Welcome to Jupiter Class
We would like to welcome you to Year 6 and the Jupiter team;
Class Teachers: Ms Marsh, Mrs Harmer and Mrs Kirkness
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Andrews and Mr Grainger
Please read the termly curriculum letters to find out what we will be learning about
PE: Tuesday & Wednesday
Forest School: Thursday morning
Term 5
Subjects and Learning for Term 5
During this term we will also 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
Class reading book - Skellig by David Almond
Term 4
Subjects and Learning for Term 4:
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
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 daily
Online safety – collecting evidence in incidents of cyberbullying
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
Daily Maths lessons
Class text - Holes by Louis Sachar
Term 2
Learning
During this term the children will be learning about the following:
Science – electricity
DT – electrical systems
RE – What matters most to Christians and Humanists?
Wellbeing – People around me: Resolving conflict
RSE – Health and wellbeing
PE – gymnastics and cross-country running
History – Crime and Punishment
Music – improving recorder playing and techniques
Maths - daily maths lessons
Writing – Recounts (police report); science-fiction narrative
TERM 1
Term 1 Learning
Our learning journey for this term will be linked to geography and finding out about the country of Japan. Other subjects will include:
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