I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your children to Empire Class and Year 6.
The Empire Team includes:
Ms Marsh (Teacher)
Mrs Andrews (TA)
Mrs Kirkness (Teacher)
Miss Sran (Teacher)
Mr Harrison (Headteacher)
Empire class has PE lessons on a Monday and Tuesday. Please ensure your child comes to school these days dressed in a full outdoor PE kit.
We look forward to a successful and happy year.
Ms Marsh and the Empire Team
Term 5
Subjects and Learning for Term 5
During this term we will be learning about the following:
Science – Rocks and Fossils
RE – What do religions say to us when life gets hard?
Music – Theme and variations (Theme: Pop art)
PE – Swimming and rounders (not at the same time!!)
Wellbeing – Healthy body, healthy brain
RSE – Safety and the changing body
Writing genres – non-chronological report and newspaper recount
Term 4
Subjects and Learning for Term 4:
During this term we will be learning about the following:
History – The Tudors and the Dissolution of the Monasteries (including an educational visit to Canterbury Cathedral)
Music – playing the recorder – Hot Cross Buns
PE – Tag Rugby and Netball; in addition, children will be having cricket coaching sessions delivered by Kent Cricket's Chance to Shine Programme
Wellbeing – Resilience
RSE – Family and Relationships
RE - Is it better to express your beliefs in arts or in charity and generosity?
DT – structures
Writing genres – i) narrative with a flashback ii) explanation iii)Big Write – descriptive writing
Maths lessons: arithmetic 1 & 2; data and measure; geometry and reasoning
TERM 3
During this term we will be learning about the following:
RE – What difference does it make to believe in ahimsa, grace and/or Ummah?
Music – evaluating classical music: Fingal’s Cave composed by Felix Mendelssohn
PE – Quicksticks hockey and handball
Computing – Python Programming
Wellbeing – Meaning and purpose: What can I be?
RSE – Economic wellbeing
Art – Painting and Colour in the style of Hokusai
Writing genres – narrative poetry; discussion
Maths lessons: arithmetic 1 & 2; data and measure, geometry and reasoning