Welcome to Kestrel Class
Teacher: Miss Walker
Teaching Assistants: Miss Pomfret, Mrs Jamieson and Miss Dixon
Welcome to a new year. It is wonderful to have the children back looking great in their school uniform and ready to learn.
School open from 8.30am
In order to support our Y6 children and help them to prepare for their SATS in May, they will be bale to come in every morning from 8.30am.
There will be Maths, Reading and Grammar activities for the children to do as well as opportunities to complete homework.
Miss Walker will be on hand to answer any questions and help the children with their work.
All children in Kestrel Class are invited - please take advantage of this great opportunity!
Class Timetable
English
This half term we are reading How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
The story centres around a young Viking boy called Horrendous Hiccup Haddock III (or Hiccup fro short), who is the son of the chief of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. This story is about how Hiccup became a hero....the hard way!
Writing outcomes: A Newspaper Report and a diary entry
Maths
Ratio
Algebra
Decimals
Converting units
History learning challenges:
Were the Vikings ever Vicious or Victorious?
Where do the Vikings fit in History?
Where did the Vikings explore to?
What brought the Vikings to Britain?
How did the Vikings affect Anglo-Saxon Society?
What did the Vikings believe in?
What was domestic life like for Vikings?
Science learning challenges:
Light - why does my shadow change over the course of the day?
How does light work?
How does the eye work?
How do we see objects?
Does a shadow change shape over the course of a day?
Which material is the most reflective?
Was Ibn-al-Haythem correct?
RE learning challenges:
Why do Hindus want to be good?
What is the trimurti and why is it important?
Who or what is Brahman and why is it important?
What is samsara?
How might dharma affect the way someone lives their life?
What is ahimsa and how does it affect the Hindu people?
Curriculum plan