Topic Grid Year 6
Week
beginning
Art and
Design
HT1
Our Local
Area
Wren’s nest
Canals
Wrens Nest –
Making
pictures with
natural
materials
Canals –
Rose and
castle designs
PSHE &
Citizenship
New beginnings
Design and
Technology
3d models of
boats
A working lock
Ancient tools –
links with Wrens
nest
Geography
History
Baggeridge
country park
Wrens Nest
Canals
Natural / man
made
Transport before
canals
Introduction of
canals
Transport post
canals
Ancient History
of Wrens Nest
2014/15
ICT
Music
Physical
Education
Using ICt to
record and find
information
Computer, DVD,
camera, sound
recording
Piggy back
songs- making
your own songs
and music
Dance Unit 19a
– contrasts in
speed and
tension
Games - Netball
Gymnastics
Unit 15 –
Counterbalance
Science
Earth and
beyond
Earth and
beyond
Earth in space,
solar system
Religious
Education
Religious
Stories –
Creation stories
Muslim, Hindu
and Jewish
HT2:
Our Local
Area
Glass Cone
Museum
Priory
Ruins
Dudley
Castle
HT 3:
Settlers
The Roman
Empuire
Stained glass
windows,
“2D pictures
using Deco
mage
Design
clothes from
periods of
history
Roman art
Mosaics and
jewellery
Getting on and
falling out
At school
Castles and
battles
(link to history)
Make a
freestanding
Dudley
Places of
interest
Glass Cone
Museum
Priory Ruins
Dudley Castle
Glass cone
museum
Priory Ruins
Dudley Castle
Leaflet s about
places we visit
Sound and
music pictures
Sound stories
Dance Unit 19a
– contrasts in
speed and
tension
Games Rugby
Going for goals
Personal goals
Goals set by
Ancient Romans
Ancient Roman
food / Our food
healthy eating
India – City of
Mumbai
Compare life in
India with life in
Britain
Ancient Ro me
Foundation Romulus and
Remus
Homes
Fashions
Rich and poor
Living Things
Wild life
photography
Investigate
Take photos
Write captions
Sound Pictures
Ancient Rome
Unit 21- Characters Variation
in
and
a story
Classification
Games –
football
Gymnastics Unit 16
Communities
Judaism –
Beliefs
Places of
worship[
Signs and
symbols
HT
4:Settlers –
Romans in
Britain
Ancient
Roman–
Fashions
Kitchen ware
(pottery
Making clay
tiles, pots.
Good to be me
Compare own
lives with those
in past
Design and
make Roman sandals
Jewellery
Indian village life
Research
project –
Roman’s in
Britain
Sound stories
Romans in
Britain
(Music can alter
mood)
Dance Unit 21
Games –
basket ball
Living things in
their environment
–
Animals and
plants and their
needs
Communities Judaism
Customs
Family life
Food
HT 5
Britain
since 1930
WW2
WW2 – War
artists
Front line
(Simon Elwes)
Relationships
-amongst each
other
-amongs
countries
Make a moving
vehicle – relate
to WW2 -tanks
Europe France and
Germany
Capital city,
Traditions,
customs food,
lifestyle
Roles of France
and Germany
inWW2
Romans in
Britain
How Britain was
before Romans
How it changed
Roads
Adrian’s wall
Homes transport
education
WW2
-how it started
-leaders
-Allies and
enemies
-battles
Athletics
Games cricket
Green plants as
Organisms
Moral stories
and fables
-Wind and Sun
-Wolf and sheep
-The milkmaid
and her pail
The good
Samaritan
The Ants and
the
Aviation art
Class project
WW2
presentation
Music Pre WW
2
WW2 music
Marches
Pack up your
troubles
It’s a long way
…
Run rabbit …
MixturesSeparating and
combining
Religious
Stories
Moses out of
Egypt
Christmas story
from different
viewpoints
Grasshopper
-You can’t
please everyone
(Braham)
HT 6:
Britain
since 1930
WW2 –
Home Front
WW2 Posters
and
propoganda
Changes
During and after
WW2
-for Year6
moving to senior
school
Make do and
mend – sewing,
knitting, darning,
cooking
Europe –
Germany
Capital city,
Traditions,
customs food,
lifestyle
WW2 Home
front
RationingEvacuees
VE day
After the war
WW2 Posters
and propaganda
Posters today
WW2 music
Vera Lynn- we’ll
meet again
There’ll be
bluebirds over..
American influence
Glenn Miller
Athletics Sports Day
Orienteering
and Problem
Solving
Electrical circuits
–
Making more
complex circuits
with buzzers,
switches and
lights.
Recognising
circuits that don’t
work
Fables and
stories with a
message
Tales from India
– -Right and
Might
-The man in the
moon
--The Clever
Rabbit
- It’s all within
-The Earth
Quake
-The serving
Giant