Literacy
Throughout the year pupils will be expected to respond to a wide range of literature with their own thoughts and ideas, both verbally and in writing. They will be studying passages from a Shakespeare play as well as classic fiction and poetry. They will look at a range of poetic forms including haikus, limericks and riddles and learn to compare works by different children’s authors. Non-fiction reading will include biographies, autobiographies, diaries, journalistic writing and non-chronological reports. By the end of Year 6 the pupils will have had opportunities to summarise a passage, chapter or text in a specified number of words and to comment critically on the language, style and success of examples of non-fiction. The pupils should be confident in their use of a variety of spelling strategies including using prefixes, suffixes and common letter strings, applying their knowledge of spelling rules and exceptions and building words from other known words. They will have a weekly spelling test based at two or three levels. Sentence structure and punctuation will be an important focus and by the end of Year 6 the expectations are that pupils will be confident in their abilities to form and to use a wide range of punctuation. Pupils will be encouraged to read as often and form as wide a range of literature as possible.
Maths / Numeracy
•Pupils will be expected to know all their times tables up to 12 x 12, off by heart and be able to recall them rapidly.
•Other targets will include:- multiplying and divide decimals mentally by 10 or 100, and whole numbers by 1000.
•Recognising squares of numbers and prime numbers to at least 20.
•Reducing a fraction to its simplest form.
•Finding simple percentages of small whole-number quantities.
•Consolidating all strategies for mental calculations.
•Using column addition and subtraction of numbers involving decimals.
•Using short and long methods in multiplication and division.
•Solving word problems involving numbers and quantities and explain methods and reasoning.
•Calculating the perimeter and area of simple compound shapes that can be split into rectangle.

Geography
The topic areas covered in Geography in Year 6 are:
Investigating rivers
Mountains
Cities
History
In History we concentrate on two periods, Ancient Greece and Britain since 1930’s.

I.C.T
The topic areas covered in I.C.T in Year 6 are:
Developing presentational skills through word processing for different audiences, using a variety of styles.
Producing step by step instructions through the use of flowcharts.
Using the internet to select a range of information and deciding what is the correct information.
Using spreadsheets and knowing that changing the variables will effect the result.
Using databases – collecting and interpreting data.
Using e-mail as a way to share information.

P.H.S.E.
The topic areas covered in P.S.H.E. in Year 6 are:
Bullying, Friendships and Relationships
Keeping healthy
Citizenship

Science
The topic areas covered in Science in Year 6 are:
Adapting to different habitats and food chains
Micro-organisms
Dissolving, evaporation and separating mixtures
Reversible and irreversible changes
Forces in action
How we see things
Changing circuits