Life Skills Grade 6 Q&A
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Life Skills Grade 6 Questions & Answers
Life Skills Grade 6 questions and answers, organised term by term according to the CAPS Annual Teaching Plan (ATP).
We list the Life Skills Grade 6 Annual Teaching Plan topics for each term below, so you know what to study and when. Answered past paper questions will be added to each topic as soon as they are ready.
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37 ATP Topics
The Annual Teaching Plan for Terms 1 to 4, with what each topic covers.
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CAPS Annual Teaching Plan (ATP)
Term-By-Term Topics
From The Annual Teaching Plan
Self-Awareness
Identify own abilities, interests and potential. Discuss the relationship between abilities, interests, and potential. Create opportunities for makin…
Self-Esteem and Body Image
Develop Positive self-esteem by addressing body image. Discuss other influences on body image, such as media and society. Focus on Acceptance of the …
Social Skills
Examine Peer pressure, including examples in different situations (school and community). Learn Appropriate responses to peer pressure. Develop Probl…
Formal Assessment
Written task (30 marks) and Assignment/case study.
Activities
Participation in a variety of striking and fielding games.
Performance
Focus on Movement performances in these games, along with Safety measures.
Formal Assessment
Physical Education (30 marks).
Performing Arts
Improvise and create a short drama based on an African folktale or traditional story. Incorporate Expressive movement and mime to show emotions and c…
Visual Arts
Visual literacy: Identify monochromatic colour and balance in images. Create in 2D: Figures with animals (using drawing/colour media like pencil, pas…
Formal Assessment
Formal assessment task: Performing Arts (40 marks assessed with a rubric, covering at least two art forms).
Self-Management and Responsibility
Develop Self-management skills. Focus on Prioritising and time management. Develop an activity plan for responsibilities at school, house, and home c…
Social Challenges and Ethics
Examine Bullying: reasons for bullying and Getting out of the bullying habit (where to find help). Study Cultural rites of passage (e.g., birth, bapt…
Formal Assessment
Controlled test (30 marks, covering Terms 1 and 2 content). The test outline includes matching, fill-in, short open-ended questions, and one question…
Activities
Participation in a physical fitness programme to develop particular aspects of fitness.
Performance
Focus on Movement performance in the fitness programme, along with safety measures.
Formal Assessment
Physical education (30 marks).
Visual Arts
Visual literacy: Identify balance and relevant art elements in lettering and radiating patterns. Create in 2D: Creative lettering and/or radiating pa…
Performing Arts
Read, interpret and perform a cultural dance. Rehearse the cultural dance for presentation of patterns, repetition, and sequencing. Improvise and cre…
Formal Assessment
Practical formal assessment: Visual Arts (40 marks assessed with a rubric, either 2D or 3D task).
Caring for People and Animals
Caring for people: Communicating own views and needs without hurting others. Examine Acts of kindness towards other people. Taking care of and protec…
Social Issues and Heritage
Examine Nation-building and cultural heritage: definitions, and how cultural heritage unifies the nation. Study National symbols (flag, anthem, coat …
Formal Assessment
Project (30 marks).
Activities
Participation in rhythmic patterns of movement with coordination and control.
Performance
Focus on Movement performance in rhythmic patterns, along with Safety measures.
Formal Assessment
Physical education (30 marks).
Performing Arts
Read, interpret and perform songs from at least two cultural traditions of South Africa (in unison, canon, or two-part harmony). Improvise and create…
Visual Arts
Visual literacy: Identify emphasis and balance in images of people and/or objects. Create in 2D: Images of people and/or objects (reinforcing emphasi…
Formal Assessment
Formal assessment task: Performing Arts (40 marks assessed with a rubric, integrating dialogue and movement).
Hygiene and Safety
Study Food hygiene (safe/harmful ingredients, preparation, and storage). Learn Basic first aid in different situations: Cuts and grazes, burns, scald…
Disease Awareness
Study Communicable diseases (e.g., mumps, tuberculosis, common colds, chickenpox, COVID-19). Examine the Causes, Signs and symptoms, Prevention strat…
Formal Assessment
Controlled test (30 marks, covering Terms 3 and 4 content). The test includes short open-ended questions, factual knowledge, and application question…
Activities
Participation in refined sequences emphasising changes of shape, speed and direction, or swimming activities.
Performance
Focus on Movement performance in refined sequences/swimming, along with safety measures.
Formal Assessment
Physical education (30 marks).
Visual Arts
Visual literacy: Observe visual stimuli to identify art elements and design principles found in images of buildings, architecture and the environment…
Performing Arts
Improvise and create a Short story inspired by listening to a suitable piece of music and identifying its impact. Movement sequences to explore the s…
Formal Assessment
Practical formal assessment: Visual Arts (40 marks assessed with a rubric, either 2D or 3D task).
