Year 6

Mr Davies, supported by Mrs Drury in the mornings.

Teaching assistants: Mr Watkins and Mrs Highgate

Welcome to our class page, where you will hopefully find everything you need as a member of Rowan Class. If you have any questions, please contact the school office: admin@thepinesschool.org.uk

Teacher Bio:

Hello, Bonjour, Croeso! I'm Mr. Davies and although I've taught at The Pines the last 2 summers, this is my first year starting here in September!  I have been a teacher for a looooong time though (26 years) and have taught Year 6 previously. I live locally with my wife, who some of you may know, my children, my dogs and my golf clubs. I love sport - especially Rugby & Golf but  I'll watch pretty much any sport and have played a variety over the years but, now, I mainly stick to playing golf (badly) currently! I also have a real passion for films/cinema and enjoy many a hour there!! I also love reading and I really hope that is something that the children will embrace this year - they certainly embraced our class novel last term!  

Class Routines

Our main classroom door is the second door on the right in the courtyard. If your child has consent to bring a mobile phone and needs this to walk to and from school then they will need to hand this into the adult that greets them.

Our regular P.E lessons will be on Monday and Friday afternoons. You should come to school wearing P.E kit on both of those days.  

Current Learning

This term, we will be finishing our curriculum learning about how war impacted the lives of children in Europe and across the world, with a focus on World War Two. Our work will help us to answer the question: Does adversity make us stronger? For the full details of this unit, have a look at our Knowledge Organiser below. 

Our class novel is: Orphans of the tide.

At the moment, we are particularly focusing on the following:

English: Learning to write a balanced argument and developing our persuasive writing with writing a persuasive speech. We will also develop our narrative and report writing skills from autumn later this term.

Maths: Children will be developing the number skills that they learned in autumn two and develop fluency and reasoning further.

Science: We will be learning about Evolution and Inheritance.

History: Learning about the impact of WW2 on children.

Geography: After half term we will be moving into our Arrival and Departures unit, learning about the countries part of the Windrush generation.

PE: Dance and hockey. The weather may mean that the Gym is used for PE lessons, children will be expected to take their shoes and socks off. They may wear grip socks if preferred. 

Recommended Websites

Click on the stars below to find a list of websites that you may find helpful when completing your home learning.