HOME LEARNING MICHAEL MORPURGO - Emneth · Michael Morpurgo is an extremely famous children’s...
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AUTUMN 2 2017 MICHAEL MORPURGO YEAR 6 Private Peaceful Take Off: Now>Press>Play Landing: Performance Poetry Audience: Whole school HOME LEARNING EMNETH ACADEMY WE ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO COMPLETE HOME ARNING TO SUPPORT THE TOPIC AND TO DEVELOP THEIR KEY SKILLS. WARDS THE END OF THE TOPIC, CHILDREN WILL BE ASKED TO BRING THEIR HOME LEARNING IN TO SHOW THEIR TEACHER AND PEERS. TOPIC BASED HOME LEARNING • Create a fact file on WW1. Children can choose any way to present this information – be as imaginative as you like! • You can focus on any of the following areas: o Women in the war o The trenches o Weaponry o Animals o Aircraft Year 6 Expectations addition to topic based home learning, children will regularly bring me work which will prepare them for Year 6 SATs. This will include tasks comprehension, arithmetic, reasoning, spelling, punctuation and ammar. ar 6 children are also expected to read a wide variety and range of texts d continue to develop their love for books. ar 6 children may be invited to attend after school booster session d/or Saturday school sessions. We urge parents to support these ssions by ensuring their child attends. It makes a significant difference to eir progress and attainment.
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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.
