LITERACY
This week in Literacy we will be finishing our series of lessons on the ‘mysteries’ genre. This is a wonderful topic full of specialist language, plot devises and interesting literacy techniques. The children will have the opportunity to do a lot of drama and role play to help them understand the complex plot mechanics that make up this much loved genre. This week we will be building to the children writing their own stories using the knowledge they have developed throughout the unit.
KEY VOCABULARY
Alibi, red-herring, witness, evidence, suspect
MATHS
This week in maths we will be looking at factors, multiples and prime numbers. This will involve times table speed recall practice and discussions of how to quickly find factors by looking at patterns. We will also be conducting some investigations with prime numbers and assessing the children’s conceptual understanding. We will finish the week with some excellent investigative work.
KEY VOCABULARY
Factor, multiple, prime, investigate
THEMED LEARNING
This term our new Themed Learning topic is water. This will be a unit that will involve a great deal of practical scientific investigation and the study of some challenging geographical case studies. In the next few weeks we will be looking at the issue of water scarcity across the globe and how communities overcome these challenges. We will also be beginning some scientific investigations into the properties of water. Other students will be using their art skills with batik to make a beautiful cushion.
KEY VOCABULARY
Physical scarcity, economic scarcity, abundance
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND DIGITAL LITERACY
This week the children will use a new touch typing program and will continue to learn the coding language ‘Python’.
KEY VOCABULARY
Touch-typing, coding, Python
PSHCE
In PSHCE this week we will focus further on fostering new relationships, creating rules and expectations for the group and how to work together successfully. We will reflect on what we achieved last term and discuss new personal targets for the term ahead. We have welcomed some new children to Year 6 and will discuss how we can continue to be helpful in settling them into their new school.
KEY VOCABULARY
Targets, goals, aims, kind, helpful, responsible citizens
MANDARIN
Y6 C1
Topic: Unit 5 Lesson 14 Asking the way Revision
Children will do role plays and different sentence structure exercises to review what they have learned
Homework: Paper sheet.
Y6 C2
Topic: We will continue learning Lesson. 13 ‘House’
Students will learn sentence pattern ‘there is…/are’
Homework: Finish worksheet on this week’s topic
Y6 C3
Topic: Lesson 5-Seasons-Text 2-Continued
This week students will learn to talk about the weather condition in different countries/cities/seasons
Y6 C4
Topic: Lesson 9-Occupation-Text 2-Continued
Student will be able to introduce their parent’s occupation
Y6 MND06CN
本周我们将学习课文《火烧云》，熟读课文，通过课文学习,培养学生热爱大自然、热爱生活的思想感情,及丰富的想象力和仔细观察事物的良好习习惯。
作业：抄写生词。
MFL
Year 6 French – Dr. Cattel / Mme McConnon
Next week we will start collating recipes from the francophone countries that the children studied and will pick one simple recipe that we will cook together.
There will be no homework this week due to the long weekend.
Year 5/6 Spanish - Ms Martinez
Next week we will begin to look at the weather vocabulary and descriptions.
There will be no homework this week due to the long weekend.
Year 5/6 Spanish - Ms Caldwell
