Computing
The children will be using Touch Develop and App Inventor through a ‘Learn to Code’
programme. This involves:
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Creating a script using variables.
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Programming a turtle.
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Understanding how using particular symbols and codes in their script changes the way
it runs.
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Changing inputs and seeing how this affects the output.
Science
Evolution and Inheritance
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Recognise that living things have changes over time and that fossils provide
information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
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Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind.
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Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different
ways and that adaptations may lead to evolution.
History
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Understand that Britain was a prime target for invaders.
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Know the difference between invading and settling.
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Find out where the Vikings came from and what they were like.
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Understand how life would have been different for Vikings depending on their status
and importance.
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Use a range of historical sources to find out about daily life in Viking times.
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Explore the importance of sea travel for the Vikings.
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Enquire about religious practises in Viking times and the impact that had on daily life.
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Understand the broad trends of crime and punishment through the ages up to the
present day.
Art
As part of their evolution and inheritance topic the children will:
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Use the internet to research and observe various murals and understand the purposes they
were created for.
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Design segments of their own class mural depicting the importance of evolution and
inheritance.
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Evaluate the completed class mural.
Music
In song practise assemblies and listen and respond, the children will be taught to sing with
increasing confidence and control, developing an understanding of musical composition and
reproducing sounds from aural memory. The children will:
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Perform using their voices, increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
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Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.
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Understand staff and other musical notation.
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Appreciate music from a wide range of traditions, composers and musicians.
In music lessons the children will compose music based on animals inspired by Carnival of the
Animals and Peter and the Wolf. The children will:
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Play and perform using their voices and instruments with increasing accuracy, control and
expression.
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Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.
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Use and understand staff and other musical notations.
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Listen to music with attention to detail.
PE
Year 6 Across the basketball topic the children will learn to:
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use running, jumping, throwing and catching on their own and mixed together.
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play competitive games and apply basic skills used for attacking and defending as a team.
Year 6 Across the cricket topic the children will learn to:
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use striking, fielding and catching together
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play competitive games, modified where appropriate and apply basic principles suitable for matches.
French
PSHE
The children will learn to:
The children will be learning about racism and how it
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Express their opinions about food.
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Say and use the numbers 21-30 in
conversation.
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Say the months of the year.
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Describe people.
impacts on people in everyday life.
They will be considering how to tackle racism in
school.