Pudsey Primrose HillPrimary School
Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School
Autumn 1
Year 6 Long Term Plan
What we are Learning
Reading
Our class reader this half term is linked to our History unit- The Odyssey by Homer
Our home readers this term are-
Holes by Louis Sachar and Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson
Writing
This half term pupils will plan and write : setting descriptions, informal letters, newspaper reports and their own Greek myths. They will consolidate spelling, grammar and punctuation rules.
Maths
This half term Year 6 will be focusing on place value. They will order, compare and represent different numbers up to the value of ten million. We will round numbers to 10, 100 and 1000 and then within ten million. After that, they will work on negative numbers by counting forwards and backwards through 0. Children will be problem solving and reasoning throughout their learning to deepen their understanding.
Ancient Greeks
This half term we are learning about :what life was like as a Greek and Spartan soldier, some key Greek battles and we will be studying the epic Greek myth Odysseus.
The Circulatory System
In Science we will be learning about the heart, our blood and our circulatory system. We will also be learning about Light and how we see things.
Ancient Greece Knowledge Organiser
Circulatory System Knowledge Organiser
w/c 12.10.20 Science - The Circulatory System
This week, Y6W have had a science week! They have found out all about how the heart functions, why we need blood and what its components are and the impact of diet and exercise on the body. To show their understanding, they later wrote a non-chronological report about the circulatory system.
w/c 12.10.20 - Science. Making blood to help understand its components.
