Autumn 1

We have had a great first half-term! We have all settled well into Year 6 and have been working hard, showing perseverance.

In English, we delved into the book 'The Viewer' and explored the setting of the junkyard, built a bank of vocabulary and then wrote setting descriptions. We also explored how the character felt at different parts of the story. We won't give the story away, but we were quite shocked by the ending.

Our History focused Project this term is 'We are Evacuees'. We enjoyed exploring the WW2 books, artefacts and videos during the hook into our projects. We came up with lots of questions we wanted to find out more about. We looked at ration books, clothes and even gas masks. Imagine having to carry that around everywhere you go. Then we chose an area to focus on, which included; life in WW2, Women in WW2, Allies and Axis, Anne Frank and the Blitz. We have worked in groups to research the areas and are creating presentations in order to teach the rest of the year group about the area we decided to become experts in.

We also loved Beyond class' assembly, learning more about what it was like to be an evacuee in World War two and listening to some letters home that people wrote. We are looking forward to learning more about what life was like for evacuees next half term.

October is Black History month. Our theme this year is social change and legacy. We choose individuals to focus on that have been influential and made big differences. Some of these include; Martin Luther King junior, Ruby Bridges, Hariett Tubman and many others. Infinity Class assembly was very informative about this and we all learnt a lot from it. 

In maths we have spent the half term focusing on the four main operations and making sure we are able to apply all the different methods and answer reasoning questions to further our understanding. We are also working hard on our arithmetic skills trying to get quicker at answering the questions. 

We all need to have a restful half term so we are refreshed and ready to continue some amazing learning when we return.