Year 6
Welcome to Year 6!
Year 6 forms the purple part of our school rainbow! This is why each of our classes are named after purple flowers.
Classes:
Violet class
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Mr Donhou (Yr6 Manager) mdonhou@windmill.oxon.sch.uk
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Supported by Mrs Louise Noonan and Miss Izzy Hooton/ Mr Fox Benwell
Lavender class
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Mr Davies jdavies@windmill.oxon.sch.uk
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Supported by Ms Lisa Jordan
Lilac class
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Miss Brown ebrown@windmill.oxon.sch.uk
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Supported by Ms Jayne Spence
Our topics this year are:
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Term 1: Epic Earth: The wild and the wonder - is a predominantly Geography based topic, which examines different extreme biomes across the world. Through our exciting dilemma led learning, our challenge is to design our own version of the Eden Project for Oxfordshire, that we can send to the Oxford tourist board to convince them this is what they need. This topic also links to our school's key concepts of sustainability and creation.
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Term 2: Medicine through Time- a chronological study
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In this topic, we take a look at the beliefs around the causes of disease and look at how medicine and treatments have developed across the years. We start in pre-historical times, and continue our journey looking at the Ancient Egyptians, Romans, the Dark Ages, the Victorians, right up to the present day.
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Term 3 and 4: Coming to England – In this topic, we look at Floella Benjamin and the Windrush generation. We explore their reasons for migrating and the challenges that they faced upon arrival. We then look at the impact that migration has had on Oxford, and the contribution to the NHS. We further consider our local area and the Cutteslowe Wall, and the divisions this caused, before finishing by looking at individuals who have made a positive contribution to improve the world.
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Term 5: Explorers- building on our work on extreme biomes, we look at famous journeys. We then develop our knowledge and understanding of Ordnance Survey and six-figure grid references.
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Term 6: Maya Civilisation - a History topic which delves into the Maya civilisation.
P.E.
Your child should have a PE kit in school Monday to Friday.
For the winter months, it is advisable to include leggings/tracksuit bottoms and trainers as we will do some PE sessions outside.
Lilac Class have PE lessons on Wednesday and Thursday.
Violet Class have PE lessons on Monday and Wednesday.
Lavender Class have PE lessons on Wednesday and Thursday.
Year 6 Homework
Homework is set on Google Classroom on a Friday. It would be fantastic if this can be completed by Wednesday. Your child will receive Maths and Spelling homework that will mirror the learning taking place in lessons and provide an opportunity for your child to revisit and reinforce the skills and knowledge that they have been taught. Your child may also receive reading homework.
Please encourage your child to read daily at home in line with our Reading Karate scheme. If you also have the opportunity to hear your child read to you - this is also highly beneficial.
Reading Karate
Children should also be encouraged wherever possible to take part in Reading Karate! This is a program where children earn different colour wristbands according to how much time they’ve spent reading - the children find it very motivating and really love earning the different bands!
Times Tables and counting
Please encourage your child to do a short (no more than 10 mins), daily practice on Times Table Rockstars (TTRS) TTRS website or some counting on and back games. Quick recall supports children's calculation in all areas of the curriculum. We have weekly tournaments between classes and across year groups with certificates to be won!
Year 6 Parent Meetings
The link will be uploaded following the meeting on the 17th September. Future dates for a meeting regarding Kilvrough will be confirmed at a later date. There will be another meeting and further information about kit lists and accommodation closer to the time.
Below, are the powerpoint presentations giving information on any meetings we have had.