Literacy
Information text linked to the Mayan civilisation.
Balanced argument
Anthropomorphism—poetry
Special Dates
RE
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SATs - Wk Com 9th May
To understand how different religions view Jesus.
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To understand what different
religions believe about death.
Guided Reading—Classic poetry.
Computing
Trip to Englefield—15th June
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To use search technologies effectively.
Production—13th and 14th July 2pm,
12th and 14th July 7pm
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To design and write programmes.
Leavers’ Disco—15th July
Leavers’ Assembly— 2pm 18th July
Mordor extended writing project.
Mayans
Year 6 Summer term
2016
Reading Objectives
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To read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction developing skills
in: retrieval, inference and summarising.
To develop understanding of the effect of language, structure and presentation of texts on meaning.
Writing Objectives
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To plan, draft, write, evaluate and edit independent writing.
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To develop accurate and effective use of spelling, vocabulary,
grammar and punctuation.
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Geography /History
The Mayan Civilisation
Music
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To be able understand chronology of eras and events in
world history.
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To understand change, cause and effect, similarities and
differences, and significance of events and people.
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To carry out independent and collaborative research, involving questioning, thoughtful selection and organisation of
information, acquiring an understanding of how knowledge
of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Art/DT
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To have an appreciation of a great artist (David
Hockney) and create landscape pieces in his style.
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To improve their mastery of art and design techniques in a range of media, relating to the Mayan
culture.
PE
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To understand latitude, longitude
and
equator, hemispheres, tropics, polar circles and time zones
(linked to researching location of Mayan Civilisation)
Sports Day –9:30 21st June
To develop flexibility, strength, technique, control
and balance through competitive athletics, comparing their own performances to achieve personal
bests.
Science
To perform dances using a range of movement
pattern to portray Mayan dances and rituals.
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Classification
Electricity
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To use recognised symbols to draw a simple circuit diagram
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To understand how bulb brightness or buzzer volume can be controlled or altered by electrical
components and how they are arranged in a circuit.
To learn, rehearse and perform in ensemble/solo contexts in the Upper Junior production.
French
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To speak in sentences and engage in conversations.
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To read an write phrases, adapting to create new sentences
To understand that living things are classified into
groups based on similarities and differences.
Maths
PHSE&C
Say no to bullying
Apart from some data handling teaching, and some
place value teaching relating to the Mayan civilisation,
all of the maths topics will be taught discretely.