Year 6 Learning Challenge Spring 2

We are delighted to provide you with the Learning Challenge for this half of the Spring Term.

You will notice that the activities have now been split into Basic, Advanced and Deep Learning. This is a new way for us to look at learning at Broadford, and is designed to ensure that children not only acquire factual knowledge but also gain a further understanding about how their new skills or knowledge can be applied to their own lives or be used to further their cognitive and social development. 

The themes of the Learning Challenge for the second half of the Spring Term are Water and Electricity. It is entirely up to the child whether they select the poem, significant person, music or painting, or a combination of all 4. They can also select the activities that they want to attempt, though we would encourage them to deepen their learning as much as possible. 

Significant Person

Thomas Edison

	Person
Basic	Draw a portrait of the person
	Produce a timeline of their life
Advanced	Produce a poster to advertise their achievements
	Write a letter asking them about their life
Deep	Explain how the world would be without this person
	Give five reasons for and against why they should be in ‘The Hall of Fame’

 

 

Painting

Pablo Picasso- Light painting: ‘Everything is illuminated’

	Painting
Basic	Find out 10 facts about the painting/artist
	Produce a collage of other paintings by the artist
Advanced	Draw a picture in similar style
	Transform the medium of the painting: use collage instead of painting
Deep	Use the image as a stimulus for 100WC
	Describe what the painting: what it represents, how it makes you feel, what it is based on

Music

Raindrops keep falling on my head: B.J.Thomas

	Music
Basic	Listen to a piece of music
	Identify the instruments.
Advanced	Research the life of the composer.
	Attempt to recreate the piece of music
Deep	A mind map of different emotions you feel at various points in the piece
	Produce a piece of art/collage based on how the music makes you feel.

Poem

The Changing Light – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The changing light

at San Francisco

is none of your East Coast light

none of your

pearly light of Paris

The light of San Francisco

is a sea light

an island light

And the light of fog

blanketing the hills

drifting in at night

through the Golden Gate

to lie on the city at dawn

And then the halcyon late mornings

after the fog burns off

and the sun paints white houses

with the sea light of Greece

with sharp clean shadows

making the town look like

it had just been painted

But the wind comes up at four o’clock

sweeping the hills

And then the veil of light of early evening

And then another scrim

when the new night fog

floats in

And in that vale of light

the city drifts

anchorless upon the ocean

	Poem
Basic	Learn it off by heart
	Find another poem by the poet
Advanced	Create a performance as part of a pair/group
	Write a short biography about the poet
Deep	Write your own poem inspired by the topic
	Compare and contrast two poems by the poet