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Curriculum Overview
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English
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As well as following the appropriate National Literacy Programme for Year 6, pupils are prepared for senior school entrance exams and SATs, building on existing writing skills, revising all non-fiction genres and their characteristic features, and following programmes in spelling, grammar and comprehension skills that offer extension opportunities. Reading: how authors approach the same theme. Two classic texts for children based on the History topic, are studied over the year.
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Mathematics
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Preparation for entrance exams and SATs. Mental and written strategies for 4 rules including decimals to 3 places and problems involving time, money and measures, long multiplication and division. Fractions and percentages, ratio, probability and proportion used to solve problems. Using protractors, compasses and calculations to solve problems related to angles. Perimeter and area of compound shapes and volume of cuboids, nets of 3D shapes. Transformations in all four quadrants. Simple algebra. Data handling in problem solving including conversion graphs.
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Science
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Preparation for senior school examinations. Topics include: separation of materials, micro-organisms, electrical circuits, the Sun, Earth and Moon and their periodic changes, light and sound. All topics are revised prior to the SATs exams. Investigations are undertaken using all aspects of the course work, to encourage independent work and as extension activities prior to KS3 entry.
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Information Technology
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Use more advanced features of the word processing program e.g. creating tables. Learn to use a desktop publishing program to amend writing for different audiences. Work collaboratively to produce books for younger children, to include digital photographs, clip art, computer generated pictures and scanned work. Use the Internet to find information relevant to projects in other subjects and learn to use e-mail correctly. Develop an understanding of the programming language “Logo” through use of “Superlogo” and write instructions to produce geometric shapes and patterns.
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History
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The core History topic: Britain since 1930. Focus areas: understanding the links between events and changes; the impact of the Second World War, and the social and technological changes that have taken place since 1930; how lives were affected by these changesThe local history study of Guildford investigates how the area has changed over a long period of time. Throughout both studies different sources of information are evaluated to identify those that are useful for particular tasks.
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Geography
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Continue to extend knowledge of countries, cities/towns, mountain ranges and rivers. Use atlases, globes and maps, and draw maps and plans with increased confidence. Use 8 compass points to give and follow direction, and reinforce use of bearings. Study how the land is shaped by weathering, rivers, waves, winds, glaciers, earthquakes and volcanoes. Find out how and why people seek to manage and sustain the environment. Understand the reasons why settlements develop, differ and change.
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Religious Education
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Discussion on: ‘How is God present and active today?’ Look at the sources of the Christmas story. Study the history of Christianity in the Guildford area. Learn what it means to be a Hindu and the Hindu use of images. Explore how religions celebrate the milestones of life.
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French
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Revise work already covered in La Jolie Ronde Book 2.Ask and answer questions on time/dates and weather/clothes, the family; learn and apply basic phrases in familiar situations using role-play; ask directions and learn the main buildings of a town; be aware of certain rules in grammar-nouns, adjectives, possessive, negative forms.Learn more of the culture of regions and towns and their history.
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Art
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Topics and skills include: developing colour mixing; studying a well-known artist and experiment with the painting techniques of that artist and producing an original painting; drawing from life using pencils, charcoal, pastels pen and ink, looking at detail, composition and techniques; producing a collage or 3D model based on the study of a well-known artist, using a variety of materials and mixed media.
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Design Technology
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Focus for year: looking at products and their application. Specific skills covered are: learning about the use of materials and their fitness for purpose; techniques to cut, join and reinforce. Undertaking tasks to use these skills. Using construction kits to look at pulleys, gears and how these can change the direction of a force. Pupils control the movement of models through motors and computer commands.
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Drama
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Activities to express self- confidence, and further develop vocal skills, exploring cross-curricular subjects and issues including those related to puberty and peer pressure. The Lower III production in the spring term includes elements of auditioning techniques, using a script, theatre terminology, stage management, choreography, lighting, costume, make-up, as well as public performance. Girls put into practice their knowledge of production techniques to stage their own mini plays.
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Music
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Music lessons will continue to provide a combination of singing, listening, composing and performing. In particular girls will be exploring lyrics and melody in preparation for composing a Christmas carol and they will look at other composition techniques, including some basic IT sequencing using Cubasis. They will have a chance to learn about opera and to learn about the form of Variations on a theme, listening to some famous examples including Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. In singing they will be concentrating on greater control of their voices, paying more attention to intonation, breathing and diction.
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Physical Education
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Games: Improve, refine& extend skills of sending, receiving, striking & travelling with equipment. Understand & play recognised team & individual games. Extend attack & defence skills. Develop simple tactics & understand rules & different roles.Gym: Extend ways of working with a partner & developing themes using flight, symmetry, asymmetry, synchronisation, cannon, counter balance & tension. Refine/extend personal skills using floor & apparatus. Practise, refine & repeat more complex sequence in groups.Swimming: Swim competently & safely for 25m using effective/efficient strokes. Extend diving skills. Develop principles & skills of water safety and survival.Athletics: Refine/extend techniques in running, throwing & jumping. Measure, compare & improve own performance.
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Latin
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Roman Britain: Pupils are introduced to a real Roman family that lived near Hadrian’s Wall in the second century AD through stories in both Latin and English and artefacts from the original site.Latin Language: Pupils are given a taste of the language that the Romans spoke and which was an influence of the English language. Pupils learn to speak and read basic vocabulary.English Grammar: Pupil’s knowledge of English grammar is reinforced by examining Latin Grammar, and their vocabulary is extended through the study of word derivatives.
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Welcome
Lower III (Year 6)
Residential Trip
Curriculum
