Year 6

FURZE PLATT JUNIOR SCHOOL

CURRICULUM MAP 

YEAR 6

TERM 1

TERM 2

TERM 3

TERM 4

TERM 5

TERM 6

THEME

Study of Bala and map work

Battle of Britain

Lights Camera Action

WOW EVENTS

Rhos-y-Gwaliau trip /In school project week.

Stanley Spencer Gallery

Christmas Choir

Battle of Britain Museum

Kidzania

Year 6 Play

Business Projects

ENGLISH

Cross curricular links

Diaries of evacuees

News reports

Recount of Trip

Reports/accounts/explanations/

persuasion/arguments

Film scripts / acceptance speeches/ film reviews

MATHS

All maths groups are taught the relevant maths curriculum.  Maths is taught with a view to allowing children to develop their skills and understanding.  Real-life

scenarios  are linked to most concepts so using and applying and depth become a reality to all

SCIENCE

Light

Living things and their environment (classification)

Evolution

Changing Circuits

Animals including Humans

Micro-organisms

DESIGN & TECH

Vegetable soup

CAMs and Mechanics

Making Hoovers

ART

Stanley Spencer- local artist

3D sculptures

Art in the natural world

HISTORY

Battle of Britain

Mayans

History of the moving image

GEOG

Map skills – comparing Bala to Maidenhead

South America Geography

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MUSIC

Charanga song study - Jazz

Composition focus

Learning the songs for the Y6 play and creating film sound tracks

GAMES/PE

Tag rugby

Gymnastics

Rounders

Tag rugby

Gymnastics

Hockey

Dance

Netball

Football

Athletics

Fitness

Athletics

Cricket

Tennis

RE

Judaism and Christianity. Does Faith affect how others see us? Whys do we think Christianity is such a strong religion after 200 years?

Islam. What does Islam show us through the arts?

Christianity. Creation stories and ‘Do you need to read the bible to be a good Christian?’

COMPUTING

Programming Units (Espresso and Python)

-using algorithms

-using complex variables

-Using values and parameters

Network unit & Internet safety

Understanding how information is transported across a network

Spreadsheets

Multimedia

Creating a film combining a variety of media

MFL

French – to be taught throughout the year alongside our set progressive curriculum objectives