St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School
Creative Curriculum – Year 6 – Summer 2016
History – Holidays and Leisure (an aspect of British History beyond 1066)
The learning within this theme focuses on holidays and leisure. Children will be involved in
making comparisons and analysing trends between the different periods, focusing primarily
on the period from the Victorian era to the present day. The children will understand the
effect of the first railways on coastal communities and learn about the great changes that
happened during the Victorian Age that changed British leisure time.
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When did holidays begin in Britain?
Which were the first British seaside resorts and why did they develop?
How did the development of the railways affect the lives of the Victorians?
What were the early railways like in seaside resorts?
What were seaside holidays like in Victorian times?
How have holidays changed since the Victorian era?
Geography – Tourism & Transport
The purpose of the learning within this theme is for children to study the human and physical
geography of a seaside town (e.g. Blackpool) They will consider elements such as tourism,
transport, settlements, land use and change over time etc. through the use of maps, images
and other sources of geographical information. They will develop Ordnance Survey and digital
mapping skills.
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Begin to consider that the introduction of railways had an impact on coastal towns.
What is the physical geography of Blackpool and the surrounding area?
What is the human geography of Blackpool and the surrounding area?
How does Blackpool compare with other places/towns that we know about?
Begin to consider the impact of tourism on a coastal town
Use data to draw conclusions about the impact of tourism on coastal towns.
Discuss possible positive, negative and long-term effects of tourism on coastal towns.
Science - Electricity
Key Learning:
 Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and
voltage of cells used in the circuit.
 Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the
brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.
 Use recognised symbols (cells, wires, switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors) when
representing a simple circuit in a diagram.
 Use and interpret circuit diagrams to construct a variety of more complex circuits
predicting whether they will ‘work’.
Key Questions:
 Which circuits work?
 How can we draw different circuits more accurately?
 Why do circuits need a battery/cell and wires?
 How can we identify faults in a circuit?
 How can we change circuits to create different effects?
 Can we solve circuit challenges?
 Where does electricity come from?
 How does electricity get to our homes?
Design and Technology
Combining learning from across design and technology skills bases - structures, mechanical
systems, electrical systems, ICT programming and control.
Structures - investigate strengthening and stabilising of framework structures:
 How stable / strong is the structure?
 How has it been reinforced/stabilised?
 What mathematical shapes have been used in the design?
 How have the elements of the structure been joined?
 What materials have been used in the construction? Why?
Mechanical and electrical systems and computer control:
 How does the mechanism move? How does it work? Which parts move?
 What component parts make up the mechanical system? (e.g. gears, levers, linkages,
pulleys, cams etc.) How do they interconnect?
 When do the lights come on or switch off?
 What could control the switch? (time/sensor/mechanical).
Art and Design
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Drawing and painting developed into collage / batik / felt making.
Children can develop their drawing and painting skills and then enrich their ideas into a
textile, such as batik or felt making.
From drawings and paintings of the seaside, wool fibres can be laid to explore seascapes,
or sand, seaside structures, lighthouses, beach huts and boats to create an exciting textile.
Create a collage or journal
Mathematics
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My Money Week 2016 – 13 to 19 June
Place value, decimals and fractions
Mental and written calculation
Calculating fractions, ratio and proportion
Coordinates, translation and reflection
Algebra and sequences
Measurement (length and time) and statistics - mean
Measurement – mass and volume / capacity
2-D and 3-D shape
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English
Shakespeare:
Introduce children to Shakespeare's Plays: Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.
Investigate different ways of writing dialogue including playscript layout and the use of
informal language.
Children write a 60 second version of part of Macbeth.
Discussion and debate:
Identify features of argument texts.
Differences between facts and opinions.
Research for and hold a class debate.
Children will write and edit their own argument text.
Classic narrative poetry:
Identify examples of figurative language within different poems – metaphor, simile,
personification. e.g. Sea Fever by J Masefield, The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy
Explore the use of imagery and description. Discuss the effect of these on the reader.
Discuss how to use language to evoke feelings and produce impressions.
Novel as a theme - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
R.E.
Additional Curriculum
Computing
P.E.
Witnesses
The Holy Spirit enables
people to become witnesses
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Healing
Sacrament of the Sick
Common Good
Work of the worldwide
Christian family
Programming
Computational thinking
Hardware
Music
KS2 Production