MerrylandsPrimarySchoolCurriculumPlan2016/17
YearGroup:6Topic Monarchs Islands PlotlandsTerm AUTUMNONE AUTUMNTWO SPRINGONE SPRINGTWO SUMMERONE SUMMERTWOEnglish Week1–persuasion‘vote
forme’speeches.Week2-AWAYIOWWeek3–RoaldDahlweek–AuthorStudy.Narrativefromacharacterpointofview.Week4-5Diaryentries(Monarchs)Week6–DescriptivewritingbasedonVictorianlifeleadingtodescriptivepoetry.Week7-Poetry
Week1-2-Authorstudy/classicfiction–AChristmasCarolCharacterprofiles;comparisonbetweenbookversions–original,adaptedandfilm.Writeplayscriptforascene.DescriptivewritingBalladpoemsbasedonscene.Weeks3-4-Discussiontext‘BraveorBonkers’AlaineRobert–thehumanspiderman.ThenBloodyMary….ownversion.Week5-6-NCR(Monarchs)Week7-Poetry
Week1–3-Narrativetechniques–flashbacks,multiplenarrators(voicesinthepark)–extendedstoryinchapters.Week6-Poetry.
Week1-3Shakespeare.MuchAdoaboutNothing.Week4–5-Complaintletter[oneweektogether2ndweekownchoiceofsubject]Week6-PerformancePoetry.
Week1-2-Suspensestory–setinPlotlands.Week3–4-ThePiano–descriptivewriting–1stperson/3rdperson.Ownversion.Week5-PerformancePoetry.
Week1-2NCRofchoiceResearchandpresentation.Week3-4FlourBabies–diaryentries/recountWeek5-6-PerformancePoetry.
Mathematics Week1–2-NumberandplacevalueWeek3–6-Fouroperations
Fractions Week1–2-DecimalsWeek3-PercentagesWeek4–6-Measure
Week1-2-AlgebraWeek3-4-RatioWeek5-Statisticsandgeometry
Week1-2-PropertiesofshapeWeek3-PositionanddirectionRecapforSATS
Post-SATsprojectUse6figuregridreferences.Drawingplansandmapstoscale.Usefieldworktomeasurerecordandpresenthumanandphysicalfeaturesinalocalarea.Sketchmaps/plans/graphs/digitaltechnologies[linktogeography]
Science Electricity:BenjaminFranklin Light:ThomasEdison Evolution:CharlesDarwin Animals(includinghumans) Livingthingsandtheirhabitats
DesignandTechnology
Lighthouses DTweekproject(phonecases)
Recipesfrom1940s
Computing Weareadvertisers(linkedtosavingTheNeedles)Wearepublishers(runningallyear)
Unit6.1Weareadventuregamers(linkedtomonarchs–timetravelthroughhistory)
Unit6.5Wearetravelwriters–linkedtoislands.
Unit6.4Wearenetworktechnicians
Unit6.2Wearecomputationalthinkers.
Music Tudormusic-Greensleeves’
Livingonaprayer-Charanga
ClassroomJazz-Charanga FreshprinceofBelAir-Charanga
Makeyoufeelmylove-Charanga
Leaver’sassembly
Art Week3-RoaldDahlArt Week1-3-Lowryart[Victorianera]Week4-6-Esher[light]
PopArt–AndyWarholVesuviusVolcanoes–usingmodroc
AnimalartCloseupfocususingdifferentmedia.
PE NetballDance
RugbyOAA
GymTennis
GymTennis
AthleticsCricket
AthleticsRounders
Geography LocatecountiesandcitiesoftheUKandunderstandhowsomeoftheaspectshavechangedovertime[linktoLowryandNorth].Rivers,mountainsandthewater-cycle.
Locateworld’scountries[explorers]–lookattimezones.Similaritiesanddifferencesbetweendifferentislands[howformed–compareNandSAmerica–Alaska/FloridaKeys/Galapagos]Physicalaspectsofvolcanoesandearthquakes.GalapagosIslands(linktoscience–Darwin)Environmentalregions.Physicalandhumanscharacteristicsofmajorcities.
Physicalandhumanscharacteristicsofmajorcities.Humangeography–distributionofnaturalresources,energy,food,mineralsandwater.
History Monarchspost1066[VictorialinkedtoIoW]RichardIII/HenryTudor/HenryVIII/ElizabethI/BloodyMary/JamesI.Timelinestodemonstrateachangeofperiod.Gatherevidencefromarangeofsources–NCRBalancedconclusion–BloodyMary[alsouseforcheckingaccuracyofinterpretations]Drawcontrastsandspottrendsacrossperiods.Comparesignificanceofevents,peopleanddevelopments.
Analysechangefortype,extentandspeed.Reasonsforchange.
Personal,Social,Health,Citizenship
NewBeginnings MyRelationships KeepingSafe WorkingTogether Money,money,money SRE/Healthychanges
ReligiousEducation
Judaism Sikhism[holyweek]
Persecution
ModernForeignLanguage
Theperfectoutfit-French Frencharoundtheworld School
SchoolTripsIsleofIsleofWight Tudorworkshop Chessington Plotlands ColchesterZoo[sciencelink]
