Year 6 Overview 2015-2016

Subject
Theme

Autumn Term 1
Animal Madness

Autumn Term 2
Seurat -The
Bathers

Wow start hook

Animal Edutainment
Visit/ Experience/
Trip

Spring Term 1

Seurat Topic Week

Spring Term 2
America

Food Festival South

America.

PGL trip

Food Festival -North

America.

Summer Term 1
Habitats

Walk to local river and

explore the habitats.

American Day

Summer Term 2
Crime and
Punishment
Murder Mystery

Chalfont Heights

Outcome

Animal Writing
Display.

Pointillism painting

Carnival

American style
Science Fair

Show how a habitat has

evolved/developed
overtime.

Develop
understanding of
crimes and
punishments,
considering how and
why these have
changed.

Family/community
Involvement

Researching chosen
animal

Parent help during

topic week.

Carnival parents to
help with celebratory
topic day at the end of
term.

Tesco food festival.

Parents to also help.

Family tree.

Local PCSOs to
come in.

Challenge/
Homework Project

Produce own
information book.

Create information
booklet on favourite
artist.

Presentation using their

own research.

Science Fair project

Design a creature for a

river habitat.

Create a crime
scene, with clues to
solve the case.

Literacy

Narrative, argument,
explanation,
instruction

Report, recount,
narrative, poetry.

Narrative, argument,
explanation, instruction

Report, recount,
narrative, poetry.

Narrative, argument,
explanation, instruction

Report, recount,
narrative, poetry.

Maths

Following the Collins scheme of work.

Art

Seurat and pointillism

Carnivals

Illusions/ Perspectives

DT

Bread

Fashion and Textiles

Building bridges

Humanities
(Geography/History)

History: The Mayans

North and South America

Geography: Rivers

French

Where we live, My day, Writing and

Performing (Christmas)

Entertainment, Evacuation, Planets

The French Speaking World, My Family

Music

Ukuleles

Art stimulating music composition. Timbre painting

by Edward Seago entitled "Shackleton's Cross.
Howard Goodall (composer of the Vicar of Dibley
theme tune)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LAQzuBKtMWk

Ocarinas - Themes from TV e.g. prison series,

get squashed, Cell Block H, porridge or advert
songs (Hovis advert etc)
Production

Computing

Planning the creation of a mobile app

Developing project management skills

Researching the app market

Designing an interface for an app

PSHE

New beginnings

RE

Rites of Passage

Science

Animals including
humans, (what is
inside us?)

Science = Materials
(1/2 topic from Y5)

Electricity

Light (including the

eye)

Evolution and
Inheritance

Living things
(including
microorganisms).

PE

Cross Country and

Football

Gymnastics,
Football and Dance

Creative games and

dance

Hockey, Badminton
and Creative Games

Athletics and Cricket

Rounders and
Gymnastics

Bullying; Getting on
and falling out

Going for goals

Good to be me

Festivals

History: Crime and

Punishment

Developing a simple mobile phone app

Creating video and web copy for a mobile phone
app
Making a
Relationships
contribution/ Stay
safe
Community