Year 6 Long Term Plan
Whole school
Worship
2015/16
Whole school
Worship
2016/17
SEAL
assembly
Courage
Friendship
Truthfulness
Humility
Compassion
Hope
Creativity
Peace
Trust
Forgiveness
Justice
Thankfulness
Going for Goals
Getting on and
falling out
Relationships
Changes
New
Say no to bullying
beginnings/Good to
be me
Term
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Year 6/ Theme Off with her head Unique me week
Whirring Wheels
Book
Science
Geog/History
Music
Computing
Art/DT
PE
Fire, Bed and Bone Clockwork
There’s A Boy in
The Girl’s
Bathroom
Electricity
Revision of simple circuits & hands on
experience with symbols, diagrams &
incomplete circuits. The children will
form their own enquiries about the length
of wire in a circuit & the use of cells as
well as compare series & parallel circuits
then face some challenges as spies.
Tudors - changing
power of monarchs
Significant turning
points in British
history
European countries
– Physical
geography of
France – position
e.g. major cities,
rivers, mountains
Crime & punishment European countries
– Physical/ human
Leisure
geography of
European countries Europe: coastlines,
– Physical/human
borders,
geography of
settlements, trade
Europe: coastlines, links, distribution
borders,
of food
settlements, trade
links, distribution
of food
Tudor music
Cyclic patterns
History of music
Musical
combinations
Charanga
Big Sing
What is a
Creating
computer?
Presentations
E safety
E safety
Portraits
Cogs and gears
Cutting a frame for Digital art
portrait
Circuits
Construction
Electronics
Games Tag Rugby
Gym Key Steps
Swim
Dance
OAA
RE
Christian Worship
SMSC/PSHE
E-safety
All about me
Jesus light of the
world
E-safety
Anti-bullying
Spring1
Humans, Owls and
Angels
Spring 2
Eastern Promise
Summer 1
Rising Levels
Summer 2
Bottletops and
Buttons
Skellig
The Midnight Fox
1001 Arabian
Nights
Floodland
Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing
Evolution and
inheritance
Apes/Humans
The opportunity to
discuss fossils as
evidence of life
millions of years ago
The children will
study the life of
Mary Anning in
conjunction with
this. In comparing
offspring with
parents they will see
how plants/animals
are adapted to
habitats. The
children discuss and
compare the
theories of Darwin,
Wallace and Mendel’s
and their
contributions to the
theory of Evolution.
Regional study of
North America
Wild West - key
physical and human
geography features
and environmental
regions
Compare and
contrast to UK and
Europe
Light
Know and find out
about sources of
light. Revise
previous facts e.g.
that light travels
in straight lines
and opaque objects
form shadows.
Understand that
to see, light needs
to enter the eye.
Investigate light
reflection and
refraction, white
light made of many
colours and the
speed of light
Classifying living
things and
habitats
Look at the
history of
classification of
living things.
Study the
theories of the
scientist Linnaeus
and how it links to
the levels of
classification used
today. Understand
why classification
is important and
use and create
classification keys
Human
Reproduction and
relationships
Looking
scientifically into
why living things
need to reproduce
and look in detail at
human life cycle,
comparing it to
other animals.
Discuss rites of
passage in
different culture
as well diseases
that are sexually
transmitted.
Islamic civilization
Baghdad - beliefs,
behaviour and
characteristics of
people
Recognising that
not everyone
shares the same
views and feelings
Compare beliefs
and behaviours
with another time
studied
Know key dates,
characters and
events of time
studied
Understanding
notation
UK study –location
of cities and
counties of UK
Topographical
features Inc. hills,
mountains, coasts
and rivers – how
these have
changed over time
Significant turning
point - Industrial
revolution/Brunel
Composition
Water music
Performance
Charanga
Scratch
Charanga
Surveys and
Databases
Charanga
Modelling and
simulations
Textiles
Moccasin
Mosaics
Food
Lowry
Warhol
Dance
Cultural dance
Dodge Ball
Games hockey
PGL OAA
Athletics
Swimming
Christian prayer
Islam The 5 pillars
E-safety
Tolerance
E-safety
Freedom
Swimming
La Cross
Games Net and
wall
A Hindu’s journey
of life
E-safety
Drug/Alcohol
North American
music and rhythms
Charanga
Create a website.
The Pilgrims
progress
E-safety
Transition
Rules as a class
Crime and
New beginnings
PunishmentTheme
Links within society
2: Relationships
Theme 1: Health
and Wellbeing
•
to listen
•
to reflect
and respond
on and celebrate
respectfully to a
their achievements, wide range of
identify their
people, to feel
strengths, areas
confident to raise
for improvement,
their own concerns,
set high aspirations to recognise and
and goals
care about other
•
to
people's feelings
differentiate
and to try to see,
between the terms, respect and if
‘risk’, ‘danger’ and
necessary
‘hazard’(electricity) constructively
challenge their
points of view
Relationships
Death
MFL
Explore patterns
and sounds of
language – counting
and alphabet
Financial
Capability
Foreign currency Euros
Link to
France/French
French culture
Learn songs, poems
and rhymes in
language
Describe people
and places –
learning about their
culture – food,
celebrations, art
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world.
about the role
money plays in their
own and others’
lives, including how
to manage their
money and about
being a critical
consumer
British Values
(Democracy,
Rule of Law,
Individual
Liberty,
Respect and
Tolerance)
Rule of law
Democracy:
Democracy:
We understand the We debate
arguments for and
concept of
consequences when against
rules are broken
Respect and
tolerance: we
are unique
Sharing views,
beliefs and
reasons.
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world
•
to
appreciate the
range of national,
regional, religious
and ethnic
identities in the
United Kingdom
Debating
Theme 1: Health
and Wellbeing
•
which, why
and how, commonly
available
substances and
drugs (including
alcohol and
tobacco) could
damage their
immediate and
future health and
safety, that some
are legal, some are
restricted and
some are illegal to
own, use and
supply to others
Sex education/
Relationships
Conversations/speak
in sentences
Write phrases by
memory
Role-plays
Power Points
Dictionaries/
Instruction texts
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world.
to develop an initial
understanding of the
concepts of
‘interest’, ‘loan’,
‘debt’, and ‘tax’ (e.g.
their contribution to
society through the
payment of VAT)
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world.
to develop an
initial
understanding of
the concepts of
‘interest’, ‘loan’,
‘debt’, and ‘tax’
(e.g. their
contribution to
society through
the payment of
VAT)
Respect and
tolerance
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world.
that resources
can be allocated in
different ways
and that these
economic choices
affect individuals,
communities and
the sustainability
of the
environment
Guestival – budget
and costings for
Enterprise Week
Individual liberty:
Individual liberty:
We promote selfknowledge, selfesteem and selfconfidence
We challenge
stereotypes and
bias
Theme 3: Living in
the wider world.
about the role money
plays in their own
and others’ lives,
including how to
manage their money
and about being a
critical consumer
We vote and respect
the result of the
majority
We discuss
differences of
faith, ethnicity,
disability, gender
and families
Theme 2:
Relationships
•
to be aware
of different types
of relationship,
including those
between friends
and families civil
partnerships and
marriage