Curriculum Map
Year
Group
6
Teacher
Term
Spring 2
2015
Mrs Brolly
Ancient Islamic Civilisation
Theme
Teaching Assistant
Mr Jeavons
The Curriculum Map shows the main areas of learning that your child will undertake during the forthcoming term
and the class timetable will enable you to talk to your child about their school day.
This is what
we will be
teaching
through our
creative
curriculum
Locate Baghdad and compare and contrast to other ancient civilisations
Understand the city design for Baghdad and create our own city designs
Study the work of Al-Khawarizimi as a mathematician
Know about the House of Wisdom – the main Baghdad library
Understand the how and why the city was destroyed.
Geometric Islamic art designs
 Our learning in Science will focus on Electricity.
Circuit diagrams
Circuit repair
Wires
Cells
Series and parallel circuits
Control technology
Through our
RE lessons
the children
will cover the
following
topics.
R.E. – in R.E. this half term, the children will be exploring the following aspects:
Literacy
Numeracy
These are
the main
areas which
will be
taught
during this
half term
Fiction Genres
Identify different features of a variety of
narrative genres and writing texts in
chosen styles.
1001 Arabian Nights stories including Ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Percentages, fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion,
algebra
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
Word problems
Geometry, position, direction
Shape
The Story of the People of God – we will analyse the different types of writing in the books of the Bible, and
the study of Old Testament figures such as Cain and Abel, Moses and the Prophets, with specific focus on the
Ten Commandments.
Lent and Holy Week- we will learn about the Beatitudes, know the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman
and the parable of the sheep and the goats as well as studying religious artwork.
Formal Writing
Y6 Timetable
8.459.30am
(Mass)
Guided
Reading
Monday
9.3010.40am
Singing
Practice
10.4010.55am
Break
10.55am12.00pm
Numeracy
12.0013.00pm
Lunch
13.0013.45pm
Reading
RE
13.4514.30pm
RE
French
14.3015.20pm
French
Spellings
homework
Literacy
Literacy
Tuesday
Prayer
Guided
Reading
Literacy
Literacy
Break
Numeracy
Lunch
Science
Science
Science
Wednesday
Prayer
Guided
Reading
Numeracy
Break
Literacy
Lunch
RE
RE
ICT
Prayer
Guided
Reading
Numeracy
Break
Literacy
Lunch
Reading
Music
Music
PE
PE
Numeracy
Break
Spellings
Literacy
Lunch
Reading
Guided
Reading
PE
Creative
Curriculum
Creative
Curriculum
Homework
Thursday
(ICT)
Assembly
Friday
ICT
PE
Please Remember:
Dinner money
Monday or as applicable (clearly labelled with your child’s name please)
P.E. Kit
To be in school EVERY day
To read at home
Every night
Library Books changed
Daily opportunity
Spellings
Main spellings - given on Monday for test on that Friday
Mental Maths
Tables tests (up to 12x12)
Mental Maths test on Wednesdays
Homework
Set on Friday for submission on Wednesday
Please look in your child’s Reading Record for any communication.
Use Reading Record to record Reading Book comments and Library Book comments.
Many thanks for your co-operation. If you have any queries regarding this information, then please speak to
Mrs Brolly or Mr Breeze.
God is at the centre of our lives and as a school community we try to grow in love and care by following the example of Jesus