Year 6
The following is a summary of the Year 6 curriculum for 2017/18.
For more information, including overviews for subject areas, download the full Year 6 learning plan.
Terms Titles and English Texts
Term | Title | Texts |
Autumn 1 | Victorian London | Street Child by Berlie Doherty |
Autumn 2 | Victorian London | Far From Home: The Sisters of Street Child by Berlie Doherty |
Spring 1 | Shake Things Up | Wonder by R J Palacio |
Spring 2 | Conflict | Wonder by R J Palacio |
Summer 1 | Isle of Wight Project | Boy in the Stiped Pyjamas by John Boyne |
Summer 2 | Transition Project | Year 6 summer production script |
Writing Year Objectives
- Use of the colon to introduce a list
- Use of the semicolon to mark the boundary between independent clauses (for example, It’s raining; I’m fed up)
- Use of the colon to mark the boundary between independent clauses
- Confident use of adverbials such as on the other hand, in contrast, or as a consequence
- Use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
- To use brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
- To understand the use of the passive voice in writing
- Be able to link ideas across paragraphs using a wider range of cohesive devices:
- repetition of a word or phrase
- grammatical connections (for example, use of adverbials such as on the other hand or as a consequence), and
- ellipsis
- To use modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
- To recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing
- Understand how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms
- Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them
- Use dictionaries and thesauruses to check the spelling and meaning of words
- Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused
- Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters
- Understand the difference between vocabulary of informal speech and formal speech/writing (for example, find out – discover)
Reading Year Objectives
- Can apply knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (morphology and etymology), to read aloud and understand the meaning of new words
- Can continue to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
- Can read books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes
- Is confident to make comparisons within and across books.
- Can learn a wider range of poetry by heart
- prepare poems and plays to read aloud and to perform
- show understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience
- Child is checking that the book makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and exploring the meaning of words in context
- Are independently asking questions to improve their understanding of text
- Can summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details to support their main ideas
- Can draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions
- Can draw inferences justifying them with evidence from the text
- Can predict what might happen from both facts stated and implied in the text
- Can predict what might happen from both facts stated and implied in the text
- Can explain how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning of the text as a whole
- Is confident to discuss how author’s use language, is used including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader
- Is confident to discuss and evaluate how author’s use language, including figurative language, is used considering the impact on the reader
- In nonfiction is able to distinguish between statements of fact and opinion
- Can recommend books that they have read to their peers, giving reasons for their choices
- Is able to participate in discussions about books, building on their own and others’ ideas and challenging views courteously