Guilden Sutton Church of England Primary School
Curriculum Overview – Year 6
Autumn Term
Maths
Number and Place Value up to 7 digits – ordering, rounding and changing digits.
Adding and subtracting mentally, using written methods and problem solving.
Properties of shapes – building 3Dshapes, nets of cubes and cuboids and nets with triangular faces.
Multiplication – ThHTOx0, TOxTO, multiples and factors and problem solving.
Division – ThHTO divided by 0, by 11 and 12 using the formal written method of short division and
problem solving. Using multiples and factors.
Fractions – common factors and multiples, ordering, adding and subtracting. Fractions and decimal and
percentage equivalents.
Decimals – adding, subtracting and multiplying. Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. Rounding
decimals.
Position and Direction – using coordinates to locate shapes. Plotting in the 4 quadrants. Translating and
reflecting shapes.
Measurement – converting units of length and time, converting miles to kilometres, calculating speed and
problem solving.
English
Persuasive text – why I should be a member of Y6
Looking at different genre.
Read, discuss and write short stories.
Non Chronological Report - Judaism
Drama – the Blitz. Write a descriptive piece.
Diary account – Archie’s Diary
Letter writing – soldier writing home from the trenches in WW1. Evacuation letter.
Explanatory text – Circulatory system
Recount – Visit to Woodcock Wells and Congleton museum.
Newspaper report – Munich Agreement and Hitler’s betrayal.
Biography – family member or someone famous who lived during WW2.
Play scripts – based on Blitz drama.
Balanced Argument – arguments For and Against; debate and write a balanced argument from this.
Narrative – based on WW2 topic
Poetry – research, read and discuss, perform. Create own poems.
Guided Reading – based on the text: Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Weekly spellings – looking at patterns, root words, prefixes, suffixes and letter strings, and being able
to transfer and use this knowledge in their own writing.
Grammar and Punctuation – nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions and adverbs. Look at the different
tenses and when they are used. Sentence structure – main clause, subordinate clause and relative clauses.
Identifying phrases and clauses. Noun phrases and adverbial phrases.
Science
Animals, Including Humans: William Harvey and Galen
Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the
heart, blood vessels and blood.
Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.
Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
Living Things and their Habitats:
Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable
characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals.
Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
Health Week: keeping safe and healthy, balanced diet, exercise, sleep/relaxation and drinking water.
Stranger Danger. Heart Start. Drug Awareness.
R.E.
Judaism:
Visit by Jeremy who is Jewish – day in the life of a Jewish child, worship at the synagogue, special
clothing, religious festivals and celebrations.
Key features of the life of Moses.
Ten commandments. Why do we have rules? What would yours be?
Values of fairness, freedom and justice.
Holocaust – relate to the Diary of Anne Frank, and book: Star of Fear, Star of Hope.
Remembrance – WW1 and remembering those since then. Why the poppy? Prayers written during the war
and their own.
History and
Geography
WW2 and Other Wars:
Civil War – How did this affect Chester?
WW1 – Why and when did this war start and finish?
Conditions in the trenches
Christmas Day football match
Read and discuss: Archie’s War
WW2 =Why did it start and what was Hitler’s part in this?
Munich Agreement 1938 – why did Britain feel betrayed by Hitler?
Leaders of the Allies and the Axis.
Significant events eg. Battle of Britain. Creating a timeline.
Blitz – why were cities bombed? Where? Locate these. Air raids, shelters, blackout.
Evacuation – who was affected? How different was life in the countryside?
Role of women and how this affected their life afterwards.
Rationing – impact of this during and after the war. Available food.
Working together – morale, courage and resilience. Propaganda.
Effects on our local area and our families.
How different was WW1? Civil War? Wars today?
Art/D.T.
Artist: Henry Moore. Look at his style –paintings and sculptures. Use his style to depict own pictures.
Blitz pictures – looking at line, use of black and white.
Research and design own propaganda posters.
Knitting squares.
Make a WW2 dish.
Make Anderson Shelters.
Music
Computing
Design, make and evaluate a WW2 model.
Livin’ on a Prayer – by Bon Jovi.
Learn the song, play instrumental parts, improvise using voices, performance.
A New Year Carol – song by Benjamin Britton.
Pulse, rhythm and pitch games. Vocal warm-ups. Listen to different versions of the song. Choose one to
learn and sing.
We can keep safe online
 Can I use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly, identifying acceptable/ unacceptable
behaviour online? (Think U Know)
 Can I identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact?
 An introduction to Word Clouds/ Purple Mash
 Children to set up their own personal page on the website to develop a portfolio of their work.
We can present our work digitally
 Can I display my work on the learning platform?
 Introduction to online platforms to support learning.
P.E.
Gymnastics: rolls, jumping, handstands and making up own sequences.
Swimming – stroke practice. Survival skills.
Dance – WW2 theme. Individual, paired and group work. Creating their own motif.
Invasion games – looking at the different skills and rules.
Fitness training – circuits to build strength, agility and flexibility.
French
Introduction to sports & hobbies
- Learning the ways to express what you do (verb: faire) and play (verb: jouer)
- Understand and express simple likes and opinions in written sentences
- Question words - a study of the different words used and how to ask questions
- Learning numbers 50-100
- Health week: Fruit tasting & vocabulary
- Grammar points: recognising near cognates and a study of similarities between English and French
words, plus looking at the formal & informal mode of address (tu v's vous)
My everyday life
- Daily Routine
- Telling the time (including 24hr time)
Christmas in France, including French carols