Year 6 Curriculum
Termly curriculum overviews are available on class pages
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Topic Focus:
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WHY DO PEOPLE GO TO WAR? |
WHAT WOULD A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY BE LIKE? |
CHOCOLATE: GOOD OR BAD? |
WERE THE GREEKS REALLY GLORIOUS? |
HAVE WE ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE THIS? |
WHAT WILL I FIND IN THE HOUSE OF WISDOM? |
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Title of Supporting Texts |
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Goodnight Mr. Tom (Classic Fiction) by Michelle Magorian |
Running Wild (fiction) by Michael Morpurgo The Tyger (Poetry) by William Blake |
Running Wild (fiction) by Michael Morpurgo Greek Myths |
Macbeth (Scripts) by William Shakespeare |
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom (modern fiction) by Louis Sachar 1001 Arabian Nights (stories from other cultures) Geraldine McCaughrean |
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ENGLISH |
Letter Diary entry (Kindertransport) Newspaper report |
Non-chronological report Information text Film review |
Poetry Balanced Argument Story continuation |
Myths Persuasive text Script |
Biography Letter Diary |
Description Story (in the style of 1001 Arabian Nights) |
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MATHS |
Place value Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Fractions Position and direction |
Decimals Percentages Algebra Converting units Perimeter, area and volume Ratio |
Properties of shape Problem solving Statistics SATs revision Post-SATs investigations |
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SCIENCE |
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Circulatory and digestive systems |
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Evolution |
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HISTORY |
World War II |
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Ancient Greece |
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Baghdad 900AD |
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GEOG |
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Rainforests |
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RE |
Leaders |
Hard Times |
Natural World |
Sacred Spaces |
Respect For Others |
Faith Through Art |
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PSHE |
Being Me |
Being Safe |
Money Matters |
Drug Addiction |
Changes Transition |
Growing Up/ SRE |
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ART |
Pastels and silhouettes |
Christmas |
Rousseau |
Green patterns (printing) |
Portraits |
Geometric Patters |
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DT |
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DT WEEK |
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MFL |
French – House and home |
French – Sport and Leisure |
French - School |
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PE |
Invasion games (basketball) Athletics |
Dance/Gymnastics Invasion games (basketball) |
Gymnastics Dodgeball |
Dance Invasion games (uni-hoc) |
Net/wall (tennis) Striking and fielding (cricket) |
Net/wall (tennis) Athletics Outdoor and adventurous |
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ICT |
Digital imagery Music and sound Programming and controlling Online safety |
Communicating and collaborating Cyber bullying and Online safety |
Digital exploration (search technologies) Presenting data Online safety |
Digital exploration (search technologies) Online safety |
Text adventure (multimedia) Online safety |
Digital exploration (search technologies) Online safety |