Curriculum Overview

RE – A Creative Curricular Approach KS1 Year 1 Christianity Judaism Church Visit – Mock Wedding/Christening Important People Advent/Harvest/Easter Expressing Meaning of Symbols Festivals Investigating and making/Drawing Artefacts Songs of worship Year 2 Christianity Islam Church Visit/ Artefacts Important People Exploring meaning of buildings, religious objects Advent/Harvest/Easter Dance Investigating and making/drawing Artefacts Songs of worship

LKS2 Year 3 Christianity Judaism Visit a Church/Synagogue Make artefacts Advent/Harvest/Easter Listening/Appraising Musical Styles Dance Drawing artefacts Year4 Christianity Hinduism Advent/Harvest/Easter Make artefacts Drawing Artefacts Listening/Appraising Musical Styles Dance Visit a Church/Temple

UKS2 Year 5 Christianity Islam Textiles Advent/Harvest/Easter Listening/Appraising Musical Styles Visit a Church/Temple Dance Drawing Artefacts Year6 Christianity Festivals Listening/Appraising Musical Styles Composing Buddhist Chants Advent/Harvest/Easter Visit a Church/Temple Drawing Artefacts

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Possible Links Science Art DT Music

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KS1 Year 1 North and South Poles/Equator Walkden compared to a NonEuropean City Under the Ocean Seasonal Changes Design Technology Artist Study Year 2 7 Wonders of the World -Continents UK Country - Beaches Capital Cities – Backpacking a route FOOD Design Technology Artist Study

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LKS2 Year 3 North America Earthquakes and Volcanoes Mediterranean Rocks Changing State Animals including humans

Year4 Climate Zones Artic and Antarctic Circle Deserts Mountains States of Matter Artist Study

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UKS2 Year 5 South America – volcanoes/earthquakes Water Cycle and Rivers (Linked to Local History Study) Biomes and Vegetation Belts Living things and other animals Artist Study Food Textiles Year6 Europe Mountain Prestatyn Living things and habitats Animals including Humans

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History Themes – A Cross Curricular Approach

Possible Links Music ART DT

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KS1 Year 1 Kings and Queens Our Living Memories – Changes Music of the Decades

Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Food/Textiles

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LKS2 Year 3 Stone Age to Iron Age Ancient Greece Chronological British History Related to Manchester since 1066

Music Listening, Appraising and Composing Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Artist Study Food Textiles

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UKS2 Year 5 Anglo Saxon Settlements British History Related to Manchester canals Leisure and entertainment in the 20th Century

Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Music Listening, Appraising and Composing Food Textiles Artist Study

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Year 2 History of Walkden/Salford/Manchester Current Topical News Country Music Listening, Appraising and Composing Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Food Textiles

Year4  Roman Empire  Early Civilisation  Historical Sites in Manchester Music of the Era Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Food Textiles

Year6  British History Related to Leaders – Edward the Confessor  British History Related to Crime and Punishment  History of a Non-European Society Observational Skills of Drawing artefacts Music Listening, Appraising and Composing Food Textiles

Science – A Cross Curricular Approach

KS1

LKS2

UKS2

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Link if possible MUST concentrate on SC1 for 1hr per week

Year 1

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Plants Animals including humans Everyday Materials Seasonal Change

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Year 2 Living things and their habitats Plants Animals including humans materials

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Year 3 Forces and Magnets Light Rocks/Volcanoes Animals, including humans Plants

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Year4 Animals including humans States of matter Sound Electricity Living things and their habitats

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Year 5 Living things and habitats Animals including humans Properties and Changes of material Earth and Space Forces

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Year 6 Living things and habitats Animals including Humans Evolution and inheritance Light Electricity

PE– in addition to the ED START coaches, you MUST complete a 1 hour session Page | 5

Geography

KS1 Year 1 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

LKS2 Year 3 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

UKS2 Year 5 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

Dance Gymnastics Games

Dance Gymnastics Games Swimming

Dance Gymnastics Games/Athletics

Year 2 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

Year 4 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

Year 6 (Use Valsabin scheme of work)

Dance Gymnastics Games

Dance Gymnastics Games/Athletics

Dance Gymnastics Games/Athletics

Computing – in addition to ICT Page | 6

Year 1

Year 3

Year 5

Email Powerpoint 2simple software tes iboard Beebots, Remote controls PAINT J2E, Jt5 Animation Internet Safety 2 simple music toolkit Year 2

Blogs/Twitter School Newspaper Anemoto GIMP Tes iBoard Espresso Coding/Scratch Internet Safety Publisher

Web design/HTML Publisher iMovies Garage band Excel Scratch/Hour of Code Google Sketch up/3d Design Internet Safety

Year 4

Year 6

Email/Twitter Anemoto Powerpoint PAINT tes iBoard Beetbot app/Scratch Jnr Internet Safety 2simple music toolkit

Emails/Blogs Web design/HTML iMovies GIMP Excel Internet Safety Publisher

Emails Blogs Web design/HTML Podcasting GIMP Espresso Coding Scratch/Hour of Code Google Sketch up/3d Design Garage Band Internet Safety

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SMSC – within ALL curriculum areas and a Focus of Lesson Observations

Whole School

SEAL FOCUS AREAS

Whole School Themed Weeks

Others

New Beginnings Getting on and Falling out Say no to Bullying Going for Goals!

Good to be me

Road Safety Internet Safety Water/Ice Safety Stranger Danger Fire Safety World Awareness Day

Healthy Schools Week Eco Week School Council Week House Events/Team Building

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