Welcome to Year 6

Presentations from Parent Welcome Event

Year 6 Curriculum Map

The Year 6 long term plan is below.  This shows the coverage of work for the whole year.  Items to note: Art and DT are generally taught on alternative terms; this is the same for History and Geography.  

As with other half terms, we will be covering many topics across the curriculum in the first half of the Spring Term.

English

This half term, English is split into Reading, Writing, Grammar and Spellings.

Reading

We will be looking a range of texts (both fiction and fiction) to build the suite of reading skills - fluency, vocab knowledge, retrieval, inference, explanation and summary.  A greater focus will be given to deeper retrieval questions and inference skills (including explanations).  Mainly, a text will be read each week to develop each skill; some of the texts are linked to our current half term value and out Science and History units.

Please ensure your child is reading at the very least 3 times per week at home to support them, not just reading independently but also support learning across the curriculum.  Planners should be signed on the day they have read, with a comment as appropriate.  If children particularly like a word or phrase they can write it in their planner as well.

Writing

We will be writing two pieces in different styles this half term. This is not just to build writing (and reading) skills and develop methods of how to have an impact on the reader (or listener), but also develop skills of editing.  The writing units this half term are:

• Character description within a narrative
• Balanced argument

Both of these are based on our class book: 'When the Sky Falls'.

Grammar

This half term we have included dedicated grammar lessons and testing into the timetable.  This is to help children prepare for their SATs and be as successful as possible.  The grammar to be covered this half term is:

• Word types: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
• word types: conjunctions, propositions, determiners, pronouns, subject and object
• Functions of sentences
• Parts of sentences: sentences and clauses, noun phrases
• Word types: conjunctions; Verb forms
• Tense: simple present, simple past, perfect, present progressive, past progressive, model form.

Spelling

Spelling is still an important part of learning, helping children develop their vocabulary, how they convey meaning and how they are understood.

New spellings will be learnt weekly, supported by activities in class and homework.  Spelling will come in two lists: rules and common exception words.

The Rule Spelling words for this half term are:

• ending 'shus' sound spelt -cious and -tious
• ending 'cial'
• ending -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence, -ency (revision)
• ending -able, -ably, -ible, -ibly (revision)
• suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
• Words with long 'e' sound spelt ei after c

Maths

As with the previous half term, Maths will be structured to recap existing knowledge and teach new learning.  This also continues with the application of the concrete, pictorial and abstract strategies, and knowing when it is best to apply them.  The topics covered this term are:

• Ratio
• Algebra

We are still continuing with arithmetic practise, which includes a weekly test and times table practise.

Science

Children will be focussed on answering two questions: What effects can diet, exercise and drugs have on the human body?  What effect does exercise have on pulse rate?  This involves learning the circulatory system (its parts and function) and how oxygen and nutrients are transported around the body.  We will also be looking at the benefits and impacts of different diets and exercise on the human body.  

RE

This half term we move on to a new topic: Creation - Creation and Science: Conflicting or complimentary?  We will recap the creation story in Genesis 1 and 2 in the Old Testament of the Bible, questioning what it is meaning it.  Will compare this to the scientific view of how the universe began and discuss their similarities and differences.  As the unit progresses we will explore the ways Christians celebrate God as a creator and how God is reflected in nature within the scriptures.

History

We will be learning a new topic of World War 2, looking to answer the question of: what is the legacy of D-Day?  We will be looking at how WW2 started, how Britain prepared for war, leaders, propaganda and messaging, D-Day and its impacts, and finally, the impact of the ending the WW" - looking at intuitions that were set up.

DT

DT is focussed on balancing function and aesthetics, where children will be designing and making a pop up book.  This will not only include a story and visuals, but also levers, sliders, layers and spacers to include dynamic action as part of reading.

Computing

This half term, we will be game designers; looking at variables in computer games and designing and coding simple games.

PE

In PE, we will be wrapping up gymnastics, starting rugby and developing our dodgeball skills (building on previous years).