Oak

Our teacher is Mr Ward.

Welcome To Our Class

Oak is a fantastic class to be part of. Y6 is a busy year which requires a lot of hard work and resilience. There is a great team of staff who are committed to helping the children achieve their best and be well prepared for the next stage of their education.

Organisational Information

Key Dates For Our Class This Term

Spring Term

Topic: Long Long Ago. What can time travellers tell us?

This term the whole school will be stepping back in time to see what lessons we can learn from history. We will be learning from art and literature about how World War Two effected the people of the world.

Spring 1

Week 1 – History

To understand that sources can help us to identify the significance of the Blitz.

Week 2 – History

To understand the role of people in both Britain and the British Empire by using a range of sources.

Week 3 – Science

To explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

To identify the effects of friction, air resistance & water resistance

To recognise that some mechanisms allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.

To observe and explain the effect of gears, levers and pulleys

Week 4 – Religious Education

To know what contributions do religions make to local life in Nottinghamshire?

To know can we make Nottinghamshire a county of tolerance and respect?

Week 5 – Religious Education

To know how religions and beliefs respond to global issues of human rights, fairness, social justice and the importance of the environment?

Week 6 – Computing

To debug and organise a code into tabs

To create a vocabulary quiz on 2code.

To create a programme showcasing my work on Purple Mash.

Spring 2

Week 1 – History

To understand that there were similarities and differences between people and their experiences.

Week 2 – Art

To be able to explain why they have combined different tools to create their drawings.

To be able to produce sketches which communicate emotions and a sense of self with accuracy and imagination.

To use observational skills or imagination to sculpt objects.

To be able to confidently shape, model, form and join clay.

To be able to offer ideas and discuss what an artist’s intentions might be.

To give reasons for opinions of artwork

To be able to discuss artwork in the world around them– and ask questions about how and why it was produced.

To use their sketch books which contain detailed notes and quotes explaining about items.

To be able to give feed back to their peers based on the knowledge covered in that project.

Week 3 –  Science

To know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution

To use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated  (including through filtering, sieving and evaporating)

To describe how to recover a substance from a solution

To demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes

To explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible

Week 4 – History

To know how to examine fictional and evidence-based accounts of evacuation.

Week 5 – DT

To consider culture and society in their designs

Week 6 – DT

To follow and refine a plan if necessary

E-safety

• Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
• Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
• Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
• LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
• Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC)

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