Year 6 Curriculum Map
Click on the links below to find out more about the topics we cover each term.
Spring
Subjects |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
English |
SFA Revision Programme: Reading comprehension and revision of writing genres Personal recount (diary), Non-chronological report, Persuasive, Discursive, Short Story |
SFA Revision Programme: Reading comprehension and revision of writing genres Balanced argument, formal letter, report writing, play script, narrative. |
Mathematics |
Fractions: Including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, equivalent, improper, fractions of amounts, worded problems involving fractions. Arithmetic: Including adding and subtracting different amounts, related facts, percentages and decimals, BODMAS Area and perimeter of compound shapes. Measuring angles and calculating missing angles. Co-ordinates in four quadrants.
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Reasoning skills, worded problems, multi-step problems. Arithemetic including 4 rules, multiplying and dividing decimals. Reflecting and translating shapes. Mixed numbers and improper fractions. Volume. Ratioe and proportion. Negative Numbers. |
Science |
Danger! Low voltage
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Light up your world |
Computing |
We are digital story-tellers
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We are data experts |
Geography |
NO FOCUS THIS TERM |
NO FOCUS THIS TERM |
History |
Anne Frank’s Diary – link to reading revision programme |
The Holocaust – Link to reading revision programme |
Art |
Colour, tone and hue Study of Monet’s Waterlilies |
Colour, tone and hue Study of Klimt’s Golden Lady |
DT |
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Whole School Art |
Andrea please email staff to say what should go in here for each term/half term |
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PE |
Football |
Gymnastics |
French |
Ordinal numbers. Create written compound sentences. |
To be able to speak and write about the town in which we live. |
Music |
A New Year Carol |
Happy |
RE |
During the Spring term, children’s learning is developed by exploring the beliefs, place of worship, festivals and the sacred text used by Sikhs. |
Children’s understanding of Islam is developed by exploring the beliefs, place of worship, festivals and the sacred text used in this religion. |
Other activities or trips |
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Summer
Subjects |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
English |
Writing Assessment Unit: The Giant’s Necklace |
Narrative linked to history topic WW2 Evacuee stories, letters home. Play scripts: Y6 production |
Mathematics |
Radius and Diameter. Reading timetables. Roman Numerals. SATs revision. |
Year 7 transition units The Golden Number, The Golden Triangle. Spirals |
Science |
Body health
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Body pump |
Computing |
We are games developers
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We are HTML editors
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Geography |
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Geography of WW2 Maps of local area, how things changed Where the war took place and how Europe changed. |
History |
Revision. Completion of Holocaust unit: Irena Sendler, Oskar Schindler |
Britain at War: Evacuation, rationing, The Blitz, the effect of WW2 on children and women, and how it changed everyday life. |
Art |
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DT |
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Slippers |
Whole School Art |
Andrea please email staff to say what should go in here for each term/half term |
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PE |
Tennis |
Athletics |
French |
Learn how to ask where someone is going, and how to say where you are going |
Be introduced to verb phrases that describe leisure activities Create spoken and written sentences that include time, place and purpose
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Autumn
Subjects |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
English |
Poetry; personification, humorous poems, limericks, riddles Quality Texts: Shakespeare’s Macbeth The Watertower by Gary Crew narrative unit Non-fiction: Biographies Black History unit on Harriet Tubman |
Non-chronological reports, Brochures and Letter Writing linked to Kingswood Narrative: Greek Myths and Legends Performance Poetry – Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy
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Mathematics |
Number, counting, related facts, rounding numbers Checking calculations. Square and Prime numbers 2D 3D shapes estimation, reading measuring scales and converting measures, length, angles, mean/mode, pie charts.
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Multiplication Examining errors ,Reasoning and mastery. Problem solving Multiplication worded problems and multistep questions. 4 rules including x by 10,100,1000 Longer multiplication sums Division, Adding and subtraction of decimals different values. Long division. Fractions of amounts, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, decimals, percentages. Algebra |
Science |
The nature library
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Everything changes |
Computing |
We are programmers
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We are designers |
Geography |
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Map work of Europe Invasion and defence – Battle of Marathon Longitude and Latitude Mountain and Coastal Features
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History |
The Ancient Greeks When and where they lived, importance of city states and their types of government. Warfare and weaponry. Understanding whether the Battle of Marathon was a great success for Greece. Greek Gods and their role in society. |
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Art |
Drawing: Sketching and shading techniques 3D objects and real life sketching. Drawing texture. The work of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers |
Drawing: The human form Movement in the human form The work of Degas’ dancers Whole school Art project “Advendture” linked to Greek myths and legends |
DT |
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Whole School DT day: Textiles, designing and making Christmas decorations |
Whole School Art |
Andrea please email staff to say what should go in here for each term/half term |
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PE |
Netball |
Tag Rugby |
French |
How to ask and tell the time on the hour. |
Learning how to tell the time for half past/to and quarter past/to. |
Music |
I’ll Be There |
Classroom Jazz 2 |
RE |
Judaism – On RE Day, children will learn about different Jewish beliefs, place of worship, festivals and their sacred text. |
Christianity - On RE Day, children will learn about different Christian beliefs, place of worship, festivals and their sacred text.
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Other activities or trips |
Sydenham Woods Science Trip |
Kingswood Lewisham Junior Citizenship |