Year 6

Class Information

  • Children are expected to read at home for pleasure. Reading comment tasks are done in school at 8.45-9.00am daily.
  • PE: The children will need their PE kits on a Tuesday (Modules 1, 3 and 5) and a Friday, and their swimming kits on a Tuesday (Modules 2, 4 and 6).

Please ensure all belongings are clearly labelled.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Where We Are in Place and Time

Central Idea: People’s actions can make a difference.

Lines of Inquiry

  • The type of actions people can make.
  • The differences that can be made
  • The effect of the difference

Previous Units

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the Planet

Central Idea: Tourism can bring benefits to an economy; however, it can cause problems in a local environment.

Lines of Inquiry

  • The environmental regions found in North America
  • Similarities and differences between our location and a place in North America
  • How tourism affects communities

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: How We Organise Ourselves

Focus: Justice

Central Idea: Democracy can provide a level of say in how justice is served.

Lines of Inquiry

  • How the UK justice system works.
  • How law and the justice system change over time.
  • How laws and justice are different around the world.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: How the World Works

Central Idea: Scientific and technological advances can change environments.

Lines of Inquiry

  • How electricity works.
  • How electricity use has changed over time.
  • The choices people make when using electricity.
  • Effects on the environment.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Who We Are

Central Idea: The work that charities do can change a person’s life.

Lines of Inquiry

  • The work of charitable organisations.
  • How everyday people help charities.
  • The impact of the Industrial Revolution on life today.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the Planet

Central Idea: Tourism can bring benefits to an economy; however, it can cause problems in a local environment.

Lines of Inquiry

  • The environmental regions found in North America.
  • Similarities and differences between our location and a place in North America.
  • How areas of natural beauty are changing due to tourism.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Who We Are

Central Idea: The work that charities do can change a person’s life.

Lines of Inquiry

  • What we are taught about charity through different communities.
  • How charitable organisations are organised.
  • Causes that charitable organisations support.
  • Where charities have promoted change to legislation.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: How The World Works

Central Idea: Scientific and technological advances can change quality of life.

Lines of Inquiry

  • Scientific and technological advances.
  • The impact of these on our daily lives.
  • The choices people make.

Unit of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Theme: Where We Are in Place and Time

Central Idea: Human migration is a response to
challenges, risks and opportunities.

Lines of Inquiry

  • Reasons for exploration
  • The effects of Tudor exploration
  • Migration in the modern world
  • Our families and migration