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.