Year Six - Schemes of Work
Autumn Term 2007

English

• Text:  fiction genres, autobiographies and diaries
• Comprehension and creative writing will be based on the above genre of texts
• Preparation for 11+ exam using the textbook Prep Book 1 and past papers
• Class reader: The children will study a selection of short stories from a range of authors in order to revise narrative structure and creative writing.
• Personal reading will be monitored
• Sentence – revision of word classes; connectives; complex sentences; range of punctuation including colon, semi-colon, brackets, dashes and parenthetic commas
• Word– Violet Brand Spelling Made Easy, word roots, suffixes, prefixes and connectives

Mathematics

• Number – Addition, subtraction, long/short multiplication and division. Mental and calculator tasks. Estimation. Rounding. Place value. Square and cube numbers.
• Fractions/ decimals. Time. Directed and negative numbers.      
  
• Algebra – simple equations. Addition/subtraction of like terms. Formulae.
  
• Problem solving – involving money, time and algebra.
  
• Shape/space and measure – ancient measures, imperial and metric units. 2D shapes and circle properties.
  
• Handling data – collecting and representing data. Conversion graphs, probability, range, mean, median and mode.
  
• Practice CE 11+ papers and weekly mental arithmetic tests.

Science

• Safety Rules.
  
• Acids and alkalis.
  
• Electrical circuits.
  
• Forces.
• Magnets

French

• Revision and extension of home and school vocabulary.
  
• Activities in town and on holiday, school subjects.
  
• The world about us.
• Personal description.
• Grammar – Present tense verbs.
• Writing to a penpal.

Spanish

• Greetings
• Personal information
• Classroom vocabulary.
• Numbers, Days, Months, Alphabet.
• Where you live and come from
  

Latin

• Introduction to ‘The Roman Family’. The Roman Empire.
  
• Singular and plural vocabulary. Adjectives.

History

• Sources of evidence- primary and secondary sources.
  
• Victorian Britain.

Geography

• Population – Distribution. Changes in birth and death rate. Migration – push and pull factors e.g. from Mexico to USA
  
• Italy an EU country.
  
• Global knowledge – Continents, oceans, major rivers etc. Europe – main geographical features, countries and capital cities.

Religious Education

• About the Bible. Introduction to the Old Testament. God as Creator. The Second
• Creation Story. Cain and Abel. Noah and the Flood. Our responsibility for the environment. Abraham – The man who trusted God. Near sacrifice. Jacob and Esau.
  

Art

• Design – texture, shape, pattern, collage & printing based on various themes.
• Response to music and moods.
• Seasonal work.

Design Technology

• Drawing techniques – orthographic, isometric, single point perspective, two- point perspective.
• Tipper trucks – incorporating pneumatics.

Information and Communication Technology

• Multimedia presentation.
• Revision of previous topics.

Music

• Regular singing and ear training sessions including preparation for the Carol Service.
• Listening skills: Themes and variations – The  Enigma Variations by Elgar.

Physical Education

• Football, swimming, netball, rugby, unihoc and a variety of adventure activities.