Welcome to Year 6
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Mantis and Scorpion classes are our Year 6 classes at the Isle of Ely Primary School. On this page you will be able to read about our curriculum and learning activities.
Adults in our classes:
Mrs Hema Patel-Thorpe Mrs Christy Collard
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Ms Louise Bradshaw-Campbell Mrs Hannah Delgrazia
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This half term, we will be learning:
This half term, we will be learning:
This half term, we will be learning:
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English |
We will be writing formal letters to fairy-tale characters that have committed crimes and practising dialogue by recording imaginary conversations between them. For this term, we will also be reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo and producing some final pieces of independent writing based on that. We will be writing newspaper reports and persuasive letters. |
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Maths |
For the final half-term we will begin by exploring Position and Direction as well as in geometry before revisiting topic s to ensure we leave primary school with strong arithmetic skills and key knowledge firmly embedded. We will finish with refining and improving our problem solving skills in a wide range of contexts. |
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Science |
This half-term we will be learning all about evolution, including the work of Darwin and Wallace. We will be building on the work the children have previously done about fossils and the evidence they provide of evolution. We will be thinking about the changes different animals have gone through to help them survive challenges in their natural environment. |
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History |
Having concluded our lessons on World War 2 at the end of May, the children will now be learning about the History of Human Rights and Equality. This provides children an opportunity to apply their knowledge from across the history curriculum to enable them to study an important theme in British and world history. Throughout the curriculum, the children have gained a coherent and chronological understanding of the history of Britain and the wider world and have studied the lives of people from different backgrounds, ethnicity, religion, and gender. In this unit children can use this knowledge to enable them to make connections, think critically, and use evidence to support their judgements. |
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Geography |
This half term the children will be learning about the collapse of the Soviet Union and globalisation and what impact this has had on people, businesses and governments. They will be exploring economic, political and social globalisation and also looking at all the benefits and problems associated with this global movement. The children will start to think about all the ethical issues this has raised over the years. They will explore solutions that are already in place and where more needs to be done to ensure we all are able to enjoy the advancements of technology shrinking the globe, whilst still making sure we behave ethically and fairly with each other. |
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Physical Education |
The children will all be learning how to play rounders this half term and for their second PE lesson, whilst some children for the final half term will be attending swimming lessons at The Hive in Ely, the remaining children will be learning the skills and techniques for a number of athletics games in preparation for Sports Day. |
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Religious Education |
This half term we will be looking at Christianity around the world. We will explore how Christianity has spread across the world from the birth of Jesus to the modern day. We will also be examining how Christianity is worshipped in countries such as Russia and across continents such as Africa and South America and how this compares and contrasts to Christianity in Britain. |
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Music |
The unit this half-term is ‘Leavers’ Song’. The children will begin by listening to pieces of music and appraising their suitability as an end of Year 6 song before working in groups to create their own lyrics and melody which can be performed to a pre-recorded backing track. |
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Personal, Social and Health Education |
We will be using PHSE lessons to prepare the children for secondary school. We will be using the BE AWESOME, GO BIG - TRANSITION RESOURCES FOR YEAR 6 PUPILS. It is designed to be motivational, helpful and reassuring and to help young people feel valued, loved, encouraged and equipped for the journey ahead. The resources are based on bestselling children’s books You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed and Go Big: The secondary school survival guide by Matthew Burton. |
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Art |
The children will look at modernism, and how it arose and developed in the 20th century. This will include consideration of cubism and abstraction. They will go on to consider how some artists, later in the 20th century moved back towards figuration and addressed issues of identity. Throughout the unit they will develop an idea for, plan and create an artwork based around the subject of ‘identity’. |
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Computing |
This half term we will be revisiting the important area of Online Safety in our computing lessons. We will discuss a range of issues children may encounter online and how they can find the appropriate help in different scenarios. We will also how sharing things online can have both a positive and negative impact and how children can ensure they have a positive ‘digital reputation’. |
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Spanish |
This half term the children will be revisiting how some basic nouns such as months of the year and days of the week and then building on this with season vocabulary. They will also be learning how to describe the weather and talk about weather in their daily conversation as well as how to learning important Summer vocabulary – ice cream flavours and how to order ice creams! |
Knowledge Organisers
At the Isle of Ely Primary School, we use knowledge organisers as a tool to help our children learn more and remember more and to allow parents and carers to support their children's learning. In our knowledge organisers, you will find essential knowledge, key dates, important vocabulary and key figures. The knowledge organisers can also be used as a fun assessment tool which will help children to see the progress they have made.
W/C 13/06/2025
What a week we have had. It is such a relief for the pressures of SATS to be over and to finally have a chance to focus on the other areas of the curriculum. The pupils have focussed on building their portfolio of work for us to assess in writing. This week, we wrote letters to fairy-tale characters from concerned professionals. This gave us the opportunity to use a more formal voice. In Maths, we have been exploring Position and Direction and exploring plotting points in all four quadrants.
W/C 31/03/25
We have thoroughly enjoyed our final week of the Spring Term in Year 6. We have finished the week with another colourful art lesson with our 'Morris' inspired wallpaper, finally completed. In maths, we concluded our topic on area and volume, now armed with lots of formulae to calculate both and have now moved onto statistics. We have started to explore reading more complex line graphs and double bar charts. Having now completed our Spring 2 topic on the rise of Nazi Germany, the children wrote a lovely essay in history, explaining all the factors which contributed to the outbreak of WW2. Finally in English, the children have completed their stories, bringing their mythical creature to life!
We hope you all have a wonderful fun yet restful Easter. We encourage the children to continue revising using SATS boot camp and continuing to build and practise before we start the summer term. Happy Easter!
W/C 28/03/25
This week, we have enjoyed writing our versions of Odysseus and the cyclops. The pupils acted the story out and enjoyed bringing the dialogue to light. In Maths, we have been exploring formulas to calculate area and pupils have deepened their understanding of perpendicular. The pupils worked very hard in art to layer on a second colour to their prints.
W/C 21.03.25
This week the children have shown a great deal of resilience and determination as we completed another set of SATs papers. They have all worked very hard and we have now sent many papers home for you to look at and for the children to reflect on their achievements and areas in which they can continue to work on using SATS Boot Camp. During the rest of the week, we have spend time revising key topics and areas in maths such as fractions and long division. In History the children learned about Kristallnacht which took place in Germany before the start of the Second World War and how this was triggered by an event in France. In Geography, the children looked at the types of products exported from Brazil and how this has impacted the Amazon forest and global warming. Finally, in art the children started the first stage of their 'William Morris style' wall papers with their tile prints. We wish you all a lovely weekend!
It has been yet another busy yet fabulous week in Year 6. We were all incredibly excited in our final year World Book Day costumes. The children had also had great fun participating in the national world book day Football quiz and making bookmarks. In maths, we finished our unit on decimals and have now started to build on our knowledge of decimals to understand how they are linked to fractions and percentages. We drew our mythical creatures in English ready for our non-chronological report writing next week and in History, we started to look at how the Nazi Party came to be in Germany post the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. We rounded off our week with our William Morris style tile designs for our block printing using his theme of nature. Have a restful, sunny weekend.
W/C 28/02/2025
Today is officially the last day of Winter. It feels like a welcome change. The pupils came back from their break invigorated and embraced their learning. They have completed their spy stories and used dialogue effectively in them. In Maths, we completed our topic on decimals. History was an exciting lesson in which we explored in depth the Treaty of Versailles. In PE, we participated in 5 challenges to test our fitness.
W/C 10.02.25
The final week of term ended with a couple of really exciting events. the pupils enjoyed using their knowledge of circuits to create a circuit bugs. Many of them will be coming home with them today. Prepare to be dazzled and amazed. In Maths, we completed our unit on Algebra. The pupils have really enjoyed the challenge and responded well to it. In English, we have begun to investigate spy stories. The pupils will be using dialogue to create characters and develop plot. We really hope that you all have a lovely half term and enjoy the break. Take care.
W/C 03.02.25
We have had an exciting week in Year 6 this week with the children completing their spy gadget creation explanation texts in English. They have also been working on their best book copy which we are hoping to put up on one of the Year 6 display walls next week as they are so fantastic! In Science we explored parallel circuits and understood how our homes are designed with these electrical circuits, allowing more than one path for the current to flow. The challenge in Maths lessons has increased as the we have been trying to solve algebraic equations and understand the formulae. Finally in art, we have started to look at the pre Raphaelite artists and in particular, the work of Millias and his painting of Ophelia. They then explored different watercolour techniques, ready to paint flowers next week. Have a lovely weekend!
W/C 20.01.25
We have had another exciting yet busy week in Year 6! We have started designing our spy gadgets for our explanation texts, thinking about the features we would like our gadgets to have and really lifting our vocabulary to include some high level technical words. In history, we learned about the radical nature of the suffragettes and the lengths they went to to secure the women's vote. We have also finished our ratio unit and the children all did really well on the end of unit assessment. Next week, we will be doing another week of assessments so please rest and recuperate ready for another busy week! Have a lovely weekend!
W/C 7/01/2025
It has been a fantastic start to the Spring Term in Year 6. The children have returned, fully refreshed and ready for a busy term of learning. We have started our new unit of ratio where the children have looked at the relationship between two numbers and have been able to explore the multiplicative nature of ratio with some increasing difficult questions over the week. In English we completed our cold task on our new explanation text type using the theme of gadgets. Over the coming weeks, the children will learn to internalise and understand the model text as readers and writers as we work towards the children creating their own spy gadget and create their own explanation text on their gadget. In History we started out new unit on the suffragettes and learned how poorly the electorate reflected society in the 19th century. Finally the children learned about the classical architectural influence on some of our famous London landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament and drew a pencil line drawing of the landmark themselves. Well done Year 6 for a great first week back!