Long Term Overview – Year 6

Term / Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Topic/Theme / War / War / Victorians / Victorians / Greece / Greece
English / Private Peaceful-
Story- characterisation, Descriptive writing- setting / Private Peaceful-
Poetry
Journalistic writing / Explanation – Victorian Inventions – how they work
Street Child?
Oliver Twist? / Which invention is best?
Theory of Evolution?
Workhouses? –
Balanced Arguments
Charles Darwin? / Hercules –
Short story
Letter of complaint (Marathon man) / Alma- suspense
Maths / Written methods, calculating with fractions, calculating percentages / Numbers and the number system
Calculation
Visualising
Properties of shape / Algebraic proficiency: using formulae.
Exploring fractions, decimals and percentages.
Proportional reasoning.
Pattern sniffing. / Measuring space
Investigating angles.
Calculating fractions, decimals and percentages. / Solving equations and inequalities.
Calculating space.
Checking, approximating and estimating. / Mathematical movement.
Presentation of data.
Measuring data.
Science / Electricity / Evolution and Inheritance
Living things and their habitats - Adaptation
Animals including humans / Human reproduction
ICT/Computing / We are APP Planners / We are project managers / We are market researchers / We are interface designers / We are APP developers / We are marketers
History / WWI
The Barracks & Northampton Local history / WWI/ Remembrance / Ancient Greece
Geography / Habitats – The Galapagos Islands
Biomes of the world / Greece
RE/ PSHE / Words of Wisdom
What can we learn from Muslim, Sikh and Christian wisdom? / Belief and actions in the world.
Charity / Religions in our community.
Art / Contrast / Direct observation / Grecian urns
DT / Create a memorial for Remembrance / Make model Victorian buildings using light/electricity
(link to Edison)
Music
PSHE / School Council
Keeping Healthy / Sacrifice / Giving / Choices/
different perspectives / Hero’s journey
PE / Back of the net
WOW! / Trip to Staffordshire museum / Visit from reenactor / Abington Park museum? / Victorian Day in school? / SATs treats