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Wheatfield Primary and Nursery School, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Breakfast Club - 8:05-8:30am and school dinners are free for all pupils until the 22nd March.
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Primary 6

WELCOME TO PRIMARY 6

Thank you for visiting our class page. Here you will get an insight into lots of the learning activities that the children in our class take part in throughout the year. 

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News

1st Mar 2024
We love listening and taking part when Dave comes to Assembly to tell us a story....
 
 
 
 
26th Feb 2024
A big well done to our Wonderful Wheatfielders who got a certificate in assembly
 
 
 
 
2nd Feb 2024
Another wonderful story from Dave and visitors during Assembly. We had more...
 
 
 
 
 
 

P6 Information

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
  • Mental Maths (Section A)
  • Mental Maths (Section B)
  • Mental Maths (Section C)
  • Spellings Revision
  • Spellings Revision
  • Spellings Revision
  • Spellings Revision
  • Reading
  • Reading
  • Comprehension
  • Numeracy Homework
 

 

***P6 SEAG TRANSFER TEST PREP: (MARCH - JUNE)***

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Curriculum Information

March - April 2024

Areas of Learning  

Literacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talking and Listening:

  • Engage in class debates on various 'Would You Rather?' scenarios.
  • Have discussions through acknowledging and responding to comments made by others in class.
  • Sustain conversations linked to the Ancient Greece WAU topic with other pupils in the classroom and adults.

Reading:

  • Independently use reading strategies during whole class work, small group guided reading and independent activities in the context of Ancient Greece WAU topic and in class novel Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz Evans.
  • Skim and scan simple texts to identify key words.
  • Understand alphabetical order, to two letters and use it to find a word or arrange a group of words.

Writing:

  • Plan and produce their own care guide for Cerberus using the same planning process from previous learning.
  • Edit their Cerberus Care Guide once completed.
  • Order and organise notes about Zeus and use these to produce an information text about him.
  • Organise and use notes provided about Charon alongside information found in Chapter 10 to plan an information text about him.

Numeracy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECIMALS:

  • Count up and down in hundredths.
  • Recognise that hundredths arise when dividing objects by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten.
  • Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places.
  • Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number.

POSITION AND DIRECTION:

  • Identify, describe, and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed.

CONVERTING UNITS:

  • Convert between different units of metric measure, for example, kilometre to metre; centimetre to metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre.
  • Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds, and pints.
  • Solve problems involving converting between units of time.

NEGATIVE NUMBERS:

  • Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including zero.
World Around Us

ANCIENT GREECE:

  • Find out who the Ancient Greeks were and locate their civilisation on a timeline.
  • Explore and discuss the three main types of government in Ancient Greece i.e. monarchy, oligarchy and democracy.
  • Compare and contrast the two city states of Athens and Sparta.
  • Use primary and secondary sources to find out about daily life in Ancient Greece.
  • Assess the use of comedy and tragedy masks and design and make masks using modroc.
  • Investigate what Greece is like today by exploring its physical geography.
  • Research what modern Greece is like by investigating the population and various aspects of the culture.
  • Explore how modern life has been influenced by the Ancient Greeks.
  • Observe the Ancient Greek belief in gods, goddesses, and religious beliefs in Ancient Greece.
  • Evaluate examples of Ancient Greek pottery and recreate pots in the style of the Ancient Greeks.
P.D.M.U

UNIT 6 - CHECK IT OUT FIRST

  • Examine and explore the different types of families that exist.
  • Know about aspects of their cultural heritage including the diversity of cultures that contribute to Northern Ireland.
  • Recognise the similarities and differences between cultures in NI.
  • Recognise how injustice and inequality affect people’s lives.
  • Distinguish between a fact and an opinion.
  • Know that sometimes an opinion can be made to sound like a fact.
  • Talk about cultural differences in their community.
  • Know that others have a right to have a different opinion to their own.
  • Explain prejudice in their own words.
  • Explain the link between prejudice, discrimination, and bullying.
I.C.T

DIGITAL STORYTELLING: PRESENTING

  • Create a PowerPoint presentation using text boxes, pictures, bullet points and numbering.
  • Research and select information, pictures, and sounds for their presentations.
  • Change the slide design and transitions.
  • Deliver their presentation to the class.
R.E

THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS

  • Explore Jesus’s teachings on Forgiveness.
  • Evaluate Jesus’s teachings on Judgement.
  • Discuss Jesus’s teachings on Love.
  • Recall the events of Palm Sunday and the Last Supper and describe the Arrest of Jesus and the events surrounding the Jewish Trial.
P.E

FITNESS (CIRCUITS):

  • Link actions and combine movements.
  • Demonstrate stamina.
  • Complete circuit training to the best of their ability, working hard to improve upper body strength.
  • Recognise the physical and mental benefits of increased activity.
  • Develop an application of physical activity as a lifelong habit.

DODGEBALL:

  • Throw a ball at a moving target.
  • Use the most appropriate technique for the situation.
  • Play catching games.
  • Dodge a ball by jumping and skipping.
  • Dodge a ball by jockeying and galloping.
  • Use peer evaluation to discuss strategies and tactics and apply these to their own game.