St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

Year 6 Overview 2017 - 2018

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Sept to Oct HT / Oct HT to Xmas / Christmas to Feb HT / Feb HT to Easter / Easter to May HT / May HT to summer
Creative curriculum theme / Anne Frank
WW2
‘Look out in the blackout’ / Local Area
(Buckden) / Ship Ahoy – Pirates
The Black Death / Black History (South Africa) / Where in the world? / Greece
(British values and democracy)
Literacy (with number of weeks for each unit in brackets) / Biography & Autobiography
Diary Writing
WW2 Poetry / Power of Imagery
Fiction Genres / Pirate shared adventure unit
Argument
Extending Narrative / Formal/Impersonal
Revision Units
Authors and Texts / Harry Potter
Short Stories with Flashbacks
Recap on genres for writing. / More grammar activities.
Science (with QCA unit in brackets) / Electricity.
Changing Circuits (6G) / Light.
Light and Shadows – the eye.
How we see things (6F) / Animals including humans.
Keeping healthy (5A) / Evolution & Inheritance. / Living things and their habitats.
Interdependence and adaptation (6A) / Deepening the science knowledge.
End of year Testbase SATs practice.
History / WWII Evacuation (Unit 9) / Crime and Punishment / Turning point in British history – Edward Jenner. / Non-European Study - South Africa / Rulers of England- Changing power of monarchs. / How Greece gave democracy and sport to the world.
Geography / Investigating Rivers
(Unit 14) / Land use – Bradford vs Buckden
Fieldwork in Buckden. / 4 and 6 figure grid references. / Latitude and Longitude, tropics, equator, / Location of countries atlas work etc
Scotland – JK Rowling. / Sparta, Mt Olympus, Athens
PE / Tag Rugby / Netball / Dance / Tennis / Rounder / Athletics
Art / Artist study / Scenery pictures from Buckden
Link to famous artist. / Mondrian / South African art – pottery designs, traditional patterns. / Sketching monarchs / Picasso Blue Period.
DT / Design and make an Anderson shelter
Analyse and Improve. / Programming roamers – navigating around Buckden map. / Create figureheads using wire and modrock. / Create Aztec pots. / Savoury healthy dishes – where in the world.
Sauce , salads, dips / Creating Greek artefacts and historical buildings.
Music / Vera Lynn – We’ll meet again.
Charanga / Country/ folk music
Listening to tempo, pitch, rhythm etc.
Charanga / Creating sea shanties with music accompanying.
Charanga / Composing songs based on an original.
South African traditional music.
Charanga / Composer – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Perform song from current Alhambra show. / Songs that support democracy and
Human rights.
Charanga
ICT (activities covered in CT sessions and in other lessons across the curriculum) / Ways of communication now vs the war.
Email/ fb/ sirens. / E safety – keeping safe and consequences. / Be discerning in evaluating digital content.
Wikipedia reliability.
Diff sources. / Creating flow charts to light bulbs.
Powerpoints – History of South Africa.
World cup 2010. / Networks connecting countries etc / Research and create powerpoints on Greece.
Use ICT to design Greek DT projects.
PSHCE / SCARF scheme. / SCARF scheme. / SCARF scheme. / SCARF scheme. / SCARF scheme. / SCARF scheme.
RE / The Kingdom of God. / Justice / Jesus the Bread of Life. / Jesus the Son of God. / The Work of the Apostles. / Called to Serve.
Trips/curriculum enhancement / Buckden
Aim Higher (throughout the Year) / Drug Talk
Light and colouring museum. / Alahambra Theatre (whole school). / Nurse Talk
Year 6 retreat.
First Bus safety in secondary school.