Summer 2 Curriculum Maps

Summer 2 Curriculum Maps

Mathematics:

Literacy:

Children will continue to work on their counting

High quality texts have been chosen to inspire the

skills. They will know that the final number said is the total (cardinal principle). Children will know that we can count things that we cannot hold (claps, stamps, and jumps).

Children will continue to recognise numerals and use this knowledge within learning tasks.

Children are able to place numbers 0-5 in the

learning in Nursery. Children will begin to talk about the role of the author and illustrator. They will continue to talk about significant events that take place in stories.

Children will continue to develop their oral blending skills (c-a-t = cat) and awareness of initial sounds in words.

Children will be encouraged to give meaning to the

Understanding the World: Dinosaurs and Superheroes will theme the majority of our Understanding the World learning this half term. We will be exploring dinosaurs, their habitat and finding out all about these special words; carnivore, omnivore and herbivores.

As part of our learning we will become superhero investigators and will be looking at the changes that can happen with different materials. We will

marks they make. Their drawings will become more

also finding out about the five senses and have lots

correct order and will be encouraged to spot which

recognisable to others and they will be able to write

of opportunities to explore them. You can also join

one is missing when removed by an adult.

some recognisable letters from their name.

in with this at home!

Expressive Arts & Design: Children will be encouraged to think about what they would like to create using a range of different materials.

Children will be supported to use their creative skills to create props to support their imaginative play (making masks and capes when becoming superheroes).

Children will learn to follow instructions regarding dynamics and tempo when playing instruments and

Nursery Curriculum Map

Personal, Social and Emotional Development: As children’s confidence and emotional maturity develops they can find that their friendship groups change and develop. We will be supporting the

Summer 2

children to navigate their changing social groups ensuring no children feel left out. Lots of our work will include talking about feelings and how their words and actions make others feel. We will also be

singing. Children will explore how music connects to different parts of a story including different feelings and

supporting the children in their transition into

emotions.

reception.

Communication and Language:

Physical Development:

Additional Information:

Children will continue to be exposed to a wide range of

Children will have the opportunity to develop fundamental

The weather continues to be unpredictable, please

new vocabulary taught through language rich stories.

movement skills in PE sessions and outdoors. They will be

Children will also learn subject specific vocabulary through

working on skills that will support them to participate in

ensure your child is suitably dressed for learning

varied learning experiences.

Nursery Sports Day. This will include running, jumping,

Children will be expected to actively listen and think

throwing and balancing.

carefully before responding to questions to ensure their

Children will be expected to remove their own

responses are relevant.

jumpers/cardigans and be able to put them back on again

Children will continue to use past and future tense with accuracy.

Children keep shared play going by responding to others with relevant comments, questions or actions

outdoors. Waterproof coats in case of showers and sun cream and sun hats on warmer days.

Remember to keep a look out for exciting learning heading your way on Tapestry! Don’t

(this includes making sure their clothes are the correct

forget to like the post or add a comment. We

way round).

love hearing from you. We also love seeing the

Children will continue to work on their tripod grip when

adventures you get up to at home when you add

making marks and writing letters from their name.

your own observations.

Literacy: In English, the children will be continuing to use the phonemes and graphemes they learn in phonics to decode words to enable them to read and write short phrases and sentences.

The children will be supported to use what they learn in their English lessons within their

Mathematics:

Understanding the World:

In maths, the children will be continuing to practise subitising

Children will continue to explore the natural

number. The children will continue to count to 20 and beyond

stories.

grounds. They will be able to make comparisons to

be continuing to explore the composition of all numbers to 10

their stamina for writing by writing recounts of

strategies to help them create their own short

allotment, woodlands and fields within the school

arrangements of objects to deepen their number sense. They will and have varied and extensive opportunities to explore each

They will also begin to use talk for writing

ing pictures of animals and plants they see in the

rekenrek. Children will be learning how to visualise and explain

independent play. The children will be developing their experiences during the jubilee celebrations.

world around them, making observation and draw-

using familiar contexts whilst also learning how to subitise using a

their previous visits in different seasons. Children will develop their understanding the impact they can have on the world and will explore sustainabil-

and talk about the patterns that the numbers follow when

ity, recycling and other ways of protecting their

counting forward and backward. Reception will also be devel-

immediate environment and planet through a range

oping their automaticity when reciting number facts from

of texts. The classes will raise butterflies and observe

memory through song, rhyme and fun games.

the lifecycle before setting them free.

Communication and Language: The children will be continuing to develop their ability to talk and listen with a learning partner. The children will be expected to take turns in sharing thoughts on a particular subject and listen to responses from their partners. As part of our focus on British values, we will be discussing the idea of having mutual respect for others opinions and learning how to agree or disagree without conflict. Reception will also be

Reception Curriculum Map Summer 2

With increasing independence, children can

Additional Information:

race, sprinting, sack races, standing jumps and how

part in the javelin throw.

WB 27th June—Broadening our horizons through STEAM week.

ence to their plans before creating with materials.

6th July—Sports day.

13th July—Summer Fair.

before setting out and can collect resources that

18th July—Graduation assembly.

they need before beginning the process. The

20th July—Class changeover day.

app on an iPad.

the skills needed to take part in the egg and spoon

21st June—Broxfield farm visit

30th June—Class photographs.

children will begin to access Seesaw and the camera

for their first sports day. The children will practise

also practise their throwing and aim as they take

craft with a purpose in mind and can make referChildren will know what they want to make

their agility, balance, movement and co-ordination

to be a team player in a relay race. The children will

using who, what, why, when, where and how

Expressive Arts & Design:

In P.E, reception will be continuing to develop in a variety of disciplines as they ready themselves

developing their ability to ask and answer questions and answering in full sentences.

Physical Development:

22nd July—Last day of term.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development: The children will continue to develop their understanding of the zones of regulation and will be able to identify their emotions. Children will continue to work on conflict resolution as it arises. Children will continue to show sensitivity to those around them during discussions and games involving turn taking. Children will increase in confidence in trying new activities, developing their resilience, independence and perseverance in the face of challenges.

Mathematics: In Mathematics, we

Year 1 Curriculum Map Summer 2

will firstly be introducing the fractions ½ and ¼ of numbers and

consolidating our place value knowledge with numbers up to 100.

term, our learning in English will focus on the book The Queen’s Knickers by Nicholas Allan.

shapes. We will then move onto time, geometry and money whilst

English: To begin this

Science – Plants:

We will be building on the children’s understanding of punctuation and

In science, our learning shall build on our current

the use of nouns, adjectives and

knowledge and understanding of plants within the

verbs. We will continue to build the

world. We will learn about and compare both wild and

children’s knowledge of phonics

garden plants, as well as finding out about the different types of trees – evergreen or deciduous. We shall learn about the parts of a plant and think about the growth of flowers and vegetables.

History – What is special about

through a dedicated daily phonics lessons. In addition, opportunities to consolidate and extend their phonics knowledge will be delivered throughout the day using games and quick fire phonics sessions.

the British Monarchy?

In History, we will be building on our Early Learning Goals, talking about the

RE – What is special to

lives of people around us and knowing their roles in society. We will be finding out about The Queen and understanding what her role is.

We will be looking at all of her achievements throughout her life and considering how she has helped us and our country.

Art - Collage Throughout our art unit, we will look at Castle and Sun by Paul Klee. We will learn about using collage techniques to create a layered surface for their artwork and use muted colours to soften an image. We will use lines as well as pattern to suggest something is there.

Jewish people?

We will be looking at the Sefer Torah (The Torah scroll), the focal point of Jewish worship. We will learn about how the Torah is regarded and treated and why it is so precious to Jewish people.

PSHE: Living in the Wider World ICT/Computing: Consolidation This half term, we will be Revisiting and consolidating our computing knowledge from across the year. We will brush up on our mouse and keyboard skills through games, activities and projects.

In PSHE this half term, we will be building on our understanding of our place in the world by exploring our community, environment and rule of law. We will ensure we have ambitious aspirations whilst exploring different careers.

Music: Singing In music, in preparation for our Graduation Assembly, we will be singing collectively and at the same pitch, responding to simple visual directions.

PE – Throwing and Catching: This term we will be building upon our basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching. Whilst constantly improving our agility, balance and coordination, we will start to develop our throwing and catching skills with a variety of balls. We will start to distinguish between the roles of batters and fielders and the concept of simple tactics in our games.

Reading and Spellings at home: To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

Maths Basic Skills: Every Friday, we will be having a maths basic skills quiz alongside our spelling test. We will be improving our fluency with our addition and subtraction skills and working to really embed our

Homework: In Year 1, children will receive one piece of homework each

number bonds.

week. This will alternate between maths and English and will be a consolidation of what we have been learning in class that week. Homework

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take

a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

will be sent out on Friday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Friday. Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed.

Year 2 Curriculum Map

English: This half term, we will

Summer 2

be reading ‘The Marvellous Squishy, Itty Bitty’ by

Science– Plants In summer term, we are going to be little gardeners! We will be planting seeds and observing their progress over time,

Beatrice Alamagna. We will

Mathematics:

determining what it is that plants need

stories using pictures to inspire our

In mathematics, we will be measuring capacity,

to grow healthy and flourish.

writing. We will continue our learning

volume, weight, length and height. We will show

be creating our very own fictional

about writing structure and how to construct detailed paragraphs. We will also be introducing the concept of consonants and vowels and how this impacts whether we use ‘a’ or ‘an’.

We will also be identifying the parts of a

different measurements on scales, using our times

plant and exploring each of their vital

tables to help us identify different increments.

functions.

This half term, we will also be polishing up our knowledge of 2D and 3D shape to understand position and direction using turns.

Extra treats!

To support our learning in humanities, we will be reading ‘Paddington’s Guide to London’ by Michael Bond and following his adventure to our country’s capital!

As always, we will continue to build our knowledge, pace and fluency with the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

*Link to geography Geography What will we see if we visit London?

We are getting ready to explore our country’s capital this half term!

Art - Printmaking.

This half term in art, we will make prints using natural objects and learn how to make a collagraph

We will refresh our knowledge of the UK and virtually visit some famous landmarks. We will be

printing block. We will combine

comparing London to other places around the globe to help us identify what makes it so special.

printing techniques to create

*Link to English

repeated patterns inspired by William Morris

ICT/Computing:

PE – Run, jump, throw:

PSHE: Careers We will delve into our

In computing, we are consolidating the

favourite subjects this half

skills that we have learned and developed

term and research the career

throughout the school year.

paths we could embark on as

We will be looking closely at copyright and

adults. We will look at

ownership as well as how to be good digital

significant people in each of

citizens.

the curriculum areas. *Link to PSHE

Children will throw and handle a variety of objects. They will develop power, agility, coordination and balance whilst negotiating obstacles showing increased control.

We will also be building our stamina for sports day activities where we will compete in house groups.

Basic skills tests: Every week, we will be testing our maths basic skills on a Friday

Phonics: This term, we will continue to build our

after spellings. We will send the focus each week out to you via Seesaw.

share book time, where we will become more fluent reading whole texts.

As always, the spellings each week will reflect the phonics sound or spelling rule we are working on in our groups.

To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and

pace with sounds and work on segmenting and blending words. We will

Reading and Spellings at home:

this extra practise can have a significant Music:

impact on the amount of progress made, and

As part of our class assembly, we will be

the speed in which it is made. When you are

rehearsing a song to perform.

reading or practising spellings with your child,

We will be showcasing this as a whole year

please remember to sign in their reading

group using our listening and appraising

record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

skills.

RE: What does God being active in our lives mean to Christians and Jewish people?

Children will draw on their previous knowledge from their autumn learning to deepen their understanding.

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw!

Homework: Reminder: Homework will continue to be sent through Seesaw every Friday which will consolidate learning from the week. Due back: Friday!

Please continue to encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as if any homework is missed, it will need to be completed during break times or lunch times in school.

English: Looking back at the wonderful celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, this half term

Year 3 Curriculum Map Summer 2

children will write a recount of the

children will focus on securing their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.

Towards the end of the year, children will create a metaphorical poem

will build on their knowledge from KS1 to identify and describe more parts and functions of plants. They will explore

events in the style of a diary entry.

Before transitioning to Year 4,

Science – Plants: This half term children

Mathematics: In mathematics, children will begin looking at length and perimeter. Children will be introduced to millimetres for the first time and build on their understanding of centimetres and metres.

Their learning will equip them with the knowledge to

inspired by colour. They will continue

tackle problems around perimeter before moving onto

with sentence stacking to include a

looking at other units of measure such as mass,

range of figurative language devices

capacity, time and money.

what plants need to survive and grow as well as investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.

Understanding the life cycle of plants, will support the children in explaining the processes of pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and

DT – Structures – What makes a

onomatopoeia to entertain the

bridge strong?

reader.

Geography – We’re Going On A Summer Holiday, But Where? This unit builds upon children’s knowledge of human and physical

RE – Revisiting Learning This half term, children will revisit their learning from across the year. This includes symbolism, the beliefs of other religions and the life of Jesus. Children will reflect on their own beliefs as well as respecting those of others.

geographical features and their knowledge of the UK learned in Key Stage 1.Children will name regions of the UK and identify where would be suitable for a coastal, rural and urban holiday.

Linking to our curriculum driver ‘Understanding Our Place In The World,’ children will survey the people of Throckley about their holidays.

Children will investigate how the shape and features of a bridge can affect how strong it is. They will also identify types of bridges and the structural changes that engineers and architects make to increase the stability of structures. By the end of the unit, children will have created their own bridge.

PE – Athletics: Building on disciplinary learning Computing: This half term, children will consolidate their learning across all three strands: Computer Science, Information Technology and Digital Literacy. They will apply their prior learning to deepen their knowledge using studio code, iLearn2 and ProjectEVOLVE.

PSHE – Living In the Wider World

in Year 2, children will develop their

Children will explore economic

athleticism. Children will become more

wellbeing this half term. Children will identify what money is, different currencies around the world and why it is important to

confident in running, jumping and throwing.

This will help them in preparation for our Sports Day.

save.

French: In French, children will recognise new landmarks in London. They will learn how to say what and where they might go on holiday.

Times Tables and Basic Skills: Children should all be able to quickly recall addition and subtraction facts to 100 and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. This year we will be catering our learning towards the 2, 4 and 8 times tables. It is essential for children to be accurate and quick with tables so that they can

Reading and Spellings at home: To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

confidently access the full maths curriculum. Keep practising for your weekly Friday tests!

Knowledge organisers, which outline the key content

Homework: In Year 3, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English or maths homework and one piece focussed on times tables/basic skills practice. Homework will be sent out on

covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto

Friday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following

Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their

making sure it is completed on time this will consolidate your child’s

newly acquired knowledge!

Friday! Please encourage and support your child with their homework by learning as well as earning them achievement stars.

English: This half term, our writing will be inspired by the fabulous whole-school

celebration

Queen’s

Platinum

children

will

of

Jubilee.

write

a

the The

detailed

recount of their favourite events of the day, incorporating key Year 4 grammar features. For our reading

Year 4 Curriculum Map Summer 2 Mathematics: In mathematics, we will concentrate on securing our times table knowledge up to and including 12 x 12, before

focus this half term, we will examine

embarking upon the National Times Table Check

persuasive non-fiction texts, such as

in June. This will leave the children ideally

‘A World of Cities’ by James Brown

placed to apply their knowledge of times tables,

and a travel brochure of Sicily

decimals and place value when calculating with

aimed at families. * Link to Year 4 PSHE – Communities * Link to Year 4 – Knowledge of British Values

money. Finally, we will use a variety of real-life contexts to analyse and decode timetables and statistics, which the children might encounter.

Science – Sound: This half term, we will continue to expand upon our knowledge of states of matter by considering how sound waves travel by contrast to light waves. Using a variety of media, we will prove that sound waves require atoms to move longitudinally. In class, we shall be applying

our

experience

with

variety of musical instruments to discover how to manipulate the pitch and volume of sound waves. * Link to Year 4 Science – States of Matter * Link to Year 3 Science – Light

History – The Victorians: This half term, we will conclude RE – What are the key elements

our exploration of the question ‘Did the Victorian Empire

of Hindu worship and what do they

benefit everyone?’ Children will consider the technological

mean? This half term, the children

advances of the era as well as the role of the British Empire

will use their research to give an account of the story of Rama and Sita, linking the common themes of festivals such as Divali and Holi and explaining the Holi festival.

in combatting slavery and promoting democracy. At the same time, children will learn how the Victorian Empire did not benefit everyone, for example, the brutal conditions of workhouses for poor people including young children.

a

Art – 3D and Collage: Children will assemble pieces of paper to create the illusion of movement and create figures that are in proportion and out of proportion. * Link to PSHE – Understanding the World Around Us

ICT/Computing: This half term, children

PSHE - Living in the Wider

will recall and revisit their learning,

World: Children will investigate

including: further developing their coding

economic wellbeing by

skills in Computer Science; and continuing

exploring what decisions people

to build on the seven areas of online safety

make with money, in light of

in Digital Literacy, for example, managing

media influence.

online information, their online reputation,

* Link to Year 4 Maths –

online bullying awareness, and privacy and

PE - Athletics: Building on a range of throwing, running and jumping skills learnt in Year 3, the children will engage in relay races (to practise the most effective way to pass a baton), javelin challenges (to practise holding and releasing) and individual sprints, honing their skills and techniques in the run-up to Sports Day in July.

Money and Statistics

security online.

Reading and Spellings at home: French: In French, children will be further developing their knowledge of complex sentences by adding further fronted adverbials to their repertoire. They will focus on using co-ordinating conjunctions to add evermore varied masculine and feminine nouns to their menagerie of animals, with corresponding colours and sizes.

Times Tables: Children should all be able to quickly recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 = 144 now. It is essential for children to be accurate and quick with tables so that they can confidently access the full maths curriculum.

Keep practising!

To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills, which are invaluable, across the whole curriculum and this extra practice can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made- and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

Music: This half-term, children will follow the Charanga module: “Stop”. This will allow them to capture and record creative

Homework: In Year 4, children will receive one piece of homework a

ideas using graphic symbols rhythm notation or time

week. Homework will be sent out on Friday afternoons and will be

signatures with staff notation.

required back in school by the following Friday! Please encourage

Knowledge organisers, which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E., will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take

a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as, if any homework is missed, it will need to be addressed during break times or lunch times in school.

English: For our reading focus this half term, we will be continuing to study the fantasy fiction Matilda by Roald Dahl analysing vocabulary and making inferences. We will also be reading a Mars Transmission, a non-fiction text during which we will develop our writing skills in preparation for writing

Year 5 Curriculum Map Summer 2 Science – Space Building on their knowledge of gravity and forces, children

our own space transmission. We will use

will learn to describe the movement of Earth and other

language features, such as

planets relative to the sun in the solar system. They will

personification, time adverbials,

use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain night and

subordinate clauses and metaphors, as well as collecting facts about Mars and space to support our writing which links to our science topic. Children are confident using advanced punctuation

day and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky. Finally, they will investigate the movement of the moon relative to the Earth and explain the different

architecture.

shape on a grid, learning to draw them accurately, translate them and reflect them in a mirror line.

Towards the end of the year, children will be learning to convert between different units of measure.

our learning about mountains and rivers in year 3, looking

3D art. Pupils will develop

more in depth at the parts of a river and how land is used

visual-spatial skills as they

around them. We will develop locational knowledge by

through, as well as the journey of the River Tyne and what

variety of ways including art and

them. Children will then look at

and techniques used to create

Building on their learning of the Qur’an,

religious beliefs can be expressed in a

protractor to accurately draw

Geography – What is the journey of a river? We will build on

looking at well-known UK rivers and the regions these flow

Mohammad, children will explore how

within shapes and learn to use a

Children will explore materials

Muslim community? and the life and teachings of

angles. They will identify them

Art – 3D art using clay

colons, and will use these to create

RE –What does it mean to belong to a

children will be learning about

phases of the moon.

such as brackets, dashes and semiadvanced sentences.

Mathematics: In mathematics,

it passes as it flows towards the North Sea. We will look at

analyse the shape and form of 3D objects. They will develop the skills required to manipulate clay, including joining clay by a score and slip method. Children

why it is good to be near the River Tyne, examining what

will experiment by creating

the River Tyne has been used for over the years and how its

braids, twists and small discs.

use has changed. Children will compare places that it passes through now to what they were like in the past.

PE – Swimming and athletics

ICT/Computing: PSHE: Living in the wider world.

Children will explore how they can be an active member of their local community. They debate how tax payer’s money should be spent to best benefit the

This half term children will build on their year 3 learning by creating digital music, learning about multi-tracking and how to use GarageBand for iPad to combine virtual instruments into one piece of music then edit their tracks. Children will also

Children will be attending swimming lessons this term, every afternoon across two weeks. Additionally, for their PE lessons in school, children will be developing their skills in athletics to prepare for Sports Day in July. Children will prepare for sprints, egg and spoon race, standing jump, sack race, relay and javelin.

learn how to adjust the volume and add effects to their music.

community that they live in.

Reading and Spellings at home:

Times Tables: Children should all be able to quickly recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 = 144 now. It is essential for children to be French: In French, children will build on their knowledge of numbers. They will be able to use ordinal numbers (first, second, third) and further explore the districts of France (arrondissement).

accurate and quick with tables so that they can confidently access the full maths curriculum. We are have weekly times tables tests on Friday’s to check children’s recall so keep practising regularly at home!

They will also revisit and continue to

To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes!

build upon their ability to tell the time in French and apply adverbs to phrases.

Homework: In Year 5, children will receive one piece of homework each week

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in Geography and Science will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

relating to work we have done that week. Homework will be sent out on Friday afternoons on Seesaw and will be required back in school by the following Friday! Children can also take a paper copy if they would prefer.

Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as this supports their learning in school.

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. Within reading sessions, we will immerse ourselves in traditional tales using the Grimm

Year 6 Curriculum Map Summer 2 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

Brothers’ stories resulting in a twisted

shapes, constructing shapes accurately and comparing

tale postcard. Not only this, pupils will

shapes and their characteristics. As pupils approach

also enjoy reading ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf. This emotive novel will incite important discussions surrounding discrimination,

Science – Evolution and inheritance.

Continuing 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 Darwin’s theory of natural

secondary school transition, they will apply their

selection and consider how animals

knowledge of the Key Stage Two maths curriculum to

adapt to survive. To round off their

solve real life, maths-based problems.

tolerance and stereotypes; you’re in for

science lessons this year, children will consolidate their knowledge on Electricity through practical, hands-on

a treat, Year 6!

lessons using circuits.

Geography- Why was Britain a desirable settlement for the

RE – What is humanism?

Children will discover the belief system of humanists and consider the key principles they follow.

They will explore significant figures in the humanist world.

They will utilise their previous learning in order to compare humanism with other religions.

Anglo-Saxons?

Children will link their historical knowledge to this geography topic as they deepen their understanding of the Anglo-Saxons.

They will explore the properties of a desirable settlement before examining the land structure of Britain at the time.

They will explore the rivers of Britain and establish the crucial role they played in the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The children will use this knowledge to evaluate why people have chosen to live in Throckley.

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 and Collage Pupils will develop refined skills in layering and overworking. By studying Pablo Picasso and Patrick Caufield to create a series of still life drawings combined with collaging.

ICT/Computing: This half term, children

PSHE- Economic wellbeing

will be become more confident when using

This half term, children will

an IPad independently as they utilise their

build on their geographical

teamwork skills in order to create their

knowledge of economy and

own video. They will use the IMovie app to

consider why saving money is

design their video about WW2 adding

important. They will discover

sound effects, pictures and using the green

how taxes work and consider

screen!

why we have them.

*Links to PSHE/history.

*Links to geography

PE –Athletics Children will develop their athletic skills as they prepare for Sports Day. During our lessons, they will extend their running, jumping and throwing skills as they build their confidence. The children will challenge themselves by recording each other and suggesting helpful improvements.

*Links to computing.

French:

Times Tables:

In French, children will build on their knowledge of

Children should all be able to

numbers as they develop their understanding of

quickly recall all times tables

numbers to 100. Using this knowledge, children will

up to 12 x 12 = 144 now. It

begin to ask what time it is and respond appropriately.

is essential for children to be

As well as this, their understanding of number will

accurate and quick with tables

allow them to learn their 1o, 6 and 4 times tables in

so that they can confidently

French.

access the full maths curriculum. Every week they

Important dates: From Monday 27th-Wednesday 29th June, the children

will be tested on one. Keep practising!

Reading and Spellings at home: To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

will partake in their Year 6 residential trip at Hawkhirst. We are so excited and can’t wait to share this amazing experience with them! If you have any questions about the trip, please contact us.

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

Homework: In Year 6, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English homework and one piece of maths homework. Homework will be sent out on Tuesday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Tuesday! Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as this will aid them with their transition to secondary school.