Whole School Curriculum Outline
Cycle A – Terms 1 & 2
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Good to be me and Our wonderful world | Great Fire of London | Stone Age | Invaders |
Key Primary ext | Owl Babies | Greek Myths | The Iron Man, Midsomer Nights Dream | How to train your dragon The Infinite Patience Agbabi |
Secondary Text | Handa’s surprise | House Held up by Trees, The Something | Stig of The Dump | Viking Boy Beowulf |
History | Family Tree, Toys from the past / Who is the queen? Remembrance | Great Fire of London | Neolithic Hunter Gatherers | Anglo Saxon and Viking Invaders and Settlers |
Geography | Where is my school? Where is my home? | Our Village, Countries and Capital Cities | Location of the Orkneys-Key geography skills | Location of Anglo-Saxon settlement geography skills |
Science | Similarities and differences | Sc1/3.1 Everyday materials | Sc4/4.1 Sound Sc4/4.2 Electricity | Sc6/4.2 Electricity Sc6/4.1 Light |
Art | Mark making/ collage with natural materials, primary colours | Painting and collage | Clay vessels | Clay, glazed celtic brooches |
DT | Free exploration of materials | Free Standing Structures- House | Simple Circuits including switch design | Circuits and more complex switches – (including programming) |
RE | Creation 1 / Incarnation 1 | Harvest / God 1.1 | Creation 2a/ Christmas in art. | God 2b.1 and Incarnation 2b.4 |
PSHE | Being me I the world F2 Celebrating Difference F2 | Being me I the world Y2 Celebrating DifferenceY2 | Being me I the world Y4 Celebrating Difference FY4 | Being me I the world Y6 Celebrating Difference Y6 |
PE | Games – manipulative skills Games A +D | Games – manipulative skills Games A +D | Invasion games Net and wall | Invasion games Net and wall |
Cycle A – Terms 3 & 4
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Let it snow, let it grow | Chocolate | Ancient Egypt | Rivers and Forces |
Key Primary Text | Lost and Found | The Chocolate Monster, Just So Stories | Varjak Paw | The Explorer |
Secondary Text | Jack and the beanstalk | Charlie& Chocolate Factory Grendel– A cautionary Tale | The Scarab’s Secret The time travelling Cat | Journey to the River Sea |
History | Making a time line | Achievements of the Ancient Egyptians | ||
Geography | The North and South Poles | Locating the world continents and com-parison with Kisii, Kenya | Location of continents and countries in the continent of Africa | River formation and features |
Science | Growth, decay and changes over time Life cycles | Sc1/2.2 Animals Including Humans Sc1/4.1 Seasonal Changes | Sc4/2.1 Living Things and their habitats | Sc5/2.1
Sc6/2.1 Living Things and Their Habitats Sc5/4.2 Forces |
Art | Printing with natural materials and mixed media | Fruit collage | Drawing– shape & pattern | Mixed media |
DT | Designing Easter gardens | Preparing Fruit- Where does it come from? | Textiles, 2d Shape to 3D product (bendy bags) | Frame Structures (Bird Hides) |
RE | Salvation 2/ Salvation 1 | Festivals , Shabbat, Easter | Pilgrimage / Kingdom of God 2a.6 | What does it mean to be a Hindu? And Salvation 2b.6 |
PSHE | Dreams and Goals F2 Healthy Me F2 | Dreams and Goals Y2 Healthy Me Y2 | Relationships Y3 Changing Me Y3 | Dreams and Goals Y6 Healthy Me Y6 |
PE | Gym and Dance | Gym and Dance | Gym/Dance/Swimming | Gym/ ORA |
Cycle A – Terms 5 & 6
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Once upon a time and Ocean Explorers | Predators and Prey | The South East through the wars | Earth Moon and Stars |
Key Primary Text | Zog | The BFG | Matilda | Chronicles of Narnia Anne Frank |
Secondary Text | Rainbow Fish | There’s a Lion in my cornflakes, Zoo | Poppy Field, War Game | Jamie Drake Equation Wonder |
History | Where do the old stories come from? How have they changed? | Historical figures- scientists and inventors-George Kames Symons | WW1 and WW2- battle of Britain | The history of astronomy |
Geography | Where are the lands and the oceans? | Micro habitats- location and mapping in the school | Location of Martello Towers and geogra-phy key skills | Hemispheres, time zones, lataitude, longitude |
Science | Living creatures you find in our Oceans | Sc1/2.1 Plants
Sc2/2.1 Living things and their habitats |
Sc3/4.1 Light
Sc3/4.2 Forces and Magnets |
Sc5/4.1 Earth and Space |
Art | Exploring Clay | Relief prints– making blocks | Mixed media | Painting-tones, tints & shades |
DT | Aquariums | Mechanisms- Sliders and levers | Shell Structures- Sweetie box | Textiles– combining different fabrics |
RE | Incarnation 2/ creation 2 | ‘Lost parables’ and Our Church | Gospel 2a.4, prayer and the role of the vicar | How do Hindus worship? Mosques– Islam |
PSHE | Relationships F2 Changing Me F2 | Relationships Y2 Changing Me Y2 | Relationships Y4 Changing Me Y4 | Relationships Y6 Changing Me Y6 |
PE | Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |
Cycle B – Terms 1 & 2
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Good to be me and Our won-derful world | Victorian Women | Romans | The Mayans |
Key Primary Text | Owl Babies | I am Rosa Parks Coming Home | Charlottes Web | Holes, Girl of Ink and Stars |
Secondary Text | Handa’s surprise | You wouldn’t want to be a Victoria, Lighthouse Keepers Lunch | The Roman’s Quest Empires End | The Chocolate Tree |
History | Family Tree, Toys from the past, Who is the queen? Rmembrance | Significant people and events in living memory | The Roman Empire AD42 and the power of its army | Mayan Civilisation |
Geography | Where is my school? Where is my home? | Countries and capitals in the UK, mapping skills | Location of Roma Empire and key geography skills | Location of Mayan Civilisation and geography key skills |
Science | Similarities and differences | Sc2/2.3 Animals including humans | Sc3/2.1 Plants | Sc5/3.1 Properties and Changes of Materials |
Art | Mark making/ collage with natural materials, primary colours | Painting– secondary colours | Mosaic | Lino printing |
DT | Masks | Preparing Vegetables- Where do they come from? | Pneumatics | Pulleys and Gears |
RE | Creation 1 / Incarnation 1 | Creation 1.2 and Gospel 1.4 | Jewish new year, Jesus thought on Christmas | Gospel 2b.5/ people of God 2b.3 |
PSHE | Being me I the world F2 Celebrating Difference F2 | Being me I the world Y1 Celebrating DifferenceY1 | Being me I the world Y3 Celebrating Difference FY3 | Being me I the world Y5 Celebrating Difference Y5 |
PE | Games – manipulative skills Games A +D | Games – manipulative skills Games A +D | Invasion games Net and wall | Invasion games Net and wall |
Cycle B – Terms 3 & 4
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Let it snow, let it grow | Rainforests | Farm to Fork | Ancient Greece |
Key Primary Text | Lost and Found | Jack and the beanstalk Tale of Peter Rabbit | Magicians Nephew Ice Palace | Boy At the Back of the Class, Storm Breaker |
Secondary Text | Jack and the beanstalk | The Great Kaypok Tree
Slowly, slowly, slowly, said the sloth |
The Sheep Pig | Who Let The Gods Out? |
History | Making a time line | Ypres tower- change over time | Ancient Greek life and achieve-ments and impact | |
Geography | The North and South Poles | Location of Continents and oceans and key skills | Study of the SE region including fieldwork | Greek location, continents, countries and capitals |
Science | Growth, decay and changes over time- Life cycles | Sc2/2.2 Plants
Sc2/2.1 Living things and their habitats |
Sc3/2.2
Sc4/2.2 Animals including humans |
Sc6/2.2 & Sc5/2.2 Animals including humans |
Art | Printing with natural materials and mixed media | Clay animals | Clay– green man tiles | Mixed Media |
DT | Designing Easter gardens | Textiles- Templates and joining | Heathy and Varied Diet | Food– celebrating culture and seasonality |
RE | Salvation 2/ Salvation 1 | Torah / Easter- Happy or sad? | Incarnation 2a.3 ? Salvaion2A5- Good Friday | A good life? Creation 2b.2 and Salvation 2b.7 |
PSHE | Dreams and Goals F2 Healthy Me F2 | Dreams and Goals Y1 Healthy Me Y1 | Dreams and Goals Y3 Healthy Me Y3 | Dreams and Goals Y5 Healthy Me Y5 |
PE | Gym and Dance | Gym and Dance | Gym and Dance / Swimming | Gym and Dance |
Cycle B – Terms 5 & 6
Peacocks Class | Kingfishers class | Pufins Class | Eagles Class | |
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Topic Title | Once upon a time and Ocean Explorers | Space | Plate Tectonics | Russia |
Key Primary Text | Zog | The Day the Crayons Quit Georges Marvellous Medicine | The Abominable | Hamlet, Skelig, The Highwayman |
Secondary Text | Rainbow Fish | Man on the moon Sea of Tranquility | Escape from Pompeii | Spies in St Petersburg, The house with chicken legs, Windrush Child |
History | Where do the old stories come from? How have they changed? | Significant person- Neil Armstrong and changes within living memory | Vesuvius and Pompeii | TBC |
Geography | Where are the lands and the oceans? | Location of Continents and oceans and key skills | Plate tectonics and associated physi-cal features and study of Southern Italy | Regional Comparison- Biomes |
Science | Living creatures you find in our Oceans | Sc2/3.1 Uses of everyday materials | Sc3/3.1 Rocks
Sc4/3.1 Sates of matter |
Sc6/2.3 Evolution |
Art | Exploring Clay | Oil pastels | Relief printing– polystyrene | Drawing |
DT | Aquariums | Wheels and Axles | Levers and Linkages (pop up book) | Working with Axles |
RE | Incarnation 2/ creation 2 | Kosher / welcoming babies | Passover, people of God 2a.2 | Kingdom of God 2b.8 / Moham-med |
PSHE | Relationships F2 Changing Me F2 | Relationships Y1 Changing Me Y1 | Dreams and Goals Y4 / Healthy Me Y4 | Relationships Y5 Changing Me Y5 |
PE | Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |
Athletics
Strike and field |