Steeple Morden Church of England
Primary School
Year 6 - Puffin Class
Welcome to Puffin Class!
Welcome to Year 6! We have a class of 28 students in Puffins class this year. This term our overarching theme is ‘Conflict’. We will be studying the Great War in History and English.
Our focus in English will initially be on newspaper reports followed by looking at balanced arguments. Later in the term we will look at various different types of poems, including poetry from 1914-1918. We will also be studying Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
In Maths we will be learning about place value before looking at number and the formal written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Towards the end of the term the focus will be on word problems and fractions.
In Year 6 the children are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning and to challenge themselves in lessons, usually through differentiated work and outcomes. There is a demanding workload in Year 6 and expectations are high. Children are encouraged to take full responsibility for their own behaviour, work, homework, equipment and timekeeping in order to develop their independence and organisational skills in preparation for secondary school. Where possible, I aim to involve the whole class in decision making and problem solving opportunities, both in our classroom and when taking the lead across the school. Usually members of Year 6 have extra-curricular responsibilities in the school and we hope to introduce these during the course of the term. Some of the leadership roles will include playleaders, peer mediators and being responsible for the collating of the school’s house points.
Mr Baker & Mrs Barbour
Year 6 team
Please see the documents below which will help you support your child and understand what we are learning in class:
Spring 2024
This term our overarching theme is ‘Ancient Greece’. We also have our residential visit to Derbyshire to look forward to in March!
Our focus in English will initially be on non-chronological reports followed by looking at persuasive writing. Later in the term we focus on instructional writing and fables linked to Ancient Greece.
In Maths we will be learning about converting units (including metric and imperial measurements), ratio and proportion and algebra. Towards the end of the term the focus will be on decimals and percentages, and their relation to fractions, and area, perimeter and volume.
We will also work through further SATs practice papers this term in preparation for the tests in the middle of May.
In Year 6 the children are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning and to challenge themselves in lessons, usually through differentiated work and outcomes. There is a demanding workload in Year 6 and expectations are high. Children are encouraged to take full responsibility for their own behaviour, work, homework, equipment and timekeeping in order to develop their independence and organisational skills in preparation for secondary school. Where possible, I aim to involve the whole class in decision making and problem solving opportunities, both in our classroom and when taking the lead across the school. Year 6 will continue to have extra-curricular responsibilities in the school this term.
Mr Baker & Mrs Barbour
Year 6 team
Previous Year 6 - March 2023
We all had an amazing experience on our week-long residential trip to the Peak District and were (mostly) very lucky with the weather! Here are some photos of the class taken during the week.