Curriculum Overview 2017/18 Year Group Subject Autumn Spring Summer ( Driver) What s inside a memory box? ( Driver) ( Driver) Explorers and Adventurers 1 Literacy Labels, lists and signs Narrative: stories with familiar settings Poetry: Pattern and rhyme Ourselves- Animals including humans Working scientifically Why isn t everyone afraid of the dark? Light/ Seasonal change Where do leaves go in the winter? Why do we remember? Bonfire and Remembrance Day printing Portraits Leaf rubbings- William Morris Bird Feeder Making picnic food Celebration cards 1.3 We are painters creativity 1.2 We are TV chefs computational thinking Gymnastics and Games Dance and Games Narrative: Traditional Tales Labelling and captions Recount Poetry: Poems to perform Which birds and plants wold Little Red Riding Hood find in our school grounds / Locke Park? Plants and animals, including humans Which materials should the three little pigs use to build their house? Everyday Materials Where do the wheels on the bus go? / Build houses for the three little pigs looking at materials Wheels on the bus- building a carmechanism 1.5 We are storytellers Communication / Collaboration 1.1 We are treasure hunters- Programming SAQ and Gymnastics Dance and Gymnastics Narrative: Stories from other cultures Information texts Poetry: Poems to perform Why are humans not like tigers? Animals, including humans Why can t a tiger live in the North Pole? Why was James Cook a brave person? Thermal image paintings Ship drawings 1.4 We are collectors Computer networks 1.6 We are celebrating - Productivity Games and Athletics Athletics and Dance
The Victorians driver ( Driver) Africa driver Literacy Mog and The V.E.T: George s Marvellous Medicine adventure, Narrative Writing: Flat Stanley, 2 Descriptive writing, narrative story writing write a potion, The Village that Vanished - Kenya Oliver Twist: Writing a diary, writing in role, descriptive writing, Recount of visit to Beamish Florence Nightingale: Recount of her life (information text) Traditional Tales The Three Little Pigs, Instructions: Making a Smoothie Traditional Tales Jack and the Beanstalk Narrative Writing: Horrid Henry Poetry: Riddles Soya Soya non-chronological report Nelson Mandela non-chronological report Rosa Parkes recount of her life, Poetry: Alliteration What is our school made of? Uses of everyday materials How will 5 a day help me to be healthy? Animals, including humans How can we grow our own salad? Plants Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet? Living Things & their Habitats The Victorians life in Victorian Schools, workhouses, rich and poor children Florence Nightingale who is she? What did she do? Why is she remembered? Where would you prefer to live: England or Africa? How have Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela helped to make the world a better place? Textiles designing & making a Victorian Fan Drawing sketching a Victorian artefact exploring types of line, tone and shading Food and Nutrition Making smoothies Mechanisms Make a Kenyan Garimoto Hot car - Mechanisms (Wheels/axels) Collage Kenyan Themed Painting: Making masai warrior pictures Textiles Tie Dye Kenyan Pictures Programming and coding Using technology Handling Data Using technology Handling Data Gymnastics and Games SAQ and Dance Games and Gymnastics Dance and Gymnastics Athletics and Games Dance and OAA
( Driver) Who first lived in Britain? ( Driver) ( Driver) Literacy Stig of the Dump Class Read. 3 Descriptive Writing- Stig s Den Instructional Writing- Building a den. Performance Poetry- Stig. Persuasive Writing- Selling Stig s den. Narrative- Stig of the Dump. How can Usain Bolt move so quickly? Animals, including humans How far can you throw your shadow? Light Greek Myths and Legends. Scripts- perform and write. Greek Quest Narrative- Pandora s Box Poetry- Powerful Imagery List Poem. Letter Writing- Greek Myths. How did that blossom become an apple? Plants Explanation texts- Why do volcanoes erupt? Poetry- Shape Poetry- Volcanoes. Report Writing- Fossil Discovery. Non-chronological Reports. Are you attractive enough? Forces & magnets What do rocks tell us about the way the Earth has formed? Rocks Who first lived in Britain? Stone Age to Bronze Age. Stone Age cave painting Stone Age- Mechanisms for building Stonehenge. Why do so many people choose to go to the Mediterranean for their holidays? Why has Greece always been in the news? / Greece Clay pots Mediterranean cooking What makes the earth angry? Light collage Volcanoes making a volcano Data handling Saving and Retrieving Football and Gymnastics Gymnastics and Dance Programming and Coding. Multi-Skills and Tennis Dance and Netball Understanding technology- Using search engines. Address Bars. E-mails. Athletics and Rounders Fitness and Athletics
Romans ( Driver) ( Driver) Cities ( Driver) 4 Literacy The Roman Invasion My Story by Jim Eldridge Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong Stories with an historical setting Non-chronological report Recount: Newspaper report Poetry: Poems based on a model, e.g. Magic Box How would we survive without water? States of matter Why is the sound that One Direction make enjoyed by so many? Sound The Magic School Bus Inside the Human body by Joanna Cole Fox Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks Stories set in an imaginary world Non-chronological report: Leaflets Explanation Text: Flow chart with additional annotation Labelled diagrams What happens to the food we eat? Animals, including humans Which wild animals and plants thrive in your locality? Living things and their habitats Settlement on the River Thames Rob Bowden Narrative: Issues & dilemmas Narrative: Play scripts Persuasion How could we cope without electricity for one day? Electricity Why were the Romans so powerful and what did we learn from them? Why did the Normans build so many castles? (Early lawmakers) Where would you choose to build cities? Structures- Roman Shields Collage- Mosaic Textiles- Purses Drawing- Bayeux Tapestry 3D Sculpture /Electricity - Landmark with moving electrical parts Drawing-City Skyline Programming- Scratch Using and understanding Technology- Emails and internet search E-Safety- Keeping information private and sharing effectively. Rugby and Dance Dance and SAQ Programming- Scratch animation Data Handling- Database Using and understanding Technology- Storing information and flowcharts. Fact and fiction online E-Safety- How do passwords work? OAA and Gymnastics Tennis and Gymnastics Data Handingling- Database and data logging Programming- Explore inputs and sensors 2DIY and Hopscotch Using Technology- Share points and Qr codes E-Safety Football and Fitness Athletics and Cricket
( Driver) ( Driver) ( Driver) Literacy Poetry: Poems based on a model, eg. The Narrative: Fables and Legends Robin Narrative: Book studies based on Kensuke s 5 Door by Miroslav Holub. Hood, Beowolf Kingdom and Journey to Joburg. Recount linked to books The Time Explanation Text: Poetry: Narrative Poems The Travelling Cat by Julia Jarmen. There s a Magazine Article Highwayman, Pharoah in my bath by Jeremy Strong Letter Oracy and debate. Narrative viewpoint and different voices. Oracy and debate Oracy and debate Non-chronological reports Egypt. MUSIC Can you feel the force? Forces Could you be the next CSI investigator? Properties and changes of matter? How can we re-discover the wonder of Ancient Egypt? Ancient Egypt create their own mummy Line, shape and tone- water colours Programming creating flow charts, using Scratch with a design brief, 2DIY games Understanding Technology using a variety of search engines, how the internet works, e-mail attachments. E-Safety- protecting information online, digital footsteps, rights and responsibilities, protecting computers from harm Cyclical Patterns - rhythm and pulse Who knows exploring musical processes Will we ever send another human to the moon? Earth and Space Were the Anglo-Saxons really smashing? Why should gunpowder, treason & plot never be forgotten? (Oliver Cromwell)? Anglo Saxons Textiles Weaving and sewing Mechanisms moving mythical creatures Fire of London clay tiles Handling data-using spread sheets, databases, presenting and analysing data Using technology- applying skills, using online tools, combining media effectively. Solar Systems listening Journey into space exploring sound sources Do all plants and animals start life as an egg? Living things and their habitats? How different will you be when you are as old as your grandparents? Animals, including humans. Why should the rainforests be important to us all? Rainforest making a shelter Textiles/flexible sheet material Rain forest leaf printing Programming and coding- decomposing programmes into smaller parts, understanding variables to observe change, commands, simple operators, extending programmes, understanding the difference between algorithm and a program Cycles Structure At the movies composition
Dance and Fitness Netball and Dance Volleyball and Gymnastics Hockey and Badminton Gymnastics and Rounders Rugby and Athletics Year Group Subject Autumn Spring Summer World Wars ( Driver) 6 Literacy War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) In Flanders Fields Narrative: Historical - Flashback Persuasion linked to book Poetry: Personification and use of imagery Recount: Letters in role/obituary Physical Processes How can you light up your life? Light Could you be the next Nintendo apprentice? Electricity Wars that affected the World (World War 1 & 2) Drawing Perspective and Shading create atmosphere- Redcar Steel Works Electrical game/fairground WW1 Textile Poppies (Sewing) Programming Multimedia Technology in our lives Sports Hall Athletics and Rugby Netball and SAQ ( Driver) Pig Heart Boy (Malorie Blackman) The journey from the river to the sea. (Eve Ibbotson) Discussion for & against Monologue Discussion and debate Diary writing Processes and Living Things What would a journey through your body be like? Animals, including humans Have we always looked like this? Evolution & inheritance Will you ever see the water you drink again? Cooking- Rationing Collage Self Portrait Programming Handling data Multimedia Basketball and Gymnastics Gymnastics and Hockey I m a Year 6 pupil, Can you get me out of here? ( Driver) When you Reach Me Rebecca Stead Mayan Tales Explanation Text Biographies famous explorers Narrative: Shakespeare (Macbeth) Processes and Living Things Can animals really program themselves? Living things & their habitats Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from them? I m a Year 6 Pupil, Can you get me out of here? Cooking- baking bread Painting immediate local area that they have photographed using water colours Programming Multimedia Technology in our lives Cricket and Tennis Dance and Rounders