Play percussion: Calypso solèy levé In this unit, we explore a contemporary and popular form of instrumental calypso. It is the sound of the carnival, warming up and a call out to people on the streets to move and smile in joyful anticipation of the carnival fun to come. Calypso solèy levé (pronounced ‘lev – […]
Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 3 will focus on hockey and gymnastics. Our PE lessons for term 4 will focus on gymnastics and tennis. Our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays: children can wear their PE into school on both of these days. Gymnastics During
Over the course of term 3 and 4, we will continue to follow our Jigsaw PSHE scheme of learning. Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning. In planning the lessons, Jigsaw PSHE ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills,
Our Religious Education lessons will continue to be based upon our “Love to Celebrate” projects. Basing the “Love to Celebrate” projects around festivals, gives a real-life context to the children’s learning and a structure to the projects. However, the celebration itself is only a small part of each “Love to Celebrate” project. Each set of
Following the Purple Mash scheme of learning, our two main computing topics, this term, will be Online Safety and Blogging Online Safety In our work about online safety, we will learn about: Responsibilities and support online Protecting privacy Citing sources Reliability To find out more, view our Online Safety Knowledge Organiser. Blogging Over the course
Art: Inuit Linked to our main topic, “Frozen Kingdoms”, our art topic for this term is “Inuit”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about the Inuit way of life, including some of their cultural and artistic traditions; printmaking; and carving. This will include creating our own Inuit carving and print. To find out more, view
This term our topic is “Electrical Circuits and Components”. In the Electrical Circuits and Components project, your child will consolidate their understanding of the components that make up a circuit, such as a lamp, cell, wire and switch. We will make a range of circuits and use symbols to draw circuit diagrams. We will learn
Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 6 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the spring term: ratio; algebra; decimals; fractions, decimals and percentages; perimeter, area and volume; and statistics. The blocks of learning for ratio and algebra have been moved to earlier in the year to give more time
Reading Our Class Text and Comprehension In term 3, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “You Wouldn’t Want to be on Shackleton’s Polar Expedition” by Jen Green. Throughout this non-fiction text, we will join Shackleton in what will prove to be one of the most gruelling adventures of all time
From a historical perspective, we will learn about polar exploration; significant people, including Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton; and significant events, including the sinking of RMS Titanic.