Year 6 revised curriculum Sept 2015

Terms Autumn 1 st Half Term= 8 weeks 8 weeks topic 1 week Harvest/ showing assembly to parents Autumn 2 nd Half Term= 7 weeks 5 weeks topic and 2 weeks Christmas focus Remembrance day commemoration, Carols, Party Spring 1 st half term= 5 weeks Parents evening Spring 2 nd Half term= 6 weeks SATs Parent Meeting SATS Drop-ins Summer 1 st Half term=- 7 weeks SATS Drop-ins Summer 2 nd Half Term=- 7 weeks Graduation

Year 6 Year Overview Autumn 1 st Half term- How to survive around the world (Geography, DT, Science) Autumn 2 nd Half term- How to survive war, (History, Science, Geography) Spring 1 st Half term- How to survive a natural disaster ( Science, geography, DT and Art) Spring 2 nd Half term- How to survive the Victorians ( Science, History, DT and Art ) Summer 1 st Half term- How to survive the SATs (basic skills/revision) Summer 2 nd Half term- How to survive at sea (Science, Geography and history)

Year 6 Year Autumn 1 How to survive around the world How to survive around the world Eng – survival stories/Horror stories Geog - locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities Sci – Living things and their habitats – how are animals adapted around the world, how has man adapted to survive around the world. Ideas Map reading Bushcraft skills Grid references Forbidden corner

Autumn term English AT1 – How to Survive around the world Survival – Bear Grylls - Mission Survival 1: Gold of the Gods Mission Survival 2: Way of the Wolf: Survival - Way of the Wolf Mission Survival 3: Sands of the Scorpion Links to adaption and key places around the world Horror – 30 second horrors/Alma AT 2 – How to survive war WWI (2 weeks), WWII (3 weeks), Modern day conflicts (1 week), WWI Xmas armistice Christmas Story WWI Sainsbury's advert ‘Surviving the trenches in 1914’

Year 6 Year Autumn 2 How to survive war How to survive war Eng – through history Hist – WWI (2 weeks), WWII (3 weeks), Modern day conflicts (1 week), WWI Xmas armistice Sci – Evolution & inheritance – survival of the fittest ‘natures war’ Geog – European countries and key features

Year 6 Year Spring 1 How to survive a natural disaster How to survive a natural disaster Eng – How to survive a natural disaster. Geog – Earth Matters: Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Sci – Light: Shadows, Eyes, Reflection and Refraction and Colours. Ideas trust.org.uk/browse/the me/upper-key-stage- 2/block-f-climate-zones- and-biomes-new- curriculum/110321

Year 6 Year Spring 2 How to survive the Victorians How to survive the Victorians Eng – street child/DickensHist - VictoriansSci – Electricity Ideas Beamish Streetchild Dickens

Year 6 Year Summer 1 How to survive the SATs How to survive the SATs Maths –Eng – Reading, SPag

Year 6 Year Summer 2 How to survive at sea How to survive at sea Eng – Titanic, through Geog. Geog – Children study the water cycle and the physical geography of coasts and coastal features. They learn about coastal erosion and the impact of the sea on human activity. Sci – Animals inc. humans Ideas trust.org.uk/browse/the me/upper-key-stage- 2/block-f-climate-zones- and-biomes-new- curriculum/110321

First Hand Experiences Forest School Forbidden Corner How to survive around the world Evolution & Adaption workshop Hancock Museum How to survive war First aid training How to survive a natural disaster Kingswood How to survive the Victorians How to survive SATs Sea-life centre How to survive at sea

Year 6 Year Computing Overview Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2

Year 6 Year PHSCE Overview Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2