St James (Daisy Hill) CE Primary School
2014/2015 ANNUAL PLAN OVERVIEW FOR YEAR GROUP 6
AUTUMN
½ term 1
Topic Title
ENGLISH
(including
main texts
to be
covered)
ENGLISH
GENRES
MATHS
SPRING
½ term 2
Crime and Punishment – Who dunnit?
Holes – Louis Saachar
Sherlock Holmes
Fiction – Range of story genres; review of key narrative
techniques
Non fiction – Persuasion; explanation; recount; report;
discussion
Poetry – narrative poetry
Topic based writing
X-Curricular Maths
Problem solving
Code breaking puzzles
SCIENCE
Could you be the next
Nintendo apprentice?
Electric circuits
ICT
Algorithms and Programs
Have we always looked
like this?
Evolution and inheritance
history
E-safety
Using the Internet
Who were the early lawmakers?
geography
Ongoing – countries, continents around the world
art
Pencil drawing of Houses of Parliament
Graffiti
DT
RE
Judaism: Celebrations
Hinduism: Story
½ term 3
SUMMER
½ term 4
½ term 5
½ term 6
Mayan Civilization
The Mayan Civilization –
Elizabeth Scholl
Mayan Civilization
Moments in History –
Shirley Jordan
Fiction – Range of story genres; review of key narrative
techniques
Non fiction – Persuasion; recount; report; discussion
Poetry – free verse
Topic based writing
I’m a year 6 pupil get me out of here!
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo
When you reach me – Rebecca Stead
X-Curricular Maths
Mayan Calendar
Data handling – tables and
charts
How can you light up your
life?
Light
SATs revision Boot Camp
X-Curricular Maths
Co-ordinates linked to KK
Measures
What would a journey
through your body be
like?
Animals including humans
Communicating
SATs revision Boot Camp
Databases
Data Retrieving and
Organising
Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from them?
Revision and assessments- All genres
Could Spiderman really
exist?
Living things and their
habitats
Algorithms and
Programs
Why should the rainforests be important to us all?
Design and make a Mayan
pyramid.
Judaism: Celebrations
Artwork linked to Mayan
civilisation
Paint a picture of local
area from photograph
Japanese art
Shell drawings
Tribal patterns
Hinduism: Belonging /JoL
Christianity:
Belonging/JoL
Christianity: Teachers
and Leaders
PHSE
music
We are all stars!
Be friendly, be wise
Building Learning Power –
Building Learning Power Resilience
Reciprocity
Football
Football
Gymnastics
Dance
Singing games and songs. Multicultural songs. Rounds
Project: Class Samba Band.
Improvise call-response structure. Compare contrasting
tempi and graduated dynamics (crescend/diminuendo)
Rehearse for Class Performance
Listening/Apprec: Music from Around the World
French
Birthdays; sports
PE
French towns; read, ask
and answer questions
Living long, living strong
Daring to be different
Basketball
Tag Rugby
Gymnastics
Dance (Haka unit)
Singing games and songs, recorders, percussion + children’s
instrs (keyb, woodwind, violin, guitar).
Pitch – chromatic scales. Dynamics – accents and
articulation. Duration – 5, 6 and 9 beat metres, dotted and
swung rhythms – improvisation and composition.
Structure – other common forms eg. canon, rondo, modern
Timbre – Electronic sounds
Initial discussions/planning for final term project
Listening/Appreciation: Jazz/Rock/Pop
Lunchtime in French
The geography of France;
schools; snacks; grammar
Study of a famous French
focus; reading and listening
person;
comprehension
Dear Diary
Joining in and joining up
Athletics
Rounders/Cricket
Gymnastics
Dance
Singing games and songs, recorders, percussion +
children’s instrs (keyb, woodwind, violin, guitar).
Texture – melodic accompaniment, chords and
broken chords.
Project: individual/group/class vocal and/or
instrumental compositions. (Choice of style)
Children refine, rehearse, perform to an outside
audience and appraise each other’s work.
Listening/Appreciation: Jazz/Rock/Pop
Recipes, menus, cafes,
What we are good at;
regional foods and iceWriting a job advert;
cream flavours
presentation