Discrete Subjects :
RE : God as the trinity, Trimurti
Vishnu Hindu
PE : Dance: ‘Flight from Danger’
Games; Rounders (Striking, Fielding)
Music: Harvest songs
French: ‘The Park’, Herve—composer
Literacy
Recount— Class visit, First
person diary
Discussion– Victorian Punishment
Narrative -Dickens: Oliver Twist
Star Write—Linked to Theme
Explanations, Reports & Poetry
P.S.H.E & FINANCIAL
CAPABILITY
Difference between the rich and
poor, health and hygiene, justice
Market research for apps
Class Visits / Visitors
Beamish; Pockerley Old Hall
Safety Works, Newcastle
Saltwell Park
Gateshead Library
Maths
My Money: Salaries and Taxes
Investigate statements involving
fractions, decimals, percentages
Using & applying problems; division,
Multiplication, area and perimeter.
Artist; use of angles and patterns
Brighton Avenue
Primary School
Topic Web, Autumn 1
Year 6;
Pain, Punishment,
Perseverance...
Computing - We are app planners
This year’s Year 6 units form a sequence,
beginning with this one in which the pupils learn
about the capabilities of Smart Phones, think of a
problem that a Smart Phone or tablet app could
solve, and then pitch the idea for their app.
Art
William Morris—repeating patterns
Drawing Elements: linear,
pointillism, feathering, cross
hatching, scumbling, side stroke
Class Novel: Lob: Linda Newbery
& Granny; Anthony Horowitz
Class Poem: If - Rudyard Kipling
Guided Reading:
Jane Eyre, Tom’s Midnight
Garden, Melleron’s Monsters,
The Toymaker, Waiting Goldie.
Science
Living things and habitats
Classification, animal kingdoms
Micro-organisms and bacteria
Victorian Scientists: role in
preventing diseases (bacteria)
History
The Victorians
Contrast—children at work and
school (trip to Beamish)
Punishment– life as a servant
(jobs of Victorian children)
Local Link– Saltwell Park
Homework:
Victorian Art Exhibition; choice
of Victorian artist & Fact File