Welcome To

Year 6

Y6 Autumn Term 2022!

No, Y6 is not all about SATs… Y6 is also about new and exciting trips, life-changing experiences, a fabulous residential, a wonderful end-of-year performance, the most humorous staff in the school and so much more!

Y6 Staffing:

Mr Mills: Class teacher and Personal Development Lead
Miss K: Class teacher and Art Lead
Mr McCarroll: HLTA
Mrs Robinson: HLTA
Mrs Martin: Maths Support Teacher

Staff Working in Year 6 this year

Stradbroke Primary School

Teacher: Miss A Kruzynska

Stradbroke Primary School

Teacher: Mr T Mills

Teaching Assistants

Charlotte Robinson

Andy McCarroll

Extra Teaching Support

Claire Martin

Remote Learning

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Spring Term

Y6 Spring 2023

During the Spring term, our overarching topic will be The Tropics – a study of key regions. We will commence by locating the Tropics through our Geography learning, specifically Central and Southern America, Africa and Australia. In addition to looking at the human and physical geographical features of these areas, we will explore and debate the changing nature of this region, in relation to the impact that human ‘progress’ has had and is still having upon them. This will include the impact of the trade of natural resources upon these areas. In Art, we will be focusing on the subconscious mind – Dreams and Nightmares. We will be creating collages, which represent behaviour and emotion of the artist. The children will use colour to specify a particular mood/emotion through their collage design. Our end goal will be to tweet our designs for the community to see and appreciate. During our D&T lessons, we will be exploring culture and seasonality, through creating our very own curry, after market research and various taste tests to aim towards a particular target audience. In History, our area of study will be ‘The Struggle for Independence,’ where we will explore key countries including South Africa, Kenya and India. We will look at the lives and experiences of Nelson Mandela and Ghandi before debating whether we believe change has happened within today’s society.

 

Our Recommended Reading List

‘The Tropics’ Recommended Reading List:

 

Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

Running Wild – Michael Morpurgo

The Great Kapok Tree – Lynne Cherry

The Explorer – Katherine Rundell

The Rainforests in 30 Seconds – Jen Green

Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson

The Vanishing Rainforest – Richard Platt

‘The Tropics’ Recommended Watch List:

 

BBC1 – 7 Worlds, 1 Planet (South America)

BBC1 – 7 Worlds, 1 Planet (Australia)

BBC – Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

Plus………………….any one of a number of further BBC Attenborough programmes!

Year 6 Letters