Curriculum Overview

English

*Recount

* Write next part of the story

Contemporary Fiction 

A Mouse Called Julian

*Describe/ Persuade

Travel brochure -Kenya

*Recount

Contemporary Fiction

Traditional Tales from Africa (Kenya)

*Narrative story

*Inquire: Interview

Contemporary Fiction

The Last Wolf

*Classic Fiction/significant author

The Tempest

*Recount: Diary

Personal Experiences

Poetry: Write a 4 line stanza 

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog

From a Railway Carriage

Explanation: Instructions

*Narrative

Quest/adventure

*Playscript: dialogue

In the Hall of the Mountain King

*Non Chronological Geographical Report

*Note Taking – Orkney Islands (stone age)

Maths 

Number: numbers 10 to 100

Number: calculations within 20

Number: fluently add and subtract within 10

Number: addition and subtraction of  2-digit numbers 

Number: introduction to multiplication

Number: introduction to multiplication

Number: introduction to division

Geometry: shape

Geometry: shape

Number: addition and subtraction of  2-digit numbers 

Measurement: money

Number: fractions

Measurement: time

Geometry: position and direction 

Number: multiplication and division

Measurement: capacity, volume, mass

Science 

Uses of Everyday Materials

Scientist focus: 

John Dunlop

Living Things and their Habitats

Scientist focus: Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter

Animals, including Humans 

Scientist focus:

Mary Seacole 

Environmental Study (sustainability)

Plants

Scientist focus: Gertrude Jekyll

STEM Project

Fossils and Dinosaurs

History

How has our high street changed or remained the same over time?

Continuity and Change enquiry

How do we know about the Great Fire of London? Why was this fire great?

Evidential thinking enquiry

Significance enquiry

How much did people’s lives change between the Stone and Iron ages?

How do we know about prehistoric Britain? 

Continuity and Change enquiry

Evidential Thinking enquiry

Geography

The UK-continents and oceans of the world

Where in the world is Flat Stanley?

Comparative study Settlements of the UK 

Case Study: Orkney Islands

Computing 

Computing and Networks

Information Technology around us

Creating Media

Digital photography

Programming A

Robot Algorithms

Data and Information

Pictograms

Creating Media

Making Music

Programming B

Programming quizzes

Design and Technology

Food

Preparing fruit and vegetables 

Project: Greek salad 

Food

Preparing fruit and vegetables 

Project: vegetable salad   

Mechanisms 

Wheels and axles 

Project: Fire engine (Great Fire of London)

Mechanisms 

Wheels and axles

Project: Create an imaginary vehicle  

Textiles

Sewing

Project: book mark (no join)

Textiles

Sewing

Project: Coaster

Music  

Pulse, Rhythm and Pitch 

How does music help us to make friends? 

Playing in an Orchestra 

How does music teach us about the past?

Inventing a Musical Story

How Does Music Make the World a Better Place?

Recognising Different Sounds

Developing knowledge of musical notation, learning to play the glockenspiel

Exploring Improvisation

How Does Music Make Us Happy?

Our Big Concert

How does Music Teach Us About Looking After Our Planet?

Art

Drawing

Mark making on different surfaces

Music as a stimulus

ICT as tool

Respond imaginatively to story

Draw a group of objects

Wassily Kandinsky

Howard Hodgkin

Painting

Respond to artists

Line, space, colour

Shape and pattern

Story as stimulus

Wassily Kandinsky

Anthony Frost

Collage

Respond to artist’s work

Cut, tear, arrange shapes

Respond to Op Art

Henri Matisse

Bridget Riley

Kurt Schwitters

Printmaking

Positive and negative stencils

Clay slab using 3 colours

Direct prints

Printed designs

Hans Hofmann

Sean Scully

3-D/Sculpture

Use a story as a starting point

Make coils with clay

Make forms from clay

Change form of clay (pinch, pull, smooth)

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aboriginal art)

Louise Bourgeois

Textiles

Dip Dye

Rubbings

Indian Relief Printing Blocks

Card Wraps

Monika Correa

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 

How should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter?

Who is Jewish and what do they believe?

Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? (part 2)

How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Part 2)

Who is a Christian and what do they believe? (part 2)

What can we learn from sacred books?

PE

Introduction to Invasion Games

Introduction to Invasion Games

Gymnastics

Athletics

Cricket

Tennis

Educational Visits

Local High Street

History

TBC

Tower of London

History 

Local Mosque

RE

N/A

Young V&A

STEM (tbc)

Estorick Collection

Art