Welcome to Kestrels 6

Teacher: Mrs Booth

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hameed 

Welcome to Year 6 – Autumn Term Adventure!

Are You Ready for an Amazing Term?

This term, we're travelling back over 80 years to discover one of the most important periods in history while becoming brilliant mathematicians and fantastic writers!

Every day will be packed with exciting investigations, challenging problems and opportunities to think like historians, authors and mathematicians.

English

Rose Blanche

This term, we will journey back in time through powerful stories set during World War II. Our class text, Rose Blanche, will help us explore courage, kindness and the impact of war through beautiful illustrations and thought-provoking discussions.

We will also become historians and authors as we learn about the lives of Anne Frank and Sir Winston Churchill, writing engaging biographies and historical recounts using the fantastic Year 6 writing skills we develop throughout the term.

Maths

Our maths learning begins by strengthening our understanding of Place Value, before building confidence with the four operations:

🔢 Place Value

➕ Addition

➖ Subtraction

✖️ Multiplication

➗ Division

Through practical investigations, reasoning challenges, problem-solving activities and exciting games, we will become confident mathematicians who can explain our thinking and tackle tricky problems with resilience.

History – World War II

Our history topic asks the big question:

Why did World War II start and how was Britain affected?

Together we will discover:

• What life was like for evacuees leaving their families.
• How families survived through rationing.
• What happened during The Blitz and how people stayed safe.
• Why D-Day became one of the most important turning points in history.

We'll investigate real artefacts, photographs and first-hand accounts, debate historical decisions, ask thoughtful questions and become history detectives as we uncover what life was really like during this remarkable period.

Are You Ready for the Challenge?

Can you think like a mathematician, write like an author and investigate like a historian?

This half-term will be full of discovery, debate, creativity and challenge. Bring your curiosity, your resilience and your best questions.