CREATIVE CURRICULUM SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception Home Sweet Home Into the Woods Space
Dinosaurs
Life Cycles and Growing Under the Sea
Year One Journeys
Sparkle and Shine
China and Animals
Year Two Space Fire! Fire! Heroic Healers
Castles, Knights and Dragons
Plants and Painters
Eco Warriors
Archaeologists Rainforests The Seaside
Year Three The Stone Age Explorers
Roman Britain
Chocolate
Olympics
The UK: Crystal Palace
Year Four Terrible Tudors
Cloud Busting
Anglo Saxons and Vikings
The Mayan
Civilisation
Mythbusting
Africa
AfricaChallenging Stereotypes
Year Five Ancient
Greece
The Victorians World War Two World War Two Rivers
The Windrush
Year Six Ancient Egypt The Wild West
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters
Topic Overview
History Themes
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception
Gunpowder Plot
Year One
(significant historical events in local area)
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Year Two
Space through the ages
(lives of significant individuals)
Year Three Stone Age to Iron Age
(Changes in Britain from Stone Age to Iron Age)
Year Four Tudors
(An aspect or theme extending beyond 1066)
Year Five A study of Ancient Greek life (Ancient Greece)
Year Six Ancient Egypt (achievements of earliest civilizations)
The Great Fire of London (events beyond living memory)
Purpose of Castles
(changes within living memory)
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
(lives of significant individuals)
Artist and the History of their art
(lives of significant individuals)
Seasides Victorian Seasides comparisons
(changes within living memory)
Industrial Revolution
(theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge)
Native Americans and Settlers (a non-European Society)
Romans (The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain)
Olympics (An aspect or theme extending beyond 1066)
The UK: Crystal Palace (local history study)
Vikings (Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for control of England)
WW2
(theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge)
History of Crime and Punishment
(an aspect or theme extending beyond 1066)
The Mayan Civilisation (a non-European society)
History of Benin, colonisation of South Africa and the Apartheid (a non-European society)
Natural Disasters throughout history (Pompeii)
Post War England
The Caribbean
History
Overview
Geography Themes
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception
Year One Seasonal Changes (Human
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Seasonal Changes and Human and Physical Features
Map Work (Geographical Skills)
Name and locate countries in UK (Locational
Simple field work to study the school grounds
(Geographical Skills)
Compare human/physical geography
Year Two Continents and Oceans
Map Skills
Identify Human and Physical Features (Human
Rainforests compared to Crystal Palace
Identify Human and Physical Features
Simple field work to study the school grounds (Geographical Skills)
Use arial photos to recognise features (Geographical
Year Three Map and Compass Skills
Year Four
Human Geography: colonisation, settlements, natural resources (Human and Physical Processes)
Year Five Map skills and digital mapping
(Geographical Skills)
Settlement and Land Use
Year Six
Physical Geography: climate zones and biomes
Identify: equator, hemispheres, tropics, circles (Locational
Compare human and physical geography of UK and European country
(Place knowledge)
Name and locate countries and cities of the UK
Locate countries and cities, including land use and changes over time. (Locational
Locate countries
Settlement and land use
(Human and Physical Processes) Compare UK with North America
Map and Compass Skills
Map skills and digital mapping
Compare the UK with a European country
Physical Geography: River systems
Explore and explain topical geographical issues
Map and compass skills
Digital mapping (Geographical
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Physical Geography: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
(Human and Physical Processes)
and Physical
Processes)
and Physical Processes)
(Human
Knowledge)
(Place knowledge)
(Locational Knowledge)
(Geographical Skills)
and Physical Processes)
knowledge)
and Physical Processes)
(Place
(Human
Skills)
Skills)
(Human and Physical Processes)
(Geographical
Knowledge)
(Locational Knowledge)
and Physical
(Human
Processes)
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Knowledge)
(Geographical
(Locational
(Place knowledge)
Knowledge)
(Geographical Skills)
(Place knowledge)
(Human and Physical Processes)
(Geographical Skills)
Knowledge)
(Locational
(Place knowledge)
Skills)
(Locational Knowledge)
Overview
Geography
Science Themes
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Year One Seasons
Animals including humans
Seasons
Year Two Materials
Animals including humans
Plants Seasons Materials
Habitats
Year Three Forces/Light Electricity/Sound Plants/Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans/Materials
Year Four Forces/Light
Electricity/Sound Plants/Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans/Materials
Year Five Electricity/Forces Earth and Space/Evolution and inheritance Light/Materials
Year Six Electricity/Forces
Earth and Space/Evolution and inheritance Light/Materials
Animals including humans/Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans/Living things and their habitats
Science Overview
Design & Technology Themes
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception
Expressive Arts and Design
Year One
Boats (structures)
Year Two
Card making (mechanisms) Winter Card
Castles (structures)
Healthy Snack (food)
Musical Instruments (structures)
Puppets (textiles)
Moon buggies (mechanisms) Moon Buggy.docx
Biscuits (food) Biscuits.docx - - -
Year Three -
Year Four Money Containers (textiles) Year 4 Money Containers
Buzzer Game (electrical systems) 2 yearly rotated Science unit
LKS2 Electricity Process Diary- DT objectives.pdf
Bread making (food)
D&T Bread Design Year 3
Packaging (structures) Year 3 Packaging
Breakfast bars (food)
Copy of Year 3 - Healthy Breakfast Bar
2B Puppets PD.doc
Lighthouses (electrical systems)
Lighthouse Science DT Process Diary.docx
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Healthy Snack (food)
Snazzy Snack KS2 Planning
Moving Characters (pneumatic systems)
Year Five Forces (mechanical systems)
2 yearly rotated Science unit (no process diary, see science book)
Year Six
Bridges (structures)
Brunel Bridges Yr5 Process Diary.doc
Message machines (electrical systems)
Distance Communicator
Y6 Process Diary
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Healthy Snack (food)
Snazzy Snack KS2 Planning Pop up books (mechanisms)
Healthy Snack (food)
- -
Snazzy Snack KS2 Planning
Slippers (textiles) Slippers PD
Design & Technology Overview
Art Themes
Reception
Expressive Arts and Design
Year One Matisse Colour mixing Exploring different medias and textures Colour mixing Clay Paul Klee Self portrait
Developing own art Collage
Year Two Marble painting Self portraits Colour mixing silhouettes William Morris portraits painting/pastels Sculptures Mixed media pictures
Year Three Cave Art Water Colours Mosaics - - Jackson Pollock
Year Four Renaissance Painters Mixed Media Shields Masks
African artists - natural patterns and designs -
Year Five Clay vases - Blitz silhouettes Andy Goldsworthy Pop up books
Year Six Masks and Portrait Drawing Dreamcatchers Figure Drawing Graffiti Walk -
Six
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term
Art Overview
Religious Education Themes
Reception Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Year One Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Year Two Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Year Three Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Year Four Sikhism
Islam
Hinduism
Year Five Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
Year Six Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Term
Five Term Six
Year Group Term One Term Two
Three Term Four Term
Religious Education Overview
Physical Education Themes
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six Reception Physical Development Year One Gymnastics FS Gymnastics FS Ball skills (out) Dance (inside) Team games Dance Athletics FS Cricket/Rounders FS Year Two Netball Dance Football Dance Ball Skills Gymnastics Gymnastics Athletics Yoga Cricket/Rounders FS Year Three Gymnastics FS Gymnastics FS Netball Dance Hockey Dance Athletics Yoga Cricket/Rounders Yoga Year Four Basketball Dance Football Dance Netball/FS Gymnastics Hockey/FS Swimming Athletics Yoga Cricket/Rounders Yoga Year Five Football Gymnastics Hockey Gymnastics Netball/FS Dance Netball/FS Dance Athletics Yoga Cricket/Rounders Yoga Year Six FS Gymnastics FS Gymnastics Football Dance Netball Dance Athletics Yoga Hockey Yoga P.E Overview
Foreign Language Themes
Year One
Year Two
Year Three Greetings Colours & Numbers Days, months & seasons
Family & pets Body Parts My School
Year Four Greetings Colours & Numbers Days, months & seasons
Family & pets Body Parts My School
Year Five My Local Area Food & Drink Hobbies
Similarities and Differences
Our Precious Planet Holidays
Year Six My Local Area Food & Drink Hobbies
Similarities and Differences
Our Precious Planet Holidays
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Reception
Foreign Language Overview
Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education Themes
Computing Themes
Reception
Year One Technology around us Digital painting Moving a robot
Grouping data
Digital writing Programming animations
Year Two Information technology around us Making music Digital photography Pictograms
Year Three Connecting computers Desktop publishing Stop-frame animation
Year Four
The internet Audio editing Repetition in shapes
Robot algorithms Programming quizzes
Branching databases Sequencing sounds
Events and actions in programs
Data logging
Photo editing Repetition in games
Year Five Sharing information Video editing Selection in physical computing Flat-file databases
Year Six Internet communication
Webpage creation Variables in games
Vector drawing Selection in quizzes
Introduction to spreadsheets
3D modelling Sensing
Year Group Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Computing Overview
Music Themes
Year One
Year Two
Singing and Percussion Composing
Singing and Percussion
Singing and Percussion
Singing and Percussion
Singing and Percussion
Singing and Percussion
Year Three Recorders Recorders Recorders Recorders Recorders Recorders Performing
Year Four Singing
Year Five Steel Pans Steel Pans Steel Pans Steel Pans Steel Pans Steel Pans
Year Six
Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four Term Five Term Six
Year Group
Reception
Singing Singing Singing Singing Singing
Composing
Music Overview
