Year 6 - Autumn 1 - Week 5
Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 2:02pm
Another busy week in Year 6!
Having recovered from our residential at Robinwood, we began our first History topic last Friday, focusing on World War 1. Before being provided with knowledge from the teacher, the children had to make inferences and predictions about The Great War based on artefacts provided and genuine newspaper articles from that period. Once we had summarised our initial thoughts, we also questioned the reliability of newspapers and considered why the sample provided to us may not show us everyone’s perception of the war (e.g. British newspapers’ reporting may differ from Germany’s relaying of information). This week, we learned about ‘factors’ and ‘triggers’ and explored the widely acknowledged reasons for the start of World War 1, looking at the alliances and rivalries between countries and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In Writing, we have started our first unit, which centres around the book, ‘Star of Fear, Star of Hope’ by Jo Hoestlandt. In this story, which is set in France during the Nazi occupation of World War II, a child named Helen recalls the mounting persecution of her Jewish friend. This week, the children read the initial few pages, learned about Hitler and his perception of the Jewish people, and wrote some short extracts that focused on particular grammar and punctuation objectives, such as using inverted commas. Over the course of this unit, the children will be looking at how to write newspaper articles, diary entries and recounts. We can’t wait to see their final piece when they put all their skills together!
As mathematicians, Mr King’s group has focused on rounding while Mrs Martin’s group has revisited multiplying and dividing by powers of 10. Next week, Mr King’s group will move onto ordering numbers and Roman Numerals while Mrs Martin’s group will move onto problem solving involving column addition and subtraction (e.g. missing digits in the calculation).
It has also been a very sporty week! Our dodgeball lessons have resumed and we were even treated to a martial arts session with Unite Formby. Many of the children have also been able to take part in Bikeability sessions throughout the week, practising their skills on the playground as well as the roads in the local area.
Please note that our brass lessons resumed on Friday afternoon. These sessions will now continue every Friday for the rest of term.
The children are aware of how to access their homework for next week – either on SATs Companion or in their books. Spellings have also been set. If your child is accessing their homework through SATs Companion and needs additional support, please remind them to watch the video input first. They can also revise any topics through the ‘Practice’ section of the app / website afterwards.
Have a good weekend, everyone!