BCPS YEAR 6 CURRICULUM 2016-17

Half-term 1 January-February Weeks 1-6

Outcome Context Skills & Knowledge Subjects Week Supporting Activities

Presentations and

Documentaries

Kings & Queens Children will learn to…

Demonstrate factual knowledge and understanding of aspects of the history of Britain and other countries, drawn from the Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 programme of study.

Use the programmes of study to describe the characteristic features of past societies and periods, and to identify changes within and across periods.

Describe some of the main events, people and changes.

Give some reasons for, and results of, the main events and changes.

Show how some aspects of the past have been represented and interpreted in different ways.

Begin to select and combine information from sources.

Begin to produce structured work, making appropriate use of dates and terms.

History, English, Geography

1-6 Debates

Persuasive Writing

Sway Presentations

Trip to London

Company Accounts, Non-chronological reports, Profit

& Loss Analysis, Product

Evaluation.

The Global Enterprise

Project

English: Children will learn to…

Identify audience and purpose.

Use a range of sentence punctuation.

Develop cohesion across paragraphs.

Listen and respond to statements, articulating answers to questions, maintaining the attention of an audience, speaking audibly and fluidly with Standard English (in presentations and discussions.)

Develop cursive handwriting. Maths: Children will learn to…

Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems

English, Maths, Geography, PSHE, D & T.

1-6 Company Report Writing

Web design

Times tables practice

Writing formal emails

Writing informal/ formal letters

Product Reviews

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Calculate and interpret the mean as an average

Use and understand mode and median (Perhaps we should also include Mean as the most important type of average and range)

Collect discrete data and record them using a frequency table.

Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles

Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm3) and cubic metres (m3), and extending to other units [for example, mm3 and km3].

Use simple formulae in Excel.

Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison

Group data in equal class intervals

Derive quickly division and multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 (was 10 x 10 in old curriculum).

Geography: Children will learn to…

Begin to describe geographical patterns and to appreciate the importance of location in understanding places.

Recognise and describe physical and human processes.

Communicate their findings using appropriate vocabulary.

PSHE: Working as a team.

Accepting differences & Diversity.

School values: Fortune Favours the Brave: Feeling confident to try new things & take risks, supporting children to reach their full potential. Freedom: Individuality, responsibility, community. Forward thinking: Embracing technology, trying new things, preparing for the future. Feeling Valued: Friendship, respect, listening, kindness, accepting differences, safety, promoting self-esteem.

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Problem Solving, Office

Mix Presentations

Solving the problems faced by a film crew operating in

extreme conditions.

Based on the BBC Enchanted Kingdom Film.

Geography: Children will learn to…

Begin to describe geographical patterns and to appreciate the importance of location in understanding places.

Recognise and describe physical and human processes.

Communicate their findings using appropriate vocabulary. Science Children will learn to…

Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary

Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings where appropriate

Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs

Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations

Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests

Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments

Historical, Group

Presentation, Time line.

20th Century History Timeline

History:

Children will learn to…

Demonstrate factual knowledge and understanding of aspects of the history of Britain and other countries, drawn from the Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 programme of study.

History, English 1-6 Creation of a timeline

PowerPoint presentation to be given to the

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Use the programmes of study to describe the characteristic features of past societies and periods, and to identify changes within and across periods.

Describe some of the main events, people and changes.

Give some reasons for, and results of, the main events and changes.

Show how some aspects of the past have been represented and interpreted in different ways.

Begin to select and combine information from sources.

Begin to produce structured work, making appropriate use of dates and terms.

class or a group of friends

Extension: Animated Timeline

P.E Year 6 Activities/Games

P.E: Gymnastics: Children will learn to…

Work individually, as a pair or in a group to develop a varied set of moves /sequences.

To a number of themes with little input. Games: Children will learn to…

Play a number of major games in small-sided and full-size competitions with other children.

Have an experience / knowledge of the skills involved in major games.

Health Related Exercise: Children will learn to…

Design and effective exercise circuit using basic, safe exercises.

P.E On-going

Year 6 P.E:

Handball

Dance

Gymnastics

Basketball

Spanish Conversations

PenPal/Skype Project

Spanish (MFL): Children will learn to…

listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding

read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing

appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language

Spanish 8-14 Writing to pen-pals

Skype calls to pen-pals

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broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary

write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly

Computing Project

Kodu Kup Competition

Computing: Children will learn to…

Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts

Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output

Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs

Computing Ongoing Plan games

Design prototype

Market research Create final game

Class Assemblies

Debates, Discussions, Daily Act of

Worship, Singing

Explore the school values:

Fortune Favours the Brave: Feeling confident to try new things & take risks, supporting children to reach their full potential.

Freedom: Individuality, responsibility, community.

Forward thinking: Embracing technology, trying new things, preparing for the future.

Feeling Valued: Friendship, respect, listening, kindness, accepting differences, safety, promoting self-esteem.

PSHE, R.E Ongoing Debates, Discussions, Daily Act of Worship, Singing

Develop understanding

of Internet Safety

Persuasive Leaflet Writing

English: Children will learn to…

Identify audience and purpose.

Use a range of sentence punctuation.

Develop cohesion across paragraphs.

Listen and respond to statements, articulating answers to questions, maintaining the attention of an audience, speaking

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audibly and fluidly with Standard English (in presentations and discussions.)

Develop cursive handwriting. Computing: Children will learn to…

Act responsibly on the internet;

Conduct safe searches;

Appropriately use social media (through the school’s Yammer site);

Report inappropriate material encountered on the internet.

Spelling Activities

Morning Challenges

Spelling: Children will learn to spell words on the KS2 curriculum documents. Year 3/4 Spellings (Web view) Year 5/6 Spellings (Web view)

Ongoing Look, cover, write check

Quizzes

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Half-term 2 February-March Weeks 7-12

Outcome Context Skills & Knowledge Subjects Week Supporting Activities

Materials and insulation

project

Arctic explorer’s mug/coat

Science: Children will learn to…

Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations

Use test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests

Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments

Design and technology Children will learn to…

Gather information independently, and use it to help generate a number of ideas.

Recognise that users have views and preferences, and begin to take them into account.

Evaluate their work as it develops, bearing in mind the purposes for which it is intended.

Science 7-12 Insulation investigation

Materials web-quest

Mug build project

Company formation, logo design, market research, product design, prototype making, advertising (studio advert).

The Global Enterprise

Project

English: Children will learn to…

Identify audience and purpose.

Develop initial ideas.

Use a range of sentence punctuation.

Develop cohesion across paragraphs.

Listen and respond to statements, articulating answers to questions, maintaining the attention of an audience, speaking audibly and fluidly with Standard English (in presentations and discussions.)

Work towards cursive handwriting.

English, Maths, Geography, PSHE, D & T.

8-12 Times tables challenges

Web design.

Writing formal emails.

Writing informal/ formal letters.

Logo Design

Blogging on Office365

Dragon’s Den Presentation

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Maths: Children will learn to…

Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems

Calculate and interpret the mean as an average

Use and understand mode and median (Perhaps we should also include Mean as the most important type of average and range)

Collect discrete data and record them using a frequency table.

Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles

Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm3) and cubic metres (m3), and extending to other units [for example, mm3 and km3].

Use simple formulae in Excel.

Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages [for example, of measures, and such as 15% of 360] and the use of percentages for comparison

Derive quickly division and multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 (was 10 x 10 in old curriculum).

Group data in equal class intervals Geography: Children will learn to…

Begin to describe geographical patterns and to appreciate the importance of location in understanding places.

Recognise and describe physical and human processes.

Communicate their findings using appropriate vocabulary. Work as a team.

Accept differences & Diversity.

Market research questionnaires

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Explore the school values: Fortune Favours the Brave: Feeling confident to try new things & take risks, supporting children to reach their full potential. Freedom: Individuality, responsibility, community. Forward thinking: Embracing technology, trying new things, preparing for the future. Feeling Valued: Friendship, respect, listening, kindness, accepting differences, safety, promoting self-esteem.

Design & Technology: Children will learn to…

Gather information independently, and use it to help generate a number of ideas.

Recognise that users have views and preferences, and begin to take them into account

Recognise that users have views and preferences, and begin to take them into account.

Evaluate their work as it develops, bearing in mind the purposes for which it is intended.

Illustrate alternatives using sketches and models and make choices be-tween them, showing an awareness of constraints.

Produce step-by-step plans that identify the main stages in making, and list the tools, materials and processes needed.

Measure, mark out and cut simple forms in a variety of materials and join them using a range of techniques.

Show increasing accuracy, paying attention to quality of finish and function.

Identify what is, and what is not, working well in their products.

Gather information independently, and use it to help generate a number of ideas.

Recognise that users have views and preferences, and are beginning to take them into account.

Evaluate their work as it develops, bearing in mind the purposes for which it is intended. Illustrate alternatives using sketches and

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models and make choices between them, showing an awareness of constraints.

Historical Group Presentation,

Time line.

20th Century History Timeline

History:

Children will learn to…

Demonstrate factual knowledge and understanding of aspects of the history of Britain and other countries, drawn from the Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 programme of study.

Use the programmes of study to describe the characteristic features of past societies and periods, and to identify changes within and across periods.

Describe some of the main events, people and changes.

Give some reasons for, and results of, the main events and changes.

Show how some aspects of the past have been represented and interpreted in different ways.

Begin to select and combine information from sources.

Begin to produce structured work, making appropriate use of dates and terms.

History, English

8-14 Creation of a timeline

PowerPoint presentation to be given to the class or a group of friends

Extension: Animated timeline

Investigating World Religions

Research project and

presentation

R.E:

Children will learn to…

Explain how some of the beliefs and teachings are shared by different religions and how they make a difference to the lives of individuals.

Explain how religious life and practice make a difference to the lives of individuals and communities.

Respond to issues of identity and experience in the context of their learning.

Respond to a range of questions of meaning and purpose in the context of their learning.

R.E 8-14 Collating research using MS OneNote

Producing an Office Mix to show research

Giving a presentation on findings

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Respond to other people’s values and commitments in the context of their learning.

P.E Year 6 Activities/Games

P.E: Gymnastics: Children will learn to…

Work individually, as a pair or in a group to develop a varied set of moves /sequences.

To a number of themes with little input. Games: Children will learn to…

Play a number of major games in small-sided and full-size competitions with other children.

Have an experience / knowledge of the skills involved in major games.

Health Related Exercise: Children will learn to…

Design and effective exercise circuit using basic, safe exercises.

P.E On-going

Year 6 P.E:

Handball

Dance

Gymnastics

Basketball

Spanish Conversations

PenPal/Skype Project

Spanish (MFL): Children will learn to…

listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding

read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing

appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language

broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary

write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly

Spanish 8-14 Writing to pen-pals

Skype calls to pen-pals

Computing Project

Kodu Kup Competition

Computing: Children will learn to…

Computing Ongoing Plan games

Design prototype

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Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts

Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output

Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs

Market research

Create final game

Class Assemblies

Debates, Discussions, Daily Act of

Worship, Singing

Explore the school values:

Fortune Favours the Brave: Feeling confident to try new things & take risks, supporting children to reach their full potential.

Freedom: Individuality, responsibility, community.

Forward thinking: Embracing technology, trying new things, preparing for the future.

Feeling Valued: Friendship, respect, listening, kindness, accepting differences, safety, promoting self-esteem.

PSHE, R.E Ongoing Debates, Discussions, Daily Act of Worship, Singing

Develop understanding

of Internet Safety

Informative Presentations to younger classes

English: Children will learn to…

Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, stay on topic and initiating and respond to comments; use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas

Speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English; participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates; gains, maintains and monitors the interest of the listener(s)

Computing: Children will learn to…

Act responsibly on the internet;

Conduct safe searches;

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Appropriately use social media (through the school’s Yammer site); Report inappropriate material encountered on the internet.

Spelling Activities

Morning Challenges

Spelling: Children will learn to spell words on the KS2 curriculum documents. Year 3/4 Spellings (Web view) Year 5/6 Spellings (Web view)

Ongoing Look, cover, write check

Quizzes