2024 New Year update from Dina Asher-Smith class

Dina Asher-Smith class • January 12, 2024

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It is the New Year and Year 6 are back ready for the new term!

In English we have started our unit on character. Our focus text is Wuthering Heights and so far we have met Nelly and Mrs Linton. Mrs Linton was very frightened by what she saw in the mirror and this has inspired our writing. We have re-visited how dialogue can portray character.

In Maths we are looking at decimals. This week we have been working on multiplying and dividing decimals by 10,100 and 1,000.

In History we have begun our unit on World War II. We explored what life entailed for an evacuee and the different places around the country children were sent to. We applied our writing skills to create a letter from the perspective of an evacuee child. In addition to looking at the events that lead to the start of the world war.

In Science will be looking at classifying organisms. There are lots of ways of grouping plants and animals according to the organisms’ characteristics. Animals, for example, can be split into vertebrates and invertebrates. Over the term we will continue to explore the different systems that have been developed over time.

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