Bredbury Green Primary School
Curriculum Overview – Year 6
Term |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Sticky Knowledge Weeks |
Wb 6.9.23 – Core Wb 11.12.23 – Wider Curriculum |
Wb 18.3.24 – Wider Curriculum |
Wb 24.6.24 – Wider Curriculum |
Class Texts |
The Nowhere Emporium, A Christmas Carol |
Letters from the Lighthouse, Safiyyah’s War |
The Unstoppable Lettie Pegg, Darwin’s Dragons |
Science |
Living things and their habitats Animals including humans |
Light Electricity |
Evolution and inheritance |
History |
The Mayans – Ancient Civilisation and impact upon modern society |
The outbreak of WW1 and WW2 – Turning point in British History and the impact upon Britain and beyond. |
The Suffragettes – Votes for women with a local history focus. Changing roles of women. |
Geography |
Mexico – Human, physical and and topographical features |
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Galapagos – Locational knowledge including climate zones and biomes |
RE |
Ahimsa, Grace and Ummah |
Racism and Religion Christians and Humanists |
Creation and the afterlife |
Art |
Mixed media – shape, proportion, perspective Sculpture – using frameworks and moulds (Forest) |
Making amendments and improvements Explaining choices behind tools and techniques used |
Artwork from a specific period in history – The Suffragettes Impact and influence of artwork |
Music |
Musical notation, including time signatures Mriachi music and associated instruments |
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Chants and songs – Suffrage |
Design and Technology |
Food Technology – sources of food (Subsistance Farming in Mexico) |
Food Technology – sources of food (Food Shortages and rationing) Resistant Materials – Anderson Shelter |
Computer Aided Design – Propaganda Posters |
Computing |
Searching effectively and presenting information |
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Create sophisticated algorithms, predict errors, debug errors and evaluate outcomes |
PE |
Invasion Games Gymnastics |
Striking and Fielding Dance |
Fitness Invasion Games |
PSHEE/RSE
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Being me in my world Celebrating differences |
Dreams and goals Healthy me |
Relationships Changing me |
Spanish |
Dia de los Muertos Food |
Conversations – restaurant role play |
Emotions and conjugation of verbs (tense) |
Enrichment Opportunities |
Mayan Archaeologist |
Electricity Workshop |
Residential |