Year 6
Year 6 Curriculum Overview
Autumn 1 |
Living Things and their Habitat
-Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including microorganisms, plants, and animals
-All is One: Cells Cells are building blocks of living things |
Autumn 2 |
Living Things and their Habitat
-Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
-All is One: Genes and DNA Cells are instructed by DNA molecules
-Understand that DNA carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, and function of all known living organisms and many viruses
|
Spring 1 |
Animals Including Humans
-Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, lungs, blood vessels and blood
-All is One: Blood Cells -White blood cells are the cells of the immune system and they are produced in the bone marrow
-Red blood cells deliver oxygen to the body tissues via blood flow through the circulatory system
|
Spring 2 |
Animals Including Humans
-Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way bodies function
-Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans
|
Summer 1 |
Light
-Recognise that light travels on a straight line
-Use the idea that light travels on a straight line to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into our eyes
-Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
-Use the idea that light travels on straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them
-Understand that light is made of photons, which are a basic unit of nature called elementary particle
-Periodic table contains 118 elements that gives different colours of light |
Summer 2 |
Evolution and Inheritance
-Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
-Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
-Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
Electricity
-All Is One: time line of the universe -Atoms are building block of universe -Atoms differ only by the number of their protons -The movement of electric charges is an electric current and produces a magnetic field -the presence of electric charges produces an electric field
-Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
-Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, loudness of buzzers and on/off position of switches
-Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
-Understand the mechanism and structure of a simple device |