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Literacy
YEAR 6 – Rainforest
Letters / campaigns – talking about the destruction of the rainforest and their importance
Leaflets / posters – based on information about the rainforests, research projects
Reading comprehension – texts based on subject / use novels as part of comprehension questions
Speaking and Listening – debates between conservation and companies / fair trade and chocolate
Numeracy
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Temperature and rainfall
Data collection and creation of graphs and charts
Art and D.T
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History and Geography
Computing
KEY FOCUS
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Presentations based on what the pupils have learnt
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Using multi-media for film and photography
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Using reliable websites to collect information
Using maps to find:
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Continents, countries, capital cities
Seas, rivers, mountains, deserts,
rainforests, equator, tropic of
cancer and Capricorn
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Research and collect information on
different rainforests – one main
rainforest. Look at animals, tribes,
plants, layers of the rainforest
Human destruction and the effect
on the environment
Production of chocolate
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Creating war based art work for display
Researching artists who have depicted the
rainforests in a variety of ways
MASKS – creating tribal masks
CHOCOLATE MAKING – designing and making
chocolate bars and related products
Cooking and Nutrition
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Creating and developing new chocolate products
Explore food / fruit from the more tropical
countires
Science
 Habitats
 Food chain / lifecycles
 Plants – producing oxygen
P.E. / L.O.T.C.
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Shelter building for protection from the rain
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Link with numeracy and building and selling materials
for task of making a successful shelter
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Incorporate the use of the wildlife area and
protecting our own habitats and animals / plants
Literacy
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YEAR 6 -Rainforests
identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as
models for their own
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speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English while participating in discussions, presentations,
performances, role play, improvisations and debates; gaining, maintaining and monitoring the interest of the listener(s)
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noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary
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assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing proposing changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to
enhance effects and clarify meaning
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ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing
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in narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the
action précising longer passages using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs
using a wider range of punctuation and sentence structures; including colons and semi-colons, commas, brackets and dashes
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Numeracy
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Capacity and measurement
interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use
these to solve problem
calculate and interpret the mean as an average
Art and D.T
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6ADa - to create sketch books to record their
observations and use them to review and revisit ideas
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6ADb - to improve their mastery of art and design
techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with
History and Geography
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6Ga - locate the world’s countries, including
human and physical features
6Gb - name and locate counties and cities of the
United Kingdom, geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical characteristics,
key topographical features (including hills,
mountains, coasts and rivers)
6Gc - identify the position and significance of
latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern
Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic
Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time
zones (including day and night)
6Gd - understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the United
Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a
region within North or South America6Gg – use
maps, atlases, and computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
6Ge - physical geography, including: climate
zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the
water cycle
a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint,
Computing
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6Ce - use search technologies effectively, appreciate how
results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating
digital content
6Cf - select, use and combine a variety of software (including
internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and
create a range of programs, including collecting, analysing,
evaluating and presenting data and information
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6DTd - select from and use a wider range of materials
and components, including construction materials, textiles
and ingredients, according to their functional properties
and aesthetic qualities
Science
6S-LHa - describe how living things are classified into broad groups
according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities
and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals
6S-LHb - give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific
characteristics.
L.O.T.C.
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6S-EVc - identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their
environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
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Tending to the wildlife area and school grounds, making links with cooking
and history topic
6DTa - use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of
innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at
particular individuals or groups
6DTh - apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and
reinforce more complex structures