Curriculum Overview

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

English

*Narrative

Alternative Traditional Tale

*Direct Speech

Fairy Tale

The Lost Happy Endings

*Geographical Report – Volcanoes and Earthquakes

*Note Taking

*Narrative: Traditional Folktale

When the Giant Stirred

Non Chronological Mentor Texts

*Explanation

Mummification -

*Narrative: new chapter

*Journalistic: news reporting

Kate on the Case

*Classic Fiction/significant author

Romeo and Juliet

Poetry

*Rhyming poem

Free verse

Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots

Narrative story

Contemporary Fiction

Call Me Lion

*letter writing

*Recount- Diary

*Narrative Story

Significant Author

Butterfly Lion

Maths

Number: place value

Number: addition and subtraction

Number: addition and subtraction

Number: multiplication and division

Number: multiplication and division

Measurement: length and perimeter

Number: fractions

Measurement: mass and capacity

Number: fractions

Measurement: money

Measurement: time

Measurement: time

Geometry: shape

Statistics

Science

 Animals incl Humans (skeleton)

 Rocks

Forces and Magnets

STEM Project

Plants

Light and Shadows

History

How much did Ancient Egypt change over time?

Continuity and change enquiry

Evidential thinking enquiry

How similar and different were the ancient civilisations?

Similarity and Difference enquiry

Evidential Thinking enquiry

What did the Greek city states have in common?

(Persia and Greece)

Similarity and Difference enquiry

Geography

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Hemispheres, latitude, longitude, tropics, physical geography

Exploring our Local Environment

How does food get to our plate?

Mapping, Europe, North/South America, environmental regions. Human geography, economics

Computing

Computing and Networks

Connecting computers

Creating Media

Stop frame animation

Programming A

Sequencing Sounds

Data and Information

Branching databases

Creating Media

Desktop publishing

Programming B

Events and actions in programmes

Design and Technology

Structures

Shell Structures

Project: desk tidy

Structures

Shell Structures using computer aided design 

Project: Gift box

Textiles

2D shape to 3D product (joining)

Project: pencil case

Textiles

2D shape to 3D product

Project: glove puppet 

Food

Healthy and varied diet

Project: wrap/ pita pocket

Food

Healthy and varied diet

Project: snack bar

Music 

Writing Music Down

How does music bring us closer together?

Playing a musical instrument

Learning to play the recorder, developing understanding of musical notation

Compose using your imagination

How Does Music Help to Make the World a Better Place?

More Musical Styles

How Does Music Help Us Get to Know our Community?

Enjoying Improvisation

How does Music Make a Difference to Us Everyday?

Opening Night

How Does Music Connect Us with Our Planet?

Art

Drawing

Pencils

Shading

Using story as a starting point

Develop part of an image

Pattern,  line and shape

Vincent Van Gogh

Painting

Colour tinting

Thick pain/short brush

Tonking & Sgraffito

Vincent Van Gogh

 Sean Scully

Collage

Responding to artist’s work

Op art

Paul Klee

Henri Matisse

Bridget Riley

Printmaking

Respond to artist’s work

Explore arts and crafts movt

Observe and sketch

Create printing block

Create repeating pattern

William Morris

Textiles

Explore pattern Dip dye technique

Collagraph blocks

Plasticine stamps

Lubaina Himid

3-D/Sculpture

Transfer designs to a 3D object

Roll and form clay slabs

3D relief surfaces

Lucie Rie

Howard Hodgkin

Li Hongbo

PSHE/ safeguarding

Physical & Mental Health

Keeping Safe

Relationships: Friends & Family

Respectful & safe Relationships

Living in the Wider World: Financial Literacy

Health & Wellbeing: Ourselves- Growing & Changing

RE

What do different people believe about God? Christian focus and either or both Hindus and Muslims

What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? (part 1)

What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? (part 1)

Why are festivals important to religious communities? (Part 1)

Why is the Bible so important for Christians today?

 Why do people pray?

PE

Invasion Games

Football

Invasion Games

Tag Rugby

Gymnastics /Dance

Athletics

Strike and Field Games

Cricket

Net and Wall Games

Tennis

French

Half-term 1: Describing me and others

Half-term 2: Saying what I and others have

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol

correspondences) taught this term are:

[a] [o] [e] [i] [u]

Silent Final Consonant [SFC] -t, -s, -d

Silent Final E [SFe] [an/en] open and closed [eu] [ch] [au/eau/o/ô] [on] [ou]

Vocabulary: greetings, adjectives to describe mood and character, days of the week, nouns for possessions, positional prepositions in, on, under, ‘I have a present for’ story

Grammar: être (singular) regular adjective

agreement (-e) with and without pronunciation change, (-eux, -euse) and adjectives already ending in -e, avoir (singular), singular indefinite articles (un, une), intonation questions (including with quoi, où)

Half-term 1: Saying what I and others do

Half-term 2: Saying how many and describing

things

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol

correspondences) taught this term are:

[é/et/ez/er] [è/ê] [oi] [(a)in] [ai]

Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe a

range of activities, numbers 1-12, à meaning at, in, to

Grammar: -ER present tense (singular), singular definite articles (le, la), regular plural marking on nouns (-s), plural indefinite article (des), il y a, intonation question (including with combien)

Half-term 1: Describing things and people

Half-term 2: Expressing likes and saying

what I and others do

Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [SFe]

soft [c/ç] [-ien] [qu] [j/soft g] [-tion]

Vocabulary: colour and other adjectives to

describe animals, story creation, loves and

hates, Hungry Caterpillar (rouge), revisit days, Toute une année (jaune) months

Grammar: revisit definite articles & adjective agreement, subject pronouns (il/elle) with objects to mean ‘it’, plural definite article (les), using aimer | détester + definite article, revisit intonation questions (including with comment, quand)

Educational Visits

Natural History Museum

Geography

British Museum

History

Local Field Study

Geography

William Morris Gallery

Art

City Farm

Geography/Science

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