Curriculum Overview for Year Six
Autumn Term Theme - Castles
English
Art & Design
Stained glass window design and creation. Use of
varying materials.
Macbeth – literary
heritage , narrative, letter
writing, news report ,
diary(recount),soliloquies,
historical narrative
Calligraphy and illuminated letters linked to castles and
medieval times. Use of drawing and painting techniques.
Sketch books used to record and develop designs and
ideas.
Design & Technology
Design and build medieval style trebuchets. Studying
mechanics of weaponry.
Mathematics
Scale models and sketches to be produced
Individually and in Kagan groups.
Number work
Place value
Problem solving and
written calculations for all
4 rules of number.
(use of Bloom`s
Taxonomy for
questioning)
Computing
Design a programme to show a
pathway around Conway town.
Maths in the real
world – topic based
problem solving and
questioning/use of
current events and
dates.
Shape, space and
measurement linked
To Castles.
Cross section diagrams of castles and
Trebuchets.
Modern
Languages
Geography
Biomes, vegetation,
Land use and resources
To be studied along with map and grid reference use
at class residential trip to Lledr Hall.
Use 4 and 6 figure grid referencing on OS maps when
Carrying out fieldwork at Lledr Hall.
Music
As Spanish scheme.
Welsh language to be studied linked to Lledr Hall.
Macbeth piece composed by Verdi (great musicians
and
composers).
Macbeth Music Workshop BBC
Ballads based on Robin Hood legend (Clannad).
Science
History
Investigations linked to materials linked to Castles topic. British history taught chronologically – an extended
Looking at properties involved in construction, attack and period study (castles).
defence. (questioning techniques
Feudal system – comparisons between
Forces linked to medieval weaponry, for example
Today`s society and those of the past.
trebuchet construction and design in art design and
technology.(questioning and fair test investigations)
Visit to Conwy castle will include links to art
Light and shadow investigations linked to castle attack
Design and technology and scientific investigations.
and defence.
Health and lifestyle study linked to medieval times and
court life.
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Physical
Outdoor pursuits
Education
Religious
Education
linked to Lledr Hall.
Millennium Development Goals (PSHCE). Global
Justice linked to the Feudal system and
Castles topic.
Building a fairer world through equality. The
message of Jesus through scripture `Good news`.
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