Y6 Autumn 1

Mount Carmel Values

Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ.
Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership.
Our values come from the Church.

C - consideration
H - helpfulness
U - unity
R - respect
C - commitment
H - honesty

Our British Values

Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values

Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults.

We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

This half term we will be learning ...

Through books, we will be learning about our past.

The Power of Learning

English - Writing

National Curriculum

Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters
Homophones and other words
Identifying the audience and purpose
Developing characters and settings
Noting and developing initial ideas
Devices to build cohesion
Describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue

Genres

Non
-Chronological report

Blog

Grammar

Relative
pronouns/clauses

Modal
verbs (cert. & poss.)

Fronted
adverbials/ adverbs

Parenthesis

Expanded
noun phrases

Commas

Semi colons

Clause types

Vocabulary

Voyage,
Mantle piece

Interlocked, Topological

Claustrophobic, Sincerely

Lurk, Deduction bystanders

The Power of Learning

English - Reading

National Curriculum
 continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry,
plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
 reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of
purposes
 increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths, legends
and traditional stories, modern fiction, fiction from our literary heritage, and
books from other cultures and traditions

Children's reading is a priority.

Children practice their reading skills through:

Reading aloud to an adult every day, if needed
Daily whole class reading sessions.
Daily Phonic Sessions, if needed
Independent reading books.
Stories being read by an adult.

Non-fiction and Fiction books connected to The London Eye Mystery

The Power of Learning

Maths

National Curriculum

 read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
 round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
 use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero
 multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the
formal written method of long multiplication
 divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written
method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders,
fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context
 divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method
of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context

The area of study is
Number

Place value within 10,000,000

Four operations

Key Vocabulary

Place value, partition, interval,
estimate, compare, order, rounding, negative, positive, odd, even,
accurate, method, column, approximation, factor, multiple, divisor, dividend,
remainder, inverse grid method, simply, numerator, denominator, common factor, prime, squared, cubed

The Power of Learning

Science

National Curriculum

associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches
use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

The area of study is
Electricity

Key Vocabulary

Electricity, electrical circuit, complete circuit, circuit symbol, components, cell, battery, positive/negative, connect/connection, loose connection, wire, crocodile clip, bulb, bright/dim, switch, buzzer, volume, motor, fast(er)/slow(er), voltage, current, conductor, insulator, metal/non metal

Dare you enter the Dragons’ Den and market your very own inventive lights decoration to hi-light the London Eye? Use motors, switches, bulbs and buzzers to make your product the stand-out choice of the dragons.

The Power of Learning

Art

National Curriculum

Become proficient in drawing, painting, sculpture and other art, craft and design techniques
Evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art, craft and design
Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials

The area of study is
Art and Design skills

Key Vocabulary

Abstract, herringbone, milliner, polyprint tile, realism, symbolism, zentangle patter.

Design, drawing, craft, painting and art
appreciation; working as a group to design a hat, creating zentangle patterns and subsequent prints,
painting in the style of impressionist painters and exploring the piece
‘Nighthawks’ by Edward Hopper

The Power of Learning

Computing

National Curriculum

Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.
Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output

The area of study is
Programming

Key Vocabulary

Algorithm,
computer code, computer command, decompose, import (software), indentation
(programming), loop, nested loop, random numbers, remix, script

Using the programming language 'Python'
to create designs and art. Learning how to create loops and nested loops to
make their code more efficient