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 | Ratio | When to add and when to multiply; using ratio language; introduction to the ratio symbol: ratio and fractions: scale drawing; using scale factors similar shapes; ratio problems; proportion problems; and recipes. |
| Number | Algebra | 1-step function machines; 2-step function machines; form expressions; substitution; formulae; form equations; solve 1-step equations; solve 2-step equations; find pairs of values; and solve problems with two unknowns. |
| Number | Decimals | Place value within 1; place value, integers and decimals; round decimals; add and subtract decimals; multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000; divide by 10, 100 and 1,000; multiply decimals by integers; divide decimals by integers; and multiply and divide decimals in context. |
| Number | Fractions, decimals and percentages | Decimal and fraction equivalents; fraction as division; understand percentages; fractions to percentages; equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages; order fractions, decimals and percentages; percentage of an amount, one step; percentage of an amount, multi-step; and percentages, missing values. |
| Measurement | Perimeter, area and volume | Shapes, same area; area and perimeter; area of a triangle, counting squares; area of a right-angled triangle; area of any triangle; area of a parallelogram; volume, counting cubes; and volume of a cuboid. |
| Statistics | Statistics | Line graphs; dual bar charts; read and interpret pie charts; pie charts with percentages; draw pie charts; and the mean. |
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 3 and Term 4 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.
Our Calculation Policy: addition and subtraction
Our Calculation Policy: multiplication and division