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Curriculum Overview

Year 6 Curriculum Overview 2026-2027

 

Autumn 1

 

Autumn 2

 

Spring 1

 

Spring 2

 

Summer 1

 

Summer 2

 

English

*Narrative Story: additional chapter

*Persuasive Letter

*Recount: Diary

*Balanced Argument

Contemporary Fiction

 

Wonder

 

 

*Narrative story: modern version

*Playscript

*Persuasive Letter

Classic Literature

 

A Christmas Carol

 

 

*Persuasive Debate

Who is to blame?

Classic Fiction/significant author

 

Macbeth

 

 

Poems on a theme

On the Move

 

Classic Poems

The Road Not Taken

 

Imaginative Writing

Writing Portfolio

 

 

 

Disciplinary Writing x3 - Brazil

*Recount: Biography

*Journalistic Report (Feature writing)

*Historical Essay (Disciplinary writing x15)

The Windrush

*Explanation: Scientific Report (Disciplinary writing x10)

Electricity

Maths

Number: place value

Number: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Number: fractions

Measurement: converting units

Number: ratio

Number: algebra

Number: decimals

Number: fractions, decimals and percentages

Measurement: area, perimeter and volume 

Statistics

Geometry: shape

Geometry: position and direction

 

Consolidation

Consolidation, investigations and preparation for KS3

Science

 Evolution and Inheritance

Living things and their habitats

Light

Electricity

Climate change and

Sustainability

Air Quality

Animals, incl Humans - circulatory system, healthy lifestyle. The Human Body (RHE link)

History

 

What happened as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Consequence enquiry

 

How do we know about the Maya Civilisation of Central America?

Evidential Thinking enquiry

Historical interpretation

 

How has Migration Influenced the Food Londoners Eat?

Consequence enquiry

 

Geography

Darwin’s Voyage on the Beagle

Exploring South America

 

Brazil

A South American case study

 

Migration over time

Case study of 20th century migration

 

 

Computing

Programming A

Variables in games

Creating Media

Web page creation

Programming B

Sensing

Computing and Networks

Internet communication

Creating Media

3D modelling

Data and Information

Spreadsheets

Design and Technology

Textiles

Combining different fabric shapes

Project: Actions for Happiness

calendar

Mechanical Systems

Pulleys

Project: sports car/ off road vehicle

 

Food

Celebrating culture and seasonality

Project: 2 course meal

Mechanical Systems

Gears

Project: fairground ride

Music 

Music and Technology

How does music bring us together?

Developing Ensemble Skills How does music connect us with our past?

 

Creative Composition

How Does Music Make the World a Better Place?

Musical Styles Connect Us

How Does Music Teach Us About our Community?

Improvising with Confidence

How Does Music Shape our Way of Life?

Farewell Tour

How Does Music connect us with the Environment?

Art

Drawing

Detailed analytical drawings

Enlarge

Tone

Dennis Wojtkiewicz.

Fernando Botero

Frida Kahlo

Francis Bacon

Frank Auerbach

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Pablo Picasso

Painting

Apply understanding of line, shape, colour and texture

Work collaboratively

 Patrick Heron

Patrick Caulfield

Cubism

Collage

Respond to artist’s work

Combine visual and tactile qualities of materials

Compare and modify

Review and modify artwork

Gustav Klimt

Pablo Picasso

 

Printmaking

Press print reduction blocks

Batik process

Sarkasi Said

 

 

 3-D/Sculpture

Observe from viewpoints

Respond to artist’s work

Research work of craftspeople and designers

Review and modify work

Henry Moore

Kimmy Cantrell

Textiles

Respond to artists work

Relief printed textile process

Investigate, collect, select visual information

Multi media weaving

Norman Foster Hundertwasser

Antonio Gaudi

Kimmy Cantrell

RHE/ PSHE

 

Wellbeing: Emotions

How can we manage our emotions through periods of change?

 

Online Safety

Media Influence

How do I decide what is true online?

 

Citizenship

*Wellbeing: How do I save a life - First Aid course

 

Wellbeing: Risky Substances - why do people use alcohol and drugs?

Health Relationships Families:How can we live in harmony?

Healthy Relationships Friends:

How can we have healthy boundaries?

 

Healthy Relationships

Power in Relationships

What are my boundaries?

Community: How can we show respect to people of different races and cultures?

 

Financial Literacy

Growing Up: What happens during adolescence?

 

Wellbeing Physical: How do I plan a healthy week?

 

Junior Citizens

Gangs workshop

 

Online Lives: What should I share online?

RE

What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? (part 2) 

What difference does it make to believe in Ahimsa, Grace and/or Ummah?

Is it better to express your beliefs in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity?

 

 

What do religions say to us when life gets hard?

 

Celebrating the food of faith

PE

Invasion Games

Basketball

 

Invasion Games Hockey

 

 

 

Gymnastics

Dance

Strike and Field Games

Rounders

Net and Wall Games Tennis

French

Half-term 1: Describing me and others

Half-term 2: Saying what I and others have

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) revisited and/or introduced this term are:

 

Silent Final Consonant [SFC] |Silent Final E SFe] [a ] [an/am/en/em] [i] [in/im] [qu]

[u] [ou] [on] [au/eau/o/ô] open and closed [eu] We also revisit liaison.

 

Vocabulary: greetings, adjectives to describe

mood and character, months, numbers 13-31,

dates, nouns and adjectives for places, festivals, physical description, interrogatives qui ? quell ? quelle ?

 

Grammar: être (plural) regular plural adjective agreement (-s) avoir (plural), singular and plural indefinite articles (un, une, des), intonation questions (including with quoi, où, qui, quand, comment)

 

Half-term 1: Saying what I and others do

Half-term 2: Saying how many and describing

things

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol

correspondences) revisited and/or taught this

term are: [é/et/ez/er] [è/ê] [oi] [(a)in] [ai]

We also revisit liaison.

 

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe

activities in school, at the weekend, life in the city and country, journeys

 

Grammar: -ER present tense (singular) and 1st person plural (we), JOUER + à + sports, ALLER (singular), definite articles (le, la, les), regular plural marking on nouns (-s), indefinite articles (un, une, des), il y a, Est-ce que questions (including with WH-words), negation (ne ... pas)

Half-term 1: Describing things and people

Half-term 2: Expressing likes and saying what I and others do

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol

correspondences) revisited and/or taught this

term are: [SFC] |Silent Final E [SFe] soft [c/ç] [ch] [-ien] [qu] [j/soft g] [-tion] We also revisit liaison.

 

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe

sports, playing instruments, activities in

different countries, life at home, home town,

requesting food and drink

 

Grammar: FAIRE (singular), weather

expressions with faire, faire vs. jouer with

sports, jouer + de + instruments, pronoun on

meaning you (general) and we, 2-verb

structures (aimer, detester, devoir, vouloir,

pouvoir - singular)

School Events

Natural History Museum - Evolution and Inheritance

Science

Theatre Production

English

Globe Theatre

English

Migration Museum -History/Geography

British Library - History/Geography

Junior Citizens - PSHE

Residential to York (optional)

St Paul’s Cathedral - RE

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