Curriculum & Help with Homework

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 6

Light

Evolution and Inheritance

+ Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, Mary Anning

Pilgrimage

Natural world

World War II

(local history)

Frozen Kingdom

Sound – digital music

Family

La France

DT – seasonal cooking

Art – Linked to Frozen Kingdom and Northern Lights

World War 2 Songs

Music inspired by the Northern Lights

Netball

Gymnastics – jumping and vaulting

Touch rugby

Dance – March of the Penguins?

New Beginnings

Getting on and Falling Out

Earth and space

Electricity

Symbolism

Ethics and moral issues

Leisure and Entertainment

Local Study – Apsley High Street

Spreadsheets

Actions

Weekend with friends

DT – Marble structures?

Art – a sense of place

Journey Into Space –Exploring Sound Sources Gustav Holst

Sportshall Athletics

Hockey

Silent movies dance

Going for Goals

Good to be me

Classification Revision

Traditions

Beliefs about God

Mayan Civilization

Amazing Americas

Staying connected – wikis and blogging?

The future

Jobs

DT – moving vehicles

Art – Sculpture – Mayan clay masks

End of KS performance

Athletics

Fielding and striking games

Rhythmic gymnastics

Relationships

Changes – Moving on

Enterprise Topic?

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 5

Forces

+ Galileo and Newton

Animals & humans (circulation)

Places of Worship

Community

Tudors

Marvellous Maps (local study)

Data matters

“Big Data” -store and search methods, digital footprints, safety and security, design and search databases

Environment

Hobbies

Art – African Masks and meaning, Kente Cloth designs

DT – Bags

Cyclic patterns –African Rhythms

Who Knows? - Exploring Musical

processes

Rugby ( Saracens)

African Dance

Fitness Circuits

New Beginnings

Getting on and Falling Out

Properties of and changes in materials + Spencer Silver, Ruth Benerito

Founders and Prophets

Sacred texts:

Victorians

Our changing world

Robotics and Systems

Automation, programming language, programming devices, controlling inputs and outputs

Seasons

Eating out

Art – Printing – William Morris

DT - Cams

Roundabout – Exploring Rounds

Musicals – Oliver

Cross – Country

Gymnastics – bridges

Sports Hall Athletics

Tag - rugby

Going for Goals

Good to be me

Living things

Life Cycles / reproduction

+ David Attenborough, Jane Goodall

Festivals

Rites of Passage

Ancient Greece - a study of Greek life and achievements and their influences on the western world.

Fair Trade –case studies of banana, coffee and sugar production

Animation

School trips

Holidays

DT – global food

Art – clay faces, representing Greek Masks or people in action

Songwriter - Exploring Lyrics and Melody

Stars Hide Your Fires – Performing Together

Athletics

Fielding and Striking Games

Relationships

Changes – Moving on

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 4

States of matter

Water Cycle

Charles MacIntosh - waterproofing

Pilgrimage

Beliefs

Anglo Saxons

Raging Rivers

Accuracy counts

(internet, spreadsheets)

Months/Seasons

Family

River Art (painting)

Seurat

Pointillism

DT – Popup books

Play and perform – Recorders

Notation

Swimming/Tag Rugby

New Beginnings

Getting on and falling out

Sound Electricity

Symbolism

Ethics and Moral Issues

Egyptians

British Museum visit

All around the world

Developing Communication

(email, blogs, sound recording & editing)

Ourselves

What we look like

Egyptian Sculpture

(papier mache)

DT – light up models

Music composition History of music

Swimming ½ term

Mini Tennis and Hockey

Gymnastics – Shapes and sequences

Goals, achievements and consequences

Living things and their habitats (Habitats and classification) Animals and human(Teeth, Digestive system)

Carl Linnaeus – taxonomist*

Traditions Natural World

Vikings

Land Use

Programming and games

(simulations & programming)

Where we live

House/furniture

Aboriginal Art

DT – edible garden

Music appreciation

Aural memory

Athletics

Rounders/Cricket

Dance - Country Dancing (Val Sabin)

Changes

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 3

Rocks

Growing plants

Places of Worship

Sacred Texts

The Stone Age

The Rainforest

Digital images and animation

Greetings

Numbers

Stone Age Art

DT: Bread

Music Express

Tri-Golf

Swimming

Dance

New beginnings

Rules

Problem solving

Animals including humans (skeleton, muscles & nutrition)

Scientists and inventor

Festivals

Founders & Prophets

The Romans

Extreme Earth

Authoring

Age

Birthdays

Roman Art

Roman Mosaics

DT: Moving monsters

Music Express

Swimming (1/2 a term)

Ball games- Mini tennis

Goals, achievements and consequences

Forces and Magnets

Light

Community

Rites of Passage

Local study- Canals

Local study- Canals

Keeping informed

Colours

Pets

Canal Art

DT: Juggling balls

Music Express

Athletics

Introduction to cricket

Gymnastics

Relationships and changes

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 2

Uses of Materials

Special Occasions

Christmas

Great Fire of London (Samuel Pepys)

War and Remembrance

Talking & Sharing

(Communication & simulations)

Abstract art

Puppets

Exploring Duration

Exploring pulse & rhythm

Singing & Performing- Xmas

Games - Catching and throwing; Mini tennis

Dance

New beginnings

Getting on and falling out

Animals including humans (offspring and needs, exercise)

Plants

Our World

Easter

World around us

Japan

Getting Creative

(Creating digital texts)

Collage and painting

DT – dips and dippers

Exploring tempo & dynamics

Exploring sounds

Games

Gymnastics

Dance

Going for goals

Good to be me

Living things and habitats

Plants

Belonging

Special Stories

Seaside holidays in the past

Seaside

Visual Information

(Branching databases)

Mother nature

Winding mechanisms

Exploring pitch

Exploring instruments & symbols

Athletics

Games

Gymnastics

Relationships

Changes

Science

RE

History

Geography

Computing

FRENCH

Art/ DT

Music

PE

PSHE

Class 1

Seasons

Animals and Humans (naming and grouping)

All About Me

Christmas

David Attenborough

Extreme Weather

Let’s Create

Self Portraits

Mechanisms – moving pictures

Gymnastics – Travelling – body awareness

Flight – Bouncing, jumping, landing

Games – Mini tennis

Dance – Snowmen and Penguins (Top Dance)

New Beginnings

Communities

New beginnings

Getting on and falling out

Seasons

Everyday Materials

Special Places

Easter

Houses in the past

Transport

around the World

Starting Research

Buildings (Lowry)

Structures – houses & dens

Gymnastics - Rocking and Rolling Dance – We’re going on a bear hunt!

Feelings and Relationships

Good to be me

Going for goals

Good to be me

Seasons

Plants

Special Things

Special People

Paper Mill – Locations of historical significant – John Dickinson

Local Area

Discovering Programming

Van Gogh

Food – sensational salad

Athletics

Games – aiming games Dance – The Circus

Rules

Right and Wrong

Relationships

Changes

Reception*

Autumn Term

Starting school

Autumn & Harvest Festival

Eco

Fireworks

Traditional Tales

Winter & Christmas

Spring Term

New Year, Easter & other celebrations

Traditional Tales

Transport

Wizards

Mr Men

Summer Term

Spring & growing (frogs & plants)

People who help us (Opticians)

Animals including minibeasts

Moving up

Nursery*

Starting school Diwali

Holidays People Who Help us

Harvest /The Little Red Hen/The Enormous Turnip Christmas/Nativity

Autumn/Owl Babies

Bonfire night

Winter, snow and ice

Transport

Chinese New Year

Dinosaurs

Me, Myself, I

Easter

Growing

Pirates

Safety Week

Ideas for after half term include:

Under water, Zoo animals, Mini beasts and summer