Tollgate Primary School Subject Overview
Core Curriculum Year Six
Autumn Term One 2014 - 2015
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Unit/Focus
Narrative
Detective Stories
Narrative
Detective Stories
Narrative
Detective Stories
Narrative
Detective Stories
Grammar
Punctuation
Punctuation
Apostrophes
Nouns
Non Fiction
Biography and
Autobiography
Verbs and Adverbs
Non Fiction
Biography and
Autobiography
Conjunctions
Non Fiction
Biography and
Autobiography
Paragrpahs
Spelling Words
Spelling Words
Spelling Words
Words ending able
and ible
Homophones and
other words that
are often confused.
Endings which
sound like /shuh/
spelt cious and
tious
Endings which
sound like /shul/
Spelling Words
Comprehension
AF2
Understand, describe,
select or retrieve
information, events or
ideas from texts and
use quotation and
reference to text.
AF3
Deduce, infer or
interpret information,
events or ideas from
texts.
AF4
Identify and comment
on the structure and
organisation of texts
including grammatical
and presentational
features at text level
AF5
Explain and comment
on writer’s use of
language, including
grammatical and
literal features at
word and sentence
level
AF6
Identify and comment
on writers’ purposes
and viewpoints, and
the overall effect of
the text on the
reader.
AF6
Identify and comment
on writers’ purposes
and viewpoints, and
the overall effect of
the text on the
reader.
Assessment which
covers
AF1/AF2/AF3/AF4
/AF5/AF6
Writing
Describe settings,
characters and
atmosphere and
integrate dialogue
to convey
character and
advance the action.
Consider how
authors have
developed
characters and
settings in the
texts they have
read.
Select appropriate
grammar and
vocabulary.
Ensure the
consistent and
correct tense
throughout a piece
of writing.
Proof read for
spelling and
punctuation errors
Select appropriate
grammar and
vocabulary.
Describe settings
and characters.
Ensure correct
subject and verb
agreement.
Use a wide range of
devices to build
cohesion within and
across paragraphs.
Use further
organisational
devices to
structure the text.
Identify the
audience for and
the purpose of the
writing, selecting
the appropriate
form and using
other similar
writing as models
Distinguish between
the language of
speech and writing
and choosing the
appropriate register.
Ensuring the
consistent and
correct use of tense
Mathematics
Computing
Downloading
Safely
Science
Living Things
and their
Habitats.
(Revision)
Number
To read, write,
order and compare
numbers up to
10’000’000 and
determine the
value of each digit.
To identify the
dangers of using
the internet.
To know that
flowering plants
reproduce.
To understand the
term ‘reproduce,
Number
To round any
number to the
nearest 10,100,
1000 and decimal
place.
To understand the
term ‘Downloading’.
To know that seeds
can be dispersed in
a variety of ways.
Four rules of
number
To solve addition
and subtraction
calculation using
the correct written
methods.
To explain what
types of files
should be
downloaded.
Four rules of
number
To solve
calculations quickly
using the correct
mental strategy.
Four rules of
number
To multiply 4 digit
numbers by two
digit numbers.
Algebra
To use simple
formulae to solve
simple equations.
Ratio and Proportion
To scale numbers up
and down by the same
quantity.
To explain how to
download safely
from the internet
To select personal
information that
should not be on
the internet.
To create a poster
about E Safety.
To apply these skills
and knowledge when
using the laptop.
To consider the
conditions that
might affect
germination.
To explain how
insect pollinate
plants.
To identify the
male and female
organs of a plant.
To explain how
seeds are formed
after pollination.
To present the life
cycle of a plant
accurately using the
correct vocabulary.
To plan a fair test
of this.
To explain how
seeds are formed
after pollination