In Year 6 Oak our class teacher is Mrs Caufield. We also have Mrs Austerfield, Mr Northin, Miss Kirwan and Mrs Gartlan working with us. Wwe are here to support you and the children in any way.
Year 6 is the end of Upper Key Stage 2. We are role models for the rest of school and we wear our Carrwood uniform with pride. There is lots of new learning in Year 6 as well as revisiting learning from previous year groups as we start preparing for SATs and moving to high school.
Our three school rules ‘Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe’ help us to focus on our learning and maintain a positive working atmosphere. We show we are ready to learn by being prepared with the right equipment at the right time. We are respectful of ourselves, our friends and our property. We show we are safe by following the routines, expectations and instructions given in class.
We have a focus week with IntoUniversity in the first half term where we will visit the Industrial Museum (an enhancement to our Local History unit on Victorian Bradford) and Bradford University. We are also excited for the residential at the end of the year, prom and the leavers’ performance! There will be many other exciting things happening so watch this space!
Reading
Reading is so important to us at Carrwood and we read every day. There are reading skills lessons daily and a reading phase in our English lessons. We love to read for pleasure and we get to pick our own tray book from either our school library, our ‘Reading for Pleasure’ box or our class reading corner.
As reading is so important to us at Carrwood, Oak children will bring home a reading spine book and a reading for pleasure book to share with our families.
Our book bags need to be brought into school every day so the adults in school can also listen to the children read their books. Books will be changed every Monday – please remember to bring your book bag in then!
Year Group Authors & Core Read Aloud Books
Our Year Group Authors are:
- Michael Morpurgo
- Onjali Rauf
- Katherine Rundell
These are authors we will get to know really well over the year and we will read a range of their books each term. They are in our reading corner so we can also choose to read them as our individual reading books.
We have a selection of books that are specific to our year group. These are our Core Read Aloud books:
Our Curriculum
History
In our history lessons this year the children will be learning about the impact of the Industrial Revolution on local people, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Titanic. We will learn what it takes to be a historian and how people learn about the past. We will learn about how the time periods fit together and the influence they have had on the present.
Geography
In our Geography lessons we will be investigating why populations change, why oceans matter and completing a fieldwork enquiry based on Saltaire (linked to our local history unit). We will work on our map reading and fieldwork skills as well as learning key information about each topic.
Art
In Art we will be learning about photography in our unit ‘Photo Opportunity’, we will be using drawing to express ourselves and making memories in our final unit. We will use our sketchbooks to record all our artwork and our opinions about different pieces of art. We will explore and practise drawing, painting and sculpture using a range of different tools and medium.
DT
Our DT lessons will focus on making bags, cooking and nutrition and playground structures. We use sketchbooks to record all of our ideas, designs and evaluations. We will evaluate existing products, make our own and evaluate them against our criteria.
Music
In year 6 our music will focus on singing, performing and playing instruments as well as evaluating current music and our own compositions. Our topics are ‘Happy’ based on the Pharrell Williams song, classroom jazz, ‘You’ve got a friend’ and ‘Music and me’. The children will also learn songs for the Harvest Festival, Carols Around the Tree and the end of year production.
MFL
In our Spanish lesson this year, we will learn how to read, write and say words and sentences relating to: At school, Clothes, At the weekend and Me in the world.
Computing
Our computing lessons take place in the Media Suite. We will learn more about how to stay safe online, coding, creating games, spreadsheets, graphing, databases and word processing.
RE
This year in RE the children will begin by learning about the values people live by, how Pilgrimage might transform people’s lives, the significance of Easter, Ascension and Pentecost, and whether we should forgive others.
PSHE/RSE
In these lessons the children will learn about relationships, valuing difference, keeping themselves safe, growing and changing, being their best, and rights and respect.
PE
Our P.E lessons are on a Monday and Friday. We will be focusing lots on our fitness ability through playing many different sports games, which will also enable us to demonstrate our team playing skills.
Our PE Kit:
Plain black crew neck t-shirt
Plain black shorts
Trainers suitable for active play