Autumn 1 - Year 6

Ancient Greece

RE/RSE/PSHE

• CREATION AND COVENANT
• Created and loved by God
• Safe and healthy futures

English

Reading

• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the emotional impact on the reader

Writing

• Identify the audience for and purpose of the writing, select the appropriate form and use similar writing as models for their own
• Use a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs
• Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how choices can enhance meaning
• In narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere

Maths

Fluency

• Build mental strategies for the four operations

Place Value

• Read, write, order, compare and round numbers up to 10,000,000
• Calculate with negative numbers

The Four Operations

• Find factors, multiples, squared, cubed and prime numbers
• Revise formal methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (including long division)
• Order of operations - BODMAS

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: E-safety

• Keep personal information safe/create secure passwords/safely communicate online

History: The legacy of Ancient Greece

• Uncover key events/aspects of daily life/beliefs/the olympics/architecture

French: Song - ‘Les Vacances’

• Recall the names of different nationalities
• Know the history of le Maroc and why people there speak three languages
• Name the parts of the body

Music: Listening & Responding - The History of Music

• Complete a research and development project (contemporary, modern, romantic, classical and baroque).

PE: Football and Dance

• Dribbling/shooting/volleying
• Create a series of controlled movement patterns and sequences to perform using a range of techniques e.g. unison, canon and rondo and varying energy, grace and motifs

Art: Sculpture

• Study the work of Henry Moore and use his artwork as inspiration for own creation
• Carve a simple form using the skills: pinch/slab/coil

Science

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Human circulatory system

• Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
• Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
• Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans

Enrichment PGL - Liddington

International Week

Things to do at home:

- Research sculptors’ work that inspire you. Why do they stand out?

- Measure your heart rate before and after exercise - what do you notice?

Autumn 2 - Year 6

The Polar Regions

English

Reading

• Continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
• Read books that are structured in different ways and read for a range of purposes
• Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion

Writing

• Identify the audience for and purpose of the writing, select the appropriate form and use similar writing as models for their own
• Practise précising longer passages. Draft and redraft writing independently

Maths

Fractions

• Find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions
• Order and compare fractions
• Add and subtract fractions (simple and mixed)
• Multiply and divide fractions (simple and mixed)
• Find fractions of amounts
• Answer multi-step problems

Converting units

• Metric and imperial measurements
• Miles to kilometres

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: Creating media

• Create a presentation for Learning Reviews. Embed text and images. Add transitions and backgrounds.

Geography: Physical Geography - The Polar Regions

• Explore the physical and human processes affecting the regions
• Understand how carbon emissions affect the environment
• Know the physical features of the polar regions and how climate change in impacting them

French: Song - ‘Les Vacances’

• Recall the names of different nationalities
• Know the history of le Maroc and why people there speak three languages
• Name the parts of the body

Music: Singing

• Sing in three and four part rounds with overlap

PE: Rugby and Gymnastics

• Passing/scoring/match rules/attack and defensive skills
• Sequencing/shape/balance/unison and cannon/apparatus technique

Technology: Textiles - Advent Calendars

• Undertake the design/make/evaluate process to create a fabric advent calendar
• Use sewing techniques to join fabrics together and add decorative details to meet a design brief

Science

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Light

• Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
• Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them

Enrichment:

School Nurse

Things to do at home:

- Practise a range of sewing stitches

- Research 5 interesting polar facts

RE/RSE/PSHE

• PROPHECY AND PROMISE
• Created and loved by God
• Emotional and physical changes - puberty and relationships

Spring 1 - Year 6

The Blitz

RE/RSE/PSHE

• GALILEE TO JERUSALEM
• Created to love others
• Equality, openness and fairness - challenging stereotypes

English

Reading

• Foster intrinsic motivation to read by listening to and reading books chosen as ‘Mirrors and Windows’
• Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, to impact the reader. Consider how books can stimulate ideas and provoke action

Writing

• Use vocabulary that suits the level of formality required - write to persuade
• In writing narratives, consider how authors have developed characters and settings in what the children have read, listened to or seen performed, note and develop initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary

Maths

Ratio

• Scale factors and fractions
• Recipes and proportion problem-solving

Algebra

• Expressions/substitutions/formulae
• Solving problems with two unknowns

Decimals

• Rounding decimals
• Add/Subtract decimals
• Multiply/Divide decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: Communication and Collaboration

• Use a variety of Google Applications to work collaboratively with their peers.

History: The Blitz

• What caused the outbreak of WWII? What was the impact on daily life, women and our local area? What was The Blitz? Why did it happen?

French: Song - ‘Aller a ecole’

• Know the names of different modes of transport
• Know about Charles Perrault and the history of fairy tales in France
• Recall the names of the seasons

Music: Composition

• Use rhythmic variety to compose a piece of music in a group.

PE: Basketball/Netball and Dance

• Accurately shoot, from short to medium distances, under defensive pressure
• Develop defensive aspects such as intercepting passing from an attacker’s passing
• Create a series of controlled movement patterns and sequences to perform using a range of techniques e.g. unison, canon and rondo and varying energy, grace and motifs

Art: Painting

• Otto Böhler/Wyndham Lewis- who were they? What did they specialise in?
• Purposely control the types of marks made and experiment with different effects and textures inc. blocking in colour, washes etc
• Mix colour, shades and tones with confidence, building on previous knowledge. Understanding which works well in their work and why.

Science

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Living things and their habitats

• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics

Enrichment:

Junior Citizenship Trip

Things to do at home:

Research war-themed artists. How do they vary? Who inspires you?

Were any of your family members part of WWII? What was their role? How did the war impact their life?

Spring 2 - Year 6

Evolution

Maths

Fractions, decimals and percentages

• Rounding and the four operations
• Converting between all three
• Finding percentages of amounts

Area, perimeter and volume

• Area of triangles and parallelograms
• Perimeter revision
• Calculating volume by counting cubes and using measurements

Enrichment:

World War Experience Trip

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Things to do at home:

What is a naturalist? Can you name a naturalist and research what they have discovered?

Science

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Electricity

• Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
• Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches
• Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: Programming A

• Explore the concept of controlling variables through games on Scratch following the Use-Modify-Create model

History: The Blitz

• What caused the outbreak of WWII? What was the impact on daily life, women and our local area? What was The Blitz? Why did it happen?

French: Song - ‘Aller a ecole’

• Know the names of different modes of transport - describe a journey to school
• Know about Charles Perault and the history of fairy tales in France
• Recall the names of the seasons and describe them

Music: Reading Notation

• Develop the skill of sight reading - speed and accuracy

PE: Tennis/Hockey and Gymnastics

• Develop the skills of gripping, passing, receiving and traveling with the ball.
• Further explore tackling and shooting skills.
• Sequencing/shape/balance/unison and cannon/apparatus technique

Food Technology: Wartime Dishes

• Design, make and evaluate ration-inspired dishes (dumplings/biscuits/pie)
• Uncover the history of the Lord Woolton pie
• Learn about the seasonality of food and how this affects what is available in shops and for dishes

English

Reading

• Use context to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words
• Summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details to support the main ideas
• Comment on the organisation and presentation of non-fiction material and its effectiveness.

Writing

• Use extended punctuation in place of conjunctions
• Use organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader (bullet points/subheadings)
• Embed expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
• Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear

RE/RSE/PSHE

• FROM DESERT TO GARDEN
• Created to love others
• Celebrate the past and welcome the future: healthy friendships

Summer 1 - Year 6

North America

RE/RSE/PSHE

• TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
• Created to live in community
• Money in my future

English

Reading

• Use etymology and morphology to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Defend a viewpoint based on evidence.
• Predict what might happen from details stated and implied; giving alternative suggestions and being able to explain this.

Writing

• Propose changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning
• Build on the skills developed so far to write a non-chronological report on an animal from the text

Maths

Statistics

• Read and interpret line graphs, dual bar charts and pie charts.
• Calculate percentages with pie charts and the mean average of a set of numbers,

Geometry

• Measure and calculate angles (including those within 2D shapes)
• Rules of circles
• Explore nets of 3D shapes
• Translate, reflect and plot points on a four-quadrant coordinate grid

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: Programming B

• Bringing together the programming constructs from previous years (sequence/repetition/selection/variables), the children will create their own code and micro:bit

Geography: Locational and Place Knowledge - North America

• Know where the lines of longitude and latitude are on a map, globe and atlas
• Relate this to how they affect different countries
• Identify and describe the biome of North America - topographical features/climate/distribution of resources

French: Song - ‘Les chiffres’

• Recall the numbers up to 1000
• Know about the cultural significance of l’arc de triomphe on Bastille Day

Music: Instrumental performance

• Using the keyboards, practise a piece of music in time with others;. Then adapt to make the piece their own.

PE: Cricket and Athletics

• Develop catching, throwing and batting accuracy across different distances
• Know and practise the key steps needed to develop accuracy in a range of athletic activities

Art: Drawing

• Explore Charles Darwin’s sketches - look at the techniques he used and describe them using art-specific vocabulary
• Practise the skills observed and develop proficiency with them
• Attempt to sketch an animal of their choice in Naturalist style

Science

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Evolution

• Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
• Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

Enrichment:

Year 6 Study Club - SATs this half term

PTA Colour Run

Things to do at home:

Use digital mapping to explore your local, national and global links - how far away are we from different places in North America?

Summer 2 - Year 6

This is me!

RE/RSE/PSHE

• DIALOGUE AND ENCOUNTER
• Created to live in community
• Democracy and the Government

English

Reading

• Participate in discussions about books, building on their own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously
• Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, including through formal presentations and debates - provide reasoned justifications for their views

Writing

• Assess the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing to edit and make redrafts to the script for Y6 production, adding lines and narration where appropriate
• Utilise all skills gained throughout their time at OLI to write a reflective piece on their OLI journey.

Maths

Themed projects, consolidation and problem solving

• ‘BAKERY’

Understanding value; calculating profit and loss, taking into account recipes and packaging

• ‘TOURS’

Managing a budget for travel and accommodation, considering time, distance and climate

• ‘THE FUTURE’

Understanding and calculating salary/hourly rates of pay, bills, mortgage and housing

Foundation Subjects

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Computing: Data & Information

• Using Google Sheets to calculate profit and loss for their enterprise projects
• Inputing data to record and evaluate results of child-led Science experiments

Geography: Human Geography - Me and My World

• Explore current global issues and their effects on the population
• Understand human contribution to climate change
• Know how they can be Global Citizens, actioning change to protect our planet.

French: Song - ‘Les chiffres’

• Write a letter to their Secondary School describing themselves, using the grammar and vocabulary learnt throughout their French OLI journey

Music: Singing

• Build an awareness of the audience when rehearsing songs for the Year 6 production.

PE: Athletics and Circuits

• Continue to refine and improve technical athletic skills from the previous half term
• Know the muscles to target in circuit training.
• Independently plan, demonstrate and lead a physical activity circuit, adapting for different needs and abilities in their group.

Art: artwork in action!

• Consider the artistic elements needed for the Year 6 production - work together as a team to design and create pieces that can be used throughout
• Design and create an art piece that summarise their OLI journey - conveying emotions and thoughts over the years

Science

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Child-led experiments

• Review the themes they have learnt about throughout their OLI Science journey and formulate a question they would like to investigate. Then, using their enquiry skills, design, carry out and evaluate their own experiment.

Enrichment:

Drama Production

Leavers’ Mass

French Cafe

Leavers’ Week Celebrations

Enterprise Project

Things to do at home:

Reflect on your journey through OLI and consider the way you can take what you have learnt into your next chapter!