ENGLISH & LANGUAGE:
Crime and punishment
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL
UNDERSTANDING
ENGLISH:
Our stories will be ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes in
term 1 and the story of St Frideswide in term 2. The
children will create narrative poems about a Highwayman.
In non-fiction work, we will learn how to write
persuasively and create non-fiction texts about graffiti in
the local area. A big focus in terms 1 and 2 will be
grammatical terminology.
Autumn 2014 - Year 6
Terms 1 and 2
SCIENCE: We will begin with electricity in term 1, where
the children will learn to create and mend circuits, as well
as using correct symbols to create diagrams. We will then
learn about forces, including floating and sinking, upthrust
and air resistance.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY:
As well as designing a purse that would be safe from
Tudor cutpurses, the children will also design and make
their own historical instrument of punishment.
PRIMARY LANGUAGES:
This termwe will be learning French and the children will
undertake a CSI project where they will solve a murder
mystery using their knowledge of the language. We will
also be writing letters to French penfriends in Autrans and
learning language for being a guest in someone’s home.
COMPUTING:
The children will be learning to create animations using
coding software as well as using online mapping software.
UNDERSTANDING THE ARTS
MATHEMATICS
Our maths programme will continue to follow the renewed
National Numeracy Strategy framework. Objectives will
include:
 Multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals by
10, 100 or 1000 and understanding the effect
 Knowing by heart multiplication and division facts up to
10 × 10
 Expressing a quotient as a fraction, or as a decimal
rounded to one decimal place
 Rounding up or down after division, depending on the
context
 Recognising and explaining patterns and relationships
 Using knowledge of sums, differences, or products of
odd/even numbers to check results of calculations
 Converting, reducing, comparing and ordering fractions
MUSIC: We begin with a unit on composition, where
the children will explore narrative music, before
composing their own pieces inspired by The
Highwayman. We will then learn about songs from
musical theatre and the children will write their own.
ART: We will learn about street art, then the children will
design their own Banksy-style stencils and spray paint
them. We will then move on to investigate styles of
stained glass and how they are used in religious buildings.
We will create our own version of Burne-Jones’ St
Frideswide window for the classroom and then the
children will design their own stained glass window for a
church using religious symbols.
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT,
HEALTH & WELLBEING:
P.E: We will have specialist coaching this term for
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We will be learning about Christian places of worship and
symbols used in churches this term and will visit
Christchurch Cathedral to learn more about how the
cathedral is used, as well as viewing the Burne-Jones St
Frideswide window.
gymnastics and hockey. In addition, the children will
explore narrative dance and the language of mime, before
creating dances based on the Highwayman.
CITIZENSHIP: As part of our History topic, we will learn
about how rules and laws reflect the needs of a society and
the different ways in which countries are governed.
HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL & SOCIAL
UNDERSTANDING
HISTORY: We will be carrying out a thematic study of
Crime and Punishment in Britain from 1485 – 1901. This
will include learning about types of crime and
punishment, and how these changed from century to
century. We will cover Guild laws, witch trials, heresy,
post-Civil War Puritan laws, penal transportation, the
instruments of punishment, and the creation of the police
force. We will also visit the Oxford Castle to learn about
the case of Mary Blandy, a local criminal, and to decide
whether we think she was guilty.
GEOGRAPHY: We will be learning to name the counties,
cities, regions and features of UK by carrying out a crime
survey of Britain. We will also learn to name and locate
countries on a map, investigating which countries received
convicts during penal transportation. We will also carry
out a local field study, investigating which parts of our
local area attract graffiti and recording this on OS maps.
PSHE/SEAL: We will begin with the topic ‘New
Beginnings’ where the children will learn to describe
positive things about themselves and to face new
challenges. We will then move on to ‘Getting on and
Falling Out,’ where the children will learn strategies for
solving difficulties in relationships.