These are the buttons for going to teacher resources.
Above right is the search button. You can get to this 'toolkit' screen from the search, too. Most useful when students have a specific word in mind.
This is the main textbook. It opens in a new tab or window. To close the book, close the tab or window. On a mobile you can swipe to turn pages and also pull corners. On the top right there is a button for searching within the book. You can also zoom in on a page and drag the page to where you want it. Some books have videos embedded.

If there is an 'explorer' book opposite with a similar title it is also a textbook, but with a 2 year reading level lower than the main book.
These creative topics books cover specific topics and reinforce the main book. Use them as further reading, or when more detail is needed for project work.

The books are colour banded using a system of reading ability levels as is standard across British schools. If there are coloured dots, they tell of reading level and also guide you as to how hard the subject matter is: the more dots the harder it is.
This is the interactive topic. It covers the same ground as the book, but with less text and it focuses on read-outs. Suited to whiteboards as well as individual use. Each text passage can be read out and stopped by mouseover or tap. There is a question with interactive answer. Especially helps those with reading challenges.
This is the video gallery. It contains all of the videos in the i-topic and more. You can use this if you wish to manage videos rather than have them as part of the i-topic.
This is an interactive audio-visual experience. It contains a wide variety of topics to help students approach a topic in a less formal way. They select items and hear them read out. Copyright restrictions apply: the material cannot be used in other websites.
These are additional resources, such as topic books.
  • Statutory programme of study.

• The books below cover the ground needed for each statutory requirement.

• If you need guidance on how to teach the topic, take the academy course by clicking the 'Lessons' icon. (Also suited to parent use.)

• Remember you can enhance this by using our safe search. For example, search basalt, granite, humus.
• Also remember each book has its own search, top right immediately above the page.
• For teacher guides and more visit the academy links.

Year 6 has the following 5 themes. Please select the one you want:

1. Living things and habitats

2. Human body systems

3. Evolution and inheritance (scroll down)

4. Light

5. Electricity

3. Evolution and inheritance

• (a)recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

Building on what they learned about fossils in the topic on rocks in year 3, pupils should find out more about how living things on Earth have changed over time.



Text books and academy to use:


Specially written book for this topic.

More advanced.



Additional reading books to use:

Note: We have dozens and dozens of individual rock and mineral videos. Just search one, such as agate, granite. They are videos of artefacts held in the hand.


• (b) Pupils should be taught to: recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents .

Extra guidance: .
Rocks with fossils

Text books and academy to use:


Basic.

More advanced.

Additional reading books to use:


• (c) identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.


Text books and academy to use:


Textbook

Specially written book for this topic.

Widespread examples

Widespread examples


Additional reading books to use (there are dozens and dozens of examples you could choose from our library:



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