Spring Term 2019
Energy
This project has a science focus and teaches children about different
types and sources of energy and the social, environmental and
economic impact of these. At the heart of this project children
write letters to communicate with a range of fictional and real
organisations and develop additional skills in writing explanations
and making scientific recordings.
In the Innovate Stage children apply their skills and understanding
by creating a micro wind farm in the school grounds.
In this project the children will learn:
• About different sources of energy;
• How these work and what forces they use;
• About the uses of different power and energy sources in our
everyday lives;
• About the impact of energy sources on humans, economy and
the environment;
• About the generation of Energy from Wales;
• How to carry out fair tests;
• How to make a range of models to generate energy;
• How to record and draw inferences from data;
• How to write letters in a formal style.
Our class novel is The Demon Headmaster.
Summer Term 2019
Year 6 Miss Jones
Allotment
This project has a science focus and teaches children about
different types and parts of plants, flowers and vegetables, their life cycles and what they need to grow. At the heart of
this project children will write instructional texts including those using ICT and develop additional skills in letter writing
and reporting on a variety of themes relating to the project.
In the Innovate Stage children apply their skills and
understanding by setting up a ‘vegetable cooperative'.
In this project the children will learn:
• About the biology of a range of plants, flowers, fruits and
vegetables - their uses and the conditions needed for
growth;
• About issues of sustainability and how they are practised in
the local community and local farming;
• How to plan, design and implement a project and document
it using a range of multimedia;
• About a range of land uses and how these are important in
the local community and across Wales;
• How to plant seeds, rear and harvest them.
Our class novel is Skellig by David Almond
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