Teacher: Mrs Abela, Mrs McDonnell

TA: Mr Nield 

Spring term 2026:

In English, we have used the text “Cogheart” by Pater Bunzl to write a Trip Advisor review, character description and a narrative as our final outcome. The story has the children thoroughly hooked and they have been making specific word choice to create impact on the reader. The book is part of a four book series and it would be lovely to see some children borrow the series from the library to read at home.In English, we have used the text “Cogheart” by Pater Bunzl to write a Trip Advisor review, character description and a narrative as our final outcome. The story has the children thoroughly hooked and they have been making specific word choice to create impact on the reader. The book is part of a four book series and it would be lovely to see some children borrow the series from the library to read at home.

In maths, we have completed our unit on decimals and we have moved on to area and perimeter. We have been revising topics we need more practise on for our SATs.

There are additional sessions taking place during worship time for those children who need to catch up a little bit and additional sessions in the afternoon in preparation for SATs.

In science, we  have been learning about Evolution and Inheritance. We have learned about Darwin’s theory of Evolution and we understand that humans have offspring that may not possess exactly the same traits as them.

We are going to be working on refuting evidence presented by scientists.

We have moved on to animals and their habitats in spring 2.

Our topic this term is “Earning a living”. We have studied areas in Britain, Europe and South America and compared and contrasted the human and physical features of each region we chose to research.

In Computing this half term, we have studied Online Safety and we have learned about staying safe online. The children are very knowledgeable and are able to provide tips to stay safe whilst doing something they enjoy but need to remain safe whilst doing it.

Our overarching theme this half term is Compassion and love. We have had some excellent class discussions on what it means to be compassionate and show love to ourselves and others. Almost all the children in our class have had the opportunity to present our Tuesday worship sessions and everyone is very keen to be part of our worship.

The economy has been our topic in this subject. And the impact of the media, both very important topics for our children to learn about for use in the future.

We have also been working on ways to maintain a healthy mind as well as thinking about what we can do in the future.

 

Visits and trips & other events

We have taken part in Children Challenging Industry with Ruth Dubberly from York University. We will have three sessions on this over the coming month or so and staff will have further training too to support the children in school further with their learning in science.

 

SATs information

There will be a short meeting regarding SATs on the 25th March at 10.00am.

We will share information about the week and what we need from you and the children then.

 

Year/ 

Term

TOPIC NAME Science 

History 

Geography 

Art and DT 

RRSA Articles 13, 31

PSHE 

RE 

RRSA Article 14

Computing 

Music 

RRSA Articles, 13, 31

 

PE 

RRSA Articles 13, 24, 31

MFL 

Literacy 

RRSA Article 13

Numeracy 

Year 6

AUTUMN

World at War Electricity Y6

 

 

Light Y6

 

RRSA Article 19

 

World at War

 

Chronology

Examine and evaluate sources

Propaganda

Why did each war happen?

What was life like during wartime?

 

 

RRSA Articles 2, 9, 10, 17, 19, 22, 27, 38, 39

Our Local Area Art- The Art of War 

(In Flanders Fields PB Unit)

 

RRSA Article 24 DT –PB Unit Burgers

 

Mental and Emotional Health – Negative thoughts and feelings, Stereotyping, Internet and mental health

 

BV – Democracy

 

Healthy Lifestyles – Mental and physical well-being, Physically healthy, Prepare a healthy meal

What do Religions Say to us when Life Gets Hard? Code IT (game design) Autumn 1

World Unite

 

Autumn 2

Journeys

 

Hockey

 

Tag Rugby

 

Golf

 

Dodgeball

 

Fitness

Aut 1 French Phonics 3-4

 

Aut 1- The Date

 

Aut 2- Do You Have a Pet?

Information texts of South America

Persuasive arguments

American habitats writing

Narrative (south American stories)

Science – sorting/data/statistics

DT- measures, ratio, mass, weighing

Islamic art – 2d shape

Computing– data handling

Homework Leaflet-Homework leaflet

Autumn newsletter year 6 2025 (1)

topic web year 6 AUT 1 2025