Year 6: Mystery of the Maya
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Topic Overview
In this exciting topic we will be learning about the Mayan
civilization and what was involved in their everyday lives.
The children will also be broadening their understanding of
the Mayan culture by looking at Mayan beliefs,
infrastructure and organisation of hierarchies. We will
using our geographical skills and understanding to find
out exactly where the Mayans came from and where this is
in relation to our locality and country. In parallel to this,
the children will be learning about poetry writing,
specifically sonnets. Also in Art, the children will be
researching Mayan designs, how they were produced,
practise skills, then use the skills and knowledge they have
learnt to produce their own version of Mayan art to display
in a gallery. In our science studies we will continue our
investigations into living things, how to classify living
things and use this understanding to investigate the
human body. In music, the children will learn how to record
and read standard notation.
 Help me with my
weekly spellings
 Help me learn all times
tables at speed
 Practice calculation
strategies with me
 Listen to me read every
day
Homework:
Design and make a
Mayan artefact.
Children will have free
rein of what they want
their artefact to
resemble.
ICT
Literacy
 Creating an app
 Planning and create a mobile
phone app
Music
 Standard Notation
Year 6
Term 2
RE
Christmas- How do people
express their faith
through religion?
Mathematics
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Topic
Fractions
Multiplication and division
Ratio and proportion
Measurement
Geometry (shape and angles)
Mystery of
the Maya
History
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 Poetry- Sonnets
 Non-Chronological Report
(Mayan facts)
Everyday life of the Mayans
Archaeology
Beliefs
Writing number/system/ calendar
Organisation of everyday life
PE
 Games
(Team
skills)
Geography
 Where do the Mayans live?
 Mesoamerica
 Where
is
Creswell?/counties/
countries of the UK/ continents of
the world
Science
 Living things
 Classification
 Investigation
 Human body
PSHE
Hierarchy- Why do we have rules?