Author: Office 2016

English
Read and discuss our key text ‘The Giant’s Necklace’ by Michael Morpurgo.
Complete a range of writing about the story including a diary entry and a newspaper report.
Read and discuss a range of Word War One poetry.
Prepare poems to perform inspired by World War One events.
Edit and improve written work.

PE-Dance and Gymnastics
Practice and refine gymnastic techniques
Create complex sequences and adapt performances.
Demonstrate good kinaesthetic awareness.
Refine and improve dances adapting them to include the use of space, rhythm and expression.

Art—Digital Media
Create digital media artwork based on World War One poetry.
Design our own propaganda posters inspired by those studied from World War One.

Computing—Information Technology
Learn to format and use formulas in Microsoft Excel to solve specific problems
Design and create a spreadsheet for a specific purpose.

Design and Technology—cooking
Learn about rationing and food that was available and eaten during World War One.
Measure accurately and calculate ratios of ingredients to scale up or down from a recipe.
Create and refine a World War One recipe including ingredients, methods, cooking times and temperatures.

Music
Listen to a selection of jazz orchestral pieces and appraise using a wide range of musical vocabulary.
Use Glockenspiels to play the tune for simple jazz pieces.
Improvise jazz pieces using different rhythmic patterns.

Science
Learn about light and how it travels in straight lines and how we see. Find out how shadows are formed and predict the size of a shadow when the position of the light source changes.
To learn about electrical circuits and symbols and to investigate the effect of changing components in a series circuit.
Research the life and works of Thomas Edison.
In order to commit our learning to long-term memory, we will revisit and build upon our understanding of these concepts in the Spring term

Year 6 Autumn 2
What was the impact of World War One on Britain?

History
Investigate and comment on a range of propaganda posters from World War One and explain the emotional impact within the social context of the time.
Investigate the impact of World War One on people in Britain using a wide range of evidence.
Learn and understand how life in Britain changed during and after World War One.

Special Activities
Work in groups to research, plan, prepare for, promote and run an enterprise stall at the Christmas Fayre.
Lead the Christmas Service with Year 4 at St John’s Church.
Watch the Christmas pantomime at the Lichfield Garrick.

PSHE
Reflect and give reasons for why some people show prejudiced behaviour and sometimes bully for this reason.
Explain the difference between a passive bystander and an active bystander and give examples of how active bystanders can help in bullying situations whilst keeping themselves safe.

MFL—Spanish
Share opinions and preferences about school subjects using vocabulary to express justification.
Acquire vocabulary to accurately measure and tell time in context.

RE—Power
Explain what people might mean by power.
Explain how God’s power is significant for different people.
In conjunction with the WW1 topic, explain the significance of believer’s interpretations of God’s power.
Explain our own personal response to the concept of power.
Explain how power affects our own and other peoples’ lives.

Maths Fractions
Use common factors to simplify fractions.
Compare and order fractions.
Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions.
Associate fractions with division.
Geometry
Describe positions on the full coordinate grid.
Draw and translate simple shapes and reflect them.