Curriculum Newsletter

Camp meeting

If you missed the camp meeting, please find the information that was shared below. 

Parent Presentation

Year 6 Sats meeting

If you were unable to attend the year six Sats meeting, please find all the information below in the powerpoint. 

Welcome to Galaxy Class!

The class adults are Miss Bowles (Class Teacher) and Mrs Beck (LSA / Year 6 Intervention). 

 Evacuate 

Learning Experience

To inspire the children during this Learning Experience, they will have an exciting day, experiencing life as an evacuee. The children will visit Nothe Fort, which is a historic fort located in Weymouth.  They will be given a first-hand experience of what life was like during the war.

Rationale:

The children will learn about a specific, short period of history; the Second World War. Through studying secondary and primary resources, the children will begin to understand how the Second World War began and how it changed the landscape of Europe. Their evacuation, sharing ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ and their history investigations, will help the children learn what it was like to be a child in 1930’s Britain.

Hook: The children will step back in time as they become evacuees being evacuated for the day and taking a trip to Nothe Fort. They will experience what life was like as a child in WWII. They will also experience the changes and restrictions to food and shopping due to rationing. The date of the trip will be confirmed after the Easter Holidays.

Take home task:

Choose from one, or even more, of the following. Alternatively, choose something of your own – get creative!

• Make a model air raid shelter – preferably not to scale!!
• Create some art work based around WWII
• Produce a PPT about WWII
• Cook something using a Wartime recipe
• Research the different shelters used for protection during WWII.

Hand in date: Friday 11^th July 2025

How you can support your child at home:

• Try to visit and discuss BBC History websites related to the Second World War.
• Learn tables facts up to 12 x 12 and associated division facts – quick recall is essential!
• Ensure that your child reads at least 5 times a week and has the opportunity to discuss their reading with you. Please could you ensure this is recorded in their reading record.

• Help them to learn their weekly spellings and ensure they understand their meaning.
• Support children in completing their Maths homework, encouraging independence where possible.

Our PE days will staying on a Monday and Thursday.  Please ensure children come to school in the correct kit on these days and that long hair is tied back. We do not allow the children to wear earrings for PE so please can they be removed on these days or taped over. 

Thank you for taking the time to read all the information. 

Miss Bowles 

Class rewards 

In order to promote positive behaviour, we reward the children with: raffle tickets, smiley faces, fishy points (house points) and a reading treat. If the class is able to achieve 100 reads, then the children who contributed significantly will be able to choose a reward. In addition, we have a traffic light system for behaviour and if the children are on the star at the end of the day, they will receive a raffle ticket. This allows us to encourage the students to engage in their learning and reward those who are participating and show a positive learning attitude.  

Greater Depth 

To support our Greater Depth children (those working above the expected level), we always try to challenge them within lessons with the work set and our level of questioning.

In Year 6, some of our Greater Depth (GD) children were involved in a Maths Challenge online, where they had to answer a range of difficult problems using their mathematical knowledge and understanding of many different concepts. They enjoyed this, as it made them think ‘out of the box’.

Curriculum overview

Autumn 1 Knowledge Organisers 

Autumn 2 Knowledge Organisers 

Spring 1 Knowledge Organisers 

Spring 2 Knowledge Organisers

Summer 1 and 2 Knowledge Orangisers 

Lulworth Cove Trip

Year Six had a fantastic trip to Lulworth Cove, which is located along the Jurassic Coast. The children spent the day exploring the coastal features and understanding how the Lulworth Cove is a bay formed by erosion. The children were able to see how the softer rock (clay) was eroded away by waves, while the harder rock (limestone) around the cove resisted the erosion, creating the distinctive horseshoe-shaped bay. Also, the children were able to see the cove's sheltered shape and enjoyed watching the calm waters as they sketched the coastal bay.

Making fossils 

Maths day 

Year six had a fantastic day at the races! The children had a maths day where they learnt about: the perimeter of the parading ring, weighing of the jockeys, what the numbers represents on the race card, as well as recapping their prior knowledge on imperial measurements. Finally, they enjoyed watching some of the races and cheering on their favourite jockey and horse.  

_{Walk like an Egyptian Hook Day}

To start this experience off, the children took part in an Egyptian themed Hook Day. During the day, the children explored the process of mummification and were set the task of mummifying a tomato. In addition, they their made their own papyrus paper and created a canopic jar using clay.  

Under Threat Hook Day

We were so lucky to have a visit from the Rain Forest Roadshow this week, as part of our new learning experience 'Under Threat'. Dave brought in wonderful creatures, that you'd find in the Rainforest and told us all about his adventures. We learnt about indigenous people, the wildlife, the importance of conservation within these valuable ecosystems, as well as so much more! 

On Thursday 3rd October, Year 6 children went on a fantastic trip to Gillingham Comprehensive School for a Sparks Curiosity Cube event. The children took part in a range of Science activities based on the theme of ‘The lifecycle of a t-shirt.’ During the session, the children took part in the following activities:

1. Visiting the Curiosity Cube and learnt all about t-shirt production

2. A Curiosity Lab session exploring sustainable practices

3. and visiting the Explorer Dome

Literacy festival

Recently, year 6 attended a literacy festival at Cedar Hall in Wells. The children met the author Lindsay Galvin, who wrote the book Darwin's Dragons, which they read in year 5. During the day, the children listened and discussed what it means to be an author and understand the process of writing a book. In addition, Lindsay promoted her new book 'The Great Phoenix of London' and the children were allowed to ask questions and have their books signed by the author.

Hook day

On Tuesday 5th November 2024, year 6 took part in a Hook Day which involved them learning all about tornadoes and earthquakes. The activities included: producing a piece of tornado artwork, making tornadoes in a jar and completing an earthquake team challenge.

Earth Shattering outcome

This week, year 6 have been exploring what renewable energy sources and how they can have an impact on our planet. Each group had to design their own wind turbine and build an electrical circuit, which contained an electrical motor. All of the groups managed to make their designs successfully using recycled materials.

Nativity

Massive thank you to Alice and Grace from Galaxy Class for playing the narrators in the reception's nativity.