What are we learning this week?

Week beginning Mon 27th January

Having explored the Mayan history of Mexico and other nations, we now look at modern day Mexico, finding out about its geography and its culture. We will learn more about the city of Oaxaca and the incredible Alebrijes! In English, we will be revisiting our persuasive writing skills whilst, in Maths, we will be drawing together our knowledge of Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 20th January

Our learning this week focuses on the discoveries by archaeologists and historians about the Mayan civilizations. We will continue to write our own versions of the story of the Hero Twins in English. Our Maths learning moves on to studying percentages.

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 13th January

This week we are exploring the life and beliefs of the Mayan civilization. We will be finding out about The Hero Twins and retelling this story ourselves. In maths, we are moving on to explore decimals and place value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 16th December

It's sure to be a busy and exciting week, this week, as we have our Christmas play performances and our Christmas Carol service on Thursday. As well as this, we have our Christmas adverts to film and present plus Disco and Party Day on Friday.

 

Week beginning Mon 9th December

On Monday, we will be sharing and celebrating creative home learning and watching Goodnight Mister Tom as we bring our topic to a close. We then begin a special English unit on Christmas and persuasive writing, linked to our RE studies. Our maths learning will begin to explore multiplication and division of fractions. We will also have a number of rehearsal sessions for the Christmas Play.

 

 

Week beginning Mon 2nd December

This is our final week studying World War Two. We will find out about The Holocaust and then how World War Two ended. Our English learning will continue to focus on writing newspaper reports. We will continue to look at fractions and calculating with fractions including solving word problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 25th November

This week we will be finding out about The Blitz and the types of shelters people used to take cover. We will be exploring newspaper reports as we prepare to write our own reports. Our learning about fractions continues as we explore problem solving with addition and subtraction as well as looking at mixed-number fractions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 18th November

Our focus this week is on life at home during World War Two, as we explore rationing, the reasons why and some of the food which was eaten. Our maths learning continues to focus on fractions as we look at addition and subtraction. Don't forget our trip to Manor on Tuesday too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 11th November

This week, we will be observing Remembrance as we make Poppies and write our own poems about the war. In Maths we will be beginning to work on Fractions. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 4th November

Our first week of our new topic begins with an Evacuee Day - we will all be in role including Mrs.Ferry and I, going to school in the 1940s. The week continues with a very exciting trip up to Manchester to visit The Imperial War Museum North. Our maths learning will continue to focus on long division.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 7th October

This week begins with a visit from the Mayor of Mansfield to listen to our planning applications! We will also be working on producing non-fiction pieces about an aspect of Mansfield which interests us. Inspired by Albert Sorby Buxton, we will begin to work on our painting skills to show a part of Mansfield chosen from our walk.

In maths, this week and next, we will be working on our division skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 30th September

It has been fantastic to read all of your finished stories; this week, we will be editing them to ensure they are techincally accurate. Tuesday is a VERY exciting day as the poet Jamie Thrasivoulou will be joining us to write a poem all about Mansfield! In maths, we will be continuing with our multiplication and division learning. 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 23rd September

Mrs.Ferry and I are very excited about reading your fantastic stories which we will be working on this week as we continue to write our Year 6 book. We will also be working in groups to prepare our planning proposals for your ideas on how to improve Mansfield. In maths, we will continue to work on our subtraction skills including in reasoning and problem solving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 16th September

This week promises to be another exciting one as GlobalWords join us once again to continue working on our book. We are also very grateful to Nick Linney who will be visiting us on Tuesday to talk more about his company and some jobs you may like to think about doing in Mansfield as you get older! In maths, we will be continuing to work on addition and using our reasoning skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Mon 9th September

After a busy first week back, this week we make a start on writing our stories for publication. GlobalWords are visiting us again to work on descriptive writing. We also have a visit from Mansfield Town FC to explore the history of the football club. We will begin thinking about how Mansfield compares to other towns and will create a survey for others to help us complete! In Maths, we will be developing our schools in rounding numbers to different values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week beginning Tues 3rd September

Welcome to Year Six and our very first week of what will be an exciting year! On Tuesday, we will be thinking about what we want this year to be like; what are our rights and responsibilities?

On Wednesday, we have GlobalWords in to begin working on our book straight away! Then it's off into Mansfield for our fact-finding trip! The week ends with a visit from Gareth Baker, our Patron of Reading, to help us plan our very own Mansfield-inspired stories.