It has been another busy term in Beech Class. Last week, we had our wonderful visit to the British Wildlife Centre where we saw many animals and learned about their adaptations and how these have aided their survival. The visit really enhanced our science learning and we even got to see a red squirrel up close!

In writing, we have been exploring biographies, and have written one about Charles Darwin as well as one of our choice. We have looked at how these non-fiction texts are structured, and how punctuation and sentence structure can guide our reader through the text.

In our maths lessons, we have consolidated our understanding of arithmetic. Please do keep practising times tables over the Easter break and contact us if you need your child's Times Tables Rockstars login. We have also looked at geometry, including finding angles in triangles and other shapes, naming parts of circles, and discovering how the radius is calculated.

In Art, we have we have been inspired by the work of Marianne North who challenged the Victorian tradition of drawing flowers by painting them in their natural settings instead. Her work can be viewed in a gallery at Kew Gardens and we will be bringing our own work home to share with you in the summer term.

After the Easter break, we are looking forward to starting our Frozen Kingdom learning theme where we will look at the physical and human processes impact of climate change on the Arctic and Antarctic ice and oceans.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Year 6 Team