Welcome to Year 6

During Year 6 we consolidate knowledge gained to date, build and develop skills whilst looking forward into Year 7.

Pupils not only acquire knowledge but use their knowledge to make deductions, form opinions and justify those opinions using facts and information researched from a variety of sources.

Emphasis is placed on development of potential and skills acquired by each individual child so pupils can make optimum use of their own laptops to access the relevant, controlled internet sites via wireless connection. 

The Creative approach to teaching and learning enables all aspects of the curriculum to be taught showing relevance to real life situations.

In Year 6 we have 3 topics each lasting for one term.  These are:

World War 2, Britain since 1948, Good Morning America.

World War 2

We follow the course of World War 2 from Hitler to Dunkirk: the Holocaust and Anne Frank: the Battle of Britain and the development of plastic surgery: the Battle of the Atlantic and its relevance to Liverpool.  We dress as evacuees and visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters, make our own air raid shelters and meals based on rations. 

Opportunities for Literacy include: biography, diaries, letter writing, descriptive and persuasive writing.

Numeracy activities include: weight, time, charts and graphs, temperature, 4 rules of number and cracking codes.

Britain since 1948

We celebrate the diversity of the British people.  Study changes in the media, in technology and the environment, the Swinging Sixties and all the way through to Margaret Thatcher!  We make carnival masks and design and decorate T-shirts.

Literacy includes: poetry, song lyrics, narrative recounts, persuasive writing, oral presentation, censorship, argument, non fiction and instructions.

Numeracy includes: questionnaires and collecting data, presentation in charts and graphs, costing and the 4 rules of decimal money, 2D and 3D shapes, angles and measurement. 

Good Morning America

Scarisbrick Hall School is situated in acres of woodland which can become a learning environment in itself.  For our study of the Native Americans we source most of our materials from the immediate vicinity. We make story sticks and weaving using only natural materials. We build villages in the woods consisting of tipis and wigwams.

Literacy opportunities include: factual writing, skimming and scanning, communicating and Native American legends, comparison between film and biography, reports, poetry and debate.

Numeracy includes problem solving, estimating and rounding, time and time zones, money, charts and graphs and investigations. 

In Year 6, we also like to get involved in any dramatic presentations and we produced “Joseph” for parents and friends last year.