DT –
Topic Map Year 6
Fairgrounds
History
Term: Spring 2
To know when non-European civilisations began
and be able to place them on a timeline.
What did the Maya ever do for us?
Mechanical Systems
Identify any important changes which happened
at the time of the Mayans.
Gather information from artefacts to find out
about a specific period in the past.
Pulleys or gears
Use research and develop design
criteria to inform the design of
innovative, functional, appealing
products that are fit for purpose,
aimed at particular individuals or
groups.
Generate, develop, model and
communicate their ideas through
discussion, annotated sketches, crosssectional and exploded diagrams,
prototypes, pattern pieces and
computer-aided design.
Computing
Music
Modelling / Simulations /Database/Graphs
Skills - Use Hopscotch to create simple and more complex
shapes linked to Maths
Composition.
Squares, rectangles, triangles and other polygons. Use the
repeats and loops and if commands
Perform-The Mariachi bands of Mexico and La Bamba
Perform - mixed instrumental
Speculate and hypothesise about the past,
formulating their own theories about reasons.
Find answers about the Mayans and make
comparisons with life in Britain at the time.
To find out about beliefs, culture and society in
Ancient Mayan times.
Use UN Country Stats app to search for information about the
different countries and compare factors
Understand that the Internet is a great place to develop
rewarding relationships.
To learn about authority and fairness in Mayan
times.
Begin to communicate with others online. Understand not to
reveal private information to a person they know only online.
To identify greatest achievements of the Mayans
and the influence they have had on the rest of
the world.
Evaluate
R.E.
Unity/Death and New Life
Know and understand:
Investigate
analyse
a
What nourishes and
and what
spoils friendship
and unity – Explore
range of existing products
The Eucharist challenges and enables the Christian family to live
and grow in communion every day – Reveal
Acquire the skills of assimilation, celebration and application of
the above – Respond
Loss and death bring about change for people – Explore
The Church’s seasons of Lent, Holy Week and Easter; the
suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus led to new life- Reveal
Acquire the skills of assimilation, celebration and application of
the above - Respond
PE-
Mandarin
Football/Tag Rugby
•Food
Dance-
•Drink
Dance History
Choreography & Creative Dance
Exploring Levels
Exploring Speeds
Exploring Rhythms
Exploring Dynamics
Review & Create – A
chance for the children
to create and
choreograph
•Chinese food festival
PSHCE- Children will be taught:
1) To recognise their worth as individuals, by identifying positive
things about themselves and their achievements, seeing their
mistakes, making amends and setting personal goals;
2) that pressure to behave in an unacceptable or risky way can
come from a variety of sources, including people they know and
how to ask for help, and use basic techniques for resisting
pressure to do wrong;
3) To reflect on spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues, using
imagination to understand other people’s experiences;
4) That their actions affect themselves and others, to care about
other people’s feelings and to try to see things from their point of
view.
4c) to be aware of different types of relationships, including
marriage, and those between friends and families, and to develop
the skills to be effective in relationships.
WOW Experiences –
Class Novel/Book: ‘Storm breaker’ A. Horowitz
World Book Week (Roald Dahl Themed)
‘Danny the Champion of the World’ by Roald Dahl’
English
Themed weeks –
World Book Week
Celebrating 100 years of Roald Dahl
We will explore the novel ‘Danny the Champion of the World’ in a variety
of contexts that create writing opportunities in persuasive and
journalistic styles.
Action Stories
Know how authors have developed characters and settings in what
pupils have read, listened to or seen performed draft and write by:
selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such
choices can change and enhance meaning, in narratives, describing
settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue.
Play Scripts
Read and explore characteristics of play scripts, displaying examples.
Improvise dialogue between key characters and use this as a basis to
create a short play of their own.
Mathematics
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Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Measurement
Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units
of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places
where appropriate
use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting
measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller
unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal
notation up to three decimal places
convert between miles and kilometres
recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different
perimeters and vice versa
recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and
volume of shapes
calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles
calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids
using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm 3 ) and
cubic metres (m 3 ), and extending to other units [for example,
mm 3 and km 3 ].
Science
Living things and their habitats
These challenging 'Classifying Organisms’ Science lessons are packed full of
animals, plants and micro-organisms that are just begging to be classified
the children! They will recap their knowledge of broad groups of organisms
before taking a much more in-depth look at the classification system, how it
works and how different species of organisms that are closely related can
be identified.
Planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions,
including recognising and controlling variables where necessary
recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams
and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
Reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions,
causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in
oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations
Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to
common observable characteristics and based on similarities and
differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals
Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific
characteristics