Maple - Year 6

Mrs Shilladay, Miss Simper & Miss Kinsella

Spring Term

In Art and Design this term we will explore the question 'Can I draw for different purposes?', where children will explore expressive drawing techniques, consider how symbolism in art can convey meaning, apply understanding of the drawing technique chiaroscuro, evaluate the context and intention of street art and apply an understanding of impact and effect to create a powerful image.

In Computing this term we will explore 'How does coding help us in the real world?' and 'How can I refine my data handling skills?' The children will explore code-breaking at Bletchley Park, historical figures in computing, the evolution of computers, understand the use of big data including barcodes, QR codes, infrared and RFID technologies.

In Design and Technology, we will ask the questions, 'Can I explore AI?' and 'How can I use python?', where the children will explain what AI is and its basic functions, identify real-life applications of AI, identify how AI understands and processes text and image prompts, generate and refine prompts to achieve the best possible response from AI, identify how AI generates code and how it can be useful in web design, tinker with a new piece of software, understand nested loops, understand basic Python commands and use loops when programming.

In French, we will ask the question, 'Can I plan a holiday?', where the children will remember the countries in the world in French, begin to understand the present and future tense of ‘aller’ in French, identify the present and future tenses in reading and listening, recognise familiar words and cognates and begin to understand the gist of the text to be able to answer some questions.

In Geography, we will ask the question, 'Where does our energy come from?', where the children will know why energy sources are important, understand the benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources, understand how energy is generated in the United States, know how energy sources are distributed in an area, explain reasons for choosing an energy source

and collect and present data on where to position a solar panel on the school grounds.

Our History focus for this term is 'What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain?' and children will identify the causes of World War 2, identify the phases in the Battle of Britain, make deductions about the Blitz from photographs, describe how children may have felt when evacuated, evaluate the accuracy, reliability and usefulness of sources and describe the impact WW2 had on women’s and African-Caribbean migrant lives.

Our Music foci for this term is 'How can pop art influence music?'  and 'What is Baroque?' where children will explore the musical concept of theme and variations, compare and contrast different variations in a piece of music, use complex rhythms to be able to perform a theme, play and use music notation to create visual representations TIKI-TIKI, TI-TIKI and TIKI-TI rhythms in 3/4 time, understand the importance of Monteverdi in the history of opera, read and play a canon from staff notation, demonstrate an understanding of Baroque music features when composing, combine knowledge of staff notation and aural awareness to play a fugue and apply their understanding of fugue structure when performing with others.

Our PE focuses for this term are 'Gymnastics', 'Basketball', 'Dance' and 'Hockey'.

In PSHE, we will ask the questions, 'What do I know about health and wellbeing?' where the children will understand and play for a healthy lifestyle, understand the potential impact of technology on physical and mental health, reflect on skills they have developed to identify and respond to difficult situations, understand ways that people can help prevent themselves and others from becoming ill and understand what happens when people are ill and know when to seek support.

In RE this term we will explore the questions 'How is faith expressed in Islam?' and 'Justice and poverty: does faith make a difference?' The children will identify and explain Muslim beliefs, give examples of how Muslims put their beliefs into practice in different ways and make connections, reflect on what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today, explain beliefs and teachings about justice from Christian and Muslim texts, compare their ideas about justice and fairness in Islam and Christianity, make clear connections between belief about justice from sacred texts.

In Science this term we will explore the questions, 'How did I evolve and what did I inherit?' and 'What components do I need to make a circuit?' The children will explain beliefs and teachings about justice from Christian and Muslim texts, compare their ideas about justice and fairness in Islam and Christianity, make clear connections between belief about justice from sacred texts, use recognised symbols for electrical components, predict and present results for electrical circuits, recognise a link between the number of components and resistance, identify ways to change voltage in an electrical circuit and investigate how voltage affects bulb brightness.

Timetable

Please note that our timetable is flexible and may be subject to change.

Useful Information

PE is every Thursday and Friday. Please ensure your child wears their named, correct PE kit in school on these days, that earrings are not worn and long hair is tied up.

The children have access to their water bottles in the classroom during the day. Please ensure that your child has a named water bottle in school.

Your child is welcome to bring in a healthy snack of fruit or vegetables each day. 

Reading books are your child's responsibility and they will be responsible for changing their own reading book and library book. Please ensure your child has recorded the date and title of the book that they have chosen in their reading record and make sure that your child’s reading record is written in daily and read as regularly as you can with them at home.