Year 6 Autumn 2 Focus Text

2nd November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

After completing our first novel, ‘My Dad’s a Birdman’, Year 6 will be reading ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder.

This is a powerful graphic novel for all ages about how human beings respond to outsiders. When the people of the Island discover a man and a tattered raft on their beach, they are reluctant to take him in. He doesn’t look like them. But they cannot send him back to the sea where he will surely perish. Instead, they put him aside but even that doesn’t solve their problem.

From this we will complete reading journal sessions where we will delve deeper into the meanings behind the book, improve our comprehension skills and look at the vocabulary. We will write a debate during our literacy lessons.

For a critical review on ‘The Island’ watch the video below.

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My Dad’s a Birdman

16th October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 6 are enjoying ‘My Dad’s a Birdman’ by David Almond. So far, we have written a character description and a diary entry from the viewpoint of Lizzie, one of the main characters.

Year 6 Autumn 1 Focus Text

23rd September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This term in Year 6 we are reading a funny class novel called ‘My Dad’s a Birdman‘, written by David Almond. The story is set in the North East of England in Newcastle. The story revolves around a family. The dad has sadly lost his wife and as a result is starting to act a little bit crazy – he wants to be a bird! Lizzie, his loving daughter, and his sister, Auntie Doreen, support him. The city is holding a Human Bird Competition, which of course Dad wants to enter! Will he make it across the Tyne? Who will be there to watch? 

We will be writing a range of genres around the text, including:

  • Character description
  • Dialogue between Dad and Lizzie
  • Description
  • Instructions
  • Newspaper report – birdman competition
  • Diary entry 

Here is an excerpt from My Dad’s a Birdman, a film by Will Howe:

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To discover more about the author, David Almond, visit: http://davidalmond.com/

 

‘I was there… Titanic’

28th February 2020R Smith

In year 6, we have been reading ‘I was there… Titanic’ by Margi McAllister. We have been exploring the two main characters in the story, Daisy and Jimmy. The pair have met on board the ship. Coming from very different backgrounds, we compared the two, looking carefully at their similarities and differences. We transformed our plans into a final write up! We hope you enjoy reading about the new found friends!

What do we think it was like to board the Titanic?

10th February 2020R Smith

We have started our new novel – ‘I was there …Titanic’ which explores a young third class passenger travelling on board Titanic. We wrote setting descriptions, imagining we were Daisy boarding Titanic at Southampton dock, using our senses, to soak in the atmosphere and describe her new surroundings.

Year 6 Spring Term Focus Text

6th January 2020R Smith

For Literacy this term, Year 6 are enjoying ‘I was there…TITANIC’ by Margi McAllister.

This vivid first person novel is read through the eyes of Daisy, a steerage passenger on her way to a new life in America. On the fateful journey she befriends Jimmy, an adventurous American boy who is travelling First Class. We look forward to seeing how this unlikely friendship develops and how the fateful journey affects their lives. When disaster strikes, can Daisy, Jimmy and their families stay together and survive?

“This is the Titanic!” said Gus. “The unsinkable! Why would you want lifeboats on an unsinkable shop?”

 

We will be writing a range of genres around the text, including:

  • Descriptive setting
  • Character comparison
  • Non-chronological report
  • Narrative

 

We will also be keeping a reading journal throughout the story, furthering our questioning and inference skills.

 

For more information on the most famous disaster at sea, visit:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zng8jty

 

For an animation about Eva Hart, Titanic: A child survivor’s story, visit:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029z97h

Year Six- Autumn Term (2) Focus Text

17th November 2019R Smith

Our class novel for this half term is Viking Boy! The book is packed with action; this exciting story is a fascinating insight into the world of the Vikings. Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully on his family steading with his mother, father and their people, until they are raided by Skuli and his Wolf Men, who raze his home to the ground and take his father’s life. Gunnar swears an oath to avenge his father’s death and save his mother from Skuli, but first he must run to save himself. We are excited to see if Gunner will get his revenge.

As a class we are going to have the opportunity to write a range of genres including a recount, letter, and a newspaper report.

My Dad’s a Birdman

3rd November 2019R Smith

We have been reading the book – My Dad’s a Birdman. In the story Auntie Doreen’s favourite food is dumplings, she is forever making them, singing about them and eating them in the story. We have written our own descriptions of our favourite meals. Here are two examples.