English:
 discuss and evaluate how authors use
language, including figurative
language, considering the impact on
the reader
 Plan, draft, write, edit and evaluate
their writing.
 Selecting appropriate grammar,
vocabulary, punctuation and spellings
 using further organisational and
presentational devices to structure
text and to guide the reader
 maintain positive attitudes to reading
and understanding of what they read
Activities:
 Guided reading sessions
 Directed spelling, grammar and
punctuation sessions
 Personification Poems
 Writing to inform: Newspapers
Maths
 Percentages and fractions of amounts, simplifying ratios,
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proportion, scale drawing,
Algebra incl. missing number problems, using formula,
equations with unknown variables and number sequences
Measurement incl. metric units, converting units, reading
scales, area and perimeter, area of triangles and volume
Practise SATS questions
Geometry incl. angles, missing angles, regular polygons,
constructing triangles, 2-D shapes, 3D shapes, circles, coordinates, translations, reflections.
Science
 Earth and Space
PE: Invasion games/ Gymnastic
 Use running, jumping, throwing & catching in
isolation and in combination.
 Play competitive games, modified where
appropriate and apply basic principles suitable for
attacking & defending.
 dribble the ball with the hockey stick, push and
stop the ball with increased accuracy.
 The children can place themselves in a good
position to attack and are able to defend/mark an
opponent/space.
 compare their performances with previous ones &
demonstrate improvement to achieve their
personal best
Activities
 Hockey skills work and small games
 Create body shapes to hold on the floor and on
the apparatus. Perform symmetrical and
asymmetrical balances with good control, body
tension and extension.
Computing:
Select appropriate software for the task/audience
Activities:
Activities:
 Is the Earth flat or spherical? Explore the history
 Does the earth orbit the sun or vice versa? Create a video
explanation
 Create our own solar system
 Why is there night and day? We make a model to help
understanding.
 Understanding the movement of the moon. Why we only see one
side
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Plan structure and layout of presentation
evaluate and select suitable information and media from a range of electronic
resources
organise, refine and present information for a specific audience
Create a range of hyperlinks to produce a non-linear presentation
Through peer assessment and self-evaluation, make suitable improvements
choose appropriate techniques to create an effective and well-polished
presentation considering intended audience.
Discuss and evaluate the presentations and give reasons
Geography/ History:
Music: Space – linked to Science topic
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A local history study - Oxford
Activities:
 Compare the changes to Oxford across a large time line
 To understand how the City of Oxford was formed in the AngloSaxon period.
 Create a story board to show the important role that Oxford had in
the Civil war.
 drama to show my understanding of the dissolution of the
monasteries and the opening of colleges in Oxford.
Art/D.T:
 Create sketch books to record their observations
and use them to review and revisit ideas
 Improve their mastery of art and design
techniques, including drawing, painting and
sculpture with a range of materials [for example,
pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
 Learn about great artists, architects and designers in
history
Activities:
 Research Christopher Wren and his architecture in
Oxford
 To practise the grid method to replicate photos
 To create a group enlargement ‘View of Oxford
from Hinksey Hill’ by William Turner
Page 2: History of Oxford / January 2017/ Year 6
play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices, and
playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control
and expression
Activities:
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Identify musical elements in different pieces of music
Identify instruments in the orchestra and the musical group to which they
belong and make the link between history and music in society (eg 1969 Moon
landing – space songs
Choose instruments and compose a ‘Spacescape’ using a graphic score
French:
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How should people’s religious and other
beliefs, values and attitudes influence their
personal lives
Occupations
Family members
Rooms of the house
Using past and present verbs
Activities:
 Introduce members of the family
 Create a pictorial version of the
home with family members inside
 Discuss activities in the near past
 Revise vocabulary from Key Stage
Two
Thinking about the big questions:
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What is right and wrong?
Following rules – when can we question
them?
What is the purpose of Greenpeace?
How do Medicin sans Frontiers operate