Whole School Overview 23-24

Curriculum overview

Anna at war

Anne Frank

English

Maths

Science

Continuing the narrative – third person

First person narrative

Letter (formal)

Diary

Persuasion – poster

Narrative poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals and percentage, division, ratio and proportion, shape, angles and statistics

Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand electrical circuits, Understand light and seeing, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Investigate sound and hearing, Investigate materials, Understand the Earth’s movement in space Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography Europe – Poland, Asia – Japan and Europe – Russia, Moscow Changes over time, similarities and differences and natural resources

History WW2, The Victorian era and The Incas Significant people and events

Flashback narrative – third person

Darwin’s dragons On the origin of species

Moth

Same event, 2 viewpoints – first person narrative Letter (informal)

Facts – magazine article

Discussion

Performance poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals and percentage, division, ratio and proportion, shape, angles and statistics

Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand electrical circuits , Understand light and seeing, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Investigate sound and hearing, Investigate materials, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand animals and humans and Understand plants

Asia – India, Australia and Africa – Tanzania Trade, climate change and volcanoes

The Victorian era, The Incas and WW2 Travel and exploration

Summer Geography

Fire girl, Forest boy

Rainforest Warrior

Time trails: Rainforest

Descriptive narrative – third person

Same event, 2 viewpoints – first person narrative

Explanation

Biography

Book review

Personification poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals and percentage, division, ratio and proportion, shape, angles and statistics

Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand light and seeing, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Investigate sound and hearing , Investigate materials, Understand the Earth’s movement in space and Understand animals and humans

South America – Brazil, Amazon and Venezuela and North America - USA Human impact, natural resources and cyclones

The Incas, WW2 and The Victorian era Culture and pastimes

Curriculum overview

Year 5

The Queen’s Fool A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare

English

Maths

Continuing the narrative – third person

First person narrative

Letter (formal)

Diary

Persuasion – poster

Narrative poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, division, percentage, shape, angles and statistics

Science Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography Asia – India (Delhi), Asia – China and North America - Gulf of Mexico

Population density, natural resources and

Tudors, Ancient Greece and WW1 Significant people and events

Flashback narrative – third person

Counting on Katherine

The story of Rover Summer

Same event, 2 viewpoints – first person narrative Letter (informal)

Facts – magazine article

Discussion

Performance poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, division, percentage, shape, angles and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Understand evolution and inheritance, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Nepal, Kathmandu Biomes, volcanoes and rivers/the water

Descriptive narrative – third person

The last bear

Shackleton’s Journey

Ice trap

Same event, 2 viewpoints – first person narrative

Explanation

Biography

Book review

Personification poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, division, percentage, shape, angles and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Antarctica Europe – Russia and Africa – Algeria, Algiers Climate change, natural resources, volcanoes and changes over time

Greece, WW1 and Tudors Society WW1, Tudors and Greece Culture and pastimes

happy mind – relate and engage

Arthur and the Golden Rope/How to train your dragon

The Dragon’s Hoard

Viking voyagers

English

Spring Science

The wild robot

The robot and the bluebird

DK Robot

Summer Geography

The upside-down river

Cinderella of the Nile

River – a dazzling geographic journey

Continuing the narrative – third person

Character description

Diary

Thought bubbles

Fact file

Persuasion – poster

Alliteration poetry

Maths Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, shape including angles, place value, division, position and direction and statistics

Science Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography

Europe – Denmark, Sweden and Norway UK counties Portland, Dorset and Lindisfarne, Northumbria

Similarities and differences of human features and changes over time, including coastal erosion

First person narrative

Setting description - third person

Diary

Facts – fact card (Y3) and leaflet (Y4)

Book review

Quatrain poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, shape including angles, place value, division, position and direction and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Investigate living things and their habitats and Investigate living things and their habitats

Wales - Brecon Beacons, Shetland islands, Scotland and Europe, Greece – Santorini The water cycle, similarities and differences in human features and earthquakes

Letter (informal)

Third person narrative

Diary

Explanation

Persuasion – advert

Performance poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication (and division), decimals, shape including angles, place value, division, position and direction and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans, Investigate living things and their habitats and Investigate sound and hearing

Manchester - River Irwell Chester- River Dee and Europe, Greece Changes over time of physical and human features and volcanoes and settlements

Relationships

Viking times, the Bronze age to Iron age and Ancient Egypt Conflict

Bronze age to Iron age, Ancient

Curriculum

English

Stone Age Boy UG

The Stone Age and Skara Brae

Continuing the narrative – third person

Character description

Diary

Thought bubbles Fact file

Persuasion – poster

Alliteration poetry

Maths

Science

Chandra’s magic light

Hortense and the shadow

Timeless Thomas Summer Geography

First to the top Mountains of the world

Great adventurers

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, shape including angles, place value, division and multiplication, decimals and statistics

Science Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography Orkney and Dumfries, Pembrokeshire - Pentyr Ifan and UK local study - Manchester Similarities and differences in human features, rivers and changes over time

First person narrative

Setting description - third person

Diary

Facts – fact card (Y3) and leaflet (Y4)

Book review

Quatrain poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, shape including angles, place value, division and multiplication, decimals and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Investigate living things and their habitats, Investigate living things and their habitats and Understand light and seeing

Cardiff, Asia - Nepal and Europe – Tenerife, Spain Changes over time, earthquakes and volcanoes

Stone age and Romans Significant people and events

Letter (informal) Third person narrative

Diary

Explanation

Persuasion – advert

Performance poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, measurement, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, shape including angles, place value, division and multiplication, decimals and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand evolution and inheritance, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement, forces and magnets, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Europe – Italy, London and Yorkshire –York Human and physical features, similarities and the water cycle

Romans, Stone age and Nepal Beliefs

My

Relationships and changing me

My

mind – relate and engage

Curriculum overview

description

Maths

Science

Vlad and The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London

Mr Fawkes, the king and the gunpowder plot

Creating a narrative with given characters

Rhyming couplets

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement, position and direction and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement and forces, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography London, UK, St Ives, UK and San Francisco

Human and physical features, similarities and differences

History Samuel Pepys, The Plague and Florence Nightingale

Significant people and events and conflict

and Computer

and

Tad Tadpole’s promise And the bullfrogs sing Summer Geography

Creating a narrative with given characters

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement, position and direction and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement and forces, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Hyde, UK, Chester, UK and Antarctica

Human and physical features, tourism, changes over time, seasons and weather

Emmaline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King and Charles Darwin Society, conflict and travel and exploration

E-safety, Digital Literacy and Information Technology

Dreams and goals and healthy me

and appreciate

The day the ocean went away

Somebody swallowed Stanley Clean up!

Continuing the narrative – third person Character description

Persuasion - poster

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement, position and direction and statistics

Investigate materials, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand animals and humans, Investigate living things and their habitats, Understand evolution and inheritance and Understand plants

Birmingham, UK, Kathmandu, Nepal and Florence, Italy

Human and physical features and tourism

L.S. Lowry, the internet and Apollo 11

Culture and pastimes, significant people and events and travel and exploration

E-safety, Information Technology and Computer Science

Relationships and changing me

My happy mind – relate and engage

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Curriculum overview

Samson’s Titanic journey

Salty sea dogs Spring Science

English Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Innovating a narrative

Postcard

Fact poster

Innovate a known rhyme

Maths

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement and position and direction

Science Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement and forces, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Geography Belfast, NI, New York and Sydney, Australia

Human features and tourism

History Grace Darling, The Titanic and The Globe theatre

Significant people and events, travel and exploration and culture and pastimes

The last wolf

The very hungry lion

National Geographic kids: wolves

Creating a narrative with given characters

Character description Invitation Fact card Rhyming couplets

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement and position and direction

Investigate materials, Understand light and seeing, Understand plants, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand movement and forces, Understand animals and humans and Investigate living things and their habitats

Hyde, UK, Cardiff, Wales and Mount Everest, Nepal/China

Human and physical features

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, Nelson Mandela and Howard Carter Travel and exploration, society and significant people and events

and goals and healthy

Summer Geography

Paddington goes to London

The Queen’s handbag

Paddington at the tower

Creating a narrative with given characters

Character description

Diary

Persuasion - poster

Performance poetry

Place value, fractions, addition and subtraction, shape, multiplication and division, measurement and position and direction

Investigate materials, Understand electrical circuits, Investigate sound and hearing, Understand the Earth’s movement in space, Understand animals and humans, Understand Evolution and Inheritance and Understand plants

Lima, Peru, Dublin, ROI and Edinburgh

Human and physical features and similarities and differences

Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria Society and significant people and events/society

Relationships and changing me

My happy mind

and engage

Curriculum overview

Reception Autumn

What makes a family?

Aaaargh spider

Family and me!

Monkey puzzle

My grandparents love me Spring Little acorn Tree

Bird builds a nest

Sharing a shell

What the ladybird heard at the seaside

Summer

The lonely beast

Blackbird, blackbird, what do you do?

The hundred decker bus

Stick Man

Literacy

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Captions

Performance poetry

Maths Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Expressive arts and design

UTW science

Drawing and printing

Construction and textiles

Nursery and action rhymes- me and my stories

Animals and humans, light and seeing, materials, plants, sound and hearing and movement, forces and magnets

UTW history Changes since being a baby, toys from the past and jobs in the future

Images of familiar situations in the past and compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past

People and places at home, in school and special places in our local area and in other countries

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Innovate to the tune of a known rhyme

Performance poetry

Postcard

List

Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Drawing, painting and collage

Food and construction

Nursery and action rhymes- everyone and our world

Animals and humans, light and seeing, materials, plants, sound and hearing and living things

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Captions

Performance poetry

Invitation

Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Drawing and sculpture

Food and construction

Nursery and action rhymes- funk and composition

Animals and plants, light and seeing, materials, sound and hearing and movement, forces and magnets, living things

Changes through the seasons, days of the week and at different times of the day

Images of familiar situations in the past and compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past

Countryside, Amazon rainforest, allotments, pond environments and maps of local area

UTW geography

Members of immediate family and community, maps and similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries

UTW RE Christianity and Judaism- special people

Christianity- Christmas

UTW computing

E-safety, Information technology- PicCollage and Computer Science- unplugged using mats and playing ‘Controllers and Robots’ to develop algorithms and positional language

Games, gymnastics and dance

Being in my world and celebrating difference

PSED

My happy mind – meet your brain

Different environments, maps and special places for the local community

Hinduism- celebrations

Christianity- Easter

E-safety, Information technology- typing club and Computer Science- plugged using BeeBots to develop algorithms and positional language

Games, gymnastics and dance

Dreams and goals and healthy me

My happy mind – celebrate and appreciate

Changes to buildings, journeys, holidays and jobs

Images of familiar situations in the past and compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past

Coastal area, Nepal, polar regions, Kenya and Trinidad and Tobago

Different environments, maps and similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other countries

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism- stories

Christianity, Islam and Judaism- special places

E-safety, Information technology- using a mouse to click and drag and Early Programming- Tynker JR

Games, gymnastics and dance

Relationships and changing me

My happy mind – relate and engage

Curriculum overview

Nursery

Autumn

Ten little fingers and ten little toes

It’s my birthday

The very hungry caterpillar’s birthday party

Higgly hen

What the ladybird heard

Literacy

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Puppets and role play

Nursery rhymes

Maths Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Expressive arts and design

UTW science

Drawing, painting and printing

Construction and food

Nursery and action rhymes and counting songs

Animals and humans, materials, movement forces and magnets, light and seeing and plants

UTW history Events today, this week and this term and our lives

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people and make sense of own lifestory and family’s history

School and routes to get there, jobs of family members and holiday destinations

UTW geography

Spring

Plants can’t sit still

Jasper’s beanstalk

Jack and the beanstalk

Oliver’s vegetables

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Puppets and role play

Nursery rhymes

Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Drawing, painting and collage

Food and textiles

Nursery and action rhymes and counting songs

Animals and humans, materials, movement forces and magnets, light and seeing and plants

Events and activities at different times of the year

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people and make sense of own lifestory and family’s history

Arctic, jobs in our local area and familiar routes

Summer

The train ride

Dig, dig, digging

The naughty bus

Going on a plane

Story map

Retelling the story (including Talk 4 writing actions)

Puppets and role play

Nursery rhymes

Number, measurement, pattern, shape and position and direction

Drawing and sculpture

Food and construction

Nursery and action rhymes and counting songs

Animals and humans, materials, movement forces and magnets, light and seeing and plants

Parents’ and grandparents’ memories

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people and make sense of own lifestory and family’s history

Nepal, Kenya, familiar routes and future holiday destinations

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people, countries in the world and their differences, different occupations and routes

UTW RE Christianity and Judaism- special people Christianity- Christmas

UTW computing

E-safety, Information technology- PicCollage and Computer Science- unplugged using Mr Potato Head

and dance

PSE Being in my world and celebrating difference

My happy mind – meet your brain

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people, countries in the world and their differences, different occupations and routes

Hinduism- celebrations Christianity- Easter

E-safety, Information technology- Music Lab and Computer Science- unplugged, following and creating algorithms

and dance

Dreams and goals and healthy me

My happy mind – celebrate and appreciate

Develop positive attitudes about the differences between people, countries in the world and their differences, different occupations and routes

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism- stories

Christianity, Islam and Judaism- special places

E-safety, Information technology- Music Lab and Computer Science- making toys work

Gymnastics and dance

Relationships and changing me

My happy mind – relate and engage