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Telephone: 0117 903 0077

Email: airballoonhillp@bristol-schools.uk

Headteacher: Tim Browse

Year 6

Welcome to Year 6!

Mr Burns, Miss Turner, Miss Stevens, Miss Skuse and Mrs Hillier are our Year 6 teachers.

Our Spring Inquiry Project is No News is Good News.  The year is 1934, and the BBC have recently launched their ‘National News Programme’, the first national radio-broadcast in the United Kingdom. It has been a tremendous success among the public. The children will become newscasters, it’s their job to report the news accurately on behalf of the BBC. There are a lot of big changes happening in Germany right now and the public are eagerly waiting to hear what’s going on.

The children will be learning about the reasons for going to war, and how the aftermath of past conflicts can pave the way for future conflicts. They will learn to evaluate historical sources of information, to gain an understanding as to why international events were perceived differently by citizens in different geographical locations at the time. Furthermore, they will explore the role of technology in informing and guiding public opinion during times of war.  In geography, they will study the advantages and disadvantages of being an island nation in terms of trade, and explore the effect of war on trade and agriculture. They will compare and contrast the laws of Nazi Germany with those of other major countries at the time, paying particular attention to segregation laws in the United States of America. Furthermore, they will debate the various events that may have led to the end of the war, and will draw some conclusions as to how future wars could be avoided.

To support our Inquiry Project, we enjoyed a visit to M-Shed at the beginning of term to learn more about Bristol at war, what it was like in the Blitz, how ordinary people in Bristol were affected by the war and how war changed the roles of women in Bristol and the world of work forever.

As part of our project, we will also be undertaking a Diversity Case Study on Alan Turing, a mathematician and computer-scientist who designed the first computers which could digitally store files and applications, effectively creating modern computers as we know them. Not only this, but his computer programmes made it possible for the British Navy to access enemy computers during WW2, revealing enemy plans and saving countless lives. He was a victim of mid-20th Century attitudes to homosexuality and in 1952 he was arrested because being homosexual was illegal in Britain at the time. In 2013 he was pardoned, and his face now appears on the £50 note

Spelling Bee:

Our Spelling Bee Words in Term 4 are: Y6 Spelling Bee T4   If you would prefer a paper copy of the words, please ask the class teacher.

Parent Presentations

If you were unable to come to our Parent Presentation on 13th September, you can download a copy of the slides here:

Y6 Meet the Teacher

If you have any questions about the presentation, slides or Reception, please speak to your child’s teacher or email airballoonhillp@bristol-schools.uk

Hall Displays

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