Year 6, Term 3 Learning Planner
What are we learning in English?
What are we learning in maths?
(Objectives may be partially covered across
a unit but fully covered across the course of
the whole year)
What are we learning in topic?
Community, Culture
and Me
Topic – North America – Native Americans
Art – Sculpture: Totems/Sand Painting /// Geography - human geography, types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the
distribution of natural resources (energy, food, minerals and water) /// History – Lives of significant people: Pocahontas / Chief Sitting Bull? PSHE – Thrive Link
Week 1
WB: 4th Jan
Non Fiction
Research Native American Imagery and create a
leaflet/project book.
(Information, ideas, how and why?)
Grammar – Using Layout devices to structure text
and guide the reading.
Writing Planning = 2. Make choices about the most effective
way to note their ideas, drawing on research from a
range of sources where necessary.
Drafting = 9. Manipulate and control the use of
organisational features in non-fiction.
Guided Reading Theme: 14. Summarise key ideas,
events and information.
Week 2
WB: 11th Jan
Non Fiction
Research Native American Imagery and create a
leaflet/project book.
(Information, ideas, how and why?)
Spelling – Can spell all of the Y5/Y6 common
exception words and homophones.
Using Layout devices to structure text and guide the
reading.
Writing Editing = 12 Proof read and edit their writing in
relation to the Y6 grammar and spelling expectations.
Drafting and re-writing = 9. Manipulate and control
the use of organisational features in non-fiction.
Guided Reading Theme: 14. Summarise key ideas,
events and information.
Number and Number System:
Art Week – Native American Imagery –
Totems.

read, write, order and compare numbers up
to 10 000 000 and determine the value of
each digit - Link to Native American
Numerals

round any whole number to a required
degree of accuracy – Link to dates - solve
problems which require answers to be
rounded to specified degrees of accuracy

use negative numbers in context, and
calculate intervals across zero – link to
temperature
PE Coach – Tag Rugby
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Decimals

identify the value of each digit in numbers
given to three decimal places and multiply
and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000
giving answers up to three decimal places
Geography – Land use and Settlement
in North America – decline of native
Americans
I know a wide range of key aspects of
human geography and can describe
them: types of settlement and land use

multiply one-digit numbers with up to two
decimal places by whole numbers

use written division methods in cases where
the answer has up to two decimal places
I know how to include visual and
tactile qualities and I use my
knowledge and skills to embellish in
different ways
I know how art and design reflect
and shape our history, contribute to
culture, creativity and wealth
Science: taking measurements, using a
range of scientific equipment, with
increasing accuracy and precision, taking
repeat readings when appropriate –
completion of Cactus investigation.
PSHE: (Linked to thrive)
To be able to participate in
a group without being
dominating or being
dominated.
RE - Expression and
Language
Key Question: What is the
purpose and value of a
sacred place?
- Sacred places of different
religions
PSHE: (Linked to thrive)
To be able to participate in
a group without being
dominating or being
dominated.
RE - Expression and
Language
Key Question: What is the
purpose and value of a
sacred place?
- Native American Sacred
places
Music – Occarina
I know how to improvise melodic
and rhythmic material within given
structures
PE Coach – Tag Rugby
Week 3
WB: 18th Jan
Fiction – Native American Legends
Grammar – Complex, compound and simple
sentences recap
Writing – 1. Plan through discussing similar writing,
analysing structure vocab and grammar (use to create
own plan)
18 Use an effective range of sentence structures,
including sentences with multiple clauses.
Spelling – Can spell words using all of the Y5/6
prefixes and suffixes (assessment?)

associate a fraction with division and
calculate decimal fraction equivalents [for
example, 0.375] for a simple fraction [for
example, 3 ]
8

recall and use equivalences between simple
fractions, decimals and percentages,
including in different contexts.
Guided Reading Theme 10: Asking specific
questions to clarify meaning of a text.
Geography – Land use and Settlement
in North America – decline of native
Americans
I know a wide range of key aspects of
human geography and can describe
them: types of settlement and land use
PSHE: (Linked to thrive)
To be able to participate in
a group without being
dominating or being
dominated.
Science: recording data and results of
increasing complexity using scientific
diagrams and labels, classification keys,
tables, scatter graphs, bar and line
graphs – completion of Cactus
investigation.
RE - Expression and
Language
Key question: How do
places of worship and
worship practices differ
within and between
religions?
PE Coach – Tag Rugby
Music – Occarina
I know how to improvise melodic
and rhythmic material within given
structures
Week 4
WB: 25th Jan
Fiction – Native American Legends
Grammar 20– (Organisation) Using a wide range of
clause structures, sometimes varying their position
within the sentence.
Writing – 7. Manipulate and control the use of
narrative language features. (Using language to
control time and pace)
Spelling – Can use the first four letters of a word to
check spellings and meanings in a dictionary use a
thesaurus.

Percentages: solve problems involving the
calculation of percentages [for example, of
measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the
use of percentages for comparison

Fractions Decimals and Percentages
Geography – Land use: Natural
resources and trade links – decline of
native Americans (Buffalo)
I know a wide range of key aspects of
human geography and can describe
them: types of settlement and land use
ICT PE Coach – Tag Rugby
Music – Occarina
Guided Reading Theme 20: Distinguish between
fact, opinion and bias.
I know how to use a variety of
notations
I know how to compose music for
different occasions using
appropriate musical devices
PSHE: (Linked to thrive)
To be able to participate in
a group without being
dominating or being
dominated.
RE - Expression and
Language
Key question: How do
places of worship and
worship practices differ
within and between
religions?
Week 5
WB: 1st Feb
Native American Poetry
Writing – 6. Write a range of more sophisticated
poetry and experiment with different forms
(performance poems)
11. Evaluate their writing through discussion and
make improvements through redrafting the vocab
to enhance effect.
13. Perform their own writing using appropriate
intonation, volume and movement and adapt to
engage the audience.
Guided Reading Theme 8: Explain their own views
and challenge those of others – Culminating in
debate.
Multiples, Factors and Mental Strategies

perform mental calculations, including with
mixed operations and large numbers

use estimation to check answers to
calculations and determine, in the context of
a problem, an appropriate degree of
accuracy.
Review written methods for all operations.
Problem Solving – Interpreting and Answering
Questions

solve addition and subtraction multi-step
problems in contexts, deciding which
operations and methods to use and why
Music – Occarina
I know how to perform significant
parts from memory and from
notations, with awareness of my
own contributions
PE Coach – Tag Rugby
PSHE: (Linked to thrive)
To be able to participate in
a group without being
dominating or being
dominated.
RE - Expression and
Language
Key question: How do
places of worship and
worship practices differ
within and between
religions?