Year 6 New Curriculum Long Term Plan 2014-2015
Term 1
Evacuation (WWII)
A drop of honey
www.storymuseum.co.uk
Visits: Hill End
Maths:
Literacy:
Fiction: story set in WWII
Goodnight Mr Tom
Carrie’s War
Friend and foe – Michael
Morpurgo
Lion and the Unicorn –
Shirley Hughes
Once- Morris Gleitzman
Non-fiction: Persuasion
(Is war wrong?)
Science: IMPS/Junior
Citizen, Animals including
humans
Term 2
Africa
Term 3
Mountains
Nyapoco
The Tale of the
Bamboo Cutter
Term 4
Mayan civilization
A Mayan Life
www.folkart.com/folktale
Term 5
Oxford University
One Wish
www.storymuseum.co.uk
Term 6
Moving on
People are Cruel
(Haitian Folk tale)
www.storymuseum.org.uk
Visits: Clara Jepson’s mum
works for WWF
Visits: Mike Wooldridge –
visitor?
Visits:
Visits: Ashmolean
Visits: Christchurch
Cathedral. Visiting
lecturers – Oxford
University (parents?)
Walk down High Street
Literacy:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction: Recount (TV/
Radio report)
Literacy:
Fiction:
Non-fiction: Explanationvolcanoes (2 wks). Persuasion
- graffiti, right or wrong?
(1 wk)
Literacy:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction: Information
(Mayan civilisation)
Literacy:
Fiction:
Non-fiction: Instructions
(how to build a buggy)
Literacy:
Fiction:
Non-fiction: Discussion
Science: Living things and
their habitats
Science:
Interdependence
and adaptation/microorganisms
Change over the year to
people in KS2
Science: Evolution and
inheritance
Science:
Electricity
Light
Change over the year to
people in KS2
Change over the year to
people in KS2
Science: Changes to the
people at ML throughout
the year. Summary of the
changes over the year.
Display in hall.
History: A non-European
society- Mayan civilization
History: Local History
Study. Oxford University –
which was first university?
Why did Oxford become so
famous? Architectural
structure. Buildings, green
spaces, history of Oxford
back to Saxons.
Look at ancient maps.
Change over the year to
people in KS2
Change over the year to
people in KS2
All science topics must be planned with reference to the Science ‘Purpose of Study’, the Aims and the ‘Working Scientifically’ Statutory Requirements
History: A study of a
theme in British history
which extends
chronological
knowledge/beyond 1066 WWII
History: Social History
Personal enquiry – Pupil’s
choice (fashion, football,
shops etc.)
All history topics must be planned with reference to the History ‘Purpose of Study’ and the Aims in the New Curriculum
Geography: map work –
Europe and the wider
world. Co-ordinates,
Ordnance Survey maps etc.
Geography: Geographical
skills – use maps, atlases,
digital/computer mapping –
Africa. Locational geography
- How many countries is
Africa made up of?
Geography: Locational
knowledge - Mountain
environment. Mt Fuji.
Volcanoes, earthquakes etc.
Geography: Locational
knowledge - Mayan
Civilisation
Geography: advanced
mapping skills, place
knowledge and physical
geography. Ordnance
Survey maps, digital
mapping. Visit St Mary’s
Church, High Street,
Oxford to see city scape
from top of the tower.
All geography topics must be planned with reference to the Geography ‘Purpose of Study’ and the Aims in the New Curriculum
Computing:
Computing:
Computing:
Computing:
Art: Painting
Artists - Stanley Spencer
official war artist
War art – Picasso
‘Guernica’/ Henry Moore‘shelter’ series
Art: 3D
Artist - Study the work of
Contemporary African artist
Romuald Hazoumé's
(‘’jerrican masks’’ )
(Produce Masks from recycled,
natural and manmade materials
e.g plastic milk bottles)
Art: Textiles
Artist - Use the art of
Hokusai (Views of mount Fuji)
to inspire textile work on
mountains.
Art: Printing
Study the art of the Mayan
and use this as a stimulus to
create printing blocks by
simplifying initial sketch
book ideas.
Computing:
Art: Digital Media
Architecture in art (oxford
Colleges, Gargoyles )
Add photomontage to a
painted, printed or drawn
background-create layered
images.
Oxford Artist - ?
Study Japanese Manga and
produce characters form
story.
All art planning must be planned with reference to St Mary and St John, Year 5 / 6 Progression in Art and Design Skills.
D&T: Software
What would the scissors
say on the screen? (Primary
Solutions)
D&T: Textiles and similar
materials
How should your puppets tell
their story?
(Primary Solutions)
Music: WW2 music/ big
band music. Vera Lynn –
White Cliffs of Dover.
Music: Traditional Mayan
song
http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=FSi9is0ze3Y
RE: Judaism. Diary of Ann
Frank. Rosh Hashanah, Yom
Kippur. Harvest – feed the
world/environment.
RE: Christianity. The
Journey of the Magi – TS
Eliot. Christmas story – 3
Kings.
Music – African Playground
(Putamayo)
Composer - Music by Miriam
Mikeba – music from a range
of locations across the
continent.
RE: Christianity, Islam,
Judaism & Hinduism Naming ceremonies. The
story of the revelation of the
Koran to Mohammad.
Geography - Human
influence on the natural
world/animals.
Advanced mapping skills,
place knowledge and
physical geography –floods,
global warming.
Computing:
Art: Collage
Study traditional/
contemporary sculpture and
paintings of the Hindu
religion.
Use a range of media to
create collaged images of
Hindu Gods – relate to
science changes
D&T: Electrical control
How fast should your buggy
be? (Primary Solutions)
Music: Japanese music
Composer -Toru Takemitsu
Music: The English Choral
tradition- The Messiah by
Handel – Composer
Music- songs for KS2
production
RE: Christianity. Easter
story – especially the
crucifixion.
RE: Christianity. What can
we learn from Christian
religious buildings? What is
a Cathedral? Christchurch
Cathedral. Story – the road
to Damascus.
RE: Hinduism. Hindu Gods –
Rama, Sita, Laxmi,
Hanuman, Ganesh, Krishna.
Symbol – Aum.
The Birth of Krishna
www.storymuseum.org.uk
PSHCE/Health: SEAL –
New beginnings/ IMPS
PSHE: SEAL – Getting on and
falling out
PSHCE: SEAL/Going for
goals/Growing Up (SRE)
PSHE: SEAL- Good to be
me/Growing Up
PSHE: SEAL- Relationships
PSHE: SEAL- changes/
transition work
Languages:
Languages: animals, verb-to
be, Christmas theme/ songs
Languages:
Languages:
Languages:
Languages: