Welcome to Oak Class!

Our Year 6 class teacher is Mr Ashton and this is us...

Our topic during the Summer Term will be... 

 'Beneath the Colossal Canopy'

In geography, children will explore the wonder and magic of the world’s rainforests! They will learn about their location, the influence of the equator, hemispheres and tropics, biomes, vegetation belts and the many layers of a rainforest. 

In history, the children will learn about the significance and importance of Baghdad in helping to build and shape the early Islamic civilisation and how it developed into a major world power. This links perfectly with our Islam religious education topic.

Our key text this term is 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo.

Kensuke’s Kingdom is an exciting adventure story about a young boy named Michael who gets lost at sea and has to learn to survive on a deserted island.

Our topic during the Spring Term will be... 

 'In a galaxy far, far away...'

and

'Frozen Climates'

^{This term Years 5 and 6 will be learning all about the wonders of the solar system as well as frozen climates in geography, with the Arctic region as our main focus.}

Our key text this term is 'Rooftoppers' by Kathrine Rundall.   

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell follows Sophie, a young girl found floating in a cello case after a shipwreck, who believes her mother survived. When faced with an orphanage, she and her guardian flee to Paris to find her, teaming up with a group of urchins who live on the city's rooftops. 

Our topic during the Autumn Term will be...

  'World at War!'

This term Y5/6 will focus on World War 2. This history themed topic will allow children to explore why the war started, key events during the war and how the war changed Britain. 

Our key text this term is 'Letters From the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll.

London, 1941. Bombs are dropping, and twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. Their only option for shelter is with the gruff, solitary lighthouse keeper, Mr Ephraim. Desperate to help and eager for a secret mission, Olive becomes his post-girl, delivering messages to the village. But her real mission is to find her missing sister, Sukie, who vanished during an air raid. When Olive discovers a mysterious coded note, she realizes her sister's disappearance is tied to a dark, dangerous secret within the quiet village. Olive must unravel the mystery to find Sukie and the truth hidden in the secrets of the lighthouse and its inhabitants

Curriculum and Class Information

Educational games and revision activities