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