Curriculum Overview – Year 6
English
Reading
- Read a broad range of genres
- Recommend books to others
- Make comparisons within/across books
- Support inferences with evidence
- Summarising key points from texts
- Identify how language, structure, etc. contribute to meaning
- Discuss use of language, including figurative
- Discuss and explain reading, providing reasoned justifications for views
Writing
- Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling
- Develop legible personal handwriting style
- Plan writing to suit audience and purpose; use models of writing
- Develop character and setting in narrative
- Select grammar & vocabulary for effect
- Use a wide range of cohesive devices
- Ensure grammatical consistency
Grammar
- Use appropriate register/ style
- Use the passive voice for purpose
- Use features to convey and meaning
- Use full punctuation
- Use language of subject/object
Speaking and Listening
- Use questions to build knowledge
- Articulate arguments & opinions
- Use spoken language to speculate, .hypothesise and explore
- Use appropriate register and language
Mathematics
Number and Calculation
- Secure place value & rounding to 10,000,000, including negatives
- All written methods, including long division
- Use order of operations (not indices)
- Identify factors, multiples and primes
- Solve multi-step number problems
Geometry and Measures
- Confidently use a range of measures and conversions
- Calculate area of triangles / parallelograms
- Use area and volume formulae
- Classify shapes by properties
- Know and use angle rules
- Translate and reflect shapes, using all four quadrants
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Compare and simplify fractions
- Use equivalents to add fractions
- Multiply simple fractions
- Divide fractions by whole numbers
- Solve problems using decimal and percentages
- Use written division up to 2 decimal places
- Introduce ratio and proportion
Data
- Use pie charts
- Calculate mean averages
Algebra
- Introduce simple use of unknowns
Science
Biology
- Classification, including micro-organisms
- Health & Lifestyles, including circulatory system
- Evolution & Adaptation
Physics
- Light & Shadows; the eye
- Electricity: investigating circuits
History
British History (taught chronologically)
- Study a theme in British history that extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066, e.g. the impact of World War Two
Broader Study
- A study of the achievements of the earliest civilisations - Ancient Egypt
- A local history study focussing on 'change
Art and Design
- Use sketchbooks to collect, record, review, revisit and evaluate ideas
- Improve mastery of techniques such as drawing, painting and sculpture with varied materials
- Learn about a range of artists, craftsmen and designers
Computing
- Design and write computer programs to solve problems
- Use sequences, repetition, inputs, variables and outputs in programs
- Detect and correct errors in programs
- Understand uses of computer networks for collaboration and communication
- Be discerning in evaluating digital content
Design and Technology
- Use research criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose and aimed at specific groups
- Use annotated sketches, cross-section diagrams and computer-aided design
- Analyse and evaluate existing products and improve own work
- Use mechanical and electrical systems in their products, including programming
- Cook savoury dishes for a healthy and varied diet
Modern Languages
- Listen and engage
- Engage in conversations, expressing opinions
- Speak in simple language and be understood
- Develop appropriate pronunciation
- Present ideas and information orally
- Show understanding in simple reading
- Adapt known language to create new ideas
- Describe people, places and things
- Understand basic grammar, e.g. gender
Geography
- Physical geography including rivers and mountains
- Human geography including types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links and the distribution of natural resources
- Use maps and atlases, globes and digital computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
- Locate the world’s
- Identify the position and significance of longitude and latitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones
Music
- Perform with control and expression both solo and in ensembles
- Improvise and compose using dimensions of music
- Use and understand the basics of staff notation
- Develop an understanding of the history of music, including great musicians and composers
Physical Education
- Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
- Play competitive games, applying basic principles
- Develop flexibility and control in gym, dance and athletics
- Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities
- Compare performances to achieve personal bests
Religious Education
- Continue to follow the locally-agreed syllabus for RE