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AUTUMN22017
MICHAELMORPURGO
YEAR6
PrivatePeaceful
TakeOff:Now>Press>Play
Landing:PerformancePoetry
Audience:Wholeschool
HOMELEARNINGATEMNETHACADEMYWEENCOURAGECHILDRENTOCOMPLETEHOMELEARNINGTOSUPPORTTHETOPICANDTODEVELOPTHEIRKEYSKILLS.TOWARDSTHEENDOFTHETOPIC,CHILDRENWILLBEASKEDTOBRING
THEIRHOMELEARNINGINTOSHOWTHEIRTEACHERANDPEERS.
TOPICBASEDHOMELEARNING
• CreateafactfileonWW1.Childrencanchooseanywaytopresentthisinformation–beasimaginativeasyoulike!
• Youcanfocusonanyofthefollowingareas:o Womeninthewaro Thetrencheso Weaponryo Animalso Aircraft
Year6Expectations
Inadditiontotopicbasedhomelearning,childrenwillregularlybringhomeworkwhichwillpreparethemforYear6SATs.Thiswillincludetasksincomprehension,arithmetic,reasoning,spelling,punctuationandgrammar.
Year6childrenarealsoexpectedtoreadawidevarietyandrangeoftextsandcontinuetodeveloptheirloveforbooks.
Year6childrenmaybeinvitedtoattendafterschoolboostersessionand/orSaturdayschoolsessions.Weurgeparentstosupportthesesessionsbyensuringtheirchildattends.Itmakesasignificantdifferencetotheirprogressandattainment.
TOPICOVERVIEW
ImmersiveLearning
ClevertouchmonitorwillbeusedtoplayshortfilmsofWW1battles.
WW1uniformswillbeavailableintheclassroomforchildrentotryon.
Imagesofwarfarewillbedisplayedintheformofinformativediagrams.
Questions
WhatmightithavebeenliketoliveduringtheFirstWorldWar?
HowwastheFirstWorldWarwon?
Whatweretheconditionslikeinthetrenches?
Top20!
SportingExperience
WHOLESCHOOLEVENTS
MichaelMorpurgoisanextremelyfamouschildren’sauthor.Heisverypopularwithadultsandchildrenforhiswiderangeofnovelsthataddressavarietyofthemes.
‘PrivatePeaceful’wasthewinneroftheBluePeterBookawarduponitsrelease.ItfollowsthestoryofayoungThomasPeacefulandhismemoriesoftheFristWorldWarinEngland.EachchaptercountsdowntoamomentthatwillchangeTommo’slifeforever.
TOPICBASEDSUBJECTS
SCIENCE
Animalsincludingthehumanbody,includingthefunc-onoftheheart,theroleofcircula-oninthebodyandwhatmakesaheartratespeedup.
Recognisingtheimpactofnutrientsanddietandthinkingabouttheeffectsofdrugsonthebody.
LITERACY
Chronologicalreports–Childrenwillcompleteanassessedpieceofwritingatthestartoftheterm.TheywillproduceanewspaperreportontheBritisharmyarrivinginTommo’stown.
Journal–ChildrenwillcompleteaseriesofjournalsfromCharlie’sperspective.
PerformancePoetry–ChildrenwillcompletesomeWar-stylepoetry,focusingononomatopoeia.
HISTORY
DailylifeofaWW1soldierintheBritisharmy
- Conditions- Weaponry- Battles- Wounded- Warpropaganda
NON-TOPICBASEDSUBJECTS
BRITISHVALUES
Righttofreespeech
Childrenwillbetaughthowtocorrectlyholdandputacrossanopinionoftheirs,i.e.ManchesterUnitedarethebestfootballteamintheworld.
PHILOSOPHY
Childrenwillfocusonthefollowingtopicthemedphilosophicalquestionsthisterm:
Iswarevertherightthingtodo?
Shouldwarbeusedasalastresort?
PHYSICALEDUCATION
Dance–Develop,design,choreographandperformaChristmas‘Tango’dance.
Throughdancedevelopflexibility,strength,technique,controlandbalance.
RELIGIOUSEDUCATION
A study of Chris.anity.
OTHERLEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES
NON-TOPICBASEDSUBJECTS
MATHEMATICS
Unit4GeneralisingArithmetic–Mentalcalculationsinvolvingdivision;dividing4digitnumbersby2digitnumbers;dividingdecimalsbywholenumbers;solvingwordproblemsusingalloperations.
Unit5ExploringShape-Namepartsofcircles;anglesinpolygons;anglesatapoint,onastraightlineandverticallyopposite.Compareandclassifygeometricshapes.
Unit6ReasoningwithMeasures-Areaofparallelogramsandtriangles;appreciationofrangeofshapeswithsameareaorperimeter;appreciationofformulaeforarea;volumeofcuboids.
Unit7DiscoveringEquivalence-Compareandorderfractions<1;Simplifyfractionsandexpressthemwithacommondenominator;Solvepercentagecalculationproblems;FDPequivalence.
SPELLING,PUNCTUATION,
GRAMMAR
The subjunc+ve
The present and past progressive
Modal verbs and adverbs
Commas (to clarify meaning) and
colons
LANGUAGES
Partsofthebody
Physicalappearance
Brothersandsisters
Colours
MUSIC
Listen,understand,appraiseandperformvarioussongsreadyfortheKS2ChristmasPerformance.
PSHE
Gettingonandfallingout
Childrenwillaimtofacenewchallengesposi-velybycollec(nginforma(on,lookingforhelp,makingresponsiblechoicesandtakingac)on.
TOPICBASEDSUBJECTS
COMPUTING
Reviewinganddemonstratingeffectivepresentationskillsandtechniques,inpreparationfortheir‘App’presentations.
GEOGRAPHY
Duringthishalfterm,childrenwillfurthertheirknowledgeofthelocationofcountriesinEurope.Childrenwillfocusoncapitalcities.
ARTANDDESIGN
ChildrenwillpaintapictureusingselectedcolourstocreateamovingWW1scene.Wewillbediscussingvariouspaintingsandthesignificanceofthepoppy.