Lawford C of E Primary School
High quality learning and caring together in an encouraging Christian environment.
Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
2024-25
Teachers:
Mrs Jarvis (Mon -Weds)
Mrs Usher (Thurs and Fri)
Support Staff: Mrs Haines and Mrs Glasgow
Our enquiry question for the Spring term 2025 is:
How has the exploration of Antarctica past and present helped our understanding of the importance of this geographical region?
Our key concepts this term are: Power, Consequence and Truth
This topic looks at the importance of Antarctica as a geographical location and the impact that climate change is having. We also look at the history of Antarctic exploration past and present.
Texts for the Spring term include Narrative poetry, the novel Floodland and Biographies ..........
Year 6 use 1:1 devices to support our learning. The children use a range of apps in Microsoft Teams and have access to all the teaching resources.
Our key concepts run through all of our learning.
Welcome to Year 6
Summer term 2024
We are really looking forward to settling back into the summer term.
Our humanities topic this term is about the 'Witches of Manningtree'. We are going to be looking at the position of women and the trial by ordeal that they faced through the work of Matthew Hopkins the 'Witch finder General'.
We will be discovering how Manningtree has developed and changed over the centuries both socially and through industrial changes. There will be lots of outdoor learning this term with the continuation of forest school and local study field work.
Key concepts this term: Power, discrimination, truth and fairness
MACBETH.......
We will be reading sections of Shakespeare's Macbeth this term........
Autumn term 2024
Our enquiry question is:
What humanitarian consequences were there as a result of the invasion of Europe during WW2?
Key Concepts - Identity, change, fairness, conflict, care and power.
Birch Hall residential
Our residential trip to Birch Hall is a highlight to the start to year 6. We push ourselves our of our comfort zones to try new and exciting challenges and develop our team work!
Our Blitz poetry
The love of reading...... can you guess what the focus of our reading will be this term?
