Lilongwe Private School

Curriculum Overview

Standard 6

Term 1

Subject Areas to be covered/learnt (in order of when they will be covered throughout the term)

English

a) fiction b) non-fiction c) poetry

a- Reading and analysing extracts from classic children’s fiction then planning and writing and episode in the same style Explore proverbs, saying and expressions Read classic fiction and become familiar with classic children’s authors To learn about authors writing in the 1st person (I) To know the difference between author and narrator To understand how paragraphs and chapters are structured and linked Plan and write a story using classic fiction as a model Write using paragraphs and chapters Edit and redraft writing b-Reading and analysing biography, autobiography and journalistic writing, them imitating the styles of writing Learn the styles and language of biography writing and understand 1st and 3rd person narration Look at how paragraphs, chapters and headings are used in biographical texts Consider features of journalistic style when writing biographical reports Develop skills of writing biography and autobiography Use journalistic style to write reports Edit and redraft their writing

HALF TERM c-Reading and discussing classic poetry and part of a Shakespeare play Read and enjoy classic poetry and become familiar with the poets Understand poems where the meaning is implied (not obvious) Begin to develop familiarity with Shakespeare and his plays Prepare and practice a short performance, then evaluate it 2a-Reading and analysing longer established stories, including suspense Introduce the active and passive voice Recognise the use of the conditional tense (if you are good, then we will) Discuss whether an author is successful in creating a mood or atmosphere in his/her writing, or creating suspense Plan and write a short story, using paragraphs and creating a mood or atmosphere. Edit work checking vocabulary, spelling and punctuation

EXAMS Finishing 2a

Maths

Number Recognise and extend number sequences, such as the sequence of square numbers, or the sequence of triangular numbers 1,3,6,10,15... Count on in steps of 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.5.... and then back Make general statements about odd or even numbers Solve mathematical puzzles or problems, recognise and explain patterns and relationships Multiply and divide decimals mentally by 10 or 100, and whole numbers by 1000 Use the vocabulary of estimation and approximation Consolidate rounding an integer to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 Understand relationships between the four operations and use brackets Extend written methods to column addition and subtraction of numbers including decimals Consolidate all learned mental strategies Estimate by approximating and check results Use addition and subtraction to solve ‘real-life’ problems, such as money, using one or more steps including finding simple percentages Check that answers are reasonable Use known facts and place value to consolidate mental strategies for addition/subtraction Check the sum of numbers by adding in reverse order Fractions, ratio, handling data Write the answer to a division sum as a fraction or as a decimal rounded to one decimal place Change an improper fraction to a mixed number and vice versa Recognise relationships between fractions and reduce a fraction to its simplest form Order fractions by converting to a common denominator Solve simple problems using proportion and ratio Use decimal notation for tenths, hundredths and thousandths Order a mixed set of numbers with up to three decimal places Use the language of probability Solve a problem by using data in tables, graphs, charts and diagrams including those generated by a computer Find the mode and range of a set of data

HALF TERM Number Understand the relationships between the four operations and use brackets Round up or down after division Know multiplication facts to 10 X 10 Approximate first Develop calculator skills and use a calculator effectively Use the relationship between multiplication and division Use multiplication and division to solve problems involving numbers in ‘real life’ such as money, using one or more steps including finding simple percentages Calculate quickly division facts of tables to 10 X 10, squares of multiples of 10 to 100, doubles of two-digit numbers, doubles of multiples of 10 to

1,000, doubles of multiples of 100 to 10, 000 Shape and space Describe and visualise properties of solid shapes and classify quadrilaterals Make shapes with increasing accuracy Solve mathematical puzzles or problems, recognise and explain patterns and relationships, generalise and predict Read and plot co-ordinates in all four quadrants Recognise and estimates angles Use a protractor to measure and draw acute and obtuse angles to nearest degree Measure Use, read and write standard metric units including abbreviations and understand the relationships between them Convert larger to small units and vice versa Know and use the relationships between familiar units of length, mass and capacity Choose and use appropriate number operations and ways of calculating to solve problems, including problems involving measures Appreciate different times around the world

EXAMS Review all past topics and challenging areas from the exams

Science

Human organs and systems Knowledge: Use scientific names for some major organs of body systems (heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, brain) Recap on using scientific names for some major Identify the position of major organs in the body Describe the main functions of the major organs of the body Explain how the functions of the major organs are essential Skills: Consider how scientists have combined evidence from observation and measurement with creative thinking to suggest new ideas and explanations for phenomena Food Chains Knowledge: Food chains can be used to represent feeding relationships in a habitat Construct food chains in a particular habitat Food chains begin with a plant (producer) Understand the terms producer, consumer, predator and prey Skills: Make comparisons

EXAMS Review all past topics and challenging areas from the exams

History

World War II

Know which countries were involved in WWII- who were the Allies and

who were the Axis?

How did WWII start? (Wall Street Crash, Great Depression, Rise of Hitler,

Invasion of Poland)

Learn about Hitler,

Learn about what happened to the Jews (holocaust)

Learn about communism and democracy (the Iron Curtain)

What happened during WWII in Africa?

Geography

Investigating rivers

Learn about the components of the water cycle

Know how site conditions influence the weather and how rivers erode,

transport and deposit materials to produce particular landscape features

Geography and numbers

Know latitude and longitude, identify time differences

Uses 6 figure grid references

Knows how to describe, locate and compare places

French

Topic Areas:

Introduction to French

French alphabet and pronunciation

Dipthongs

Greetings throughout the day

The verb ‘to be’ and composition of simple sentences

Numbers to 100 and beyond

Adjectives and possessive adjectives

Colours

Clothing

Animals

Talk about where things are (prepositions)

Telling the Time

Revision & Assessment