New Year 6 Curriculum Map 2016-2017 Final Version
Autumn
Topic Title
Texts
WOW Day
Spring
Evolution
Journeys
Natural Disasters
Rose
Blanche/Anne
Frank’s Diary
Journey to the
centre of the
earth
GR- HA
Frankenstein
Kensuke’s
Kingdom
WW2 Immersion Day
Climate day –
experience a new
environment
Greek Day
Summer
A Greek Adventure
Adventures of Odysseus
GR- Ancient Greece/
Iliad of Homer
Science investigation – trip to
the gym
Africa
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
GR- The Village That Vanished
Benin Week – WOW
day to begin it.
Yr 6 Celebration
SFA
SFA Wings is taught by stage not age. Children are grouped according to ability. For information about Reading, Writing and Grammar Modules taught, please
see GMS Wings Overview, Wings 2 to 5
Spoken Language
Explaining the
meaning of
‘evolution’
Preparing and giving
presentation on
Judaism.
Handwriting
Debbie Hepplewhite
Handwriting
Class Assembly
Explaining a biome
Handwriting
Revise
Style for speed e.g. joining from t.
Descenders which join and those which do not
e.g. g, j, and y
Joining from f, s
Writing v, w, x, and z at speed.
Pen breaks in longer words.
HW task – prepare a
presentation on topic
within Ancient Greece
Class Assembly
Handwriting
Self assessment:
Evaluating handwriting
Checking joins
Consistency of size
Letters resting on base line.
Ascenders and descenders
Consistency of size of capitals and ascenders.
Year 6 Production
Year 6 Production
Continue SelfAssessment
Refining handwriting
Spelling
Grammar and
Punctuation
Spelling
Revise Year 5 i.e. before except after c.
Words with silent letters.
Homophones
Words often confused advise/advice.
NEW LEARNING
Endings that sound like cious/ tious
Writing at speed:
Inappropriate closing of letters
Identifying unclosed letters.
Spacing within words
Spacing between words
Spelling
Words ending in ant, ance, ancy, ent, ency, ence.
Suffixes beginning with vowel letters – words ending in
fer e.g. referring
Homophones
Other words often confused e.g. principle/principal.
Spelling
Revise Autumn and Spring spellings
Relative clauses
Converting nouns or
adjectives into verbs
using suffixes [for
example, –ate; –ise; –ify]
Writing questions for
answers
Subordinating and
coordinating
conjunctions
Facts and opinions
Formal language v
informal language E.g.
find out v discover.
Adverbs of time e.g.
now, yesterday, adverbs
of manner e.g. softly,
Verb prefixes [for
example, dis–,
de–, mis–, over–
and re–]
Relative clauses
beginning with
who, which,
where, when,
whose, that, or an
omitted relative
pronoun
Indicating
degrees of
possibility using
adverbs [for
Vocabulary- shades of
meaning
Brackets, dashes or
commas to indicate
parenthesis, colon and
semi colon.
Use of commas to clarify
meaning or avoid
ambiguity
(e.g. exclamation marks,
dashes, ellipses)
REVISE
Complex sentences- to place
a sub-ordinate clause in a
sentence to make an
embedded clause.
Semi colon
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Secure use of complex
sentence using sub-ordinate
and main clause
Apostrophe for
possession and
contraction.
Prepositions ( in, with, on, at
etc.).
NEW LEARNING
Articles (the, a, an).
Use of the subjunctive
Pronouns ( me, I).
Cohesive devices e.g.
repetition of word or
phrase.
Common nouns e.g. boy,
pencil, proper nouns e.g.
Yr 7 Prep
Revision of focus
areas.
viciously, adverbs of
place e.g. there, outside
and adverbs of
frequency- e.g. often,
sometimes.
example,
perhaps, surely]
or modal verbs
[for example,
might, should,
will, must]
Writing questions for
answers
Complex sentences
(Main clause and subordinate clause)
Inverted commas
Subordinating/co
ordinating
conjunctions
Prepositions
Vocabularyshades of
meaning
Monday, Jeremy, collective
nouns e.g. choir, swarm,
abstract nouns e.g. courage,
enjoyment.
To change a noun to an
expanded noun phrase e.g.
the tractor- the red tractor
with muddy tyres.
Brackets and dashes.
Converting nouns or
adjectives into verbs using
suffixes [for example, –ate;
–ise; –ify]
Statements,questions and
commands
Formal language v informal
language E.g. find out v
discover.
Identify/change a
statement, command
and question.
Write questions for a
given answer.
Use question tags to
indicate a question, eg.
isn’t he?
Identification of
impersonal
sentences/change a
sentence from personal
to impersonal e.g. I don’t
have time to go
shopping- There isn’t
enough time to go
shopping.
Synonyms/antonyms
Infinitive of the verb e.g.
is, were, am-To be; saw,
seen-To see.
Use of the passive.
Ellipses
Rhetorical
questions
Cohesive devices e.g.
adverbials on the other
hand, in contrast.
Colon to introduce a
complex list separated
by semi-colons.
Formal language v informal
language E.g. find out v
discover.
Inverted commas.
Tense: present
and past
progressive;
Passive voice
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Adverbs of time e.g. now,
yesterday, adverbs of
manner e.g. softly, viciously,
adverbs of place e.g. there,
Parenthetic dashes to
give extra information.
Subordinating
outside and adverbs of
frequency- e.g. often,
sometimes.
conjunctions
Coordinating
conjunctions
Writing questions for
answers
Active and passive voice
Subject and object
Hyphen
Synonym, antonym
Bullet points
New learning
Words used as nouns and
verbs
Present and past
progressive
present perfect; past
perfect
Cohesion
Ambiguity
Alliteration
Simile – ‘as’/ ‘like’
Synonyms
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Add a suffix to a noun to
make an adjective
Root words e.g.
structure/reconstruct
Co-ordinating and
subordinating conjunctions
Mathematics
Place value inc decimals.
Mental and written
addition, subtraction,
multiplication and
division.
2D and 3D shape.
Fractions,
percentages, ratio
and proportion.
Geometry –
angles.
Statistics – pie
charts.
Measurement –
area, perimeter,
mass and volume.
Place value, sequences,
coordinates.
Translation and
reflection, 2D shape.
Measurement –
temperature, averages.
Calculations with
fractions.
Mental and written
calculations.
Measurement, ratio and
proportion.
2D and 3D shape.
Area, perimeter, volume.
Line graphs, pie charts.
Place value, decimals,
fractions. Mental and
written calculations.
Fractions, ratio and
proportion.
Coordinates, translation
and reflection.
Algebra and sequences.
Statistics – averages.
Mass, volume,
capacity.
Mental and written
calculations.
Fractions.
Place value inc
decimals.
2D and 3D shape.
Science
Working Scientifically
.
Computing
Geography
Evolution and
Inheritance
To understand that living
things have changed
over time.
To recognise that
parents pass
characteristics to their
offspring.
To understand that
changes can be an
advantage or a
disadvantage.
To understand how
animals are adapted to
their environment.
To investigate Darwin’s
theory of evolution.
To write a report on
evolution and
adaptation.
All living things
To understand
that living things
are classified into
5 Kingdoms and
explain why.
To explain Carl
Linnaeus’ role in
classification.
To investigate the
kingdom of
micro-organisms
[mini-compost
bin experiment]
To understand
the difference
between
vertebrates and
invertebrates and
describe the 5
classes of
vertebrate.
To understand
the purpose of a
key and use to
identify animals.
To create a key
for classifying
animals.
Esafety
Algorithms
Programming and
Development
.
Climate zones
and biomes
To find out what
a biome is
To role-play life as
an indigenous
person living in
Animals including
humans
SATs revision
To identify and name the
main parts of the human
circulatory system, and
describe the functions of
the heart, blood vessels
and blood
To recognise the impact
of diet, exercise, drugs
and lifestyle on the way
their bodies function
To describe the ways in
which nutrients and
water are transported
within animals, including
humans.
Data and Data
Representation
Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
To know the location of
[the examples of
volcanoes and
earthquakes studied]
To know that the Earth
has a molten core and a
Hardware and Processing
Light
To understand that light
travels in straight lines
and provide evidence to
show how.
To explain the
connection between light
sources, objects and
vision.
To understand the
degrees to which objects
block light.
To investigate how the
position of a light source
affects shadows.
To observe how
shadows change over
time and explain why.
Electricity
To identify the
symbols used when
drawing circuits.
To identify necessary
repairs using circuit
diagrams and repair
circuits.
To investigate how
voltage affects the
components of a
circuit.
To understand the
difference between
series and parallel
circuits.
To apply knowledge
of electricity and
circuits to solve
problems.
Communication and
Networks
Information Technology
Africa
To know the location of
Africa
To investigate longitude,
latitude, equator, tropics
of cancer and capricorn
To know about
tradelinks
To understand economic
the biome they
have researched.
To make a biome
in a bag and
observe it over a
number of days
thereby learning
about
photosynthesis,
the water cycle
and the
relationships
between climate,
nutrients and
vegetation within
ecosystems
To visit a biome
(either a local
natural or
artificial)
To make
annotated
sketches of their
observations
To understand
the balance
within and
interdependent
nature of
ecosystems.
To research
environmental
problems and
solutions, and
create posters
and give
presentations on
crust that moves
To know that volcanoes
and earthquakes are
most common in
particular parts of the
world
To understand that most
earthquakes and
volcanoes are caused by
movements of plates
To know what happens
during a volcanic
eruption or earthquake
and some of the
landforms they cause
To understand why
volcanoes and
earthquakes are
dangerous, and what
people can do to
reduce the risk
To be able to use a range
of country and thematic
maps in atlases or
online.
To investigate the
location and distribution
of volcanoes and
earthquakes.
activity
To know about
distribution of natural
resources energy, food,
minerals and water
To express what I know
about Africa
To understand the
necessity of water
To explain the need for
clean water in Africa
To understand different
geographical features of
Africa
To find out about
climate of different
African countries.
To understand what
food security means
To understand fair trade
the research
To make a guide
or poster to
accompany
model made in
lesson 3 ,
providing tourist
information with
an emphasis on
conservation
issues
To create a
presentation on
two contrasting
biomes
History
World War 2
WOW day – timeline, gas
masks, propaganda.
To understand need for
and purpose of
Anderson shelters.
To understand how
rationing affected life in
Britain.
To explain why the
Battle of Britain was
significant to WW2.
To write diary entries
from two /three
different perspectives
(focus: concentration
camps)
Ancient Greece
Comparisons with Modern
Greece.
To understand how modern
Greece has grown from
Ancient Greece.
To identify geographical
similarities and differences
between the UK and
modern Greece.
To understand the EU and
our position within it.
To consider other
similarities and contrasts
between the UK and
modern Greece.
The Kingdom of
Benin
A non-European
society, contrasted
with British history –
Benin
To be able to ask
questions
To understand what
life was like for a child
in Benin
To know about what
the artwork tells us
about Benin
To understand the
importance of trade
links
To know about Benin
Beliefs
What can we learn
from Benin Stories?
To know how
important the Oba
was.
To compare and
contrast Benin
( Nigeria) today to
Ancient Benin
RE
PHSCE SEAL
Judaism
To understand key facts
and history of Judaism.
To know the ten
commandments and
their importance to
Judaism.
To identify and recognise
artefacts of importance
to Judaism.
To recognise the
features of a synagogue.
To know why and how
Passover is celebrated.
To prepare and give a
presentation on Judaism.
Democracy in
action
To understand
and explain the
meaning of
‘democracy’.
To explain how
democracy is
important to
British values.
To explore how
we use
democracy and
values in our
school and
community life.
Lent & Easter
To understand the
reason for Lent and its
significance to
Christians.
To explain how Lent is
followed in the Church.
Lent & Easter
To explain why Easter is
important to Christianity.
To retell the Easter story.
To understand the stations
of the cross and their
significance to Christianity.
New beginnings
Developing
skills of communication and
participation
Getting on a Falling
out
Relationships (special
people
Going for goals
Financial capability
Looking after my
money
Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
education
Healthy Lifestyles
Healthy
eating and keeping fi
Good to be me
Changes
Ancient Greek vases
African art
Self portraits in style of
Printing – Flora
Ancient Greek vases
Art
SRE
Van Gogh
and Fauna
Design Technology
Design
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, cross-sectional and
exploded
diagrams, prototypes, pattern
pieces and
computer-aided design.
Make
Select from and use a wider range
of tools and
equipment to perform practical
tasks, such as
cutting, shaping, joining and
finishing, accurately.
Select from and use a wider range
of materials
and components, including
construction
materials, textiles and
ingredients, according to
their functional properties and
aesthetic qualities.
Evaluate
Investigate and analyse a range of
existing
products.
Evaluate their ideas and products
against their
own design criteria and consider
the views of
others to improve their work.
Understand how key events and
individuals in
design and technology have
helped shape the
world
Using arts and crafts
materials, the children
construct a model Eden
Project: a representation
of a biome of their
choice
Build an Andersen
Shelter
Designing, making and
evaluating Ancient Greek
vases
,
Designing, making and
evaluating Ancient Greek
vases
Cooking and Nutrition
Cooking and Nutrition
Technical knowledge
Apply their understanding of
computing to
programme, monitor and control
their products.
Music
History of music – WW2
songs
Singing – part
singing/harmonising
focus
Singing – part
singing/harmonising focus
Yr 6 Production
Yr 6 Production
Gym & Dance
Invasion games
Striking and Fielding
Athletics
PE
Tennis
French
Trips to enrich learning
Invasion games
House and Home
Imperial War Museum
Waltham Forest Town Hall
Science investigation trip to the Gym
The British Museum/
Trip to Herts Young Mariners Base