MATHS
ENGLISH
Pupils will follow a complete literacy programme
designed to stimulate and challenge their thinking
and create enthusiastic, lifelong readers and
writers. Reading,
writing composition, grammar,
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vocabulary, transcription, critical thinking and
spoken language will be developed.
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Say what each digit represents in 6-digit numbers
Compare 6-digit numbers using > and < signs
Use column addition to add pairs of 5-digit numbers
Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000
Understand place value in numbers with three decimal places
Use column addition to add three amounts of money
Use decomposition to subtract pairs of 5-digit numbers
Name parts of circles (radius, diameter, circumference)
Know angles around a point add up to 360° & use to find missing angles
Find common multiples and factors
Fiction text focus:
‘Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow’ – Geraldine
McCaughrean (Legends), ‘Rabbit in Mixer
Survives’ – Roger McGough (Poetry: the power of
imagery)
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Suggestions for wider reading:
‘Robin Hood: The Adventures of Robin Hood’ –
Marcia Williams, ‘Outlaw: the Story of Robin
Hood’ – Michael Morpurgo, ‘Outlaw: the Legend
of Robin Hood’ (graphic novel) – Tony Lee & Sam
Hart, ‘Arthur, High King of Britain’ – Michael
Morpurgo, ‘Beowulf’ – Michael Morpurgo, ‘The
King Arthur Trilogy’ – Rosemary Sutcliff, ‘Ted
Hughes Collected Poems for Children’ , ‘1000
Years of Poetry for Children’ chosen by Michael
Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark, ‘The Orchard
Book of Poems’ chosen by Adrian Mitchell,
‘Jabberwocky’ – Lewis Carroll
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Non-fiction text focus:
‘The Sherwood Bugle’, ‘Good Day’, ‘TV Interview’
(Journalistic writing), ‘Should humans really rule
the Earth?’, ‘Animals Rule...but which one?’
(Argument)
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Main Grammar focus:
Punctuation of bullet points, layout devices to
structure text.
YEAR 6 TOPICS
AUTUMN TERM
List prime numbers to at least 20
Find equivalent fractions; simplify fractions using multiples and factors
Find unit and non-unit fractions of amounts
Round 5 and 6-digit no. to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 or 100,000
Use short multiplication to multiply 4-digit number by single-digit number
Use short division to divide 3 and 4-digit numbers by 1-digt numbers
Add and subtract fractions with unrelated denominators
Use long multiplication to multiply 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
These Colston’s Topic Plans
are intended to provide an
outline of our curriculum in
the main subject areas. It is
hoped this will provide a
useful guide for parents,
who may wish to aid and
support learning at home.
(Please note it is not
intended to be an exhaustive
checklist of work covered as
teachers need the flexibility
to modify and adapt these
areas of learning).
SCIENCE
Living things and their habitats
 Classifying ( Linnaeus )
 Common features of various vertebrate/invertebrates
Adaptation and classifying plants and animals
 keys (using and making them)
 Micro-organisms; good uses and bad effects
Animals, including humans
 Balanced diets and exercise. Further study of digestive systems
 Pulse and breathing rates: interpreting tables and graphs
 Drug use and abuse
ART
GEOGRAPHY
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Study of Pop Art
Reference to Roy Lichtenstein and Andy
Warhol.
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Restless Earth
Drinking Water
Local Weather
Planning Issues
COMPUTING
iMovie Video Editing:
 Develop adverts to promote Colston’s using
iPads
 Produce a 3 minute long advert advertising
the school using iMovie
 Produce a detailed ‘shot’ plan
Create a script
 Allocate roles to team such as: director,
cameraman and actor/s
 Film and edit the advert
 Share with peers/parents
 Evaluate
HISTORY
WW1
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The growth of the British Empire
The main causes
The Shleiffen Plan
Propaganda
Trench warfare
Censorship
The Home Front
The Battle of the Somme
MUSIC
The Music of Africa:
 History of the Djembe drum
 Learn how to play the Djembe drums
and associated drumming techniques
 Compose an African drumming piece
 To sing a variety of African part songs
 Explore African folk tales and how
these can be used as a basis for
composition
 Create an African inspired performance
piece using music and movement
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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Tennis
Volleyball
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
Footwear design.
 Assessing the merits of materials used in
footwear design
 Properties of each in relation to the use of
the shoe.
 The joining of two materials together
 Sewing techniques.
MFL
French
 Introductions (recap)
 Numbers 1-12 (recap)
 Alphabet (recap)
 Numbers 13-31
 Weather & weather-based activities
 Telling the time
 Days and dates
 Likes and dislikes
 Clothes and shopping
Hindu Faith:
 Supreme Power
 Trimurti
 Gods and Goddesses
 Ahimsa
 Worship
 Reincarnation
 Dharma and Karma
 Rites of Passage
 Pilgrimage
 Scriptures
 Festivals