6DG – Autumn – The Maya and the Rainforest
As writers we will:
As mathematicians we will:
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Use a classic children’s story to inspire our own writing
Write a diary entry from the perspective of a character in the story
Complete a detailed setting description using the story and art/film as a stimulus
Rewrite an important event in the story as a first person narrative
Write a newspaper report about an event in the story
In science we will :
Write a description of a creature including a labelled diagram
Write a chronological report of an investigation
 In geography we will write a persuasive letter related to the issue of deforestation
 Continue to use the editing process to improve our writing at every stage of the process
 Consolidate our knowledge of the place value system up to 10 million and to 3 decimal
places - read, write, order, compare and determine the value of each digit
 Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
 Use negative numbers in context and calculate intervals across zero
 Begin to work with simple algebraic formulae
 Solve number and practical problems using all of the above
 Work with all four operations — +, - , x, ÷ and use knowledge of the order of operations (BODMAS)
 Identify common factors, multiples and prime numbers
 Solve practical problems including all of the above
 Use estimation to check the reasonableness of our answer
 Practise using appropriate mental strategies to solve problems
As scientists we will:
As historians we will:
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 Examine the period of history referred to as the Maya civilisation
 Learn about how our knowledge of this period was enhanced by the work of archaeologists
and understand how artefacts are used to improve our knowledge of the period
 Investigate their beliefs in the afterlife and associated rituals
 Explore their Gods and their effect on the lives of the Maya in this period
 Experience food of the period
 Compare the lives of the Maya with life today
 Consider the range of sources used to find out about the past and determine their reliability
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Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable
characteristics and similarities and differences
Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
Explore the work of the famous scientist Carl Linnaeus
Explore theories of Evolution and Inheritance
Learn about significant figures in this area—Mary Anning and Charles Darwin
Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information
about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
Recognise that offspring of livings things vary and are not identical to their parents
Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment and evolve over time
Plan, carry out and report on the findings from a practical investigation
As artists we will:
As geographers we will:
As designers we will:
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 Understand the geographical terms latitude, longtitude,
equator, northern and southern hemisphere and the
tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
 Identify the importance of the Rainforest in the world’s
climate
 Examine climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts
 Select tools, equipment and textiles to create a rainforest
frog using appropriate joining techniques
 Follow a recipe and then suggest adaptations to improve
Use pastels to reproduce art in the style of Henri Rousseau
Use collage to create a mask in the Maya style
“Together we achieve our best”