Rowan

Year 6

Mrs Drury Mrs Rundle

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:

Welcome to Rowan Class! I would like to introduce myself as your new teacher for the rest of the year! My name is Mrs Drury and I have been part of The Pines Community for my whole teaching career. I have always loved learning and am an avid reader of books - you can always find one that I have on the go in every room of my house. Apart from curling up with a good book, my favourite things to do are talking long walks with my family and then enjoying a delicious dinner. Another big passion I have, is for anything Disney which has always brought me such joy from my first cinema trip to see 'The Little Mermaid' to now, when I sit with my children to watch their favourites. I look forward to getting to know you all and helping you with your final months at The Pines.

Class Routines

Our main classroom door for the start of the day is in the courtyard. You will be dismissed from the same door at the end of the day.

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

Current Learning

This term, our curriculum learning is Arivals and Departures. For the full details of this unit, have a look at our Knowledge Organiser below.

We will continue with our class novel Orphans of the Tide and also read the amazing novel called The Kites are Flying which tells the story of a journalist who is witnessing first hand what life is like for Palestinians and Jews living in the West Bank.

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

English: We are currently 'Writing to Inform'. The final written outcome of our work will be a non-chronological report on a newly discovered or invented plant in order to inform our readers about it. We will publish these reports for Year 5, who will be learning about Earth and Space in the Summer Term.

Maths: Children will be working in their maths groups to consolidate and add to their knowledge in preparation for thier SATS in May. We will be working on areas that the children need in order to feel more confident!

Science: This terms science will see us finish our work on Evolution and Inheritance and also using our working scientifically knowledge to improve our data finding and recording skills.

PHSE: Rights and Respect.

Design and Technology: Textiles. We will be developing our design and sewing skills. As a piece of memorabilia of their time at The Pines, the children will be inspired by wartime 'Make Do and Mend', and use school uniform to create their own cushion or pencil case keepsakes.

PE: Orienteering and Athletics