Year 6 Curriculum

CO6

 

YEAR 6

AUTUMN 1
(8 weeks)

AUTUMN 2
(7 weeks)

SPRING 1
(6 weeks)

SPRING 2
(6 weeks)

SUMMER 1
(5 weeks)

SUMMER 2
(7 weeks)

TOPIC

Kingdom of Benin

North America

Brilliant Britain

Migration and the Windrush

THE BIG QUESTION

Should historical artifacts always be returned?

How does life in the UK compare to life in North America

 What hasa world war II influenced in our local area?

How has migration enhanced our community?

KEY CONCEPTS

Justice

Capitalising

Beauty

Pride

Identity

Change

Freedom

Courage

Diversity

Equality

Community

Reflectiveness

WOW

Making Clay Art inspired by the Benin Bronzes

Explore the different Countries in North America and make a Class Information Map

Local Area Fieldwork

Windrush Workshop

AUTHENTIC OUTCOME

Debate on Big Question

Presentation on chosen area of North America

Infofraph Map of the Local Area

Organising a Whole School Celebration for Windrush Day

CULTURAL CAPITAL

 

Isle of Wight PGL

Christmas Pantomime

Theatre Show

Globe Theatre

RAF Museum

SATs Wellbeing Picnic

Windrush Workshop

FOCUS WEEKS

Black History Month

Vision Day

French Day

National Geographic Day

Book Day

Steam Week

Wellbeing Week

Art Week

 CLASSICAL MUSIC

Florence Price

Scott Joplin

Benjamin Britten

Clara Schumann

Beethoven

Debussy

CHRISTIAN VALUE

Humility

Perseverance / Hope

Community / Friendship

Forgiveness

Generosity

Gratitude / Thankfulness

RE

God

Incarnation

Salvation

Kingdom of God

World Faiths:
Islam

World Faiths:
Islam

BLP

Reflective Robbie

Resilient Rosie

Relational Ruby

Redemptive Raya

Resourceful Rocco

Reverent Ritchie

PSHE

Being me in my World

Celebrating Difference

Changing Me

Healthy Me

Relationships

Dreams and Goals

HEARTSMART

Being HeartSmart

Do not forget to let the Love in

Too much Selfie is not Healthy

Fake is a Mistake

No way Through is not True

Do not rub it in, rub it out

WOWS AND WELLBEING

Cooking

Community - Homelessness

Financial Project

Allotment

Design in the Built Environment

End of Year Show

MATHS

Place Value

Four Operations

Fractions

Imperial and Metric

Ratio and Proportion

Algebra

Decimals

Percentages

Perimeter, Area and Volume

Statistics

Properties of Shapes

Position and Direction

Problem Solving

MENTAL MATHS

Recap of previous Year

Place Value

Four Operations

Fractions

Imperial and Metric

Ratio and Proportion

Algebra

Decimals

Percentages

Perimeter, Area and Volume

Statistics

Properties of Shapes

 

TALK 4 WRITING

 

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

Clockwork

Skellig

Macbeth

 London Eye Mystery

Rose Blanche

Fox

Biographies

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

Clockwork Poetry

Persuasive Writing

 Poetry

 Non Chronological Report - The Blitz

Non Chronological Report / Debate

 Poetry

I LOVE READING

Children of the Benin Kingdom

13 Architects Children Should Know

SATs Practise

Stage Fright

SATs Practise

I am David

Story of Now: Let us talk about the British Empire

Last Girl In:
Kerry-Ann Fights to stay in the Game

HISTORY

Benin

 

 

World War II
(Local History)

Migration to Britain

 

GEOGRAPHY

 

North America

Our Local Area

 

 

United Kingdom

SCIENCE

Healthy Bodies

Seeing Light

Classifying Organisms

Evolution and Inheritance

Changing Curcuits

ART / DESIGN

Abstract Expressionism:
You are what you eat

Pop Art:
Giant Art Tools Sculpture

Japanese and Botanical Art:
Botanical Art

PE

Competitive Football

Competitive Basketball

Competitive Gymnastics

Competitive Netball

Cricket Consistency

Athletics Consistency

COMPUTING

Online Safety and Computional Thinking

Coding

Communication and Collaboration

Spreadsheets (excel)

FRENCH

All About Me

Hobbies and Activities

Christmas Song

Animals

Describing Myself

Where we live

School Subjects

Describing Others

Justifying Opinions

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Lion King -
African Masks

Cooking - Gingerbread Houses

Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Bridges

British Inventors

SATs

Set Design