Long term planning 2015 - 2016
Year 6 Oak
Autumn 1
Focus of work/Topic
name
Power, plague and
parliament – a study
of London
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Planning a trip to
London after the
SATS tests – tour of
parliament / various
London landmarks.
Autumn 2
Focus of work/Topic
name
Monsters, myths and
fairy folk – with
particular emphasis on
stories based on
dragons
Spring 1
Focus of work/Topic
name
Survival! –
incorporating Bare
Grylls and Deadly 60
from CBBC.
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Zoolab to come into
school to show
bearded dragons –
children compare real
dragons to mythical
ones.
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Visit to woods in
school grounds or
local wooded area –
Ogden Water?
Speak To local T.A. to
see if anyone can
come in to do a talk on
army survival training.
Spring 2
Focus of work/Topic
name
Vile Victorians –
including a local study
of Haworth.
Summer 1
Focus of work/Topic
name
Things that go bump
in the night…
A creative writing topic
with particular
emphasis on engaging
boys in writing.
Summer 2
Focus of work/Topic
name
Ratatouille – a study
of France with
particular focus on
cuisine.
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Day trip to Haworth –
trip on the steam train
along the Keighley
Worth Valley railway.
Victorian day in
school.
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Trip to Bowling Hall
Museum with its
‘ghost room.’
Ghost tour of Bradford
Visits / visitors /
theme days
Intend to set up a
‘French themed’ café
in school and invite
parents in. Children
speak in French whilst
serving their parents.
Enterprise skills
Ongoing throughout the year – fundraising to make money for a whole class day trip to London. Children will plan and set up a healthy tuck shop for
break times – making and selling flapjacks etc. They will work on making and marketing a product and working to a budget. They will also be
involved in the costs etc. when planning a day trip to London.
Children could also make and sell chocolates throughout the year for special days such as Mother’s Day. Any profits made would go towards the
London trip.
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
knowledge, skills
knowledge, skills
knowledge, skills
knowledge, skills
knowledge, skills
and understanding
and understanding
and understanding
and understanding
and understanding
and understanding
covered:
covered:
covered:
covered:
covered:
covered:
Maths – See Sharon
Maths – See Sharon
Maths – See Sharon
Maths – See Sharon Maths
Maths
Day long term plan
Day long term plan
Day long term plan
Day long term plan
SATS REVISION
Preparing for Year 7
for Year 6
for Year 6
for Year 6
for Year 6
Place value – reading Calculations – 4 rules
Calculations – 4 rules Calculations – 4 rules
and writing numbers
strategies and
strategies and
strategies and
up to 10 million,
application including
application
application
ordering numbers,
money and measures. X up to 4 digit
SATS REVISION
rounding numbers,
Securing addition and numbers by a 2 digit
Algebra
using negative
subtraction including
whole number.
numbers.
decimals using formal Divide up to a 4 digit
Fractions –
written methods.
whole number by a 2
recognizing,
Adding and
digit number.
comparing and
subtracting fractions.
Ratio and proportion
ordering
Geometry – revision of Fractions, decimals
Geometry - co –
shapes
and percentages
ordinates
Mental Maths strategies, arithmetic practice – 4 rules revision, times tables, number bonds - all ongoing throughout the year. Work on factors,
multiples and prime numbers.
FABULOUS FRIDAYS – problem solving and challenges linking to the area of study each week to develop mastery of Maths strategies and to boost
confidence.
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Texts to be used:
Texts to be used:
Texts to be used:
Texts to be used:
Texts to be used:
Texts to be used:
Horrible Histories –
The Egg by M.P.
Kensukes Kingdom by The Railway Children
Literacy Shed
What’s cooking – a
Gruesome guide to
Robertson
Michael Morpurgo
by E. Nesbit
resources – spooky
ratatouille book for
London by Terry
Tell me a dragon by
Bear Grylls – mission
Street Child by Berlie
shed.
kids by Thomas Keller
Deary
Jackie Morris
survival
Doherty
Other texts to be
Recipes from around
The London Eye
The Dragon Snatcher
Deadly 60 books
You wouldn’t want to
confirmed.
the world
Mystery by Siobhan
by M.P. Robertson
How to survive
be a Victorian school
Dowd
Dragon poems by
summer camp by
child by John Malam
Let’s go to London – a John Foster
Jacqueline Wilson
Vile Victorians by
play by Kaye
The snow dragon by
Terry Deary
Umansky
Vivian French
Two weeks with the
Evidence of dragons
 Writing recipes
Queen by Morris
by Pie Corbett
 Planning
Gleitzman
 Writing survival
menus
 Story writing –
guides
 Writing a diary
 Writing spooky
 Writing
narrative –
entry based on
short stories
 Writing recipes
invitations
 Writing
myths and
a Victorian
for ‘bush
 Spooky poems
 Persuasive
descriptions
legends
school child /
tucker’ trial
– writing and
writing to
worker
 Recounts
 Writing poems
dishes
performing
parents /
showing
about mythical
 Writing
 Persuasive
 Drama and
governors to
empathy for a
creatures
recounts about
writing /letter
play scripts –
visit the café
character
a day trip to
 Inventing
writing – to
the Dracula
 Writing food
Haworth
 Producing
mythical
apply for a job
rock show
reviews / blogs
tourist leaflets /
creatures and
on a remote
 Tourist
Year 6 end of
posters for
writing
island
information
year
London
descriptions
leaflets guides
performance??
 Descriptive


writing
about Haworth
 Writing
 Thank you
instructions
letters to the
e.g. how to
railway
make a shelter
 Writing
adventure
stories
Ongoing spelling, grammar and punctuation practice including weekly spelling tests.
Guided reading / reading with understanding sessions 3x per week
Target children working below age related in reading with have 1:1 reading 2x per week
Science
Science
Science
Science
Living things and their Evolution and
Animals including
Electricity
habitats
inheritance
humans
Looking at circuits and
Classification of micro- Recognize that living
Identify and name
voltage of cells.
organisms, plants and things have changed
parts of the human
Compare and give
animals.
over time.
circulatory system –
reasons for variations
Using keys to identify
Recognize that living
describe the functions in how components
plants / animals in the things produce
of the heart, blood
function.
local environment.
offspring of the same
vessels and blood.
Use recognized
kind but they vary and Recognize the impact symbols when
are not identical to
of diet, exercise,
representing a simple
their parents.
drugs, lifestyle on the
circuit in a diagram
Identify how animals
way bodies function.
and plants are
Describe how
adapted to suit their
nutrients and water
environment.
are transported with
animals – including
humans.
Writing health
warnings about
the plague
Writing reports
about real life
dragons –
Kimodo and
bearded
dragons

(To incorporate
Music)
Describing
spooky
settings
Science
Light
Recognize that light
appears to travel in
straight lines.
Looking at reflection of
light and shadows.
Science
Mad Science!
A range of exciting
hands on Science
experiments to
develop the children
practical and enquiry
skills.
History/Geography
Focus on British
history / the history of
London – complete a
study of the plague
and its effects on the
city.
The history of
parliament and an
outline of the
monarchy.
Identifying London on
a map.
What are the main
landmarks / tourist
destinations in
London? What can we
find out about these
places?
How did London
become our capital
city?
Study of rivers – the
River Thames.
History /Geography
A study of China –
links with Chinese
dragons.
Locate China on a
world map.
Look at China’s major
exports and economy
– Human Geography.
Research the Great
Wall of China.
An insight into the
Shang Dynasty of
Ancient China
History / Geography
Use the eight points of
a compass, four and
six - figure grid
references, symbols
and key (including the
use of Ordnance
survey maps) to build
their knowledge of the
United Kingdom and
the wider world.
Look at extreme
weather and natural
disasters – with a
particular focus on
survival.
R.E.
Sacred places – links to London – St Paul’s
Cathedral, Westminster Abbey – comparing
with mosques.
R.E.
Pilgrimage
Art and D.T.
Stained glass
windows – linked with
R.E. and St. Paul’s
cathedral in London
London pop art –
sketching and
painting.
Self- portraits – getting
to know me
P.H.S.C.E.
Art and D.T.
Outdoor /
environmental Art
D.T. – Shelter and den
building
Art and D.T.
Producing a model of
a dragon.
Paper art – Chinese
dragons / masks.
Creating sketches of
mythical creatures
History / Geography
Victorian History – a
Victorian classroom.
Who were the
Victorians? What was
life like for children
during Victorian
times?
A local study of
Haworth – how the
railways began.
A look at Victorian
Haworth
History / Geography
History / Geography
Local History – spooky A study of France –
tales of Old Bradford.
with a particular focus
on cuisine.
Locate France on a
world map, locate the
mountains, rivers,
seas etc.
Mountain study of the
French Alps.
R.E.
Initiation rites
Art and D.T.
Re- creating a model
of a Victorian school
room.
Producing Victorian
cameos using black
sugar paper.
Art and D.T.
Spooky arts and
crafts.
Making a set for end
of year performance
Designing tickets,
posters to advertise…
Art and D.T.
Planning a menu for a
French café!
Developing
preparation and
cooking skills to
produce a range of
French dishes.
To understand and
apply the principles of
a healthy and varied
Producing tourist
information posters to
advertise London.
diet.
Prepare and cook a
variety of
predominantly savoury
dishes using a range
of cooking techniques.
Music
To play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control
and expression – to work together on an end of year musical performance of The Dracula Rock Show by Malcolm Sircom.