Rhinos - Year 6

Welcome to Rhino Class :) Mrs Rashid & Mrs Gregg

Autumn Term 2

This page will give you an outline of all the topics we will be studying this half-term. I have planned lots of fun and engaging lessons this half-term and all I ask is that you work hard and get stuck in! Parents - If you have any questions/queries about anything, then please email me on rhinos@parkgate.cheshire.sch.uk

Reading:

Please ensure reading books are brought into school every day so that children can be listened to and work on their reading targets throughout the school week.

English:

This half-term we will be studying a book called ‘Stories about the Windrush Generation’

Blurb

This book presents 12 moving tales of sacrifice and bravery, inspired by first-hand accounts of the Windrush generation. "Home ain't jus' where you live. Home is your heart an' yer history." Each inspiring story helps to bring the real experience of Black British people into focus.

Key Knowledge: Focus Objectives

Mostly appropriate use of: Modal verbs and adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility, probability and certainty.

A range of punctuation is used, mostly accurately, including: brackets or commas to indicate parenthesis.

Some accurate use of: Dashes to indicate parenthesis.

Make appropriate choices of grammar and vocabulary to clarify and enhance meaning.

Use a range of cohesive devices to link ideas within and across paragraphs (including repetition of a word or phrase; grammatical connections, such as adverbials and ellipsis)

Vocabulary Development for English:

Tier 2:

originally

especially

including

definitely

unfortunately

probably

extraordinary

wrongly

abolitionists

citizen

Tier 3:

colonise

discrimination

enslave

empire

immigrant

nationality

institutional racism

segregation

Windrush

National Curriculum words:

foreign

government

harass

identity

individual

neighbour

opportunity

prejudice

queue

sacrifice

according

achieve

appreciate

committee

communicate

controversy

community

conscience

determined

explanation

Guided Reading:

For Guided Reading, we will be reading ‘Coming to England’ which links nicely with our English topic.

Blurb

Floella Benjamin was just a young girl when she, her sister and two brothers arrived in England in 1960 to join their parents, whom they had not seen for fifteen months. They had left their island home of Trinidad to make a new life in London – part of a whole generation of West Indians who were encouraged to move to Britain and help rebuild the country after the Second World War. Reunited with her mother, Floella was too overwhelmed at first to care about the cold weather and the noise and dirt from the traffic. But, as her new life began, she was shocked and distressed by the rejection she experienced. She soon realised that the only way to survive was to work twice as hard and be twice as good as anyone else.

We will be answering questions around the key reading areas:

Vocabulary
Inference
Prediction
Explain
Retrieval
Summary

History: Bristol Bus Boycott

Historical Skills	Essential Knowledge
Chronology	I can use dates and terms accurately and describe the events of the Windrush Generation
Evidence & Interpretation	I can use sources of information to form conclusions about the past
Change and Continuity	I can identify periods of rapid change in history and contrast them with times of relatively little change.
Cause & Consequence	I can describe some of the causes and consequences of the Notting Hill race riots of 1958
Historical Significance	I can describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.

Key Vocabulary
Windrush Generation	Migration	Employment
British Colonies	Empire	Landing Card
Riot	Illegal	Housing
Poverty	Crime	Cultural Differences
Violence	Colour Bar	Discrimination
Racism	Boycott	Activist
Rosa Parks	Trade unions	Campaign

Music: Instrumental Lessons - Inspired by the Caribbean

Key Knowledge

I can understand the main features of Calypso music

I can improvise a vocal part in the style of a Calypso

I can understand how and why percussion instruments can be used in Calypso music

I can recognise and perform quavers from staff notation

I can improvise in a Calypso style using a pentatonic scale

Maths:

This half-term, we will be focusing on Problems Solving, Fractions and Converting Measures.

Equivalent Fractions
Compare and Order Fractions
Add and Subtract Fractions
Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers
Multi Step Problems involving Fractions
Multiplying and Dividing with Fractions
Calculating Fractions of an Amount
Metric Measures
Imperial measure
Converting Metric Measures
Calculating with Metric Measures
Miles and Kilometres

PE:

PE will be taught by Mr Hall and Mr Kelly every Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please wear your full PE kit on these days. Can you also please remember to bring in spare socks and shoes/trainers in case we go out onto the field where it could be wet and muddy.

Science: Light

Working Scientifically	Essential Knowledge
Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.	I can recognise that light travels in straight lines.
Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs	I can explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes.
Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeated readings when appropriate.	I can explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them
Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.

Key Vocabulary
Dark	Reflect	shadow
opaque	translucent	transparent
luminous	scattering	absorption
Refraction

PSHE: Welcoming Differences and Standing up to Discrimination

Key Knowledge

I know there are some things I have not experienced.

I am curious about new and different experiences.

I can understand why some people are labelled by rumours and assumptions

I know there are some things I have not experienced.

I can understand what racism is and how it affects people

RE: How is a Muslim way of life expressed at home and in the community?

Key Knowledge

What is the Ummah and how does it link to the Five Pillars?

How is Ibadah expressed at home and in the community?

How do Muslims show good character (Akhlaq)?

What is Islamophobia?

What does it mean to be a ‘British Muslim’?

How does Mo Salah show his belief in his actions?

Key Vocabulary
Ummah	Ibadah	Islamophobia
Mu’min	Hijab
Akhlaq	British Muslim

DT: Caribbean Food

DT Skills	Essential Knowledge
Research	Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Design	Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Make	Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Evaluate

Key Vocabulary
import	export	national dish
sweet & savoury	ingredients	spices
herbs	seasoning	utensils
prepare	hygiene	safety
explain	evaluate

Homework

English homework will be set on Google Classrooms every Wednesday and is expected to be completed by the following week. Maths will be set on My Maths every Wednesday and is expected to be completed by the following week. Spellings will be set but on different days, so look out for your Google Classroom notifications to see when these will be set and expected back in ready for your test.

Mrs Rashid :)

Important Dates for Autumn 2

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