English (including text)
Art
Subjects taught outside main theme
•Poppy time line
Science
•Poster design - Propaganda type posters
•Living things and their Habitats
•The Horrors of War painting
•Life Processes
Music
•Animal classification
•Letter home - Life in the trenches
•War Poetry
•Newspaper article - The Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
•Factual historical accounts
•Texts- In Memoriam - Ewart Allen Mackintosh
- In Flanders Fields - John MacRae
•World War 1 songs
- True Stories from World War 1 - Peter Hepplewhite
- Archie’s War - Marcia Williams
- It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
- Pack up your Troubles
- Keep the Home Fires Burning
- Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo
•Rhythm and Rounds
•Animal keys
•Habitats x 3 - Including a TASC activity on woodlice
•Assessment
History
•Key dates, characters and events
Geography
Term 1
•Locate world countries on maps - then (1914) and now (2014)
Triple Alliance, Triple Entente and neutral countries
British Empire countries
I.C.T. - Internet Research
•Causes of war
The First World War
- A significant
turning point in
British History
Useful Websites: BBC Schools WW1 Primary www.greatwar.co.uk
www.tes.co.uk
Christianity
•Christian values/War
•The Bible –Speaker – Steven Biddel
•Teachings and Authority
•Prayer
•Church visit – War memorial
•Remembrance Day
•Role of Chaplain
In addition - Harvest Festival
Drama/P.S.H.E.
•Countries involved
•Life on the Home Front
•Life in the Trenches
•End of the War/Peace Agreement/Remembrance
•Consequences of World War 1
Subjects taught outside main theme
RE
•First World War time line
P.E./Games
Outdoor - Hockey
Subjects taught outside main theme
Mathematics
•Role play - Children, Men, Women in
1914
Indoors - Gymnastics - Top Gymnastics Floor and apparatus
Scholastic 2014 Curriculum for Year 6
•Emotions as a result of war
•Steady as a rock
•Addition and Subtraction
•Stress/Relaxation
•Hold and Control
•Multiplication and Division x 2
•Co-operation/Conflict
•Friendship
•Dance to World War 1 songs
•Ship shape
•Shape up
•Number and Place Value
•Geometry - Properties of Shapes
Additional English
S.P.A.G. - Follow Rising Stars
scheme (weekly lesson)
Guided reading (4 groups)
Computing
•Measurement
- Rising Stars ‘Switched On’
•Mental Maths (weekly)
Unit 6:1 – We are app Planners
•Assessment
(6 lessons)