Year 6 Cross Curricular Overview Summer Term Literacy –Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read. -Plan, draft, write, evaluate and edit writing -Develop understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling concepts
ICT o o
Safety on the internet Select, use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including creating games that interest and entertain the user
Fluently read and analyse novels and short extracts in order to write creatively within different genres including: NON-FICTION o Newspaper reports o Non-chronological reports o Persuasive texts (including letters, leaflets and adverts) o Argument texts (including debating) FICTION o Short story writing o Fictional recounts
Science
- Pupils are able to work scientifically, asking simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways. Use observations, perform simple tests (including fair tests), identify and classify and evaluate ideas drawing conclusions linked to original enquiry.
‘Evolution’
• recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago • recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents • identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
‘Electricity’
• associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit • compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches • use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
DT and Art
o Cooking & Nutrition -understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet o Use sketch books to record observations o Improve mastery of art & design techniques o Learn about great artists in history
Enrichment o
Art – abstract & realism, French, Science, Puzzle Group
Geography o
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Understand geographical similarities and differences through in South America Locate the world’s countries, using maps focusing on N & S America
History o
Non-European Study o Mayan Civilisation c AD900
PE: including fitness, cricket, tennis, rounders, athletics Music: Year 6 Leavers Production (singing) Trips: After SATS treat, RE-related trip, End of year trip
Maths - Recap all areas of the Year 6 curriculum in preparation for end of year SATS tests Number & Place Value -reading, writing, ordering, comparing, rounding numbers and using negative numbers Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division -using all four operations with numbers of varying size, solving multi-step problems Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio & proportion -compare, order, add, subtract, multiply and divide with fractions and decimals -solve problems involving fractions, decimals and percentages -recall and use equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages -solve problems involving ratio and proportion Algebra -use simple formula, generate number sequences, express problems algebraically Measurement -use, read, write, convert between standard units of measure (including miles and kilometres) - use formula for finding perimeter, area and volume of different shapes - solve problems in different units Properties of shape -use 2D and 3D shapes comparing and classifying geometric shapes -recognising and calculating with angles Position & Direction -Describe positions on a full coordinate grid and draw & translate / reflect them in the axes Statistics -Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs -Calculate and interpret the mean as an average
PSHE/ RE
RE- Hinduism and Christianity Following the Peterborough agreed syllabus PSHE Following Cambridgeshire Scheme of work.
