Year 6 Curriculum Map

English:

This half term will begin with revision on a variety of grammatical devices (word class, tenses, speech and punctuation). As well as this, pupils will examine a plethora of poetry, fiction and non-fiction texts to consolidate a range of reading strategies and comprehension skills. Not only this, pupils will also enjoy reading 8The Boy at the Back of the Class9 by Onjali Rauf. This emotive novel will incite important discussions surrounding discrimination, tolerance and stereotypes; you9re in for a treat, Year 6!

Summer 1

Mathematics:

In mathematics, we will continue to revise key operations and formal methods to aid arithmetic skills. As well as this, pupils will consolidate their understanding of properties of shape such as: nets of shapes, constructing shapes accurately and comparing shapes and their characteristics. As pupils approach secondary school transition, they will apply their knowledge of the Key Stage Two maths curriculum to solve real life, maths-based problems.

Science – Evolution and inheritance.

In this riveting topic, featuring Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace children will recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. In addition to this, pupils will explore the cycle of life through reproduction and discuss how offspring are similar, but not identical to their parents. During this unit, the children will explore Darwin9s theory of natural selection and consider how animals adapt to survive to their environment and query how climate change poses a threat to this, which builds upon their geographical knowledge from Spring 2

RE – How does belief influence life choices?

This half term, the children will recap their understanding of different religions and we will critically analyse how religious beliefs influence some people9s choices. The children will examine their own identity and evaluate their own decision making.

History- How fierce were the Anglo-Saxons?

In history, the children will discover who the Anglo-Saxons were and evaluate the impact their lifestyle had on modernday Britain. Within this unit, pupils will examine significant figures (such as Bede and Alfred the Great) and unearth the influence they had. Using primary and secondary sources, children will uncover facts about their local area. To round off the unit, pupils will collate l facts on Alfred the Great to produce some historical art work.

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DT- How strong is a piece of spaghetti?

Children will test the strength of a piece of spaghetti and then use their understanding to construct a 1m tower.

Art- Painting

In this block, pupils will combine techniques learnt in previous lessons to create the illusion of depth and represent the translucent qualities of water.