Thematic Curriculum Map - Year 6
Spring
Autumn
Theme
Mountain Explorers; History of Royal Greenwich;
Enterprise Week & Anti-Bullying Week
2016 - 2017
Summer
Classifying Living Things; Technology of the Future
Vikings and Anglo Saxons
& Book Week
& Healthy Schools Week
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
English
Autobiography & Biography
Explanation
Journalistic writing
Narrative - Fantasy
Argument
Non-chronological report
Narrative – Spooky Tales
Poetry – Imagery
Formal & Impersonal
Maths
NUMBER
Number & Place Value
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
MEASUREMENT
Area & Perimeter
Conversion
ALGEBRA
Number sequences
Missing Numbers
Text based unit – Nonchronological report
Recount
Narrative
NUMBER & MEASUREMENT
Fractions
NUMBER & MEASUREMENT
Decimals & Percentages
Conversion between units
GEOMETRY
Angles
Properties of 3D shapes
STATISTICS
Pie charts
Line graphs
NUMBER
Ratio & Proportion
NUMBER & MEASUREMENT
Multiplication, Division,
Addition & Subtraction
Money
ALGEBRA
Number sequences
Missing Numbers
MEASUREMENT
Volume
Conversion
MEASUREMENT &
STATISTICS
Time
Conversion
Reading Tables
POSITION/DIRECTION
Reflection, rotation and
translation
Co-ordinates
NUMBER
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
Ratio & Proportion
GEOMETRY
Angles
Conversion
STATISTICS
Interpreting data
POSITION/DIRECTION
Reflection, rotation and
translation
Co-ordinates
POSITION/DIRECTION
Reflection, rotation and
translation
Co-ordinates
NUMBER
Fractions
Decimals
Percentages
GEOMETRY
Angles
Properties of shape
STATISTICS
Line graphs
Pie charts
Mean Average
Percentages
Angles
ALGEBRA
Number sequences
Missing Numbers
NUMBER
Multiplication, Division,
Addition and Subtraction
MEASUREMENT
Area, Perimeter & Volume
History
Using primary and secondary
sources to research historical
explorers
Geography
Enquiry: Locating mountain
ranges across the UK, using
topographical ordinance
survey maps (4 fig. grid
references), famous
mountain explorers,
mountain environments, land
use, economic activity,
tourism, farming, how
mountains are formed
Circulatory system, function
Science
A local history study, e.g.
Royal Greenwich – study over
time tracing how several
aspects of national history
are reflected in the locality
Locating key historical
buildings/places on
ordinance survey maps of the
local area, using 4 fig. grid
references, orienteering
using 8 points of a compass
to find significant
places/buildings, locating
counties and cities in the UK
identifying key historical sites
Evolution of living things,
Enquiry: The Viking and Anglo Saxon struggle for the Kingdom
of England to the time of Edward the Confessor – Viking raids
and invasion, resistance by Alfred the Great and Athlelstan
(first King of England), Anglo Saxon laws and justice, Edward
the Confessor and his death in 1066
Enquiry: Locating where
different species of plants
and animals are naturally
found around the world –
seas, oceans, continents,
countries, habitats –
describing in relation to
Equator, Northern/Southern
Hemisphere, Arctic/Antarctic
Circles, climate zones, etc.
Classification of
Science revision of KS2 units
Light – travelling in straight
Electricity – electrical
Art
of the heart, blood vessels
and blood, impact of diet,
exercise, drugs & lifestyle on
the way their body functions,
how nutrients & water are
transported within animals
Hokusai – screen printing
mountain landscapes
fossils, inherited features,
how adaptations can lead to
evolution, Charles Darwin,
Alfred Wallace, Mary Anning
Sculpture – Henry Moore
(land artists), photography
and clay
PE – Games
Gym/Dance
Computing
RE
PSHE
MFL
Possible
Trips
WOFM exploring lyrics and
melody (vocal composition)
High 5 netball
Dance – mountain explorers
Image and sound – creating a
documentary about a
mountain explorer,
interviews, cutaways and
voice overs (iMovie)
Understanding Faith in
Greenwich
WOFM performing together
(tuned percussion
performing)
Rounders
Gymnastics – flight
lines, objects give out or
reflect light, how we see,
shadows – changing the
position of the light source
symbols, controlling circuits,
using circuits for a purpose
Textiles/Structures – making
shoes for an Anglo Saxon
Control/electricity –
designing and making a
fairground ride
WOFM Year 6 Production –
Vocal Performing
Observational Drawing David Hockney: landscapes
on iPads (Sketchbook
Express)
Mechanisms – to invent a toy
using cams for a purpose
DT
Music
microorganisms, plants and
animals, classification system,
Carl Linnaeus
WOFM exploring rhythm and
pulse (un-tuned percussion
performing)
Cricket
Fitness training, circuits
WOFM exploring lyrics and
melody (vocal composition)
Hockey
Gymnastics – holes and
barriers
WOFM exploring rhythm and
pulse (un-tuned percussion
performing)
Athletics
Gymnastics – partner work,
matching and mirroring
Tag Rugby
Dance – Fairgrounds/Circus
Productivity – create a mock
website on the History of
Royal Greenwich using
‘Keynote’
Internet – to create an app to
document school journey
(appshed.com)
Observational Drawing David Hockney: landscapes
on iPads (Sketchbook
Express)
Code – to create an
EtchASketch (IDLE, Terminal)
Code – to build a glossary
application (IDLE, Termnal)
Leading a Christian Life
Hajj – The journey of a
Lifetime
The End of Life’s Journey
The Buddhist Community
Worldwide
Jewish Life
Fossdene is working towards the UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award. In addition to work on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Anti Bullying Week (Nov), Healthy
School Week (June), School Council / Class Council we also teach the following themes each term:
Health and Wellbeing
Relationships
The Wider World
Children will learn about legal, controlled and illegal drugs and
The children learn about a range of different relationships
Pupils learn about businesses and the media.
how to stay safe. They will also learn about human
such as marriage and friendship. They think about similarities
reproduction.
and differences between a range of cultures.
Le week-end
Les vetements
Ma journee
Les transports
Les sport
On va faire la fete
Science Museum – ‘Glorious
Blood’ show, ‘The Human
Body Day’
Geography fieldwork orienteering in Greenwich
Town centre, Greenwich
visitors centre – Exhibitions,
Natural History Museum –
evolution exhibition
Week residential
Art Gallery
Maritime Museum
British Museum – ‘ Viking
Voyages’ workshop