Spring update - Year 6

In reading, Team LL and AF are thoroughly enjoying reading Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll – exploring vocabulary use and text features of historic fiction.  The classes have been reading a wide range of texts linking to their history theme of Ancient Egypt: information texts,  extracts from Howard Carter’s diary, contemporary newspaper articles about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb from 1922,  websites and online information. Within reading lessons the classes have explored a range of narrative extracts, poems and non-fiction texts. Year 6 have had a focus on vocabulary – applying a range of strategies to develop their breadth of vocabulary, considering the impact of word choices and developing accurate definitions. The teams have been developing inference skills by unpicking the concept of ‘impression’. They have been describing the  impression they have of a given character and then supporting their views with concise and accurate evidence from the text. Year 6 have also been developing summarising skills.