Year 6 Curriculum Map 2017-18 Subject Autumn Spring Summer Topic Theme Mummifying Madness Frozen Kingdom The Victorians English Poetry- Free Verse 1 week Poetry- Study Skills Focus for 3 weeks Fiction Genres: - 4 weeks to write a multigenre Book Study- Northern Lights Philip SAT s Week version of a classic traditional tale Pullman 2 weeks (graphic Novel and text) Book Study- Street Child by Berlie Explanation- 3 weeks-linked to the Narrative Workshop- creating atmosphere- Doherty and Cogheart (5 Weeks) Egyptians and their daily lives Hamlet - 4 weeks Create a modern Debating Skills- linked to issues form Recount- 2 weeks- Biography of a famous version Victorian times and new enterprises. historic figure- Howard Carter Persuausion- 2weeks- writing to persuade Grammar: Link ideas across Reports- 2 weeks- report on mummification leaders about climate change paragraphs, use of ellipsis Take one book-2 weeks- The red pyramid Discussion-2 weeks- Who deserves to be Difference between vocabulary for Grammar: Link ideas across paragraphs, use of ellipsis, know all the lay out devices, sub the bravest Polar Explorer pollution and global warming formal or informal speech, know the difference between synonyms and headings, bullet points etc.how hyphens can Grammar: Link ideas across paragraphs, antonyms be used to avoid ambiguity use of ellipsis Know the difference when writing Difference between vocabulary for formal or Difference between vocabulary for formal informal speech and formal speech informal speech, know the difference between synonyms and antonyms, or informal speech, know the difference between synonyms and antonyms, Use of semi-colon, colon and dash to mark a boundary Using the passive verb Know the difference when writing informal speech and formal speech Spelling: Use of the hyphen Spelling Rules: Endings with cious, tious Word endings which sound like cial, tial, Know the subjunctive forms- If I were, or were they to come Homophones Set challenging key words Words with silent letters whose presence cannot be predicted Use of semi-colon, colon and dash to mark a boundary REVISION Words ending in able and ible Words with the sound spely ei after a c Set challenging key words Spelling: Homophones REVISION- prefixes dis, mis,sub,under,inter The prefix in Word endeings with a sure sound Doubling consonant when adding a prefix
Ily suffix Ally suffix Ssion suffix Que and gue endings Maths Place Value Multiply and Divide by 10, 100 and 1,000 Choosing Effective Mental Calculation Strategies Problem Solving with Four Operations Application of Factors, Multiples and Primes Simplifying Fractions Comparing and Ordering Fractions Adding and Subtracting Fractions Fraction and Decimal Equivalents Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Calculating Percentages Formal Written Method of Multiplication Formal Written Method of Short Division Properties of Shape RE Loving Understanding God s Love is unconditional I know forgiveness is an essential part of loving Plus: other faith units- Judaism and Hinduism SRE week- Journey in love Vocation To understand roles in life involve commitment To know that John called others to follow Jesus To know a call to a vocation Judaism Expectations I understand Advent as a time of expectation I know the Angelus and the prophets of expectation. I understand that Christ Order of Operations and Algebra Formal Written Method for Long Division Exploring Relationships Between Perimeter and Area Recognise and Find Angles Reflection and Translation Multiplying Fractions Dividing Fractions Fraction Problem Solving Ratio and Proportion Volume Measures Statistics Interpret Line Graphs and Pie Charts Algebra and Sequences Sources- Unity Death and Know that a I know what New Life wide variety nourishes I know that of books and and what loss and the purpose spoils death bring they were friendships about written I know the change for I know the Eucharist people bible as the challenges I know the story of God s and enables Churches Love, told by the season of the People of Christian Lent, Holy Statistics Calculate and Interpret Mean Average Application of Previous Years Learning Post SATs Constructing Pie Charts Statistical Representations Further Algebra Financial Maths and Enterprise Maths Preparation for KS3 Witnesses The courage to be a good witness Pentecost and the Holy Spirit how it enables us to be a witness to the Easter message. Healing I know when people become sick and care The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Common Good I understand justice is for the good of all I understand the work Christians do the common good of all.
Science To understand what Rosh Hashanah is and how Jews celebrate To understand the value of atonement for Jews will come again. Identify and name the main parts of the circulatory system and explain the functions of the heart and blood vessels. Recognise the impact of exercise, diet, drugs and lifestyles Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals including humans Evolution: Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabitated the earth millions of year ago Recognise that living things produce off spring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adpation leads to evolution God family to love and grow in communion everyday Week and Easter; the suffering and death of Jesus led to new life. All Living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro- organisms plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Understand that light travels in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain how objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eyes. Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them, and to predict the size of shadows when the position of the light source changes. Electricity- associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of the bulb, the loudness of the buzzers and the on/off position of the switch Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram PE Gymnastics Warm ups based on Topic - testing different ways to increase heartbeat etc. Conditioning / strengthening exercises. Dance Recall and explore the 5 dance actions modelled by teacher. Improvise and explore other ways to Swimming- Athletics / Outdoor Games Develop Flexibility Using running, jumping throwing and
Develop knowledge and expertise in simple gymnastic elements jumping / landing, rolling, balancing, climbing, travelling safety / space awareness / techniques. Improve springboard technique. BG Proficiency awards level 5 explore all elements and learn to execute as many as possible properly and safely. Partner sequences: rehearse, perform and evaluate. Use increasing variety in levels, directions, speeds and fluency / excellence in performances. Observe and judge performances against specific criteria and suggest how improvements could be made. Describe, using correct terminology, which elements were performed and evaluate Premier Sport Invasion Games Football and Netball Premier Sport- Rugby/Basket ball perform the actions. Warm up improvise a movement in response to one of the dance action words. Make use of canon, unison, complementary movements, patterns, formations, speeds, levels, action and reaction, question and answer in choreography. Observe (half class) comment on good quality movement and good imagination in others. Find ways to perform actions in unison or collaboration with a partner. Confident children to lead the class in copycat warm up to music. Show your ideas to the class perform and observe / comment / evaluate. Fit ideas and actions to the accompanying music. Use suitable facial expressions also. Learn a simple sequence of movements and perform with music. Include each of the dance actions. Work with a partner to rehearse and perform the sequence and make improvements. Choreography game. Work with a partner to choose more than one of the dance actions and link them into a short sequence. Learn and perform whole-class dance routine. Premier Sport Tennis/Volleyball Outdoor Games- Dodgeball/ Handball catching with increasing accuracy Take part in outdoor/adventurous Activities
Understand attack and defence Computing French We are app plannersplanning the creation of a mobile app Develop an awareness of the capabilities of smartphones and tablets. Understand geolocation, including GPS. Identify interesting, solvable problems. Evaluate competing products. Pitch a proposal for a smartphone or tablet app. We are project managers developing project management skills Scope a project to identify different components that must be successfully combined. Identify their existing talents and plan how they can develop further knowledge and skills. Identify the component tasks of a project and develop a timeline to track progress. Identify the resources they ll need to accomplish a project. Use web-based research skills to source tools, content and other resources. Consider strategies to ensure the quality of a collaborative project. Healthy Lifestyles Know the quantitative article some Verbs and Grammar- pronouns and regular verbs We are market researchers researching the app market Create a set of good survey questions. Analyse the data obtained from a survey. Work collaboratively to plan questions. Conduct an interview or focus group. Analyse and interpret the information obtained from interviews or a focus group. Present their research finding We are interface designers designing an interface for an app Work collaboratively to design the app s interface. Use wireframing tools to create a design prototype of their app. Develop or source the individual interface components (media assets) they will use. Address accessibility and inclusion issues. Document their design decisions and the process they ve followed Habitats Knowing 5 habitats of the world Know plants that grow in those habitats. Know the animal names for those habitats Introduction to the verbs to live and to grow Clothes Clothes to be worn all week. We are app developers developing a simple mobile phone app Become familiar with another programming toolkit or development platform. Import existing media assets to their project. Write down the algorithms for their app. Program, debug and refine the code for their app. Thoroughly test and evaluate their app We are marketeers creating video and web copy for a mobile phone app Consider key marketing messages, including identifying a unique selling point. Develop a printed flyer or brochure incorporating text and images. Further develop knowledge, skills and understanding in relation to creating a website. Further develop skills relating to shooting and editing video. At School First person singular of the verb to study The Weekend Using connectives to create more extended sophisticated sentences.
Music Write a rap/song about the heart functions include information and facts. Sporting Themes listen, identify (from a list of choices) and discuss. Theme from Psycho discuss. Composition to depict a scary scene. Include a heartbeat as part of your composition make sure the events are reflected in changes in the pulse rate. Blues songs. (Songs from the heart!) Origins and context. Slave hollers. Sing Hoe, Emma Hoe and listen to Youtube version. Discuss harmony Remix Hoe, Emma, Hoe? Discuss briefly where blues led music. Jazz; Rock n Roll; R & B etc.. Simple improvisation activities. Rhythmic and melodic. 12-Bar Blues chord structure technical names; triads, draw and identify. Sing key note of chords and develop into Monday Blues. (Begins I hate Monday mornings ) Numeracy Blues. C Jam Blues. Learn rhythm, then melody for head tune. Perform on chime bars and own instruments. Blues scale compare to major, minor, pentatonic and chromatic. Identification quiz? C Jam Blues. Learn the verb to wear Dave s rhythm round. Other rounds sing in 2 and 4 parts. Volunteers to lead and conduct the different parts as they enter. Compose a rhythm/body percussion round. Arctic round. Analyse notation notice that it is based on a chord/triad. Chords and keys. Refresh and draw triads. Explore and analyse how chords are used to construct rounds through studying the notation for London s Burning and other rounds. Notation quiz? Identify well-known carols from the melody line only? Compose a round based on a chord either with rhythm only, melody, or a song if you re feeling ambitious. Notate and add words word-setting / syllables. Simple rondo demo clear themes to identify. Spot the themes as they come back again and build a letter map. Listening Humoresque and Rondo alla Turca etc. Letter map. Discuss composer and musical era to which they belonged. Also, instrumentation. Frozen Planet soundtrack listen and discuss. Class soundscape Frozen wilderness Sing Victorian songs and analyse compare to modern day Popular music Write a Victorian style song? Victorian composers listen to music from English and other composers. Analyse and discuss. Extend to compare with other musical periods and explore other composers. Refresh conducting skills. Orchestral layout and instruments and sounds. Listening exercises with questions. Musical structures and forms Class ensemble performance? William Morris music for patterns! Industrial Revolution. Royal Albert Hall. Introducing Gilbert & Sullivan and the world of Comic Opera. Write a song fit for a G&S Operetta. Inventors / inventions
Scat singing warm up copycat melodic phrases. Write a Blues song and accompany on I-pad smart instruments. Christmas Carols. Write a Christmas Carol PSHCE Black History Week Thinking About Others Anti- Bullying Week Geography Physical Geography Rivers Nile transport of goods Human Geography Land use farming Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere and the tropics of cancer & Capricorn Locate the worlds countries Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere and the tropics of cancer &Capricorn. History The achievements of the early civilisations, an overview of where and when the first civilisations appeared and an in-depth study of Ancient Egypt Art & Design Use drawing books to record their own observations- drawings of the heart. vocal and alternative percussion piece. Children to conduct the performance. Graphic score. Arctic song / rap retelling some facts / information learned during the topic. Compose soundtrack for the Northern lights. Make it atmospheric and hypnotic. Going for Goals Drug Awareness Healthy Eating Role models Know the location and characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctica. Compare to physical and human geography to England and the UK. Identify position using longitude and latitude. Understand climate zones in these areas. Study a non-european society providing a contrast to British History- The Inuit Community. Use varied art techniques, drawing, painting and printing- linked to The Northern light and the Inuit community. SRE Journey of Love Royal Family Aspirations Learn about the British Empire and how that created power and the industrial revolution. A study of the life in Victorian timesthe influence of Queen Victoria, the changes to life thought he development of the railways. Local history contrast from Victorian times to now. Study of a great artist- William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, John Everett Millais from Victorian Times
Design Technology Trip /event/memorable experience Children should be taught to:- Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups. Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer aided design. Select and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks (eg. cutting, shaping, joining & finishing), accurately. Select from & use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities. Investigate & analyse a range of existing products. Canopic clay jars Salt dough biscuits from explorers lunches Victorian Jar Straw pyramids Death masks London British Museum Class own POLAR Activity DAY Week Residential Kingswood, Shropshire Trip to the Polar explorers museum visit to Ragged school End project TBC Plan an expedition to one of the POLES Ragged school