Year 6 Fastrain and Fastrain Extended Program (WA)

Term 1
Week 1 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Nouns, Lexicon
Week 2 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Proper Nouns, Personification, Skellig
Week 3 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Collective Nouns, root words
Week 4 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Abstract Nouns, Lexicon
Week 5 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Technical Nouns, Advanced Synonyms
Week 6 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Singular & Plural Nouns
Week 7 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Pronouns, Proofreading & Editing, Lexicon
Week 8 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Relative & interrogative pronouns, context
Week 9 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Demonstrative/Distributive/Indefinite pronouns
Week 10 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Review of Pronouns, Homophones, similes

Term 2
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Adjectives
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Demonstrative, distributive & indefinite Adjectives
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, interrogative adjectives
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Adjectives – comparative & superlative degree
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Idiomatic Language, skills revision
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Verbs
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Verbs, “ie”/”ei”
Week 8 — Term Test + Comprehension, vocabulary, word square, verb
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, verbs – agreement,
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, The “s” words, Adverbs – common & interrogative

Term 3
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Adverbs, proverbs
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, conjunctions
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, prepositions, fictional texts, spelling skills, synonyms
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, punctuation & interjections, word puzzles
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, subject of a sentence, understanding Humour
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure: the predicate, A potter summary
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, adding Adjectives, sentence structure: Direct Object
Week 8 — Term Test + Comprehension, vocabulary, Lexicon, sentence structure: Indirect Object
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure: complement, speech & presentation
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure: complement – II, Euphemisms

Term 4
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, riddles, first-second-third person
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, riddles, Gender based nouns & pronouns
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, nominative case, Picture puzzle
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, Objective case – verb, preposition, indigenous culture
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, objective case – infinitive, participle
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, “WA” words, possessive case
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, relatives, adjectival phrases, lateral thinking corner
Week 8 — Term Test + Comprehension, curiosity words, adverbial phrases
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, beyond planet earth, verbal noun phrases
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, idioms, participle & infinitive phrases

Term 1
Week 1 — Area & Perimeter, Coding & Decoding, Revision
Week 2 — Exam Hints, Algebra, Revision, PS
Week 3 — Logical conclusion, ratios, fractions and %
Week 4 — Exam Tips, Unit of measurement, PS
Week 5 — Exam Tips, Number, Measurement, time, distance and speed, perimeter & Area
Week 6 — Exam Tips, graphs, Challenging Questions
Week 7 — Lateral thinking, graphs, missing numbers
Week 8 — Work rates, profit & Loss, PS
Week 9 — Percentages, PS, Logic and lateral thinking
Week 10 — Simple Interest, PS, Exam question practice

Term 2
Week 1 — Concept teaching – introduction to science, Algebra 1, PS
Week 2 — Algebra-2, PS, Introduction to Geology
Week 3 — Directed Numbers-1, PS, Intro. to Biology
Week 4 — Directed Numbers-2, PS, Germination of Seeds
Week 5 — Area of triangle, PS, Acidity & Alkalinity
Week 6 — Pythagorean theorem, PS, The water cycle
Week 7 — Area, Logic & Lateral thinking, Sound
Week 8 — Term Test + PS, Concept teaching – Light
Week 9 — Simple equations 1, PS, Science – static electricity, attraction & repulsion
Week 10 — Controlled experiments, simple equations 2, PS, testing ideas & making observations

Term 3
Week 1 — Chemical (Endothermic reactions) Algebra-III, PS
Week 2 — Acids & Alkalis, Algebra-IV, PS
Week 3 — Starches & Fats, L.C.M, PS
Week 4 — Divisibility tests for 6/9/10, sums & differences, Exam questions
Week 5 — Fractions-I, Mixtures, PS, Logic & Lateral
Week 6 — Fractions-II, concept teaching – Magnets, PS
Week 7 — Rate, concept teaching – Magnetic field, PS
Week 8 — Term Test + PS, Concept teaching – Geometry
Week 9 — Ratio, magnetism & technology, PS
Week 10 — Direct proportion, forces & Motion, PS

Term 4
Week 1 — Mass and weight, significant figures, PS
Week 2 — Gravity, introduction to co-ordinates – I, PS
Week 3 — The moon and its phases, introduction to Co-ordinates – II, PS
Week 4 — Astronomy, algebraic expressions-I, PS
Week 5 — Stars & constellations, algebraic expressions-II, PS, logic & lateral thinking
Week 6 — The solar system, linear equations – I, PS
Week 7 — Earth Science, Linear Equation-II, PS
Week 8 — Term Test
Week 9 — Volcanoes & Cave formations, geometry, PS
Week 10 — Introduction to geology, square & square root

Term 1
Week 1 — Successful Exam Preparation
Week 2 — The sea and the sand
Week 3 — Mock Exam & Homework task
Week 4 — Poetry Interpretation
Week 5 — Developing Ideas
Week 6 — Narrative
Week 7 — Narrative – Fairy Tales
Week 8 — Writing a Discussion
Week 9 — Interpreting Graphic Stimuli
Week 10 — Explanatory Writing

Term 2
Week 1 — Persuasive Text – Developing a personal Brand
Week 2 — Persuasive text – Elevator Pitch
Week 3 — Drama texts
Week 4 — Short stories
Week 5 — Language Techniques
Week 6 — Test + writing short stories
Week 7 — The psychology of the antagonist
Week 8 — Description in Poetry
Week 9 — Humorous Poetry
Week 10 — Imaginative Diaries

Term 3
Week 1 — Enhancing Literary descriptions
Week 2 — Composing Dialogue
Week 3 — Empowering your orientation
Week 4 — The writing gym
Week 5 — Mid-term assessment
Week 6 — Imagery – Alliteration, assonance & Onomatopoeia
Week 7 — The power of personification
Week 8 — Explanation, procedure & Information reporting
Week 9 — Advanced narrative techniques
Week 10 — The highwayman

Term 4
Week 1 — The power of cartoon images
Week 2 — Diary Writing
Week 3 — Persuasive texts – radio interview
Week 4 — Poetry texts – imagery
Week 5 — Mid-term assessment
Week 6 — News texts – review & feature article
Week 7 — Delivering a speech
Week 8 — Writing gymnasium
Week 9 — The world beyond
Week 10 — The year in reflection