Author: Jane

Year Group: 6 Oak - Ms Law Woolmer Green St Michael’s - School Topic map Date: Autumn 2023

English: Classic Fiction, story writing.
English: Non-fiction, Journalistic writing.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, a variety of First News newspaper articles.
Uses paragraphs purposefully and creatively to clearly structure main ideas across the text, experimenting with order and length;
Creates atmosphere and integrates dialogue to convey character and to advance to the action.
Uses inverted commas, commas for clarity and punctuation for parenthesis;
Proof reads for spelling and punctuation errors;
Has legible, joined handwriting.

Science: Light
To explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes;
To use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.

Design and Technology: Moving Vehicles (Linked to WWII topic and Science – Electricity).
To revise electrical parts, symbols and circuits, and understand how these can be used to achieve functional results;
To generate and model ideas through discussion and drawing, considering the audience (who the toy is being made for) and theme of the design, and assemble components to make working models.

Science: Electricity
To use simple apparatus to construct and control a series circuit, and describe how the circuit may be affected when changes are made to it;
To use recognised symbols to represent simple series circuit diagrams.

History: WWII and the Battle of Britain including local impact.
Can use maps and atlases to locate countries;
Has generated work about WWII and the Battle of Britain and shows an understanding of its significance as a turning point in British history.

WWII and
The Battle of
Britain

Art: Gustav Klimt
Shows a mastery of art techniques such as drawing and painting with a range of materials;
Can talk about artists and their technique, using those styles in their own artwork.

French: Verbs and Grammar; At School
Can listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding;
To engage in simple conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others.

Maths:
Read, write, order, round and compare numbers up to 10 000 000;
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in context;
Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal method of long multiplication;
Divide numbers by a two-digit whole number using long division, and interpret remainders as remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context;
Simplify, compare and order fractions;
Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers.

Computing; Coding:
Design, write, debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing tinto smaller parts.
Online Safety:
Understands computer networks and uses technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.
Quizzing:
Select, use and combine a variety of software to create a quiz.

PSHE:
Can identify the link between motivation and learning;
Understands the link between a positive self-concept and the ability to learn.

PE: Tag Rugby, Yoga, Basketball, Dance
Is able to apply principles suitable for attacking and defending in the context of Tag Rugby.
Can develop a range of skills in Yoga.
Can use dribbling, passing and shooting Basketball skills .
Can develop dance skills and contribute to a collaborative dance routine.

RE: Christianity :
Creation: Fall
Has considered the Big Question: Creation and Science, Conflicting or Complimentary?
Creation: Incarnation
Has considered the Big Question: Was Jesus the Messiah?

Music:
To appreciate and understand a range of recorded music from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.

RSE:
Online Safety (Computing)