Year 6 - Snow Leopard
Welcome to Snow Leopards Class
Year 6 – Term 2: The Maya
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to Term 2! We have another exciting and busy term ahead, with lots of interesting learning opportunities for the children.
Our main topic this term is The Maya, where we will explore this fascinating ancient civilisation. The children will discover where and when the Maya lived, how their society was organised, their beliefs and traditions, and what everyday life was like. We will also investigate their writing system, calendars and the reasons behind the decline of their civilisation.
In English, we will be developing our reading and writing skills through The Hobbit, exploring narrative writing inspired by The City of Silence, and creating non-chronological reports about monsters. We will also continue to strengthen our grammar, spelling and punctuation skills.
In Maths, our focus will be on long division, factors, square numbers and fractions, including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. We will also explore shape and continue practising our times tables.
Our Science topic is Changing Circuits. The children will investigate electricity, explore how circuits work and carry out practical experiments to discover how different changes affect the brightness of bulbs and the speed of motors.
Across the wider curriculum, we will be creating colourful Maya-inspired masks in Art, learning about Judaism and the Torah in RSE, and exploring e-safety in Computing. In Music, we will be appreciating popular music through Pharrell Williams' Happy, while Spanish lessons will focus on conversations and animals. We will also continue our weekly PE sessions on Tuesdays with Lauren.
Our Learn Together value this term is Peace. We will be exploring democracy, equality, justice and racism, encouraging the children to reflect on the importance of respect, fairness and understanding others.
We are really looking forward to another fantastic term filled with curiosity, creativity and learning. Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We look forward to seeing the children grow in confidence, challenge themselves and enjoy everything this term has to offer!
Best wishes,
Neil and Naomi
