Welcome to Year 6

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Dear parents,

Welcome back after the May half term, this will be your child's last half term at Brookhouse.  Therefore, it is important that we keep working, completing our writing and other curriculum areas but also getting ready for transition to high school.

We will continue to remind children about our school values of Respect, Good Manners, Patience, Perseverance and Honesty , as well as abiding by our British Values.  We will use our reward system 'Brookhouse Monster's University' to recognise good behaviour and attitudes.  If your child is in the winning University team, they will be given a reward at the end of the term. Additionally, they are now collecting dojos for themselves, which they will be rewarded for by receiving a certificate if they reach their targets. PSHE will also play a key role, this will take place through class and assembly sessions.  The PSHE topic for the final half term are called: Economic well being and careers and Transition.  The year 6 summer 2 topic is called 'Beside the Seaside'.

English

We will be covering Novels with a Theme this half term.  We will do this through the use of ‘Talk for Writing’ strategy of imitate, innovate and invent.  As well as this, we will be focusing on the skills needed to invent our own piece of writing and look at cross-curricular writing through other subject areas.  Whole class reading will continue to take place every day, through which we encourage children to focus on new vocabulary in the text and the comprehension of the text.

To further support your child's skills in reading comprehension, the school has purchased a subscription with an online reading resource called Reading Plus, which improves pupil's reading age but it does rely on the children using this resource on a regular basis.  So please make sure they are using it at home. Please support your children in their reading of school books, at home for ten minutes every day.  We will continue to encourage children to improve their Oracy skills.

Mathematics 

Maths lessons will provide pupils with the opportunity to learn using concrete, pictorial and abstract models. They will then learn to apply this knowledge to reasoning and problem solving.  We will be covering algebra and statistics, mainly.  There will also be opportunity for online learning via Purple Mash and Learning By Questions for which your children have logins and can use at home. 

Science

This half term we will be learning all about Animal Including Humans - Classification. By the end of the unit they will know the names of animals in the five vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) and some of the names in the invertebrate groups (insects, spiders, snails and worms). They will describe the key characteristics of the five vertebrate groups and some invertebrate groups.  Pupils will also compare the characteristics of animals in different groups and are able to give examples of flowering and non-flowering plants. By the end they will be able to use classification materials to identify unknown plants and animals. Following this, they will create classification keys for plants and animals and give a number of characteristics that explain why an animal belongs to a particular group. Finally, they will be able to talk about the formal classification system devised by Carl Linnaeus and why it is important.

Physical Education

In Year 6, P.E will take place every Monday so please make sure your children come to school in their full P.E kit - yellow P.E shirt with the school's logo, black joggers, shorts or leggings and their school green sweatshirt. In their P.E lessons we will be looking at athletic skills of running, throwing and jumping.

Music

This term our topic is called 'Music and Me'.  By the end of the unit pupils will be able to talk about the music of featured artists using musical vocabulary.  They will talk about musical connection with previous knowledge and understanding.  Furthermore, they will talk about their planned composition - which options they chose and why, the key themes of in their lyrics, the tools they use and what they like or dislike.  Finally, they will present their performance in an interesting and engaging way.

Geography

This half term in their geography, pupils will be able using a wide range of maps, OS maps and digital maps to study a seaside town (e.g. Blackpool, Fleetwood, Southport) within the UK and identify its physical features.  Through looking at the maps they will identify, describe and analyse human features on the OS maps and say how humans have impacted the geography of the seaside towns.  Using maps they will follow routes on OS maps describing what can be seen as they travel from Blackpool to Blackburn or vice versa.  Pupils will learn how to use four to six figure coordinates to locate key features of a seaside town on an OS map.  They will also calculate distances between Blackburn and seaside towns in the northwest using wider range of OS symbols including 1:50k symbols.

Computing

In our computing topic this half term the strand is called computer science: networks and binary. Pupil’s will learn how to design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.  They will use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.  As well as select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals.

Art and Design

Through looking at the works of: Jayne Huskisson, Abigail Mill, Serena Hall they will develop their drawing and painting into a textile piece of art.  They will learn to recognise features and techniques in the work of other artists and experiment with a range of media, techniques, annotating their work and justifying their decisions.  Pupil’s will understand the purpose of promotional artwork and use this to inform decisions about their own artwork.   They will use the batik technique to create fabric art - drawing on inspiration from their sketch book, finally evaluate their own work and the work of others.

History

Our history topic will be studying British history - through our 'Beside the Seaside topic.   They will compare and contrast holidays through periods of History to the present day.  Pupils will name landscape features of seaside resorts in the Victorian Era and how they were developed.  Through researching they will be able to say what the Bank Holiday Act is and how it affected transport, with links to the Industrial Revolution.  Pupils will compare similarities and differences between Victorian seaside destinations. Finally, they will say how changes in culture and society has changed our view of seaside destinations.

RE

This half term the pupils will be learning about Ascension and the Pentecost.  They will learn how Christians believe people’s lives can be inspired and transformed by the Holy Spirit and how the events of the Ascension and Pentecost are connected to distinctive Christian beliefs.  By the end of the topic, they should be able to: retell the stories of Ascension and Pentecost, connecting them with Christian beliefs, describe what Christians believe is the impact of the Holy Spirit on people’s lives and talk about the ways in which these events help answer questions about God.

This will be your child’s last half term at Brookhouse, which they will celebrate with you on Friday 18^h July at 1:45 with a graduation.

They will also be going on an end of trip to Ten Pin Bowling and Blackburn Youth Zone on the 10th July.  It is a full day but we will return for 3:00pm. Furthermore, on the 9^th of July, in the morning we will visit the The Somme Barracks, to attend a workshop delivered by Blackburn with Darwen Crucial Crew.  The purpose of this is to inform pupils about safety, as they transition to year 7.

There will be notices about further upcoming whole school events so please check your emails and text messages.

Any queries feel free to talk to us in the morning or at the end of the day or arrange an appointment through the school office.

Thank you in advance for your continued support, it is much appreciated.

Mrs S Hussain (Year 6 Teacher and Upper School Leader)

Mrs F Patel (HLTA) 

Mrs R Esmail (TA)

Mrs J Read  (SSA)