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Year 6 Hedgehog Class

The Ancient Greeks

Geography

Geographical Map Skills

Understand geographical similarities and differences

Mathematics

Ratio and Proportion

Algebra

Percentages

RE

What do Christians believe about Salvation?

Music

Ancient Greek Music

Computing

Online Safety

Database work linked to the Ancient Greeks

PSHE

Valuing Difference

  • Okay to be different

- We have more in common that not

Art & Design

Designing and making Greek pots.

PE

Dance

History

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.

Ancient Greece

Science

Evolution and Inheritance

  • Fossils
  • Evolution
  • Adaption
  • Offspring
  • Charles Darwin

English

Myths

Instructions

Poetry

Truthfulness

Creativity

Trojan

empire

legacy

Greece

Parthenon

Olympics

Acropolis

democracy citizens Spartan Athenian Olympics Gods Goddesses Myth r

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Hedgehog Class Newsletter: Spring Term 1

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! We hope that you have all enjoyed a relaxing and fun filled Christmas and you are ready to start a new term at West Pennard. We are looking forward to starting our new topics and working towards our SATs in May.

Housekeeping

Please make sure that you bring the following things into school every day:

  • reading book and planner
  • P.E kit
  • your water bottle
  • a waterproof coat

PE

  • P.E is on Tuesdays and Fridays. Please make sure you have your kit.

Enrichment

Thursday: Music and/or computing with Mr North.

Friday: P.E and Nutritious Lifestyles

Wow Events in Hedgehog Class

  • Making Clay Pots
  • Ancient Greek Day
  • Bikeability

Spellings

Spellings will be handed out every Thursday.

We will learn the rules and practice these in class.

Please practice little and often and home to support this learning.

Home Learning

Homework will be sent home and must be in the following Thursday. If you finish it earlier, please hand it in so we can support you with any errors you may have made.

Reading

Children should be reading X4 per week. We will check planners on a Monday. If they are a confident reader, they can read independently.

SWAY

Please visit our Class Sway page for regular updates on the children’s learning. This can be found on our website.

Curiosity

Independence

Courage

Creativity

Collaboration

Aspiration