Class:

Year 6

Topic for this term:

Discovery

Any further details about this term’s topics:

This term’s topic of Discovery will cover the start of industrialisation in the Victorian Era and look forward to future discoveries and inventions.

We have carried out our EPIC and children have expressed an interest in finding out about:-

The history of Cadbury and chocolate

The invention of cars and aeroplanes

The way of life of poor and rich Victorian children

The rights and wrongs of social media

Mine disasters

Space tourism

Robots and AI

Use of fossil fuels from the industrial revolution to today and into the future

In addition to this, Expressive Arts will include learning Young Voices songs, exploring pattern in the style of William Morris, doing Welsh folk dancing and looking at the works of LS Lowry.

In Health and Wellbeing, we will continue weekly PE lessons. Jigsaw will consider ‘Celebrating Differences’ and ‘Dreams and Goals’ this term.

In Literacy, Languages and Communication, children will experience diary entries, debates and discussion writing as well as newspaper reports and literature from the Victorian era, e.g. Charles Dickens. Year 6 also have the Cwis Dim Clem, a Welsh quiz between all the South Powys schools, and the Rotary Youth Speak competition where they will do a short talk on a topic of their choosing.

There are also a few competitions that we will be entering; for example the Hay, Brecon and Talgarth Support for Refugees poster and poetry competition, and the Young Writers competition.

Maths and Numeracy will continue to include Big Maths which supports the children’s mental skills and the weekly CLIC test.

Other special occasions this term will be the Welsh Day on February 21^st and Safer Internet Day on February 11^th .

We are very aware of the costs of trips, especially this academic year with Young Voices in January and a residential in the summer (more news coming soon) but if the opportunity arises for an educational visit, we will aim to make it as affordable as possible.

Days which PE kit will be needed:

For P.E. lessons children will need to wear a white polo shirt, sweatshirt/hoodie, black shorts or black jogging bottoms and black trainers. P.E. lessons will take place on a Monday afternoon, so hoodies should not be worn on other days, except for sports tournaments.

Any other ways parents can help (e.g. help needed with readers, items that can be sent in related to the topic)

A homework menu will be provided at the start of each term. We expect the children to do one item from the menu every other week. On the weeks in between, we will provide some Maths homework to consolidate learning. Homework books will come home on a Friday and should be returned by the following Tuesday.

Spelling lists for the term are already on Google Classroom. Children can access this by using their Hwb email.

Please ensure that your child has their reading book in school every day and we ask that you read with them often. In preparation for high school, we ask that children take their book home every day and return it to school the following day.

Please could you also help your child with learning their times tables. By Year 6, they should know all the times tables up to 12.

If you have any information, knowledge or interesting artefacts from the Victorian era, about inventions or any of the above topics and you are happy to share this with the children, then please get in touch.

Any other general reminders (not specific to your class) that you think should be included on the information sheet.

We have already started going to Greenhill on a Wednesday afternoon to spend time socialising with the residents. Year 6 will have several more visits this term. Thank you for the parents who have volunteered to accompany us.

Your child will need a healthy snack at break time and may bring a water bottle to school. Please ensure all clothing and water bottles are labelled with your child’s name.

If you have any questions or wish to contact the Year 6 class teachers, our email addresses are as follows:

bwitt@crickhowell.powys.sch.uk

soram@crickhowell.powys.sch.uk

Many thanks, Mr Oram and Miss Witt.