Y6 Springfield Primary School
Our curriculum drivers are evident throughout our planning and drive our curriculum.
1. Community and Real Life Experience
2. Effective and Respectful Communicators
Term: Autumn 1
Theme: Rich or Poor?
As historians we will:
Key Questions: Rich or poor?
Stimulus: (Book/ Visit/ etc)
Text:
The Highwayman by Alfred
Noyles
Various Robin Hood texts
The Tunellers – Helen Dennis
Study the differences in the lives of rich and
poor throughout British history, looking at:
British History
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The Stone Age
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The Bronze Age
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The Iron Age
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The Roman invasion of Britain
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The Vikings
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Modern world
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How has being rich and poor changed
through history?
Can you tell if someone is rich or poor by
looking at them?
Would you ever steal?
Is it right to take from the rich to give to the
poor?
Literacy
Fiction:
The Highway Man – Narrative poem
Robin Hood texts - Myths and legends
The Tunellers – Historical fiction
Non-Fiction:
Non chronological report writing
Numeracy
Place value
Rounding
Negative numbers
Addition and subtraction strategies
Number bonds (Homework)
Art & Design
Drawing
Charcoal and chalk work
Fine motor skills
Computing
Working collaboratively online
Design and Technology
N/A
Geography
N/A
Modern Languages
French
Music
N?A
3. Achieving Success Together
As writers we will:
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As mathematicians we will:
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History
Differences of rich and poor
throughout history.
Physical Education
Invasion Games
RE
Reflection
PSHCE
Values, right and wrong
Calculate the passing of time
As artists we will:
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Science
Evolution and Inheritance
Write stories that contain legendary
or historical characters or events
Write narrative poetry
Present information in a variety of
ways to inform audiences of our
finding
Draw and paint images of jewellery,
buildings and people throughout
history
Y6 Springfield Primary School
Rich or poor?
We will begin by comparing and contrasting the lives of some
of today’s richest and poorest people, looking at food, housing,
ways of making a living, clothes, and entertainment.
We will then discover that throughout British and ancient
world history there is evidence of differences in the lifestyles
of rich and poor. We will find out about how society began to
develop into groups of people with their different skill levels,
leading to differences in status. We will discover how the types
of food, clothes, housing, jewellery, burial, transport,
entertainment differed as a result of status.
We will discover how some people have been controlled by
others and used as ‘slaves’.
We will find out about the social structure of emperor,
senator, citizens and slaves that developed during the some
Roman times.
Welcome back to the beginning of a new academic year!
This is a very important year in Year 6 full of hard work and rewards. There have been many exciting
changes since we have been away including a new classroom being built!
Reading records have been given out so please support your child with their daily reading by listening
to them read and signing / initialling it. Another way to help and support your child is to help them
practise their spellings which will be issued and assessed every Monday (Look, Cover, Say, Write,
Check)
PE is timetabled for Tuesday (provisionally) however a PE kit may be needed at other times of the
week.
Thank you for your continued support.
Year 6 teacher: Miss Tejeda
We will look at some of the differences in rich and poor in
Britain since CE1066. We will also discover how some reforms
helped the lives of everyone, including the National Health
Service.