Year 6 Curriculum Map
Subject/Term
Literacy across
the year
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Reading
Read a broad range of genres
Recommend books to others
Make comparisons within/across
books
Support inferences with evidence
Summarising key points from texts
Identify how language, structure,
etc. contribute to meaning
Discuss use of language, incl.
figurative
Discuss & explain reading,
providing reasoned justifications
for views
Writing
Use knowledge of morphology &
etymology in spelling
Develop legible personal handwriting
style
Plan writing to suit audience & purpose;
use models of writing
Develop character & setting in narrative
Select grammar & vocabulary for effect
Use a wide range of cohesive devices
Ensure grammatical consistency
Maths across
the year
Number/Calculation
Secure place value &
rounding to 10,000,000, including
negatives
All written methods, including long
division
Use order of operations (not
indices)
Identify factors, multiples & primes
Solve multi-step number problems
Algebra
Introduce simple use of unknowns
Mathematics
Geometry & Measures
Confidently use a range of measures &
conversions
Calculate area of triangles &
parallelograms
Use area & volume formulas
Classify shapes by properties
Know and use angle rules
Translate & reflect shapes, using all four
quadrants
Data
Use pie charts
Calculate mean averages
Science
All Living Things
Light
History
Vikings
Viking raids and Invasion
Evolution and
Inheritance
Electricity
First Year
The changing power of British Monarchs
Second Year
Crime and Punishment across the ages
Term 5
Term 6
Grammar
Use appropriate register/ style
Use the passive voice for purpose
Use features to convey
& clarify meaning
Use full punctuation
Use language of subject/object
Speaking & Listening
Use questions to build knowledge
Articulate arguments & opinions
Use spoken language to
speculate,
hypothesise & explore
Use appropriate
register & language
Fractions, decimals &
percentages
Compare & simplify fractions
Use equivalents to add fractions
Multiply simple fractions
Divide fractions by whole
numbers
Solve problems using decimals &
percentages
Use written division up to 2dp
Introduce ratio &
proportion
Animals
including
humans
A contrasting non-European
society –Mayan civilisation
Third Year
Family Life across the ages
Fourth Year
The media world across the ages
Locational Knowledge: Hemispheres,
tropics
Physical: Climate zones, biomes and
vegetation belts
Geography
The Americas
Art
Famous Fashions
Household items, shoes, hats,
clothes and costumes
David Hockney
Joiners technique, iPad art,
photographic collage
Rousseau
Colour mixing, proportions,
rainforest art
DT
Global Food
Felt Phone Cases
Building Bridges
Music
Step Dance –
Rhythm & coordination
Spreadsheets
Christmas
Judaism
Menorah, Rosh
Hashanah, Yom
Kippur, Hanukkah
Christianity
The Bible, The
story of Mary
Jones
PE
Gym
Multiskills
Christmas
Dance
Hockey
French
Time School places School subjects Numbers 40 to100+ Dates/years Shops/Places in a town
Café drinks/snacks Parts of Body Gymnastics Seasons/Weather Animal habitats Recycling Time
Activity verbs
Computing
RE
Kodu
Programming
South American region – Focus on
Brazil
Journeys – Song
Cycle
Performance
Film Making
Growth – Street
Dance Performance
Sikhism
Guru Nanak
Guru Granth
Sahib
Gurdwara
Christianity
Sikhism
Eucharist/communion 5 Ks
Prayers
Symbols
Festivals
Gym
Volleyball
Scratch
Animated Stories
Easter
Multiskills
OAA
Roots – Mini
Musical
Performance
Using and
Applying Skills
Pentecost
Cricket
Dance
Class awards –
Awards show
Presentation
Programs
Living a
Christian Life
Athletics
Rounders