Year Six Summer One
Layton Primary School
Writing
skeleton system of humans and animals.
Narrative
Evolution and inheritance
Write stories that contain mythical, legendary or historical characters or events.
Look at resemblance in offspring.
Write stories of adventure.
Look at adaptation to environments.
Write letters.
Look at differences in offspring.
Write stories, letters, scripts and fictional biographies inspired by reading across the curriculum.
Non-fiction
Look at adaptation and evolution. Look at changes to the human skeleton over time.
Chemistry
Write recounts.
Rocks and fossils
Write explanations.
Compare and group rocks and describe the formation of fossils.
Write biographies. Write in a journalistic style.
Working Scientifically
Poetry Learn by heart and perform a significant poem. Write cinquain.
Reading
Across all year groups scientific knowledge and skills should be learned by working scientifically. (This is documented in the Essentials for progress section.)
History
Read and listen to a wide range of styles of text, including fairy stories, myths and legends.
A local history study. A study of a theme in British history.
Listen to and discuss a wide range of texts.
History of interest to pupils.
Take part in conversations about books.
Language
Use the school and community libraries.
In the chosen modern language:
Communication Engage in meaningful discussions in all areas of the curriculum. Listen to and learn a wide range of subject specific vocabulary. Through reading identify vocabulary enriches and enlivens stories.
Look at changes in animals over time.
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Practise and rehearse sentences and stories, gaining feedback on the overall effect and the use of standard English. Debate issues and formulate well-constructed points.
Science Biology Plants Look at the function of parts of flowering plants, requirements of growth, water transportation in plants, life cycles and seed dispersal. Evolution and inheritance
Animals and humans
- Speak - Read - Write. Look at the culture of the countries where the language is spoken.
Physical Education Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, such as football, netball, rounders, cricket, hockey, basketball, badminton and tennis and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending. Take part in athletics activities. Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.
Religious Education Study at least two other religions in depth. Choose from Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism or Sikhism. Study three of the major six religions not studied in depth in order to gain a brief outline.
Look at nutrition, transportation of water and nutrients in the body, and the muscle and
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Key Stage 2 Additional Content