Year 6 Curriculum
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Topic
Are there only 7 wonders in the
world?
Does every picture
tell a story?
Have we left the past
behind us?
Imagine if…
What makes Great
Britain Great?
Trips/Events
Glasbury; Science Museum; 10
pieces cinema
Ashmolean/Modern
Art museum
Settings and descriptions;
Explanation and persuasion
Plays; persuasion
and explanation
Rainforest or
Botanical gardens;
Story Museum?
Poetry; Instructions
tbc
English
Maths
Number,fractions/decimals,
coordinates
Number, problem
solving, data
handling
Science
Light: Planning a scientific
enquiry to answer questions;
reporting and presenting
findings from enquiries.
Electricity; Forces
and movement:
recording data and
results using bar
and line diagrams
Ridgeway
museum/settlements;
Oxford museums
Character and
dialogue; biography
and auto biography
Number,
fractions/decimals,
neg. numbers,
percentages
Properties and
changes of materials:
Taking
measurements using
a range of scientific
equipment with
accuracy and
precision.
Do you have to
be a hero to
make a
difference?
Oxford Castle
and Law courts
Number,
fractions/decimals,
problem solving,
area, perimeter
Plants, Living
things and habitats,
evolution and
inheritance:
identifying scientific
evidence that has
been used to
support or refute
ideas or arguments.
Number, sequences,
equations,
coordinates, shape,
angles, data handling
Lives and
discoveries of British
Scientists: identifying
scientific evidence
that has been used
to support or refute
ideas or arguments.
History
Maya: Non-European Society to
compare and contrast with
British History- looking at
similarities and differences;
understand how our knowledge
is constructed from a range of
sources.
History linked to:
Does Every Picture
Tell a Story; Pupils
research on
Pantomime/Fairy
Tales,constructing
responses and
organising info..
Local history
explored: Children will
study history of local
area and how this fits
with national history,
helped by studies at
local museums.
Action and
drama;
Journalistic
Number, shape,
angles, algebra,
data handling
Magnetism
revision; keeping
fit and
healthy:using test
results to make
predictions to set
up further
comparative and
fair tests
Crime and
Punishment in
Britain across
time:chronological
order; noting
connections,
contrasts and
trends.
Style and Vocab.;
Discussion
Changes in British
history: social,
leisure,
entertainment in 20th
C children’s own
study, constructing
informed responses
with thoughtful
selection and
organisation of
relevant info..
Geography
Use maps, atlases, globes and
computer maps to locate
countries and describe features
studied of 7 Wonders and
Mayan area and modern
equivalence.
Visit to Woodlands
Centre, Glasbury:
Physical geography
including rivers,
mountains, caves
and the water cycle
Computing
Search technologies, coding
Understand computer networks
including the Internet,
understanding how they can
provide multiple services and
opportunities for communication
and collaboration.
Art
Reflections, collage:create
sketchbooks to record
observations and review ideas
E-safety,
multimedia and
digital media: Use
technology safely,
respectfully and
responsibly;recogni
se acceptable and
unacceptable
behaviour ways to
report concerns.
Paint:to improve
their mastery of art
and design
techniques.
Design/Techn
ology
Kaleidoscope/Reflective
models:use research and
develop design criteria to make
products for Woodstock art.
Electrical
design:generate
and develop
models through
annotated sketches
Understand and
use electrical
systems in their
products.
Human geography
/settlements:
Types of settlements
and land use,
including trade and
distribution of natural
resources.
Search technologies,
Data Handling:
Use search
technologies
effectively, appreciate
how results are
selected and ranked.
UK geography,
compass points,
grid references;
place knowledge
Coding,
Multimedia and
digital media,
controlling
devices:Design,
write and debug
progs that
accomplish
goals.
Coding, E-safety:
Use sequence,
selection and
repetition in progs;
work with variables
and various forms
of input and output.
Sculpture: about
designers and
architects in history.
Drawing,
portraits;comic
book artists,
create sketch
books
Settlement
project:select from
range of tools and
materials according to
their properties.
Cookery
/nutrition: design
Sketching,
landscapes;great
landscape
artists;improve
mastery of art
techniques.
Garden design:
design using
research,
innovative,
functional and
appeal; evaluate
ideas and consider
views of others.
healthy meal for
hero, prepare
seasonal, savoury
dishes
UK geography,
topographical
features; name and
locate counties and
cities in UK, including
key topographical
features.
Search technologies,
multimedia and
digital media, Data
handling: Select, use
and combine a
variety of software to
design, create,
collect and present
data and info..
British Artists’ work:
children’s own study
of British artist to
attempt similar style.
Artefact made with
GB focus, eg bag,
pencil case: research
products and design
own version;
understand how to
strengthen, stiffen
and reinforce
structures;evaluate
Music
On-going drumming sessions;
Lieder Project
BBC 10 pieces;
Big Sing
Drumming
Drumming
Drumming
Drumming
P.E.
Oxf. Utd. Community Sports ;
Outdoor Ed; Invasion games:
using running, jumping, throwing
and catching skills
Gymnastics;
Fitness: develop
Dance: perform
dances using a
range of
movement
patterns
Cricket, Rounders:
play competitive
games, throwing
and catching.
Athletics: develop
P.S.H.E./P4C
Praise and Rewards; Role
models
Managing Feelings
Swimming:
competently over 25m
using a range of
strokes; perform safe
self-rescue in water
situations.
Rights and
Responsibilities; Glad
to be me
Assertiveness
Coping under
pressure;Stressbusters and mood
shifters
Moving On; Puberty
talk
R.E./Citizenship
Thankfulness, Harvest;
Beliefs in Action –
Christian Aid;
Christmas
Christian journey of
life and death; Fair
Trade
Beliefs in Action
linked to heroes
topic
MFL: French
B.L.P.
Date; Weather; Family;
Greetings; big/small: listen
attentively and join in,
repeat and respond
flexibility, strength,
technique, control and
balance
Clothes; le,la,les;
adjectives; J’aime
Je n’aime pas;
Christmas traditions
in France: write
phrases from
memory; understand
feminine and
masculine forms;
L’Epiphanie; Le
mardi gras; Etre;
jobs; j’habite…
Engage in
conversations,
widen vocabulary.
Sports and
leisure; places
around town;
directions;
French towns;
speak in
sentences and
follow
instructions
flexibility, strength,
technique, control and
balance
Charity Enterprise
work
Classroom items;
classroom
instuctions;
prepositions;
School customs in
France: speak in
sentences and follow
instructions
Alphabet; Travelling
on holiday; asking
for icecream! Basic
food and drink;
develop
pronunciation when
using familiar
phrases
Throughout the year we will be referring to our 4 learning Muscles: Managing distractions/ Noticing; Capitalizing;
Distilling; Interdependence/Empathy and Listening.