Here are some of the topics which may be covered in Year 6:

English

Writing

  • Draft and write by organising ideas around themes into paragraphs, subheadings and headings.
  • Draft and write narratives using characters, settings and plots
  • Progressively use a varied and rich vocabulary and increasing range of sentence structures

Grammar and Punctuation 

Grammar and punctuation knowledge and skills are taught through English lessons as much as possible. Teachers teach the required skills through the genres of writing that they are teaching, linking it to the genre to make it contextual with the intended writing outcome. This allows all groups of children to have the opportunity to embed and develop their understanding or to consolidate their skills.

 

Mathematics

  • Number and place value
  • Calculations: Four Operations on a Whole Number 
  • Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 
  • Ratios and Proportion
  • Measurement 
  • Negative Numbers  
  • Geometry
  • Statistics

Science 

  • Human and Animals 
  • Food Chains 
  • Caring for the Environment 
  • Material Changes 
  • Forces and Motion
  • Electricity 

Humanities

  • Rivers and Mountains
  • World War
  • Renewable Energy
  • Human Settlements
  • Malawi
  • Colonialism and independence

Art

  • Famous artists
  • Painting (The Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Cherubs)
  • Sculpture (The David)
  • Self-portraits
  • Sketching (Da Vinci’s sketches)

Computing and ICT

  • Coding in Scratch:
  • Webpage creation
  • 3D Modelling
  • Spreadsheets

Music

  • Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
  • Use and understand staff/stave and other musical notations.
  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music.
  • Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds.
  • Appreciate and understand a range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
  • Develop an understanding of the history of music.

PE

Class lessons focus on:

  • Movement and dance lessons
  • Coordination with bat and ball lessons
  • Outdoor games
  • Adventure climbing and balancing lessons
  • Outdoor sport specific lessons
  • Athletics and cross-country lessons
  • Indoor gymnastics lessons
  • Swimming

Competitive sport specific squads include:

  • FootballHockey
  • Swimming
  • Tag Rugby
  • Netball
  • Athletics and
  • Cross country running

Personal Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education

  • Friendships
  • Citizenship
  • Healthy Living
  • Hillview Values