Year 6 – Cedar

Writing opportunities during Year 6 offer our pupils the chance to demonstrate and build flair within their work. They build confidently on their English skills and are able to draw on their technical abilities to produce high quality work. The children are exposed to a vast amount of aspirational and diverse literature that will capture their imaginations and continue, what we hope is, a lifelong love of reading. In Maths, we follow a mastery approach to teaching which adopts a learning approach that aims for pupils to develop deep understanding of maths rather than being able to memorise key procedures or resort to rote learning. Using concrete representations, such as bead strings and dienes, can help pupils visualise concepts and strategies. The Year 6 Science units allow for some creative and engaging learning. From making model hearts from playdough in the Animals, including humans unit, to drawing offspring of Mr Men and Little Miss characters in Evolution and inheritance. We also learn about classification in Living things, and study Light and Electricity. Year 6 History is a rich curriculum, including Hitler’s rise to power in Twentieth century conflict. This is followed by the equally ambitious topic of the Civil rights movement in America. In Geography we have practical investigations in units such as Fieldwork and Population.