Learning Map for Year 6: Summer 1 2018 Fly to El Salvador! Please encourage your child to read each day Learning how to use html coding through the ‘Codeacademy ‘ website. Learning the basics of creating your own webpage and profile. Information Texts Exploring information texts for inspiration (‘Dragonology’) and writing information texts about their own passion. Writing informative leaflets advertising Albany Park. Cricket Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar SATs Revision of spelling rules, punctuation and grammar. SATs Paper Practice Gymnastics Science Computing English Short Stories – Mystery/Spooky The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Explore the structure of short stories, creating atmosphere & the use of dialogue to advance the action. Use images and videos as a stimulus for their own writing. Writing a short, spooky story based on ‘Alma’ from the Literacy Shed. PE Light Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines. Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye. Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects then to our eyes. Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. Year 6 Fly to El Salvador! SATs Revision of all topics. SATs Paper Practice Arithmetic Paper Practice Geography Music Art El Salvador (Human Geography) Types of settlement and land use Economic activity – trade links and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. Banana split fair trade activity Year 6 Production Songs RE Maths Showing creativity through making paper art sculptures. Problem Solving and Using a Calculator Use a calculator to convert fractions to decimals; read recurring displays. Realise when a calculator has produced a rounding error. Use a calculator and reasoning skills to aid problem solving. Begin to use the memory (M+, M- and MR) keys. Do Fame and Christian Faith Go Together? Know the qualities and values needed to become a Christian, and how this faith supports famous people in who they are. Distinguish between the qualities that make a person famous and the qualities needed to be a Christian. Should Every Christian Go On a Pilgrimage? Compare the practices and experiences of pilgrimage for a Christian and those of other faiths. Think about inspirational journeys and what a spiritual journey means for a person of faith. Problem Solving and Investigations Solve logic puzzles. Work systematically to solve visual puzzles. Use mathematical reasoning to solve number puzzles. Find, describe and predict patterns. Investigate mathematicians including Fibonacci and Pascal.