Autumn 1 2019

Year 6

The key knowledge and vocabulary to support this

topic

Adaptation – The process of change so that an organism

or species can become better suited to their environment

Body fossil – Preserved remains of the body of the actual

animal or plant itself

Breeding – The mating and production of offspring by ani-

mals

Environment – The surroundings or conditions in which a

person, animal, or plant lives

Evolution – The process by which different kinds of living

organism are believed to have developed from earlier

forms during the history of the earth

Fossil – The remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or

animal embedded in rock and preserved

Inherit – To gain a quality, characteristic or predisposition

genetically from a parent or ancestor

Offspring – A person’s child or children/ an animal’s young

Reproduction – The production of offspring by a sexual or

asexual process

Selective breeding – The process by which humans use

animal breeding and plant breeding to develop selective

characteristics by choosing particular animals and plants

Trace fossil – Indirect evidence of life in the past such as the footprints, tracks, burrows, borings and waste left be-hind by animals

The key vocabulary to support this topic

London, Thames, monarch, thief, crimi-

nal, rivers, plot, gangster, jewellery,

boroughs, county, master-plan, heist,

queen, plumbing, author, blurb, char-

acter, neighbour, humorous, cabbage.

The key skill I will use during topic

• Designing, making and evaluating

• Creating mood boards

• Using colour schemes

• Resilience

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Times tables

Read a book In

the Library

Maths

• Written methods – 4 operations

• Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

• Number word problems

• Time word problems

• Roman Numerals

We will be reading:

Gangsta Granny

We will be writing

• Information text

• Letter

• Adventure Story

• National poetry

day

Life

Being me in my world

MFL

All Around Town

Music

The History of music

Ben's parents listen to the

same Strictly Stars Dancing CD

over and over again.

You will be creating your own

playlist of music that Ben might

enjoy and compose a song that

the whole family might like?

Computing

• Algorithms

Write a set of instructions for

mazes. Upload pictures and

create backgrounds to move

Granny out of the maze.

Design and technology

The key skills will be designing, making and evaluating their

own jewellery designs that are fit for the Queen! They will

take inspiration from of the royal jewels and other costume

jewellery.

PE

• Rugby

Religious Education

What is Christianity?

What is Islam?

Who is Nelson Mandela?

Remembrance Sunday

Justice and Freedom

Art and Design

What colour schemes and pattern does Wil-

liam Morris use?

What patterns, pictures and stories can you

see in the various prints.

Choose your favourite William Morris Print.

Explain how it makes you feel and why.

William Morris, wall paper, patterns, tex-

ture

Geography

Name and locate some UK rivers ?

Why is London so densely populated?

What makes London a popular tourist

destination? Share your opinions.

What counties make up the UK?

Science

What is evolution?

What is inheritance?

What happens to living things over time?

Does every human evolve in the same

way?

evolve, inherit, develop, homosapien