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Year 6

Terms 1 and 2

Art and Design/Design Technology

Term 1: Sketching

  • Sketching, tone shading,
  • proportions of a figure
  • use of colour Keith Haring.

Term 2: Drawing figures

  • DT – make periscopes (Science – light)
  • Ravilious– famous artists
  • Henry More
  • clay sculptures and sketching and evaluation
  • Propaganda posters

 

DT

Terms 1 and 2

  • Cookery in Forest School

 

Computing

Term 1

  • esafety
  • internet communication
  • spreadsheets
  • surveys
  • pivot

Term 2

  • eSafety
  • surveys
  • 3D programming

 

English 

Terms 1 and 2

Narrative

  • Lion and Unicorn by Shirley Hughes
  • Little Ships of Dunkirk by Louise Borden
  • Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden
  • Once by Maurice Glietzman
  • Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
  • Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
  • Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo

Non-fiction 

  • Grammar
  • Biography writing
  • reports and recounts
  • description
  • letter writing

Poetry 

  • Blackout Poetry   Battle of Britain

Spellings 

  • No Non-sense Spellings Block 3 Autumn
  •  -ible -able –fer statutory words
  • homophones-cious –tious  statutory words

Class Reader 

  • Flossie’s Secret War Diary
  • Marcia Williams
  • Personal class readers

 

Geography and History

Terms 1 and 2

 Why do we have Wars?   

  • WW2 assessment
  • Map work
  • Invasions
  • Dunkirk
  • Axis and Allies
  • Evacuation

 

Latin

Terms 1

  • Minimus Burials

Term  2

  • Minimus Stories

 

Mathematics

Terms 1 and 2

  • Place Value  Rounding  Negative numbers
  • 4 operations Factors multiples
  • Prime Indices BIDMAS
  • Fractions – four operations of fractions
  • Geometry & position
  • Christmas Shop

 

Music

Term 1

  • Happy Charanga 

Term 2

  • The Big Sing

 

Physical Education

Term 1

  • Bench Ball & Rugby
  • Cricket

Term 2

  • Gymnastics
  • Handball

 

Religious Education

Term 1

  • Humanists Remembrance

Term 2

  • Christmas Round the World
     

 

Science

Term 1: Light

  • How does light travel? Light travelling in straight lines
  • Light sources and shadows
  • Reflection
  • Refraction

Term 2: Electricity 

  • Symbols
  • Voltage
  • effect of variating of components

 

Personal, Social & Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 1: Perseverance

  • On line safety
  • Growth Mind set
  • Mindfulness
  • Rights and Responsibilities
  • Peer Mediation
  • My Body
  • Body Image
  • Self esteem
  • Philosophy
  • Healthy survey

Term 2: Gratitude

  • Online safety
  • Rights & Respecting School
  • Digital wellbeing
  • My body
  • My beliefs
  • Body parts
  • Consent
  • Safety
  • Road Safety

Terms 3 and 4

Art and Design/Design Technology

Term 3: Storms and Shipwrecks

  • Turner
  • Water colours
  • Persuasive imagery

Term 4: Maths in Art

  • Tessellation patterns
  • Piet Mondrian
  •  MC Escher

 

DT

Terms 3 and 4

  • Cookery in Forest School

 

Computing

Term 3

  • esafety
  • 3D programming

Term 4

  • eSafety
  •  Sensing

 

English

Terms 3 and 4

Narrative

  • The Arrival Eric Tan
  • The Tempest by William Shakespeare
  • The Lighthouse
  • Swimming Against The Storm by Jess Butterworth
  • Kraken – Greek myth
  • Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill

Non-fiction

  • Titanic
  • Speech
  • description
  • Argument and debate
  • Grammar and revision
  • newspapers

Poetry

  • Storms
  • Compass
  • environment poetry

Spellings

  • Non-sense Spellings Block 3 Spring
  • -ough – statutory –cial –tial
  • homophones
  • suffix prefixes

Class Reader

  • Swimming Against The Storm by Jess Butterworth
  • Personal class readers

 

Geography and History

Terms 3

  • How is climate change affecting the world’s oceans and people?
  • How does the ice melting in Antarctica change the oceans?

Term 4

  • How do we look after our environment and save energy?
    Water? Oil? Resources?

 

Latin

Terms 3 and 4

  • N/a, SATs revision

 

Mathematics

Terms 3 and 4

  • decimals percentages
  • algebra
  • conversion perimeter volume area ratio
  • revision

 

Music

Term 3 and 4

  • Charanga

 

Physical Education

Term 1

  • Dance
  • Hockey

Term 2

  • Gymnastics
  • Basketball

 

Religious Education

Terms 3 and 4

  • Philosophy

 

Science

Term 3 and 4

  • Inventions & Inventors

 

Personal, Social & Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 3: Respect

  • Online safety
  • ‘Relationshops’
  • Climate change energy use
  • Puberty
  • my body
  • mental health
  • resilience
  • Healthy bodies
  • Water safety

Term 4: Kindness

  • Online safety
  • Conflict
  • Peer pressure dares
  • Sexual intercourse
  • reproduction
  • Conception
  • Sun safety

Terms 5 and 6

Art and Design/Design Technology

Term 5: Egyptian Art

  • Hieroglyphs
  • DT  pyramids
  • Canopic jars
  • Sarcophagus
  • posters

Term 6

  • Production props
  • Costume Design

 

DT

​​​​​Term 5 and 6

  • Cookery in Forest School

 

Computing

Term 5

  • esafety
  • webpage creating


Term 6 

  • esafety
  • variables

 

English

Terms 5 and 6

Narrative

  • Secrets of the Sun King, Emma Carrol
  • Production story / text

Non fiction

  • Egyptian topic books
  • Newspaper reports
  • Play scripts
  • Diary
  • Letter writing

Poetry

  • Egyptian poetry

Spellings

  • No Non-sense spellings Block 3 Summer
  • Statutory –ant – ance – ancy
  • Root words –ent – ence – ency
  • homophones

Class Reader

  • Secrets of the Sun King, Emma Carrol
  • Personal class readers

 

Geography and History

Terms 5 and 6

  • Is it ever right to take things that don’t belong to you?

 

Latin 

Terms 5 and 6

  • n/a
  • Party planning and production

 

Mathematics

Terms 5 and 6

  • Statistics
  • Property of shapes
  • Money
  • Consolidation
  • Transition to secondary school maths

 

Music

Terms 5 and 6

  • Charanga

 

 Physical Education

Term 5

  • Athletics
  • Tennis

Term 6

  • O.A.A
  • Rounders


Religious Education

Terms 5 and 6

  • Philosophy

 

Science

Term 5: Living Things and their Habitat 

  • Life cycles
  • Reproduction plants and animals

Term 6: Animals including Humans 

  • Old age
  • Human circulatory system diet nutrients
  • Exercise drugs and healthy lifestyle

 

Personal, Social & Health Education (S.P.H.E.R.E.)

Term 5: Teamwork

  • Online safety
  • Growing up
  • Puberty
  • My Relationships
  • Beliefs
  • Reproduction
  • Aspirations
  • Transition

Term 6:  Love of learning

  • Online safety
  • Prevent
  • What to do in an emergency
  • Drugs alcohol
  • Gambling gaming
  • Money debt finances my rights
  • Asking for help
  • Healthy eating
  • Talking risks
  • Transition