In Science children will learn...
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Compare and group together everyday materials on
the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity
(electrical and thermal), and response to magnets.
Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative
and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday
materials, including metals, wood and plastic.
Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to
form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.
Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of
state are reversible changes.
In Art children will learn…
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In DT children will learn…
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Tennis — stroke technique in serve and
groundstrokes, court positioning and rules of the
game
Gymnastics—balancing, jumping, rolling and performing
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To place Ancient Greek civilization in time and have
knowledge of BC and AD
About the differences and similarities between Athens and Sparta
Why Greek fighting ships were important and be
able to draw information and make conclusions
from ‘real’ evidence
The main characters and events in the battle of
Marathon
About the role of theatre in Greek life and recognise
the main features of a Greek theatre
To make inferences about the Olympic Games and
understand why the Olympic Games were important to the Ancient Greeks
To investigate what life was like on a daily basis for
the Ancient Greeks
About things that the Ancient Greeks have left behind and that is used today
In Geography children will learn…
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To identify the physical features of Greece
About the climate and physical features in Greece
About pollution, recycling and how we manage the Earth’s natural resources.
Year 6 Autumn Curriculum Map
The Ancient World
In History children will learn…
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About Islam, which includes the five pillars of Islam, the key figures and the Qur’an and why it is important to Muslims.
In PSHE children will learn…
In PE children will learn…
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To make sandals based on the Ancient Greek styles.
In RE children will learn…
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To make papier-mâché pots based on the Ancient Greek terracotta pots that depict scenes from everyday life.
Topic linked (blue) Discrete subjects (yellow)
In Computing children will learn…
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All about Google Earth—inserting and organising place marks
with pictures and web links to create personalised maps.
To save photo links from the internet to our folders.
To set up an online tour.
In Music children will learn…
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The song Ode to the Ancient Greeks.
Tuned and untuned percussion.
Rhythms.
Reading music.
Speaking and Listening opportunities…
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weekly P4C lessons to improve enquiry, questioning and discussion skills
drama strategies incorporated through literacy and topic lessons
In Numeracy children will learn…
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Read, write and order numbers to 10,000,000.
Round any whole number.
Use negative numbers
Solve number and practical problems.
Long multiplication.
Long division.
Mental Calculations.
Identify common factors, common multiples and
prime numbers.
Simplify fractions
Compare and order fractions.
Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions.
Recall and use equivalences between fractions,
decimals and percentages.
Multiply decimals.
Algebra.
Use, read, write and convert between standard
units of measure.
Convert between miles and kilometres.
Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.
Volume
In Literacy children will learn…
When writing…
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Revision of punctuation taught in Year 5.
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Using a checklist.
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Hyphens
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Metaphors
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Dashes
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Brackets
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Apostrophes for possession
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Using emotion in story writing.
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Developing vocabulary.
When reading…
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Novel Study—Greek Myths.
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Comprehension—11+ examination practice
In French children will learn…
Trips
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British Museum
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Y6 will be having extra 11+ preparation time this
term and will be continuing with French in the
Spring and Summer terms.