Year 6 Curriculum Overview - Summer Term

Here is what Year 6 are going to be busy with this term.  You can download a copy here

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Curriculum Overview           Year Group 6             Term 3 

Teachers LouiseLennox   Tom Digby

Our cross-curricular theme(s) for this term are:

1.   Rivers                 

2. Topic work linked to our end of year production (which is TOP SECRET until after the tests!!)

During our topic work we will develop skills in the following subject areas:

Topic 1

Literacy – Analysing the writer’s use of language and developing a variety of sentence openers and vocabulary. Using a range of non fiction texts to evaluate information from different sources and create our own informative texts in a range of formats.

Speaking and Listening  – Presenting information to others in a variety of ways and role play based activities.

ICT – Creating Powerpoints about rivers using the tools effectively

Geography  - learning about rivers around the world and how rivers are formed.

Art – Creating mountain landscape pictures and manga style art linked to work onJapan andMount Fuji.

Music – Compositions with a river theme

Topic 2

Literacy – Explanation texts and writing. Using a range of non fiction texts to evaluate information from different sources and create our own informative texts in a range of formats.Reading books using archaic language

Problem solving and reasoning in maths.

History – Using a range of sources to find out about the past.

Other subjects to be covered this term are:

Maths – Place Value; Ordering & rounding; Using a calculator; Understanding + and – ; Mental calculation strategies; Paper & pencil procedures; Money & real life problems; Fractions, decimals & percentages; Shape & space; Measures; Handling Data.

Using and applying maths in a range of practical contexts, including an end of term Year 6 café which is an exciting enterprise project – watch this space!

Speaking and Listening – developing dramatic skills in relation to the production.

DT – Designing and making props for the end of year production.

Designing and making dishes to serve in the Y6 café.

Art – Creating items related to the production.

Science – interdependence and adaptation and learning about habitats

PSHE – transition work prior to leaving for secondary school and SRE

PE – Tag rugby, cricket, athletics

French – role play / real life conversation

Dates for your diaries

SATs meeting 25^th April 8:30 am

SRE meeting 25^th April 7:00 pm

SATs week – week beginning 13^th May

Sports Events week beginning 1st July

End of Year Productions – 10^th / 11^th July

Yr 6 Leavers Party –  17^th July

Leavers Assembly – 19^th July

Homework

Homework may be more flexible to fit in with our project and topic work, but we will also keep setting maths and literacy on a regular basis.