Pupils & Classes
Teacher: Mrs Abela, Miss Gavaghan
TA: Mr Nield
Summer term 2025:
In English, we have used the text “Shackleton’s Journey” by William Grill to write in role as a member of Shackleton’s crew to persuade him to take them on the expedition, an inner thought as a crew member or Shackleton and our longer written piece was a biography. ALL of the children, without exception have written a fantastic biography.
We will be moving on to read the transition read for Manchester high school so the children will have some familiarity with it when they study it at high school in September
In maths, we have completed the whole curriculum so we will now be embedding concepts and carrying out projects that will involve us using all our mathematical skills.
In science, we have learnt about animals including humans. We have learnt about the circulatory system, following on from our learning in years 3, 4 and 5. We are going to be continuing to work on refuting evidence presented by scientists.
Our topic this term is “The Maya”. We have researched how we know about them, how they lived, learned, worked, traded, their beliefs and their demise. We have researched and made South American food and had a fabulous time tasting it!
In Computing this half term the children have explored various aspects of film-making. In doing so, they had to choose and use appropriate software in order to complete tasks such as writing a script, researching information, filming and editing. As well as using digital devices for recording (video camera or tablet), the children worked through pre- and post-production stages, planning good-quality interviews for a documentary and completing the process with use of video editing software such as Windows Movie Maker (previously used in Year 5)
Our overarching theme this half term is Faith and love. We have had some very good class discussions on what it means to have faith and show love to ourselves and others. Almost all the children in our class have had the opportunity to present our Tuesday worship sessions.
Emotional and mental health has been our topic in this subject, which is high on the agenda for society in general, with a huge emphasis on children’s mental health. We have completed the SRE topics in class and discussed how to stay safe through our drug education.
We have trips to Leaver’s service at the cathedral. After the cathedral, we will be having a meal at Frankie and Benny’s.
We have our afternoon tea to look forward to on 10th July and hope you can all make it for tea and cake!
Prom is on the 17th July and the leaver’s service is on Wednesday 16th July at 9.00am in church.
Details of the annual year 6 water fight to follow in the next few weeks.
| Year/
Term |
TOPIC NAME | Science
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History
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Geography
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Art and DT
RRSA Articles 13, 31
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PSHE
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RE
RRSA Article 14
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Computing
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Music
RRSA Articles, 13, 31
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PE
RRSA Articles 13, 24, 31
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MFL
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Literacy
RRSA Article 13
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Numeracy
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| Year 6
SUMMER |
Magical Mayans | Animals including Humans Y6
RRSA Articles 6, 7, 24, 27 |
The Mayans
Chronology Sources Comparative study Select and organise information
RRSA Articles 1,2 |
Focus: South America
Mapping the Mayan area (comparison to modern day Mexico & surrounding areas)
Human and physical features
6 fig grid references
Climate zones / biomes
Trade links & natural resources |
Art-Popping with Warhol
Andy Warhol (PB Unit)
Mayan feather fans Clay work (Mayan calendars)
DT – Bird House Builders (PB Unit)
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Keeping Safe – Drugs, Peer pressure, First Aid, Risks
BV – Individual Liberty
RSE – Life changes, Loving relationships, Birth, Changes in puberty
BV – Tolerance and Respect for Diversity |
Green Religion? How and Why Should Religious Communities do more to Care for the Earth? | Film Making | Summer 1
Class awards
Summer 2 Moving On
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Orienteering
Basketball
Athletics
Fitness |
Sum 1- At the Weekend
Sum 2- Healthy Lifestyles |
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
