Year 6 | Term 1a | Term 1b | Term 2a | Term 2b | Term 3a | Term 3b |
Topic | Victorians | Victorians | Change | Change | World War II | World War II |
RE | Loving; Other faith Judaism Vocation &Commitment | Vocation &Commitment; Expectations | Sources; Unity | Unity; Death and New Life | Witnesses; Healing Other faith: Islam | Healing; Common Good |
PSHE | Class agreement Prefects and responsibility House Captains, School council, chaplaincy team; Democracy; |
Staying safe; e-safety Parliament Zones of regulation |
Discrimination: rights and differences Zones of regulation |
Healthy lifestyles Anti-Bullying Zones of regulation |
Transition- moving on Independence Financial capability |
Grafham residential visit Relationships and Sex education Crucial crew: drugs, bullying, internet safety, first aid, cycling safety; smoking, and alcohol awareness, fire safety. |
ENGLISH | Sp: ious, able, ible, ial, ant, ent, homophones; R: The Eye of the Wolf ; Shakespeare- Macbeth W: Harry Potter – instruction writing potions/spells; adverts for wands and brooms; recount- memories and studio visit recount; character description. GPV: Apostrophes; extended noun phrases; colons ; semi-colons, direct speech, active/passive voice. This is Your Life independent research project. Biography/auto-biography; Diary writing. |
Sp: prefixes- tele, circum. co, re R: Develop inferred meanings; formality in texts; note taking. Fiction: Harry Potter, W: Journalistic writing; Scripts- news bulletins Story: mythical creatures- The Glass Knight and the Lambton Worm. Arabian Knights Non-chronological report; script-writing, GPV: Sentence structure; perfect verb forms; punctuation – bullet points. Noun/verb use |
Sp: ie, ei, ough; word roots. R: Carrie’s War- Nina Bawden; Compare range of authors. Develop inference. W: Discussion texts- balanced and persuasive arguments; add depth to paragraphs; use speech to advance action. Myths and Legends: The Glass Knight, Lambton Worm. Salamander’s Dream. GPV: semi-colons; dashes; hyphens. Relative clauses.. |
Sp: prefixes, suffixes, double letters R: Learn classic poems by heart. W: Explanantion: hover bike, adverts; explanations; leaflets; Wallace and Gromit Letters- formal/informal; GPV: active and passive voice; synonyms, antonyms. Grammar revision of KS2 objectives. Spelling revision- Y5/6 word list.; |
Sp: Silent letters. R: Authors’ use of text structure; précis longer passages. Comprehension practice SATs style. W: Playscripts; techniques; footnotes; short story. GPV: Subjunctive tense; ellipsis. Standard English. Revision of progressive and perfect tense.. |
Sp: homophones ending in se or ce. R: explain how contexts contribute to meaning W: Extended story- Harris Burdick. Adverts-persuausive writing. Poetry; Change vocabulary to enhance effects. GPV: Use a range of devices for cohesion- repetition, connectives; develop sentences using more than one subordinate clause. |
MATHS | Place value; four rules; x and ÷ by 10, 100 and 1000; rounding; Multiplication and division; Brackets and algebra. 2D and 3D shapes; circles; Angles Perimeter and area. Volume | + - x ÷ fractions; percentages; ratio and proportion; inverse operations; sequences; formulae; negative nos. Converting measures. parallel lines; symmetry; nets Co-ordinates; reflecting on x and y axis. | Subtraction of large nos. Equivalent fractions/decimals; factors, multiples, prime nos. ; money; Division by 2 digit nos.; Translating shapes; | Averages; line graphs, pie charts; Decimal multiplication problems; describing functions and no. sequences; ratios; algebra puzzles Coordinates; calculating angles. | Decimal place value; positive and negative nos. ; fractions and percentages; algebra; binary nos. Scaling by multiplying and dividing; multiplying by integers and decimals; Reading scales and measures problems; properties of 2D shapes; area, perimeter, volume. |
Use division to find fractions of amounts; divide 4 digit nos. by 2 digit nos. Multiplication and division investigation; dividing with a decimal remainder; ratio; interpreting graphs; unusual multiplication methods; binary nos.; magic squares; Fibonacci sequence; % puzzles; word problems. Financial capability. Time intervals; Coordinates; angles. |
SCIENCE | Living things and their habitats Evolution and inheritance | Animals including humans Micro-organisms | Light | Electricity | SATs Revision | SWCHS Transition unit: Surface tension investigation |
COMPUTING | Algorithms Scratch Coding X tables game | Skills- Powerpoint- presentations using hyperlinks |
We are adventure gamers. | We are advertisers | We are travel writers | We are publishers |
ART | William Morris- tiling; repeating patterns Clay models: mythical dragons. |
Silk Painting; Sketch books: observational drawing. Shading. Clay models: mythical dragons. |
A Sense of Place Landscapes Perspectives |
Clay Tiles – landscapes Folk art |
Lichtenstein portraits | Landscapes- Blitz Pastels |
DT | Food technology: afternoon tea cakes Wand making- strengthening paper. |
Food technology – Christmas cookery Acrobat Toys |
Food technology: Burritos | Food technology | Food technology Textiles: Sewing- Pencil Case | Food technology |
MUSIC | Preparation for Carol composition competition Instrumental concert preparation | Preparation for The Spirit of Christmas/Junior Christmas concert | Ocarinas | Part singing | Blues to Rock and Roll | Preparation for Junior production |
PE | Football; Tag-Rugby Swimming; Gymnastics: | Tag-Rugby; Football Swimming; | Handball; Football; Swimming; Sports-hall athletics. Golf | Dance; Handball; Tag-Rugby; Swimming | Cricket; Swimming; Athletics- running, hurdles, javelin, long jump; triple jump | Cricket; Swimming; Rounders; athletics |
FRENCH | The four seasons; clothes; weather; months; numbers; perfect outfit – more detailed sentence structures. | Outfit cont. phrases from memory and adaptation; fashion show; written reply to pen-friend; Christmas | Town – places in the town; French geography; compass points and coordinates; directions; buildings | Town cont. – sentence extension; asking for help; town trail; using a map; new adjectives; guide book; Easter | French around the world- French-speaking country quiz; countries and continents; high frequency irregular verbs; holidays and transport; opinions. | World tour; complex sentences; own world tour presentation; internet research; creation of fact file on country. |
HISTORY | Victorians – life and family of Victoria – life for children | Change in Victorian Era | WW2 Causes of the war | Life for families and children in the war | ||
GEOGRAPHY | The World – mountain regions – climate zones-desert regions | Local area Country – comparison to GB |