Read a broad range of genres
Recommend books to others
Make comparisons within/across books
Support inferences with evidence
Summarising key points from texts
Identify how language, structure, etc. contribute to meaning
Discuss use of language, including figurative
Discuss and explain reading, providing reasoned justifications for views
Use knowledge of morphology & etymology in spelling
Develop legible personal handwriting style
Plan writing to suit audience and purpose, use models of writing
Develop character and setting in narrative
Select grammar and vocabulary for effect
Use a wide range of cohesive devices
Ensure grammatical consistency
Use questions to build knowledge
Articulate arguments & opinions
Use spoken language to speculate, hypothesise & explore
Use appropriate register/ style
Use the passive voice for purpose
Use features to convey and clarify meaning
Use full punctuation
Use language of subject/object
Secure place value and
rounding to 10,000,000, including negatives
All written methods, including long division
Use order of operations (not indices)
Identify factors, multiples and primes
Solve multi-step number problems
Introduce simple use of unknowns
Confidently use a range of measures and conversions
Calculate area of triangles and other polygons
Use area and volume formulae
Classify shapes by properties
Know and use angle rules
Translate and reflect shapes, using all four quadrants
Use pie charts
Calculate mean averages
Compare and simplify fractions
Use equivalents to add fractions Multiply simple fractions
Divide fractions by whole numbers Solve problems using decimals & percentages
Use written division up to 2dp
Introduce ratio and proportion
The circulatory system, blood vessels and blood
Importance of diet and exercise
Planning and recording an experiment with a fair test and a control
Drawing circuits using the scientific symbols
Creating circuits
Renewable sources of energy
Classifying animals
Linnaean system
Microorganisms
Light sources and how it travels
Reflection
Refraction
Prisms
Inheritance & adaptation
Charles Darwin & the theory of evolution
Genes
Stephen Hawking & black holes
Libby Hyman & classification
Alexander Fleming & penicillin
Edward Jenner & vaccination
If you have any queries about this curriculum, please contact our Year 6 Class Teachers: Mrs Emily Sloan (ejs@farlingtonschool.com) and Mr Nic Cannon (nic@farlingtonschool.com)