Year Six

Welcome to Dolphin Class!

Our teachers are Mrs Marshman k.marshman@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk and Mrs Goss l.goss@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistants are Mrs Wilcher and Mrs Denby-Jones.

Welcome to Orca Class!

Our teacher is Mrs Patel l.patel@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk and our teaching assistants are Mrs Wood and Mrs Thomas.

Please click here for the Year 6 'Meet the Teacher' presentation

Summer Term 2024

Welcome to our Year 6 class page!

Below is an outline of the learning that will take place this term.

English Key Text: A Midsummer's Night's Dream

Reading:

To read fluently and comprehend a range of age-appropriate text types and genres.
To determine the meaning and morphology of new vocabulary.
To use appropriate intonation, tone and volume when reading.

Writing:

To write for intended audience and select appropriate form.
To maintain correct tense throughout a piece of writing.
To use dialogue to advance the action and convey the character.
To use a dictionary/ thesaurus to expand vocabulary.

Spelling, punctuation and grammar:

To practise spelling statutory spelling words, using etymology and morphology.
To understand the difference between direct and reported speech and punctuate this correctly.
To select appropriate grammar and vocabulary and understand how such choices can change and enhance meaning.

Mathematics:

To measure and classify angles.
To understand vertically opposite angles.
To calculate angles within triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons.
To understand the parts of a circle.
To draw shapes accurately.
To understand nets and 3D shapes.
To read and plot points in all four quadrants
To solve problems with coordinates.
To translate and reflect shapes across quadrants.

Science:

To know that the circulatory system pumps blood around the body.
To know that the heart, blood and blood vessels play an important part in the circulatory system.
To know that arteries transport oxygenated blood away from the heart and around the body and veins transport deoxygenated blood back to the heart.
To know that blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma, and to know the function of the different constituents of blood.
To know that exercise strengthens the heart muscle.
To know the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the circulatory system.
To know that humans (and most vertebrates) have a double, closed circulatory system.

History:

To know who the British Monarchs were throughout history.
To understand how the rule of a monarch is determined, how this has changed over time and the consequences of these changes.
To know how the relationship between the monarchy and government has changed over time: and that there has at times been conflict: to know the difference between an absolute and constitutional monarchy and how parliament was born in England.
To understand how the relationship between the monarchy and the church has changed over time.
To analyse and interpret historical sources.

Music:

To hold beaters and instruments correctly achieving a good tone.
Top play the calypso clave rhythm on a hand drum.
To use G major pentatonic (G-A-B-D-E)
To play a rhythm in tight unison.
To perform calypso soley leve.

Art:

To understand that masks have various functions across the world and throughout time.
To know that masks are made from various materials.
To know that diverse cultures create different styles of masks to celebrate life and death.
To design and create a mask with a specific purpose in mind.
To combine and use different materials to create a functional mask.
To consider how 2D drawings transform into 3D making.

Computing:

To define a variable as something that is changeable.
To explain why a variable is used in a programme.
To choose how to improve a game by using variables.
To design a project that builds on a given example.
To use their own design to create a project
To evaluate created project.

PSHE/ RSHE:

To know that it is important to take care of our own mental health.
To know the stages of grief and that there are different types of loss that cause people to grieve.
To know that sometimes people can try to gain power or control over us.
To know some of the dangers of being online and to be able to judge whether something online is safe.
To know how to use technology safely and positively to communicate with friends and family.

French:

To perfect tense chunks.
To understand the imperfect tense c’etait.
To describe using il y a.
To use determiners effectively.
To use the é sound.
To present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences.

RE:

To understand the origins of the Sikh religion and its founder.
To know who the 10 Gurus were.
To understand the significance of the Khalsa to Sikhs today.
To know what the 5 Ks represent.
To understand that the Gurdwara is a special place for Sikhs.
To know how Sikhs show their care for each other.

PE:

Football

To change speed and direction whilst dribbling a ball.
To pass and receive with consistency and accuracy.
To shoot accurately from different angles and distance.
To choose when to pass and when to travel.
To know how to mark and defend a goal.

Athletics

To improve sprinting technique and sustained pace and passing baton.
To improve ability to jump for distance and triple jump technique.
To improve the ‘pull’ , ‘sling’ and ’push’ techniques when throwing
To improve ability to jump for height.

Both Year 6 classes will have PE on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please can children wear their PE kits to school and have earrings taken out on these days.

For more information on our remote learning offer for those of you learning at home, please click here.

Click here to see the expectations for reading, writing and maths in Year 6

For more information on the learning taking place this term, please see the Year 6 curriculum map below.

As well as accessing our broad curriculum, our pupil offer outlines the additional opportunities your child will have whilst in Year 6.

Curriculum Maps

Term 1 Curriculum Map

Term 2 Curriculum Map

Term 3 Curriculum Map

Term 4 Curriculum Map

Term 5 Curriculum Map

Term 6 Curriculum Map

Class Timetable

Orca Class Timetable

Homework in Year 6

Daily Reading

We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading journal. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books/comics you have at home. These can also be recorded in the reading journal and can count towards the number of daily reads.

Spellings

Spelling will be sent home on a Friday and will tested the following Friday

SPaG.com

SPaG activities will be set on Fridays and will need to be completed by the following Friday.

Maths arithmetic

Arithmetic questions will be set on Fridays and will need to be handed in on the following Wednesday.

TT Rockstars

We suggest working on TT Rockstars for 15 minutes a week; however you can do more should you wish. Specific timestables will be set for your child and this programme aims to increase the fluency of these. This is an online maths game that can be accessed on tablet, ipads and desktops

English in Year Six

Reading in Year Six

By the end of year 6, we expect our children's reading to be fluent and effortless across all subjects. They will understand the majority of terms needed for discussing what they hear and read such as metaphor, simile, analogy, imagery, style and effect. Children will learn the skill of summarising the main ideas from more than one paragraph and be able to provide justifications for their views about a book. Within non-fiction texts, we would expect our children to be able to apply the skills of information retrieval in contexts where they are genuinely motivated to find out information, such as reading information leaflets before a gallery or museum visit.

Writing and SPaG in Year Six

SPAG Glossary

By the end of Year 6, the children will be able to reflect an understanding of the audience for, and the purpose of, a piece of writing by selecting appropriate vocabulary and grammar. They need to ensure the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing and use further organisational devices to structure text and guide the reader, for example headings, hyphens, bullet points and underlining.

Children will be encouraged to use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words. They will understand and apply the difference between informal speech and vocabularly appropriate for formal sppech and writing. They will use the passive voice to affect the presentation of information in a sentence and use layout devices to structure texts. Throughout their writing, the children will be encouraged to use colons to introduce a list and add extra information.

Maths in Year Six

In year 6, the children will continue to develop fluency throughout the different areas of mathematics. They will be able to round any whole number and use negative numbers in context. They will use formal methods of long multiplication to multiply four digit numbers by a two-digit number and use the formal written method of short and long division, interpreting remainders according to the context. The children will be given opportunities to solve addition and subtraction problems in context, deciding operations and methods to use and explain why.

When working with fractions, the children will recall and use equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages and be able to solve calculations involving fractions. The children will be given opportunities to solve problems involving the calculation of percentages and use of percentages for comparison.

The children will develop their understanding of algebra by using simple formulae and use, read, write and convert between standard units using decimal notation up to three decimal places.

With regards to shape, the children will compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes, finding unknown angles in any triangle, quadrilateral and regular polygon. They will draw and translate shapes on the coordinate plane and reflect them in the axes. They will have the opportunity to interpret pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems.