Year 6
English
Term 1
Blood, Sweat and
Tears
Term 2
Blood, Sweat and
Tears
Term 3
Spy Kids - Home
Alone!
Book Study: Malorie
Blackman Pig Heart
Boy
Poetry - The
Power of Imagery
Information texts –
Argument and
balanced discussion
Short stories with
flashbacks
Journalistic Writing
Formal/impersonal
writing, including
letters
Fiction genres
Threshold Prize work
and author visit
Writing non-fiction
texts eg for a guide
Link to Aztec sacrifice.
Maths
Number
Mental strategies
Securing 4 operations
Problem solving
Extended
narratives: Science
Fiction
Number
Written methods
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
3 D shape
Science
Human circulatory
system and blood
Inheritance and
evolution
happening over
long periods of
time.
Geography
North and South
America – contrasting
locality to UK
Compass /coordinate and map
skills – Beaconhill
History
Mayans and Aztecs
Mayans and Aztecs
Term 4
Spy Kids - Home
Alone!
Term 5
Every journey begins
with a single step…
Term 6
Every journey begins
with a single step…
Revision programme
for End of Key Stage
Two Reading, Spelling
and Grammar
assessments
Mystery /adventure
stories – Room 13
Playscripts Shakespeare
Poet focus: Benjamin
Zephaniah
Biography linked to
Brunel
Number
Measuring, drawing
and calculating angles
Classifying, sorting
shapes by properties
Venn /Carroll
diagrams
Ratio and Proportion
Electric series
circuits
Natural resources –
energy: Where does
gas/electricity come
from?
Number
Data handling
Shape
Solving word
problems
Fractions, decimals
and percentage
Number
Number
Revision programme
for End of Key Stage
Two assessments
Transition unit for
secondary school
Light
All living things: life
processes including
classification
Change - Puberty
Water Cycle and
Rivers –
River Thames
UK cities and regions
- London
Brunel’s Victorian
London, including
bridges and railways
Brunel’s Victorian
London, including
bridges and railways
Problem Solving
Problem solving
Year 6
Term 1
Blood, Sweat and
Tears
RE
Somerset
locally
agreed
syllabus
What do people
believe about life?
Buddhism and
Christianity
Art/ D&T
Painting
Focus Artist: Turner
It’s a Wrap!
Designing and
making Mexican
tortilla
Term 2
Blood, Sweat and
Tears
Term 3
Spy Kids - Home
Alone!
Term 4
Spy Kids - Home
Alone!
Term 5
Every journey begins
with a single step…
Term 6
Every journey begins
with a single step…
What do people
believe about life?
Buddhism and
Christianity
What does it mean
to belong to a
religion? Islam
What does it mean
to belong to a
religion? Islam
Spy gadgets –
technical drawings
Colour Prisms
How do people
express their beliefs,
identity and
experiences?
Christianity and
Hinduism
Painting
Focus Artists: Warhol
and Canaletto
How do people
express their beliefs,
identity and
experiences?
Christianity and
Hinduism
Painting
Focus Artists: Warhol
and Canaletto
Building Bridges
Design and build
Building Bridges
Design and build
Mayan and Aztec
Art
Masks and
Pyramids
Music
Rounds – Music
Express
Panto songs
Exploring rhythm and
pulse – Music Express
Singing to the wider
community
Performing Together
– Music Express
Computing Ancient Civilisation
(Somerset ElIM)
Internet Safety
Web Research and
Presentations
Handling Data
Understanding
Challenges (Somerset
EliM)
Databases and Logo
Programming
PE
PSHE
Taught by professional sports coach: across the year
 use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
 play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and
tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
 develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
 perform dances using a range of movement patterns
 take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
 compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.
New year, new
Setting goals
Sex and relationships
Singing to the elderly Meeting Challenges
Sex and relationships
challenges
education (part 1)
education (part 2)
E-safety
Moving on
Road Safety - London