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