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Curriculum
Year 6
Project
During this term the children have been working towards answering the Essential Question of ‘Would you rather live in the past, present or the future?’
This has included:
English
- Writing a non-chronological report on the Indus Valley
- Making note from research
- Writing an explanation text on the Mayans
- Writing a recount about the school trip
- Writing a story using our imagination
- Writing a guide to the 21st Century
Maths
- Learning about 3D shapes and their properties
- Making 3D shapes
- Drawing 3D shapes
- Using a protractor to draw and measure angles
- Finding the perimeter and area
- Finding the mode, median, mean and range of data
- Making our own number Easter Island number system
Computing
- Researching historical facts
- Using ipads to make a fact sheet ‘Mayan v’s Egyptian pyramids’
- Making a PowerPoint presentation on Mayan Masks
- Researching a testable hypothesis about the past.
- Using mac book to write a guide to the 21st Century
Geography
- Using atlases to find areas around the world
History
- Learning about the Indus Valley
- Learning about the Mayan Civilisation
- Exploring Easter Island
Art
- Creating Mayan masks
D.T.
- Making a historically correct Mayan mask
Music
- Exploring Mayan music
R.E.
- Learning about the religious beliefs from the past
P.E.
- Creating a dance linked to the Mayan myth ‘The Hero Twins’
Experiences to enhance the learning have been:
- A practical workshop making Mayan masks with 20:21 arts
- A trip to Bradford’s National Media Museum to look at technology from the past.
- The final project included burying a time capsule with the 21st Century guides that the children created.
In addition to the projects running your child has also been taught ‘stand-alone’ lessons including Maths skills, English skills, Guided reading, Swimming, Personal Development, Religious Education and Singing. They have also being learning exam techniques in preparation for their tests.