Year 6 News - September 2024
Year 6 have made a great start to their final year at primary school and have been very busy indeed.
In English, we have been looking at the idea of “Twisted Tales” in the form of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. We explored their version of Cinderella in comparison to Disney’s version and then used this as inspiration to write our own “twisted” version of Snow White – the more gruesome the better! This idea of alternate versions of stories also links in with our reading text, Another Twist in the Tale by Catherine Bruton. It tells the tale of Oliver Twist’s long-lost sister, Twill. Although the language is tricky, we’re enjoying the variety of characters in the novel.
We have also had the pleasure of being taught an exciting science lesson by Mr Watkins. He showed us how diseases can be spread and but also helped us understand the science behind hand washing and how this slows the spread. We used our working scientifically skill of making a hypothesis, using cause and effect to make a prediction about our experiment.
In history, we have started looking at WW2 and have so far explored the timeline of events leading up to this important moment in history. We have seen how the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression allowed Hitler to promote himself to the German people in order to rise to power. In future weeks, we will be looking at the Battle of Britain, the Blitz as well as evacuation.
Great start and keep up the good work Year 6!