Mississippi
Mississippi - Year Six
This half term we will be continuing with our Victorians topic. We have our Victorian workshop in school in December which will help us to understand more about how the Victorians lived as well as finding out about life in the workhouse. We will also be looking at Victorian jobs for children, census information, the Industrial Revolution and how it changed Leeds, Victorian schools and then finding out about The Great Exhibition. We will finish by looking at how the Victorians celebrated Christmas.
In English, we will start reading Oliver Twist and then move onto Street Child. We are lucky enough to be doing some drama too linked to our Street Child book which will help us when we write. Anthony, a drama specialist will be delivering 4 sessions. We will be writing descriptions, stories, persuasive letters and find out lots of information about famous Victorians such as Dr Barnardo and Charles Dickens.
In Maths, we are learning about multiplication and division methods followed by fraction calculations. Please support your child with their times tables as, without them knowing them well, they will find this half term tricky.
In Science, we will start by finishing off our electricity topic. Then we will be learning about Light and Shadows. We will carry out some exciting light investigations with Mr Sheerin.
In PE, we will have gymnastics and REAL PE focusing on our social skills.
In PSHE we will start with our Mindmate lesson on Friends and Family. We will also be completing our PSE lessons this half term.
Homework will continue to be handed out on a Monday, to be finished by the following Monday. If children do not complete their homework, they will be given some time to do it. Children must continue to read daily and write in their reading diary. Diaries are checked on Mondays. We would love to win the readerboard this term so please make sure you encourage your child to read every night.
Books we will be reading in year 6
