The Curriculum
Information and Ideas for
Parents and Carers
Year Group: 6
Term: Summer
Whole School Curriculum Overview
Year
one
Summer 1
History
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
Study of a significant person: Neil Armstrong
Scottish Highlands
Plants A
Plants B
Design with Paint
Early Coding – J2E
Sculpture - Highland dancers using pipe
cleaners and mod roc
DT
Music
Mechanisms
Bossa Nova Jazz (rhythm, pitch, pulse)
Reflect, Rewind, Replay (consolidate learning)
PE
Dance, Games
Athletics, Dance
RE
How do you belong to Sikhism?
What does it mean to be a Hindu?
Rules
British Values
Reflection
Year
two
History
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
Significant person: Florence Nightingale
India
Living things and their habitats
Plants
Microsoft Word
Programming with J2E
Sculpture - Elephants using slotting technique
DT
Construction –Wood
Music
Reggae music
Reflect, Rewind, Replay (consolidate learning)
PE
Dance, Games
Athletics, Dance
RE
Why are different books special for different
people?
How does special food and fasting help people in their faith?
Law and Justice
British Values
European study- Romans
European study- Romans
Rocks B / Plants A
Plants B
Microsoft Word
Programming with J2E
Reflection
Year
three
History
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
Sculpture - Roman clay masks
DT
Music
Construction-Wood
Transition C to F chord
Reflect, Rewind, Replay (consolidate learning)
PE
Tennis, Athletics
Athletics, Rounders
RE
How do Jews celebrate their beliefs at home and
in the synagogue?
How and why do Hindus celebrate Holi?
Law and Justice
British Values
Reflection
Year
four
History
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
The Victorians
Africa
Animals including humans
Electricity
Music Editing
Programming with Scratch
Sculpture - Paper mache, African Animals
DT
Music
Textiles
Play notes E and F
Reflect, Rewind, Replay (consolidate learning)
PE
Rounders, Athletics
Athletics, Cricket
RE
Why is the bible a special book?
What makes the person I am?
Law and Justice
British Values
Reflection
Year
five
History
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
The Tudors
UK-West Sussex
Living things and their habitats
Materials B
Graphic Design
Programming with Scratch
Sculpture - Wire birds, Celia Smith
DT
Music
Textiles
Violin 5;Band skills improvisation
Rounders, Athletics
Violin 6;Beethoven 5th Symphony performance
Athletics, Cricket
What inner forces affect how we think and
behave?
How do beliefs influence actions?
Reflection
Law and Justice
British Values
History
British monarchs
PE
RE
Year
six
Summer 2
Geography
Science
Computing
Art
DT
Light
Electricity
Graphic Design
Programming with Scratch
Sculpture;Design and make a throne
Computing
Violin 5 - Band skills improvisation
Violin 6 - Beethoven 5th Symphony
PE
Rounders, Athletics
Athletics, Cricket
RE
What do people believe about life after death?
How do different religions and world views create celebrations?
Law and Justice
British Values
Music
Reflection
English Writing Outcomes
Summer 1:
SATs Revision:
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
Reading Comprehension Practise
Non-narrative: Recount-In the role of Phillipe Petit
from the Two Towers
Non-narrative: Balanced argument ‘Is it a good thing to
climb the towers?’
GAPS: Be able to use a range of sentence types for
impact and effect consistently and accurately
Use punctuation accurately to clarify meaning and
integrate speech into longer sentences.
Summer 2:
Where my Wellies Take Me
Non-narrative: Non-chronological report about an animal
taken from one of the poems
Narrative: Poetry linked to farming/animals using
poetry from ‘where my wellies take me’
Non-narrative: Diary entry in the style of/ role of the
main character from ‘Where my wellies take me’
GAPs: Begin to use passive verbs to affect the
presentation of information in a sentence.
Be able to indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs
(perhaps, surely)
Vocabulary/Terminology :
-Subject -Object -Active -Passive -Synonym
Antonym, Past progressive, past perfect, present
perfect
Vocabulary/Terminology: ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semicolon, bullet points
Maths Outcomes
Summer 1:
Revision for SATs
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Number and Place value
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Mental strategies: Addition and Subtraction
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Written methods: All four operations
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Fractions, decimals and percentages
Summer 2:
Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion
of units of measure, using decimal notation.
Illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius,
diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius
Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and
use these to solve problems.
Translate and reflect shapes across all four quadrants
Mental Arithmetic:
Revision for SATs: Multiplication tables, number bonds
to 10, complements to 100, prime and square numbers,
using inverse operations
Mental Arithmetic:
Adding fractions, subtracting fractions, dividing fraction by a whole number, adding and subtracting decimals
Vocabulary/Terminology
Prime, square, cubed, operation, denominator, numerator, place value, carrying, borrowing, partitioning
Vocabulary and terminology
Diameter, radius, sector, circumference, translate, reflect, axes, pi, conversions, imperial, metric, data
Topic Outcomes
Summer 1:
This half term our topic is:
This half term our topic is:
A Geography topic about The Shang Dynasty
Talk as a family about:
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Where China is.
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Chinese customs and traditions
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World Dynasties
Visit places such as:
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British Museum
Summer 2:
This half term our topic is:
Look at an overview of the monarchs of the UK since
1066: what does their position tell us about them?
What might they have in common? Why? What would
you like to know about these people?
The changing power of monarchs: why did this happen?
Why did dynasties change?
Changes to the UK under different monarchs: use timeline to draw direct comparisons between periods and
the rulers.
The Domesday Book, King John – Magna Carta, Edward I
– Parliament, The Tudors, The Stuarts, The House of
Windsor
Science Outcomes
Summer 1:
Summer 2:
To associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume Construct different series circuits to explore and
of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells answer investigative questions.
used in the circuit.
Use recognised symbols to represent a simple circuit in
To compare and give reasons for variations in how
components function, including the brightness of a diagram
bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off
position of switches.
To use recognised symbols when representing a
simple circuit in a diagram.
Vocabulary/Terminology : cell, battery, wire, voltage,
current, circuit, series circuit, simple circuit
Design and make a set of traffic lights or a burglar
alarm or some other useful circuit.
Vocabulary/Terminology: cell, battery, wire, voltage,
current, circuit, series circuit, simple circuit
Enrichment Opportunities
Year 6 End of Year Production
Visit the British Museum
Other Information
Attendance & Punctuality:
Selwyn Primary is a successful school, and you and your child play a part in making it
so. We aim to encourage all members of the school community to reach out for
excellence. For children to gain the greatest benefit from their education it is vital
that they attend regularly, and your child should be at school in good time for the
start of the school day, every day the school is open, unless they are genuinely ill or
there is some other unavoidable reason.
Library Opening Times
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The library is open Monday to Friday from 3pm to 3:40pm. You can visit the
library with your child to exchange books and to enjoy books together.
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Our school librarian will be able to help you choose appropriate books and
locate books that you want to read on the shelves.
Club Information
Monday
Key Skills (sports) with Ms Birt Rec
Chess with Mr Raymode 4, 5 & 6
Tuesday
Art & Craft with Ms Lathigra 1 & 2
Chinese Activities with Ms Cui/Ms Wang 2,3 & 4
Football with Ms Birt 4 & 5
Wednesday
Orchestra with Mr Greer 4, 5 & 6
Multi Skills with Ms Birt 1 & 2
Drama with Ms Zara 3 & 4
Thursday
Choir with Mr Greer 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Rounders with Ms Slater 4, 5 & 6
Ball Sports with Ms Birt 3 & 4
HI Pals for Hearing Impaired Children with Ms Leahy
Friday
Team Games with Ms Birt 4, 5 & 6
Homework with Ms Patel 5 & 6
Homework with Ms Stewart 1 & 2
Friday
Homework with Ms Khan 3 & 4
Cricket with Mr Cooper 5 & 6