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]