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Autumn

Year 6 Curriculum – Autumn Term

 

At Millfield, our curriculum is based around

 ‘Repeat, Revisit, Remember’

Instead of doing a set topic for each half term, our curriculum is designed so that we repeat topics every few weeks.

 

Below are some of the specific things we are doing this term in each subject

 

Literacy (writing)

  • An introductory letter – formal letter writing
  • ‘The Watertower' – Write a science fiction story
  • ‘The Nowhere Emporium' – Write a mystery story
  • ‘Never Have I Ever’ – WWII Poetry
  • A letter from an evacuated child home - Topic related writing

 

Guided Reading

  • Comprehension skills VIPERS
  • One price of fiction, non-fiction or poetry covered each week

Maths

  • Place Value, Methods & Checking (+, -, x ÷), Fractions, Shape, Ratio & Proportion, Measurements, Problem Solving, Position & Movement and Algebra

Science

  • Materials, Plants & Animals, Forces & Magnets, Evolution & Inheritance, Space, Light & Sound and Electricity

Topic – History

Topic – Geography

  • World War II
  • European countries, including Russia

Music

  • Singing and reading music

Art

  • Artist Study – Paul Kenton
  • Art using different media and perspective
  • Drawing and Sketching skills
  • Drawing faces

 

RSE

  • Changes through puberty

 

PSHE

  • Diversity, rights and prejudice

P.E.

  • Invasion games

 

Design and Technology

  • Entrepreneur project
  • Design, make and sell souvenirs at house football matches

SPAG

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar