Curriculum Overview 2015/16 Year 1 Literacy Narrative: stories with familiar settings Recount: news Computing Poetry: simple list poems Why isn t everyone afraid of the dark? Light/Seasonal change Which birds and plants would Little Red Riding Hood find in our school grounds/locke Park? Plants & Where do leaves go in the winter? fluorescent paintings- light show Leaf rubbings William Morris patterns Bird feeder 1.2 We are TV chefs Computational thinking 1.3 We are painters - Creativity : 3 weeks Narrative: Traditional Tales Explanation: labelling and captions Poetry: Poems to perform Which materials should the Three Little Pigs have used to build their house? Everyday materials Where do and did the wheels on the bus go? / Build houses for the 3 little pigs looking at materials Wheels on the bus- building a car (mechanism) 1.5 We are storytellers 1.1 We are treasure hunters - Narrative: Stories from other cultures Information Texts Poetry: Poems to perform Why are humans not like tigers? 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
Curriculum Overview 2015/16 Year 2 Literacy Narrative: stories with familiar settings & Fairy/Traditional Tales Recount: retell of an event Poetry: Calligrams What is our school made of? Uses of everyday materials How will 5 a day help me to be healthy? What would Dora the Explorer/Ben Ten find exciting about Redcar? / What were people who lived in Redcar like 100 years ago? Victorians Making a toy puppet - cooking : 3 weeks Narrative: Adventure Story Explanation Poetry: Riddles Where did that racket come from? Sound Where would you prefer to live: England or Africa? Africa/England - paint Masai people Africa/England Collage Narrative: Stories from the same author Non-chronological report instructions Poetry: by Tony Milton How can we grow our own salad? Plants Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet? Living Things & their Habitats How have Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela helped to make the world a better place? Nelson Mandela sketch artefacts Nelson Mandela -Make a Kenyan Garimoto Hot car - Mechanisms (Wheels/axels) Computing 2.1 We are astronauts 2.2 We are games testers - 2.3 We are photographers Creativity 2.5 We are detectives - 2.4 We are researchers Computer networks 2.6 We are zoologists- Productivity
Year Curriculum Overview 2015/16 3 Literacy Book Study James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl) Narrative: Quest or adventure Recount linked to book - diary Poetry: List poems How did that blossom become an apple? Plants How can Usain Bolt move so quickly? Who first lived in Britain? Plants painting Stone Age cave painting Stone Age- Mechanisms Animals - sketching : 3 weeks Narrative: Myths & Legends Instructions Non-chronological report: Spider diagram Basic Report structure Are you attractive enough? Forces & magnets 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 Narrative: Mystery cyclical diagram Poetry: Shape poems How far can you throw your shadow? Light What do rocks tell us about the way the Earth has formed? Rocks What makes the earth angry? Light collage Volcanoes making a volcano ICT 3.1 We are programmers 3.2 We are bug fixers Computational thinking 3.3 We are presenters Creativity 3.4 We are network engineers Computers networks 3.5 We are communicators 3.6 We are opinion pollsters Productivity
Curriculum Overview 2015/16 Year 4 Literacy Book Study Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (JK Rowling) Narrative: Fantasy Non-chronological 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 makes enjoyed by so many? Sound Why did the Normans build so many castles? (Early lawmakers) : 3 weeks Narrative: Issues & dilemmas Stories with an historical setting Flow chart with additional annotation Labelled diagrams What happens to the food we eat? Why were the Romans so powerful and what did we learn from them? Narrative: Playscripts Stories set in an imaginary world Non-chronological report: Leaflets Recount: Newspaper report Poetry Which wild animals and plants thrive in your locality? Living things and their habitats How could we cope without electricity for one day? Electricity Where would you choose to build cities? Norman Castles drawing a section of the Bayeux Tapestry Norman Castles Making a motte and bailey castle (mouldable materials) The food we eat making a digestive system (mouldable materials) The Romans making a Roman shield (stiff/ flexible materials) Habitats painting a flower Textile Sewing- flowers Electicity- landmarks ICT 4.1 We are software developers 4.2 We are toy designers 4.3 We are musicians Creativity 4.4 We are HTML editors Computers networks 4.5 We are co-authors 4.6 We are meteorologists Productivity
Year Curriculum Overview 2014/15 5 Literacy Book Study Kensuke s Kingdom (Michael Morpurgo) Narrative: Viewpoint & different voices Recount linked to book Poetry: Poems based on a model, e.g. The Door by Miroslaw Holub Could you be the next CSI investigator? Properties & changes of matter Can you feel the force? Forces Why should the rainforests (USA) be important to us all? Rainforest- Making a shelter Textiles/ flexible sheet material Rainforest-Leaf Printing : 3 weeks Narrative: Fables & Legends Magazine Article Letter Will we ever send another human to the moon? Earth & space Were the Anglo-Saxons really smashing? Why should gunpowder, treason and plot never be forgotten? Fire of London- Clay tiles Mechanisms- Moving Mythical creatures Narrative: Horror Non-chronological report: Comparative 2 subjects Poetry: Narrative Poems The Highwayman Do all plants and animals start life as an egg? Living things & their habitats How different will you be when you are as old as your grandparents? How can we re-discover the wonder of Ancient Egypt? / Anglo Saxons- Textiles Weaving and Sewing Ancient Egypt- Create their own mummy ICT 5.1 We are game developers 5.2 We are cryptographers 5.3 We are artists Creativity 5.4 We are web developers Computers networks 5.5 We are bloggers 5.6 We are architects Productivity
Year Curriculum Overview 2015/16 6 Literacy Book Study War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) Narrative: Historical - Flashback Narrative: Biography/Autobiography Poetry: Personification and use of imagery Recount: Letters in role/obituary What would a journey through your body be like? Animals, including humans Could you be the next Nintendo apprentice? Electricity Wars that affected the World (World War 1 & 2) Princess Blanket collage Electrical game/fairground Pastel silhouette pictures WW1 Paper mâché trenches ICT 6.1 We are app planners 6.2 We are project managers : 3 weeks Discussion for & against Narrative: Sci-fi Can animals really program themselves? Living things & their habitats How does climate and physical geography around the world determine its inhabitants? Cooking- Rationing 6.3 We are market researchers Creativity 6.4 We are interface designers Computers networks Article Narrative: Shakespeare (Macbeth) Have we always looked like this? Evolution & inheritance How can you light up your life? Light Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from them? Cooking- baking bread 6.5 We are app developers 6.6 We are marketers Productivity