Welcome to P6 Mr Tomes's class. 

We have much to look forward to this school year.

The different topics the children will be learning about include:

Term 1A- The Irish Famine
Term 1B- Water
Term 2A- The Titanic
Term 2B- Fairtrade
Term 3- Vikings

Each topic will be presented with a 'Parent's Page' and this will be uploaded to Google Classroom.

All communication and homework will be uploaded via the Stream on Google Classroom. Please send a note in with your child if you are having difficultly accessing Google Classroom at home.

Homework will be set each week on a Monday.

The children will have Reading, Spellings, Literacy and Numeracy tasks to complete throughout the week. Children are provided with a large homework book to complete tasks in (unless stated to be completed online- Freckle Maths etc.) and must return their homework book on a Friday.

P.E days are TBC.

If you have any issues/queries, please feel free to contact the school office to arrange a phone call or face-to-face meeting with me.

Thank you for your continued support and I'm excited to be your child's class teacher for Primary Six.

Mr Tomes

Term 1A topic - The Irish Famine 

What will we be learning about?

In this topic, we will explore a very important and sad time in Irish history called The Great Irish Famine, which happened between 1845 and 1852. During this time, a disease called potato blight destroyed the potato crops that many families depended on for food. This led to hunger, illness, and the loss of many lives. Many people also had to leave their homes and move to other countries to survive.

We will learn about:

• What caused the famine and how it affected people’s lives.
• What life was like for children and families during this time.
• How people tried to survive and what help was (or wasn’t) given.

The journeys people made to escape hunger, including emigration to other countries.

To help us understand what it was like, we will be reading the novel Under the Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna. This story follows three brave children—Eily, Michael, and Peggy—as they travel across Ireland during the famine in search of their family and safety.

Through this topic, we will use:

• Stories and historical sources to learn about real events.
• Art, drama, and writing to express what we’ve learned.
• Maps and timelines to understand when and where things happened.
• This topic will help us think about how people show courage and kindness in difficult times, and why it’s important to remember the past.