Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 6 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the spring term: ratio; algebra; decimals; fractions, decimals and percentages; perimeter, area and volume; and statistics. The blocks of learning for ratio and algebra have been moved to earlier in the year to give more time to consolidate these new concepts. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning steps then cover all the curriculum content your child needs to know in small related chunks.
This term’s small learning steps for each block
| Maths area of learning | Block | Small Learning Steps |
| Number | Place Value | Numbers to 1,000,000; numbers to 10,000,000; read and write numbers to 10,000,000; powers of 10; number line to 10,000,000; compare and order any integers; round any integer; and negative numbers. |
| Number | Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division | Add and subtract integers; common factors; common multiples; rules of divisibility; primes to 100; square and cube numbers; multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number; solve problems with multiplication; short division; division using factors; introduction to long division; long division with remainders; solve problems with division; solve multi-step problems; order of operations; and mental calculations and estimation. |
| Number | Fractions A | Equivalent fractions and simplifying; equivalent fractions on a number line; compare and order (denominator); compare and order (numerator); add and subtract simple fractions; add and subtract any two fractions; add mixed numbers;Â subtract mixed numbers; and multi-step problems |
| Number | Fractions B | Multiply fractions by integers; multiply fractions by fractions; divide a fraction by an integer; divide any fraction by an integer; mixed questions with fractions; fraction of an amount; and fraction of an amount – find the whole. |
One of the most important things for your child to have mastered and maintain is their knowledge of times tables. For an overview of our weekly times tables focus, please view our Term 1 and Term 2 Homework Grid. To complement their work in lessons reinforcing their fluency, recall and commutativity of these timetables, your child will be set a weekly activity to complete as part of their homework on Sumdog.