British International College Cairo

Medium Term Planning Overview

Topic Africa

Year 6

KS2

Sam Finlayson

PE

Art Topic -e Scienc MATHSy Literac

AFRIC

Y5 & 6

September and October 2016

Week 1
w/c 18/09/2016

Week 2
w/c 25/09/2016

Week 3
w/c 02/10/2016

Week 4
w/c 09/10/2016

Week 5
w/c 16/10/2016

Week 6
w/c 23/10/2016

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Main theme:
Classic Fiction
The Jungle Book
by
Rudyard
Place
value and

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. Main theme:
Classic Fiction
The Jungle Book
by
Rudyardand
Decimals

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Main theme:
Classic Fiction
The Jungle Book
by
Rudyard
Subtraction

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Main theme:
Classic Poetry
The Walrus and
the
Carpenter
by
Shape
and

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SPAG Week
Spelling and
Grammar
Place value;

written addition

written addition

Multiplication

Y6 Place value in 6digit numbers (PV

additions/subtractio
Week
1

Y6 Understand
place value in
numbers
Week 2with 3

Y6 Add several
prices, then use frog
to find change from
20,
50
Week
3 and 100;

1. Sunday:
Reading poems
and preparing to
Mental
multiplication
and Fractions
Day 1:
Week 5

Day 1:
Week 6

Day & Night:

Changing
Shadows
History and
Music
Y6
Pre-History
African Batik
Flower:

Coming up with
the intergalactic
goods Geography
developing and
Science
Y6
Food Crops and
African Animals:

Planetary
scales modelling the
Geography
and
solar system
D&T
Y6
Shopping Bag
African Birds:

The minor
matter of how
the solar system
Geography
works
Y6 Continent
not Country
Mountains to
African Masks:

Zebra is one of the

animals that live in
Africa.

The Toucan is one

of the birds that
live in Africa. It has

Ritual and
ceremonial masks
are an essential

fitness elements
( speed balanceflexibility
Compatibility)

Fundamental of
volleyball
(serving passing
setting hitting

Athletics
( track and field )
That a large
number of children

Day 1 Y6 Classify
and sort
quadrilaterals.
Week 4

Stencilling
produces an image

fitness elements
( speed
balance-flexibility
Compatibility)

Written
multiplication

Sundial
designers and
time zones
English,
Science
detectives
& PSHE
Y6
The Healthy
African Portrait:

A Moon Month

It is very important
for us to depict the
different people of

The famous artist

Jen Adam.
She was born and

Fundamental of
volleyball
(serving passing
setting hitting

.1. describe the

movement of the
Earth,
and &
other
English
PSHE

Y6
Malaria
Mosquitoes
African Art:

Athletics
( track and field )
That a large
number of

TOPIC: WORLD UNITE get into the groove by exploring rhythm and melody in singing, movement and dance in this unit. The children
learn about beat, syncopation , pitch and harmony, and take a trip around the world to celebrate the universal language of music.
MUSICAL FOCUS: STEP DANCE PERFORMANCE

Music Y6
PSHE

Lesson Learning1.Exploring beat and

syncopation through
a song and body
percussion
Teaching Activities1.World unit body
beats
2.World unite in
syncopation
3.Compass beat
patterns

May be integrated
and planning
incorporated into
other subjects
*Arabic, Social
Studies and Religion
is on separate
planning grids.

Lesson Learning1.Developing coordination and

rhythm skills
2.Performing a
rhythmic sequence
to a piece of music
Teaching Activities1.World cup
passing game
actions
2.World cup
passing game
3.World cup tour

Lesson Learning1.Developing the

idea of pitch shape
and relating it to
movement
2.Understanding
pitch through
movement and
notation
Teaching Activities1.Latitude moves
2.Latitude melodies
3.Latitude voices

Lesson Learning
1.Creating rhythm
patterns
2.arranging
different musical
sections to build a
larger scale
performance
Teaching Activities1.World in harmony
2.Bringing the
world together
3.World unite
performance

Lesson Learning1.Exploring rhythm

through dance
2.Combining
different rhythms

Lesson Learning1.Exploing ways of

combining and
structuring rhythms
through dance

Teaching Activities
1.Flip flap up
2.Clap jump oo
3.Slap slap ha ha
stamp

Teaching Activities1.Two-part step

dance rhythms
2.Two-part step
dance moves
3.Mega dance