Year 6
Year Group Leader - Miss Parkes (6P)
Teachers - Miss Parkes (6P), Miss Eatwell (6E), Mr Jones (6J)
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Ali, Mrs Sadiq, Mrs Latif (maternity leave) and Miss Bibi
Below is the AUTUMN TERM overview - this covers everything that your child will be working on throughout the autumn term in Year 6.
For the full year overview of all subjects covered across this year group, please click on the Long Term Plan link below:
Year 6 Long Term Plan 2025 - 2026
PARENTS' OVERVIEW - AUTUMN TERM 2025/26 (downloadable doc)
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Maths |
In Year 6 we follow a progressive approach where children get experience of mathematical concepts in blocks of a week or two weeks. They then revisit these concepts over the year to ensure they have mastered this knowledge and understanding. We encourage children to be independent learners in maths and they utilise their Maths Toolkit to support their learning when required. Over the course of Autumn term, children will learn about: Place Value and Rounding, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Angles and Circles, Multiples, factors & Prime Numbers & measures, Units of Measures, Comparing, Ordering, Simplifying Fractions, Multiplying Decimals 10, 100, 1000, Written methods of multiplication and division, Calculating Fractions, Interpret Data and Line Graphs as well as 2D and 3D Shapes. Children will also be taking the first set of assessment and practice tests.
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Literacy |
In Literacy, Children will be looking at the novel ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman. They will write a version of the story from the point of view of Putzi the cat. After looking at Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, children will write a newspaper report about the brutal murder of King Duncan as well as a witch’s spell! Later in the term, we will be reading a non-fiction text called One Boy’s War which charts the real-life experience of a young soldier in the First World War. To finish off the term we will also be letter writing, answering reading comprehensions and producing an account of what life was like for a soldier during the Great War.
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PE Physical Education |
In Autumn Term 1, children will be developing their personal skills. In this unit they will focus on improving their ability to improve through perseverance and regular practice, as well as building on their coordination and agility skills.
In Autumn Term 2, children will be practicing their social skills in PE. They will learn to cooperate with others giving feedback to improve their own and other pupil’s performance. Children will also help organise roles and responsibilities, guiding a small group through a task.
In Year 6 this year, children will also be working with coaches from Ultimate Sport, where they will apply their knowledge and skills to a variety of sports and will also focus on developing their tactical knowledge ready for sports competitions throughout the year.
Year 6 PE days are: Tuesday and Thursday. All children need to have a PE kit for these days as class session day may change.
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Science |
In Autumn term 1, children will be looking at Animals including humans. They will look at the main parts of the human circulatory system. Children will look at the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle. We will also consider how water and nutrients are transported within the body.
During Autumn term 2, pupils will look at Living Things and Their Habitat. They will investigate how living things can be classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences. They will consider micro-organisms, plants and animals. Children will use their scientific vocabulary to give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
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MFL Modern |
In French this term, children will learn how to describe a house, the different rooms and who lives there. They learn about prepositions to explain where items are arranged in their bedrooms and consolidate the grammar and vocabulary they have learned by writing a letter to describe their family, home and bedroom. They will also be looking at a football themed unit where pupils develop and practise many important learning strategies that they can use in their future learning of other languages and subjects. Children develop their reading, speaking and listening skills, responding to questions about footballers, building to writing their own football player profiles in French based on research of a chosen player.
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Computing |
Networks:
This unit allows children to learn more about what networks are, what they do and how they connect devices. Children also consider the safety aspects of networks, including the possible positive and negatives uses of networks.
Graphing:
This unit explores the benefits of creating common graph types, digitally. Children will create a range of familiar graph types using the 2Graph and 2Calculate tools, exploring features that make it easy to present data in the best possible way.
Blogging:
This unit allows children to explore blogs and their features, including how they can be used to engage an audience effectively. Children will plan and create their own blog post as well as commenting on other's blog posts.
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Music |
Over the course of the year, Year 6 will be covering a unit of music from Charanga. All the learning is focused around one song: Happy by Pharrell Williams - a Pop song with a Soul influence about being happy. What makes you happy?
The children will also be working with Kirklees music school to learn and hone their musical skills by performing with a Ukulele.
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PSHE Personal Social |
Children will be completing units from the ‘My Happy Mind’ scheme. Children will begin Autumn term with a unit called ‘Meet My Brain’. This module is focused on giving children a foundational knowledge of the brain and teaching them how they can look after their minds to be at their very best. It is important that children understand the following key concepts/topic areas by the end of this module as they form a key component of the CARE (Celebrate, Appreciations, Relate, Engage) model that follows later in the term/throughout the year.
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RE Religious Education |
Over the Autumn term the children will be exploring the big question: How and why are Jewish festivals celebrated today?
Children will understand what it is like to be Jewish, explore Jewish peoples’ beliefs about God; about how ideas of God are expressed in stories, celebration, ritual and action; about the great festivals of Rosh Hashanah, Purim and Hanukah, illustrating how Jewish communities learn and celebrate together.
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Art and Design |
In this collection of lessons, children will develop their skills in: design, drawing, craft, painting and art appreciation; working as a group to design a hat, creating zentangle patterns and subsequent prints, painting in the style of impressionist painters and exploring the piece ‘Nighthawks’ by Edward Hopper.
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DT Design Technology |
In Design Technology, Year 6 children will be learning to use microbits, which will incorporate some computing skills into their DT lessons. They will write a program that displays an arrow to indicate compass directions with an ‘On start’ loading screen, identify errors (bugs) in the code and suggest ways to fix (debug) them. As always in DT, the children will self and peer evaluate a product concept against a list of design criteria with basic statements to ensure their product is successful.
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History |
In History this term, children will learn about World War II. They will identify the causes of WWII and the different phases in the Battle of Britain. They will also develop their empathy skills by describing how children may have felt when evacuated during the war. During this unit they will also develop their historical skills, such as identifying the accuracy and reliability of historical sources and evidence.
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Geography |
In Geography, children will be carrying out an independent fieldwork activity. In this unit, pupils will give examples of issues in the local area, identify questions to be asked to find the relevant data and analyse the fieldwork data that they collect. For those children attending Cliffe House, this will also link with their activities on residential, such as locating points on an OS map and identifying areas along a route.
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Homework |
Every week Year 6 children will:
- be given a maths activity, either linked to their learning that week or revisiting a previously taught skill
- be expected to read their reading book and get their reading record signed x3 weekly
- play on TTRockstars and Spelling Shed
- learn their weekly spellings (each week has a different list focus that the children have been practising in school that week)
Each term Year 6 children will:
- be set their black book homework tasks. They need to choose AT LEAST 3 activities to complete which will be shared with their class and teacher. It could include art work, writing, computer presentations, 3D models, posters etc.
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Activity Chosen: (Tick) |
Year 6 Autumn Term 2025 Black Book Homework Tasks |
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Think about the story Clockwork. Imagine you are Karl – you must design your own clockwork figure to go in the clock tower of Glockenheim. Be sure to annotate your figure to explain what it does/how it moves and works. You could make it, if you are feeling creative! |
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PSHE/My Happy Mind: draw an image of yourself and annotate what makes you so special and unique. Think about your physical appearance as well as your personality… remember you are GREAT! |
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You have been learning all about the human body and the role of key organs like the lungs and heart. Show me what you know… this could include sketches of the body with labelled paragraphs/ 3D models or simply an informative piece of writing. |
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Research an aspect of WWII and create a pop up diagram related to it. Think back to the pop ups you did in Y5- slider, box fold, mouth fold, lever, spring. |
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Write a WWII poem from the point of view of a WWII soldier (first person). It does not have to rhyme if you don’t want it to. Remember to use verses and capitalisation. |
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In Geography you have been collecting data about traffic in the local area. Design a road safety warning sign that reminds drivers/road users to slow down. You could present your design in a red ‘warning triangle’. |
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Produce a piece of work relating to the story of Macbeth e.g. a storyboard, book review, Witches spell etc. How could you present the piece of writing? |
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Design your own French house. Can you label the different rooms or items within it? You could make a 3D model house using a shoebox and attach labels. |
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In Design Technology we created our own Automata toys… can you create a different design using similar techniques? Remember the need for health and safety and ask an adult if required. |
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In Art you have been learning about the impressionist painter Claude Monet, can you choose a famous artist of your own to write a fact file about and then produce a piece of artwork of a similar style? |
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Create a storyboard for the ‘Christmas Story’ as observed by Christians.
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