Author: Jason Rowley

Year 6 English —Spring 1

Our English focus :
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-To independently use the features of Y6 writing.
-To be able to begin sentences in an interesting and varied way and write using a variety of sentence lengths for effect.
-Be able to write a descriptive narrative which includes figurative language.
-Write using a neat, legible handwriting style where letter size is consistent. To be able to write quickly.

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Spellings: Rules and Y5/6 list
Prefixes - ‘trans’ ‘bi’ ‘tri’ and ‘semi’ as in transform, bilingual, tricycles and semicircles.
Hyphenating prefixes - for example: re-sent to show you sent it again instead of resent to show you didn’t like a comment.
The following is a list of our Y5/6 vocabulary which children should have the ability to spell with a high degree of accuracy by the end of the year.
accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community, competition, conscience*, conscious*, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise (critic + ise), curiosity, definite, desperate, determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equip (–ped, –ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance, identity, immediate(ly), individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous, muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical, prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere(ly), soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht

Key Punctuation and Grammar
In Year 6 children need to show their understanding of a wide range of punctuation and grammar. The following are key areas which we focus on in our lesson starters

Types of words: nouns, verbs, pronouns, determiners, adverbs, adjectives.
Clauses, phrases and sentences: paragraphs, relative clauses, main clauses, subordinate clauses, adverbial phrases, statements, commands, questions and exclamations.
Conjunctions and prepositions: co-ordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) subordinating conjunctions(although, when, if, because), prepositions telling us when, where, why.
Sentence structure and tense: identifying subject and object, active and passive voice, past, present and future tenses.
Writing Styles: standard and non standard English, formal and informal writing.
Making and Choosing Words: using prefixes to alter the meaning of a word, adding suffixes to the end of words, using synonyms (similar meaning words) antonyms (opposite meaning words)

Types of Clauses
Main Clause: A clause that makes sense on its own. ‘I went out even though it was raining.’
Subordinate Clause: A clause that doesn’t make sense on it’s own. ‘I went out even though it was raining.’
Relative clause: A subordinate clause that tells you more about a noun, often using a relative pronoun such as who, which, that.
Exclamation: You’ve done brilliantly at this work! (always ends with a !)

Year 6 Maths —Spring 1

Algebra

Ratio

Perimeter and Area

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Vocabulary
Algebra— part of Maths where letters or symbols are used to represent numbers.
Ratio— The relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within another.
Perimeter—Measurement of the outside of a shape, usually measured in cm, mm, m, km
Area— The measurement on the inside of a shape. Length X Width on a quadrilateral. Measured in cm2, mm2, m2, km2
Volume— The 3D space that a 3D shape takes up. Length x Width x Depth. Measured in cm3, mm3, m3, km3
Prime— A number with 2 factors, itself and 1.

Electricity

Year 6 Science: Spring 1

Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday was one of the most famous scientists in history and known as the ‘Father of Electricity’. He discovered electromagnetic rotation which would eventually become the electric motor. He also discovered that moving a magnet causes a current to flow, the stronger the magnet, the bigger the current is. The power we have in our homes today is based on this discovery.

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Interesting facts
Lightening: One flash of lightening could power 1000 houses for a whole year. Lightening lasts one second, but can create up to 3 million volts of electricity.
Electricity: Electricity travels at the speed of light, which is more than 186,000 miles per hour.
Static Electricity: When an electric charge guilds up on the surface of an object it creates static electricity. You can create static electricity by rubbing an inflated balloon on your hair.

Vocabulary
Switch –a device which controls the flow of electricity.
Insulator—a material that does not allow electricity to pass through it.
Conductor–a material that does allow electricity to pass through easily.
Battery –a power source. A battery is a container filled with chemicals that produce electricity.
Circuit –a path that allows electricity to flow through.
Mains—an electrical power source found in homes and other buildings.
Power source– the source of electrical power, can be a battery or mains.

Ancient Egypt

Year 6 Art—Spring term

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Artist Research—Emmanuel Radnitzky ‘Man Ray’
August 27 1890—November 18 1976. Emmanuel Radnitzky ‘Man Ray’ was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer.
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Vocabulary
Pattern— a repeated decorative design
Texture— the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
Tone— the light and dark values used to render a realistic object, or to create an abstract composition.
Line — straight or curved lines placed against a plain background.
Portrait— a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.

Year 6 History —Spring term

Industrial Revolution

Key dates
1712—First steam engine invented
1764—Invention of the spinning jenny
1771—Richard Arkwright opens his first factory at Cromford.
1804—First locomotive rail journey takes place.
1825—First passenger railway opens.
1855—Steel extraction process discovered
1860—First ‘Iron warship’ , HMS Warrior is launched.
1901—First ‘modern assembly line’ created
1914—World War 1 changes the industrial heartlands. The Golden age of British industry comes to an end.

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Important people
George Stephenson (1781-1848) - Engineer who developed the steam engine for use in trains.
Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) - English chemist and inventor. Invented the Davy lamp used by miners to help detect gas and improve safety.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) - English engineer. At the heart of many of the key building projects of the British industrial revolution. He built railways and the first tunnel under a navigable river.

Vocabulary
industrial revolution—period of major industrialisation (1700’s-1800’s)
factory—a building where goods are manufactured or assembled using machines.
Engine—a machine that converts power into motion.
Mechanise—to introduce machines into processes
mass produce—to produce large quantities of something
water frame—a spinning frame powered by water
mill—a factory fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process
cottonopolis—19th Century nickname for Manchester
canal—an artificial waterway to allow boats to travel.
barge—long flat bottomed boat for travelling on canals.
aqueduct—an artificial channel for conveying water, typically across a bridge or valley.