Year 6 Autumn term welcome letter
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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English |
Book study: Holes by Louis Sachar Coming home by Michael Morpugo Diary writing Interviews Instructions Persuasive writing Discussions and debates
Poetry: Lady of Shallot including reciting and performing Mary Celeste
Tyger Tyger Writing their own poems Grammar Nouns, adverbs, verb tenses, simple present and past tense, progressive tense. Active verbs, clauses, relative and subordinate modal verbs, subjunctive verbs, pronouns and determiners |
Book study: The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo The Arrival by Shaun Tan Video animation persuasive writing letter writing discussion texts narrative writing Literacy devices, including: imagery, personification, metaphors, similes. Grammar Parenthesis, expanded noun phrases, colons, semi-colons, formal/informal register, direct and reported speech, apostrophes for contraction and possessions, perfect tense, hyphens and bullet points.
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SATS Revision Wonder by R.J. Palacio Playscripts: Macbeth
Grammar Revision of all grammar |
Maths |
Number-Ordering, rounding, estimating, halving & doubling, multiply & divide by 10, 100 & 1000. Four rules – Long multiplication, division with remainders, multi-step word problems. Common factors, multiples & prime numbers Fractions, decimals & percentages – simplifying, comparing and ordering fractions, add, subtract multiply and divide fractions, compare & convert fractions, decimals and percentages, Percentage problems. Algebra – simple formulae
Geometry- measuring and missing angles. Co-ordinates all four quadrants, translation and reflection.
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Number – Negative numbers Problem solving involving all four rules Algebra – number puzzles, patterns & missing numbers. Revision of the four rules.
Measurement –solve problems involving calculation & conversion of units of measure Use, read, write & convert between standard units including length, mass, volume & time Perimeter & area of parallelograms and triangles. Formulae for area & volume
Geometry – 2D & 3D shapes using given dimensions and angles Recognise, describe & build 3-D nets Find unknown angles in triangles, quadrilaterals & regular polygons Work out missing angles of a straight line and point. Statistics - interpret and construct pie graphs. Mode, mean, median & range. |
Number – Word problems Four rules & estimating Multiply and divide decimals, Comparison fractions, decimal & percentages, Ratio & proportion – scale factors Problem solving
Geometry – circles: illustrate and name -radius, diameter & circumference.
Measurement - Convert miles and kilometres Formulae for area & volume SATs Revision |
Science |
Living things and their habitats Evolution and Inheritance |
Plants Light and Sight |
Separating Materials Drugs and Bugs |
Art and Design |
Artist Study - Tamara Madden Observational drawings |
Observational drawings |
Gaudi Clay Sculpture |
Computing |
E-Safety Communication |
Coding Research |
Databases Multimedia |
Design and Technology |
Cooking |
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Fairgrounds |
Geography |
All around the world |
Rivers |
Mountains |
History |
Kingdom of Benin |
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Ancient Greece |
Languages |
Let's visit a French town Let's go shopping |
This is France Our Precious Planet |
More to Explore All in a day |
Music |
Duration/Structure |
Composing and appraising |
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PSHE |
Enjoy & Achieve Being Healthy |
Staying Safe Relationships |
Emotional Health Positive Contribution |
RE |
Art in Christianity Life after death |
Similarities and differences in religion Easter Sunday |
Religious leaders Celebrations |
PE |
Invasion Games Gymnastics Dance |
Netball Athletics |
Cricket Orienteering Games |
On behalf of the staff, pupils and governors of Furze Infants and Warren Junior School I would like to welcome you to our federation. We are two schools working together under one Governing Body for the benefit of our pupils and the success of the community we live in.
We believe our schools gain from working collaboratively, more importantly, we strive to provide a seamless transition for our pupils between the two schools.
Mr. G. Wilder OBE
Executive Consultant
A WELCOME FROM THE EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT A Welcome from the Chair of Governors