Curriculum
Within Year 6, our curriculum is taught across the year through our three enquiries. The enquiries all have an overarching question which the children work towards answering, these are developed by driving and enhancing subjects. In addition our enquiries connect to our 6A curriculum principles, and shape the way the enquiries are planned and delivered.
Autumn Term - 'Is the Destination the End of the Journey?'
During the Autumn term, we will be exploring the question ‘Is the destination the end of the journey?’. Our enquiry project has Geography as it’s driver, where we will be learning all about the refugee crisis with a focus on Syria. We want the children to understand that war is not a historical event and still happens across the world today. Children will begin to understand the direct impact of war on refugees and the indirect impact on our community and surrounding area.
Our Key Enquiry and English Text
This term our first book for English will be a powerful and thought-provoking book: 'Welcome to Nowhere' by Elizabeth Laird. The main character Omar, a 12-year-old boy from Syria, experiences war first hand and must flee Syria with his family in a fight for survival. This term, we will be writing a poem, a setting description, a biography and a balanced argument based on this text.
Spring Term - 'What was the significance of Hucknall in World War Two?'
This term's enquiry will look at the events that unfolded resulting in World War II and the impact this had on Europe and Britain, before looking much more closely into how life in Hucknall was affected. The children will visit the National Holocaust Centre to further enhance the curriculum. The final enquiry outcome will involve a school gallery, where the children will showcase an art outcome and written outcome linked to their Hucknall history learning.
Our Key Enquiry and English Text
This term, the children are reading ‘Goodnight, Mister Tom,’ by Michelle Magorian which focuses on the evacuation of children during World War 2. The children will be writing a diary entry, a narrative, a set of instructions and a script.