Curriculum notes
Curriculum notes
Year 6CE - Summer Term 2008
ENGLISH - Comprehension practice (understanding the demands of particular questions)
- Narrative writing (revise plot, character, setting)
- Revision of figurative language
- Persuasive writing/speech
- Consider content and presentation
- Persuasive techniques
- Paragraphing
- Reinforce use of semi-colon, colon, apostrophe, comma, direct speech punctuation
- Amending and improving rough drafts
MATHEMATICS - Volume of a cuboid
- Proportion and ratio
- Nets of solids
- Calculator work
- Revision and assessments
- Fractions
- Algebra
- Problem solving
SCIENCE - Electricity
- Series and parallel
- Current and voltage
- Resistors and resistance
- Classification
- Ecology
- Skeleton and movement
- Nervous system
FRENCH - Inviting people out
- Accepting and refusing invitations and giving reasons
- Clothes, describing them and buying them
- Talking about what you are going to wear
- Giving opinions of clothes
- Shopping dialogues and comparing clothes
SPANISHVerb – to go - Arranging to meet someone
- Music likes and dislikes/reasons why
- Saying you are hungry/thirsty
- Ordering/asking for something to eat or drink in a café
- Understanding if something is not available
- Asking for the bill
- Numbers 1 – 5000
- Parts of the body/saying you are ill/something hurts
- Making invitations/arranging meetings/days out
GERMAN - Asking for and giving personal details
- Buying food and drink
- Weather
- Describing holidays in the past tense
- Leisure activities
HISTORYBritain since the 1930’s - End of WWII, post war Britain
- 1950’s – Social, economic and political history
- 1960’s
- 1970’s
- 1980’s
- 1990’s
GEOGRAPHY - Settlement
- Fieldwork enquiry – Traffic survey
- Locational knowledge
LATIN - Numerals
- Prepositions
- Adjectives
- Perfect tense
- Historical topics
RELIGIOUS STUDIESThe life of Jesus New Testament – set CE texts - The Crucifixion and Resurrection
- Jesus’ teaching
- The Early Christians
- The Early Church and the growth of Christianity
ICT - Graphing Skills
- Data handling skills
- Computer Control using SuperLogo
MUSIC - Class ensembles
- Ostinati
- Research musical instruments from around the world
- Music theory exercises using IT
DRAMA - Studying language and scenes from Romeo and Juliet in preparation for their visit to Regents Park Open Air Theatre
ARTSLD - Models of houses. To incorporate the style and genre of a chosen artist with the personality of the occupant
- Pupils will use a range of 3D materials and constructional techniques to express their ideas. The final model will be in clay
NJE - Looking at the Surrealist movement, in particular some of the work done by Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte, as an inspiration for work using observational drawing and imaginative painting
- Putting realistic drawings of objects into unfamiliar settings in order to create their own surreal images
JRH - Study of objects that the pupils feel represent today’s culture, looking at pop art of the 60’s and bringing it up to date
- Progressive drawing on the theme of still life drawing
- Progressive drawing on the theme of still life
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY - Design and build a camshaft mechanism that will power a mechanical puppet show
- Involving wood cutting skills, drilling and fabricating
PSHE - Welcome back and target setting
- Code of conduct
- Puberty
- Healthy lifestyles
- Who am I?
- Moving into Year 7
CITIZENSHIP - Welcome back and target setting
- What is a carbon footprint?
- A to Z of politics
- Debating skills