Monday and Tuesday.

Class Saint

St Brigid. The Patron Saint of Ireland. Feast day is 1st February

St Brigid is best known as being the founder of the first monastery in County Kildare, Ireland. Born in Dundalk in 450 AD, her father was a pagan chieftain of Leinster and her mother was a Christian. She was inspired by St Patrick to spread the word of God around Ireland.

St Brigid, pray for us.

Spring Term Curriculum Overview

Maths

· Multiply and divide by 2-digit numbers

· Area, perimeter, position and direction

· Addition and subtraction of fractions

· Comparing fractions

· Multiplication and division of fractions

· Understanding percentages

English

The Y6 class text this term is The Secret Garden. Key learning includes:

· Make predictions and inferences when reading with evidence

· Simple, compound and complex sentences

· Speech punctuation

· Expanded noun phrases

· Semi-colons

· Edit and improve writing

RE

Galilee to Jerusalem

- Make links between the signs and beliefs about Jesus and how these reveal He is truly God and truly human

- Explain the purpose of each of the 7 sacraments

- Explain the role of the deacon, priest or bishop in the sacraments

- Describe how the parish celebrates the sacraments

Desert to Garden

- The account of Holy Week in the gospel of John

- Holy Thursday mass and Jesus’ actions

- Stations of the Cross as a prayerful reflection

Geography

Y6 will be studying Migration. Key learning includes:

· Know the meaning of topography and scale

· Grid lines and grid references

· How geographical features influence humans

· Similarities and differences between the UK and Trinidad

· Push and pull factors related to migration

· Patterns of human migration

Science

recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago

recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

Design and Technology

Food - Celebrating culture and seasonality

Generate ideas through research and discussion to develop a design brief and criteria. Explore initial ideas, and make design decisions to develop a final product. Write a step-by-step recipe. Select and use appropriate utensils and equipment to measure and combine ingredients. Make, decorate and present the food product. Carry out sensory evaluations. Record the evaluations using tables/graphs/charts. Evaluate the final product with reference back to the design brief and design specification. Know how to use utensils and equipment including heat sources to prepare and cook food. Understand about seasonality in relation to food products and the source of different food products

PE

Dance - developing an idea or theme into choreography using formation, timing and dynamics. Use movement to convey ideas, emotions, characters and feelings. 

Computing

 

Music

 

Personal Development

Emotional Wellbeing - pressures that they may experience from themselves, others and the media. How to build resilience through thankfulness, use simplified CBT techniques to manage their thoughts, feelings and actions and cope with new or difficult feelings such as romance and rage. How children may be affected by what they see online, including pornography.

Life Cycles - menstruation, fertility, conception, foetal development in the womb and childbirth. Sexual intercourse. Death and grief and ways to support themselves and others. The journey of change pupils have been on, and look forward to upcoming changes including the transition to secondary school

Personal Relationships - strategies for more complex experiences of relationships and conflict. How to respond to spoken and unspoken pressure, the concept of consent and how our thoughts and feelings have an impact on how we act. Consider what bullying, prejudice and discrimination are. How to recognise and respond to prejudice and discrimination. What attraction is and the concept of gender stereotypes and how these stereotypes might make us feel.