Year 6 Curriculum map

Literacy and Language / Unit one
F - Robin Hood and the
Golden Arrow by
Geraldine
McCaughrean (A
legend)
NF - “The Sherwood
Bugle”
“Good Day!”
“TV Interview”
(Journalistic
writing) / Unit two
F - Rabbit in Mixer
Survives by Roger
McGough (Poetry:
the power of
imagery)
NF - “Should humans
really rule the
Earth?”
“Animals
Rule!....but which
one?”
(Argument) / Unit three
F - Brashems Tortoise
by Susan Price (A
historical story,
fiction genres)
NF - “Exotic Pets – the
facts and Figures”
“Are you sure you
really want one?”
“Protection of
Exotic Pets Society”
(Formal/impersonal
writing) / Unit four
F - Gone Away!
By Lou Kuenzler
(A story with
flashbacks)
NF - “Alexander Selkirk
Biography”
(Biography and
autobiography) / Unit five
F - The Elephant in the
Room by Lou
Kuenzler (A
playscript,
narratives and
plays)
NF - “Make memory
lapses a thing to
forget!
“Memoraid”
(Persuasive texts) / Unit six
F - I Believe in Unicorns
by Michael
Morpurgo (Authors
and text)
NF - “How does a story
become a Manga
graphic novel?”
(Explanations)
Topic / East Midlands or Yorkshire / World War 2 – The Home Front / Chile
Meaningful links / Robin Hood is set in the East Midlands.
Robin Hood is also linked to many different places in Yorkshire. / Brashems Tortoise is set during the world war in 1938. / Alexander Selkirk is the real life Robinson Crusoe who founded the island off the coast of Chile.
History/geography national curriculum coverage / Ge2/1.2a
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region in North or South America
*This topic will focus on a region in the UK, either the East Midlands or Yorkshire / Hi2/2.2 Extended chronological study
Pupils should be taught a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 / Ge2/1.2a
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region in North or South America
*This topic will focus on a region of South America - Chile