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Year 6 curriculum overview

You can download a copy of the Year 6 curriculum plan.

Terms 1 and 2

Class texts

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Once
Rose Blanche
Goodnight Mister Tom

English

Entertain: Write in role as William Beech
Persuade: Write to persuade Mrs Beech to allow William to stay
Entertain: War poetry

Maths

Number: place value, addition, subtraction,  
multiplication, division.
Fractions

Science

States of matter
Planning

History

World War II
What was life like for the evacuees during the second World War

Art

Art and Design Skills
(Photography)
Artist focus: Impressionism Monet
Artist focus: Kathy Kollwitz
Painting focus: Nighthawks by Edward Hooper
Painting focus: Gassed by John Singer Sargent

Terms 3 and 4

Class texts

Theseus and the Minotaur
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Daedalus and Icarus Midas
Odysseus
Holes

English 

Entertain: Write an alternative Greek myth
Persuade: Tourism brochure for Greece
Inform: non-chronological report of life in Ancient Greece
Entertain: ‘Holes’

Maths

Number: Decimals, percentages
Measurement
Number: Algebra and ratio
Geometry and statistics

Science

Solids, liquids and gases.
Data

Geography

Ancient Greece
What is it like to live in Greece compared to England?

History

Greece
What was the significance of Ancient Greece?
How has it influenced the western world?

Geography

Greece
What was the significance of Ancient Greece?
How has it influenced the western world?

Art
Make My Voice Heard
Graffiti
Picasso
Clay pots

Terms 5 and 6

Class texts

Holes
The Journey

English

Entertain: ‘Holes’
Discuss: Balanced argument about an issue chosen by each pupil
Persuade: An environmental issue

Maths

Geometry: Properties of shape and position and direction

Science

Planning
Evaluation

Geography

Changes
How is climate change affecting the world?

Art

Still life
Artist focus: Cezanne and Camargo
Still life in colour and charcoal