Year 6 Curriculum overview - Spring Term

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

Would you like more info about numeracy?  See our calculation policy here

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

1.   World War Two                         2. Mountain environment and people

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 persuasive and informative texts in a range of formats. Class reader – Machine Gunners

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

ICT – Creating spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. Using internet sources critically and considering e-safety.

History – Placing events on timeline, using a range of sources to find out about the past, considering the role of evacuation and the plight of the Jews through the story of Anne Frank.

DT – Designing and making World War Two planes.

Art – Analysing and creating art work in the style of LS Lowry and create a propaganda poster.

Topic 2

Literacy – Explanation texts and writing, discussion of arguments which balance viewpoints and non chronological reports relating to the mountain theme

Geography – map reading skills, how mountain environments change over time, how mountain people have adapted to their surroundings

Music – composing music that has a mountain theme

Art – using pastels to create a mountain image

ICT – interpreting databases

Science - Interdependence and Adaptation

Other subjects to be covered this term are:

PSHE – Going for Goals

RE – Judaism

PE – Badminton, Invasion Games,

Science – Reversible and Irreversible, Forces

French – role play / real life conversation

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.

Non-negotiables Y6 (these are facts we would like you to practice whenever possible!)

• Knowing times tables to 10x is ESSENTIAL!
• addition and subtraction facts for multiples of 10 to 1000 and decimal numbers with one decimal place, e.g. 650 +  = 930,  – 1.4 = 2.5
• equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages for hundredths, e.g. 35% is equivalent to 0.35 or 35/100

Visits and visitors / Dates for your diaries

BlythBarracks and Woodhorn

International Focus Week – Parents Visiting Afternoon, Tues 28^th Feb

SATs week – week beginning 14^th May

Homework

Maths and Literacy homework set on Fridays – Maths to be handed in on Mondays, Literacy on Wednesdays.

Children should also practise reading and maths targets daily.