English
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
DPiL Auto and
Biographical
recounts
Harriet Tubman
5/6 weeks
Non-Fiction:
Explanation Text
(possibly link to the
BMX Project which
took place in Year
5)
3weeks
Poetry: Free Verse
Maths
Science
IPC
(History,
Geography &
International)
Living things and
their habitats
Working
scientifically
BrainThe
wave
holiday
show:
Location
and
Tourism
Overview of Learning- Year 6
2015 - 2016
Spring 1
Spring 2
DPiL Narrative with
a flashback
The Wedding Ghost
5 weeks
DPiL WWII Non-fiction unit
Diarly, letters, personal and formal, NC report,
news report
4-5 weeks
War metaphors /personification description
Inc Rose Blanche
6 weeks
SATs revision
See Year 6 Mathematics Yearly Overview
Animals, including
humans
Electricity
Light
AD 900: History of a
non-European
society: West
African Kingdom of
Benin
Go with the Flow: Rivers: Use 4 and 6 figure
grid references on OS maps, understanding
biomes, vegetation, belts, land use, economic
activity, distribution of resources
Summer 2
Poetry: The Power of
Imagery
2 weeks
Gorsefield Recount
End of Year
Production
Evolution and
inheritance
Champions for
Change
They See the World
Like This: Artists
Impressions of the
World
School Journey
Sat’s Week: 9th May
Create West African
masquerade masks
Art &
Design
Summer 1
Paint a portrait of a
famous political figure
Explore impressionist,
cubist and abstract art
Explore Japanese
wood block printed art
DT
ICT
PE
Music
Evaluate materials
used to market
holidays
Create our own
marketing materials
to sell a holiday
Ben – Turn it On!
E-Safety
Planning an app
Games:
Invasion games
(Implement and
kicking)
Gymnastics:
Matching and
monitoring
IPC: The holiday
show
Create own music
piece based on a
musical tradition
researched. Add
lyrics
Beninese Cuisine
Explore famous bridges around the world
using Google Earth Bridges 3D Tour’
Developing project
management
Games:
Net / court / wall
Dance
IPC: AD 900
Plan and perform our
own West African
masquerade (chants,
drumming,
percussion)
RE
Does Hajj change
lives?
Values; what
matters most?
Christians and
Humanists
PSHE
Being Me in My
World
Celebrating
Differences
French
Going to Paris
Vocabulary/French
Facts/
Geography/Role
Play/
Maths/Numbers/
Building sentence
Updated June 2015
Explore how bridges are built and then putt
what we have learned into practice with ‘the
great bridge-building challenge’
Visit of Paris
Vocabulary/French
Facts/
Geography/ICT
Making a Touristic
Leaflet
Ben – Turn it On!
Researching the app
market
Games:
Invasion games
(indoor)
Dance/Gymnastics:
Synchronisation and
canon
Designing an app
interface
Games:
Striking and fielding
Gymnastics;
Holes and barriers
(IPC: Go with the Flow: Rivers – no music
objectives)
Ben – Turn it On!
Developing a mobile
app
Advertising
THYSF
Athletics:
Track and field events
THYSF
Athletics:
Track and field events
(IPC: Champions for
Change – no music
objectives)
IPC: They See the
World Like This –
Artists
Suggested Music
Express Unit 2:
‘Who Knows’ –
musical processes
To compose &
perform our music
inspired from
Impressionist art
Buddhists and
Christians
What is spiritual in
your life
What is spiritual in
your life
Changing Me
Suggested Learning: Music Express Unit 1:
‘Song-writer’
Scottish & Irish traditional songs : could link
to River dance- Irish traditional music &
dance)
Jewish and Islamic
Buddhists and
Prayer- what, how,
Christians
why
Dreams and Goals
Healthy Me
Relationships
School subjects
Vocabulary/Feelings
and Opinions
Building Complex
Sentence
Connectives
All about me
Vocabulary/ Opinions
Where I live
vocabulary
Grammar/Connectives
Writing Task
Biography of a French
person
Vocabulary/ French
Facts/Napoléon/
Jeanne d’Arc
Year 6 leaving
Assembly Project
Song/Poem
Drama