Mill View Primary School

Year 6 Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 2015

Welcome back to the new school term and your first term in Year 6. We have an exciting time planned this Autumn, much of which is based around our context for learning about the
Vikings. We will be asking ourselves Were the Vikings always victorious or were they vicious? . The information on this sheet will give you a brief overview of some of the activities Year 6 will be doing this
term across the curriculum.

English
Much of our Literacy work will be linked to our study of the Vikings, and our class novel Erik the Viking by Terry Jones. The
children will engage in both non-fiction and fictional writing.
They will write non-chronological reports about the Vikings
focusing on who they were, where they came from and reasons
for their sea voyages to Britain. They will also build on their understanding of the features and structure of newspaper reports
linking this to the first Viking invasions in AD794. They will look at
characterisation, settings and atmosphere in fictional texts
(linked to our class novel) and write short stories.
The study of grammar, punctuation and spelling will be ongoing
through the year.

Mathematics
The children will work through the new Year 6 Framework for
Maths, covering the following areas:

Number & Place Value

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division

Fractions (decimals & percentages)

Ratio & Proportion

Algebra

Measurement

Properties of Shapes

Statistics
The children will also work on developing their
mental
strategies.
Please ensure that your child is continues to work on multiplication tables to 12x12, and knows the related division facts for
these.

Computing
Following the New Curriculum for computing, the children will:

use the internet for research (use a search engine using

keyword searches)

develop their presentation skills by creating a sophisticated

multimedia presentation, and by using appropriate text/
image formatting tools

continue to develop their skills using iPads, and use the VLE
to access homework and other class/school tasks

be encouraged to develop their own digital portfolios on

their blogs and learn basic programming.

Trips and Visits

We are hoping to invite some Viking visitors into school and to
create a Viking museum during the course of the term.

RE
Following our whole school scheme of work, the children will look
at what Christians believe about giving?
They will also touch on Viking beliefs and Christianity during the
Viking age.

PSHE
In line with our new Values curriculum, the children will be looking
at a new value each month and exploring what it means to them.
The values for this term are as follows:
September Friendship
October - Appreciation
November - Caring
December Love

Conway Residential Tuesday 19th Friday 22nd January 2016.

(more details to follow soon)

Additional Information
PE- this takes place on Monday (indoor) and on Thursday (outdoor). Please ensure the correct PE kit is in school for these days.
Music the children will learn to play the ukele this year with Mrs Batchelor.

scientist

artist

Autumn Term Curriculum Information for parents

historian

As a scientist I will be learning

to identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system
As an artist I will be learning:
As a historian I will be learning
to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on their
to use a variety of materials and tools to suit the
where the Viking period of history fits on a timeline
bodies
purpose of my art work
to place features of historical events and people from
that light appears to travel in straight lines
to create texture and pattern using a range of
past societies and periods in a chronological

that
we
see
things
because
light
travels
from
light
sources
to
our
eyes
or
techniques
framework
from
light
sources
to
objects
and
then
to
our
eyes
to use a sketch book to collect record and evaluate

to use a range of resources to describe features of hisideas

torical events and people from the Viking era
to summarise the main events from a specific period in
history, explaining the order in which key events
happened
to describe key events from Britains past using a
range of evidence from different sources
to use a range of resources to answer questions I have
As a gymnast I will be learning
about the Viking period
to create and perform a combined solo and group gymnastic
dance that demonstrates verse-chorus structure.
to perform dance and gymnastic actions with greater fluency
and precision.
to identify and evaluate what makes the skills, ideas or
actions of myself and others successful.

dancer & gymnast

designer
As a designer I will be
using research to generate and develop
my design ideas of a Viking Longboat
and helmet
using a range of materials to construct
my design
evaluating my ideas and product against
my own criteria

The Vikings
Were the Vikings always
victorious or vicious?

linguist
As a linguist I will be learning

To say different forms of transport

in French

To conduct a survey using simple

question and answer forms

To tell the time in French

musician
As a musician I will be learning

to tune a Ukulele

to hold and strum a Ukulele properly

to play the chords of C, F and G

correctly and confidently change
between them.

to perform, compose and appraise my

own work

geographer
As a geographer I will be learning

to use maps to locate countries and types of

settlements

to explain how human activity has caused an

environment to change (as a result of Viking
Invasion and settlement)

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