Year 6 Curriculum Map - Term 3

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TERM 3 CURRICULUM MAP

Year 6 - Term 3

ENGLISH

Reading

● Dare to be you- Matthew Syed

● A Carol from Flanders

● Shakespeare Sonnets

Writing

● First person stories with a moral

● Newspaper reports

● Poems that create images and explore vocabulary

● Speech writing

● Shakespeare Sonnets

SCIENCE

Evolution and Inheritance

● How have living things changed over time

● How has life evolved over time

● What is DNA and what does it do

● Are all offspring identical to their parents

● Darwin and Wallace – what evidence did they share to argue the case for evolution

● Survival of the fittest - how have animals adapted and evolved to suit their environment

Nutrients and water

How are nutrients and water transported in animals, including humans

MUSIC

Ukulele Skills

Throughout this unit, students will learn the basics about ukuleles, learn the chord positions and some strumming patterns. Towards the end of the term, they will combine all skills learnt this academic year to create a performance.

MATHS

● Perimeter, Area & Volume- perimeter of shapes; shapes with the same area. Find the area of triangles; parallelogram and find the volume of cuboids.

● Statistics - read, interpret and draw line graphs. Read and interpret pie charts; pie charts with percentages; and find the the mean.

● Properties of Shapes- measure with a protractor; calculate angles; vertically opposite angles; angles in a triangle/special quadrilaterals/regular polygons; draw nets of 3D shapes.

● Geometry - Plotting coordinates on a four quadrant table graph. Translating and reflecting shapes on a graph and solving problems involving coordinates.

Consolidation & Revision

COMPUTING

Bletchley Park

Introduce Bletchley Park 2 and WWII Kapow Y6

Preparation for year 7

Using Kami. Using Screencastify. Competence with Google Classroom. Creating Websites.

FRENCH

Personal Description

Revise age, birthday

Height

Personality

Irregular verb: être

Hair/eyes

Irregular verb: avoir

HUMANITIES

History - chronological knowledge beyond 1066 Study five significant monarchs

Geography - comparison study Settlements and relationships between economic / trade with natural resources

ART & DESIGN

Art Pupils will create 3D forms using a variety of techniques.They will need to consider use of colour, pattern and texture.

Design and Technology

● Steady hand game, electrical systems

PE + SWIMMING

● Trampolining - safety, technique; including height / form / control & routine development.

● Water Polo - sport specific skills in isolation, competition and cooperation.

● Cricket / Rounders - sport specific skills in isolation, competition and cooperation.

● Basketball - sport specific skills in isolation, competition and cooperation.

ARABIC B (NON-NATIVE)

How was your holiday?

● Discuss their holiday activities in the present tense.

● Introducing the past tense to describe their spring break (Advanced group only).

● Introducing the future tense to talk about their plans for the summer holiday.

Me & My family:

● Revise the names of the family members.

● Introducing new adjectives to describe their families.

The weather:

● Describe the weather conditions in the four seasons.

● Describe the weather every day.

Ready for year 7:

● Revision of letters.

● Reading short stories.

● Basic information bringing together “ All about Me”

MELS

● Understanding that increased vocabulary can give the ability to express more information and nuances about feelings.

● Taking responsibility for feelings and actions.

● Learning strategies to manage feelings.

● Resourced through ‘A Little Spot of Emotion’ and The Wellbeing Wheel.

ARABIC A (NATIVE)

SOCIAL STUDIES A

SOCIAL STUDIES B

- Spanish exploration

- Central and South America

- The French Revolution

- Technology and Globalisation

ISLAMIC A & B