Our Curriclum
Our class curriculum overviews can be viewed below.
| Class 1 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Super me! | Around the world | Amazing Art and Crazy Crafts | Secret life of animals | Natural World | Carnival |
| Communication and language | Circle Time
Playing together Likes and dislikes Rhymes and story bag Following instructions |
Circle Time
Playing together Likes and dislikes Rhymes/stories Listening to music link with pictures – The snowman and Snowdog |
Circle time
Sharing stories with other year groups |
Circle Time
Show and Share |
Retelling stories
Following instructions Rhymes and chants |
Listening attentively
Creating stories and rhymes Speaking confidently and clearly to others |
| Physical Development | Movement songs
Being healthy Bikes – pushing, pedalling Finger gym and dough disco Year One
Music and Movement |
Dance and movement.
Go Noodle and Cosmic Kids Yoga Finger gym and dough disco |
Outside equipment – control of movement.
Basic equipment in PE Finger gym and dough disco Year One
Gymnastics |
Hopping, jumping and moving freely
Team games Finger gym and dough disco |
Digging
Sandcastles Water play Handling tools PE – Parachute games Finger gym and dough disco Year One
Games |
Ball skills
Bikes – Gross Motor Finger gym and dough disco Year One
Team Games |
| Personal, Social and Emotional Development
(PSHE Year One) |
Learning rules and expectations of our new class.
Turn taking. Interaction. Making positive relationships. Managing feelings. |
Managing feelings.
Sharing with friends. Turn taking. What does a good friend look like? Healthy eating |
Trying new things and building confidence
Promoting independence Managing feelings |
Show care for living things
Promoting independence Working together Helping Self-care routines |
Promoting independence
Being a kind friend Circle time |
New beginnings, moving on
Managing feelings when things are changing |
| Literacy | Book focus – Charlie and Lola I am absolutely too small for school
A unique me Elmer Phonics Year One Narrative Recount |
Book focus –
Meerkat Mail
Year One Instructions Letters and postcards |
Book focus – The day the crayons quit
Year One Recount Instructions Leaflets |
Book focus – Gerald the giraffe can’t dance
Year One Fact files Recount |
Book focus – Lost and found
Year One Persuasive Writing |
Book focus –
Year One Brochure |
| Maths | Number 1-10
Recognition. Reliably counting 1:1 correspondence Number songs. Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation |
Number 1-10 counting and recognition
Addition Number songs Shape – 2D 1 more than Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation |
Number bonds to 10
Numbers to 10 ordering Addition and subtraction Shape 2D/3D properties Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation Geometry Shape and Position |
Numbers to 20 – recognition/ordering
Shape and size – biggest smallest, longest shortest Comparison Estimation Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation Geometry Shape and Position Data Handling – Statistics Measurement |
Numbers to 20 – place value
1 more/less Capacity Distance Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation Data Handling – Statistics Measurement Money |
Positional language
Money Time Numbers to 20 – place value 1 more/less Year One Number system Problem Solving:- using and applying Calculation Geometry Shape and Position Data Handling – Statistics Measurement Money |
| Understanding of the World
(Science, ICT, RE, History, Geography)) |
Local walks.
Familiar faces. Harvest. Year One
Science – All about us ICT – E-safety Geography – Locality History – Significant British person |
Diwali
Fireworks The Christmas Story Year One
Science – Seasons RE – Christmas Story Diwali |
Chinese New Year
Tales from around the world – tradition ICT – Colour Magic Year One
Science – Materials ICT – Creating media History – changes in our time |
Easter Story
ICT – Maths games Year One
RE Buddhism Science -Food ICT-Data collection |
ICT – Beebots
Animal classification Habitats Year One
Science – habitats Living things and plants RE Special ways of living ICT – Media |
Places of interest/comparison of
Year One Science – Materials ICT -media Geography – places of interest |
| Expressive Arts and Design
(Music, Drama, Art, DT) |
Exploring instruments
Role play Mud kitchen Year One Art Portraits |
Making Diya Lamps
Firework art Year One
DT – levers Music – live music Baking |
Colour mixing/materials
Year One Art – European artists and craft makers |
Junk modelling
Role play Year One Music Pulse and rhythm |
Clay
Role play Junk modelling Year One
DT – Making a bird feeder Art Designers |
Exploring rhythm
Instruments Role play Year One
Music – composing for a purpose DT – Sewing and cross stitch |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Local walk
Safety Week Church visit |
Nativity | Visit to Tollesbury boat houses | Farm visit | Perrywoods
Tiptree Windmill |
Essex Music |
| Class 2 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Wanderlust.
(The Queen’s hat)
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All aboard the Class 2 express.
(The naughty school bus The runaway train)
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Grand designs.
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A walk on the wild side!
(The enormous crocodile).
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The secret garden.
(Philipa and the homeless bumblebee)
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Festival Fever. |
| English | Narrative.
Recount. |
Letter writing/post card.
Instructions. |
Instructions.
Recount. Non-chronological report (leaflet). |
Fact files
Recount |
Persuasive writing. | Brochure |
| Maths | Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Geometry – Shape, position and direction. Measurement. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurements Statistics/Data Handling. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. Statistics/Data Handling. Money. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. Statistics/Data Handling. Money. |
| Science | Ourselves | Seasons | Grouping and changing materials. | Food chains
Habitats Living things. |
Living things
Plants |
Grouping and changing materials. |
| ICT | Type.
Stay safe and find information. E-Safety. |
Stay safe and find information. | Create media | Sort and create data. | Create media | Create media |
| RE | Creation
Harvest/Giving thanks. |
Special people to Hindus and Sheki’s
Special ways of living: Islam Gifts and giving. |
Special symbols: Christians and Buddhists.
Salvation. |
Special things in nature and ways of living – Christians & St Francis of Assisi. | Hinduism creation store.
Special ways of living – Buddhism |
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| History |
Significant British person. |
.Changes to the home over time. |
Changes to our lives over time. |
British Event. |
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| Geography | Our local environment | Places in the U.K | Non-European place. | Places of interest. | ||
| Art | Portraits | Designer | European artist | Craft makers. | ||
| DT | Healthy snack & baking. | Cogs/levers. | Animal feeder | Windmill | Sewing/Cross stitch. | |
| Music | Listen to live music. | Topic related songs. | Recording and composing. | |||
| PSHCE | Balanced diet.
Healthy living. |
Staying safe.
Family and friends. |
Being responsible | Belonging to a community
New experiences. |
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| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Safety week
Walk to church Harvest |
Enterprise
Anti-bullying week. Nativity |
Tollesbury boat houses/seaside houses. | World book week.
Easter service. Visit farm/see animals. |
Windmill trip
Perry woods |
Olympics
Essex music |
| Class 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | How to have a Mega-Mind! | How to Become a Hero! | How to Trap a Dragon! | How to Keep a Dragon! | How to Modernise a Caveman | How to Run a Chocolate Factory |
| English | Writing based around the movie Megamind | Writing based around Hercules. Script writing. | What would happen if a dragon arrived at our school? | A guide to our new dragon enclosure at the zoo | Stig of the Dump – Book Study. Instructions to help a Caveman cope with modern life. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Adverts Recipes |
| Maths | MATHS: Visual, mental, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions | |||||
| Science | Circuits | Conductors – How to stop Zeus’ thunderbolts | Teeth and Eating/ digestion – How would a dragon eat? | Habitats | Changes of state and the Water cycle – How to make water safe to drink. | Changing states |
| ICT | Programming | Recording and Editing Music | Collaborative Working – Creating and Sharing Documents | Data Logging – Temperatures of Liquids | Designing using a graphics program | |
| RE | Creation & Harvest/ Worship and Celebration in the Home (Hinduism) | Jesus’ Baptism/ Incarnation Christmas | Hindu Gods and Goddesses | Salvation Easter | The mosque and prayer (Islam) | The Parables of Jesus |
| History | Greek History – Gods and Goddesses | The story of British Zoos – Chronological study. | Changes from the stone age to the iron age | Local History – Tiptree Jam Factory | ||
| Geography | Mapping out an area. Using a key. | Features of the British Isles – Where would a dragon call home? | Where in the world are various habitats found? | Where do the ingredients used in our food come from? | ||
| Art | Pottery – Bowls/ Urns (Black and Red Figure Technique) | Investigating and recreating animal patterns | Junk modelling, tribal sculpture | Designing packaging to sell a new chocolate bar | ||
| DT | Superhero Costumes – Design and Make | Make a box/ cage with a lever to trap a dragon | Designing a toy to sell at the zoo | Make a hot/ healthy snack | ||
| Music | Singing – Consider Yourself | Film Soundtracks – Compose your own music for a scene | Instrument – Ukuleles | Singing – Rounds and Improvisation | Junk percussion | Singing & Accompaniment– Pure Imagination |
| PSHCE | Strategies to protect yourself from bullying | Aspirations for Adult Life | Know what risk is and assess it | Environmental issues – animal welfare | Medicines | Physical and Emotional Development |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Class 4 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | The Normans.
Castles and Conquerors. |
Around the World in Half a Term | Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet A Midsummers Night Dream
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France
Culture and Language |
Explorers
Explorers from different Continents |
The Great Outdoors
Nomadic Cultures and Subsistence |
| English | Accurate spelling and punctuation.
Slow writing. Formal and informal writing. SPaG vocabulary. Handwriting. |
Sentence structure
Simple, compound and complex. Slow writing for narratives. |
Dramatic and poetic forms of writing.
Non-chronological reports and instructional texts. SPaG |
Reading comprehension, SPaG.
Uplevel written work. |
Writing in a different voice.
Description and colour in language. |
Analysing texts and writing accurate summaries.
Improving handwriting. |
| Maths | Number
Place value, fractions, decimals, being secure with times tables. |
Shape, volume and capacity.
Estimation and proportion. Percentages and averages. |
Charts, graphs, diagrams, co-ordinates and conversions.
Bodmas and brackets. Fractions. |
Formal method, mental calculation.
Strategies. |
Ordering decimals, fractions, percentages.
Roman numerals. Planning with timetables. |
Multistep problems.
Become secure in all the years learning before the break. |
| Science | Circulatory systems in plants and animals. | Fair testing.
Looking at Autumn flora and fauna, recording and drawing conclusions. |
Light and Dark
Colours and light. |
Food and health. | Scientific discoveries made on different continents or planets. | Waterproof and fire resistant materials. |
| ICT | Data sorting.
Using and developing spreadsheets to understand and use data. |
Recognising common error symbols.
Research independently. |
Record video and audio that is then edited. | Create images, text and presentations to a high standard. | Share work produced, in class and online. | Use and adapt another person’s work.
Coding. |
| RE | Creation / Harvest | The Creation Story / Christianity in the local community. | Judaism
The Jewish home, Kosher, clothes, The Torah, Bar Mitzbah, The Shabbat. |
Christmas, the Incarnation.
Christmas around the World. |
Hinduism
Creation stories|: Death, Reincarnation. Buddhism Gotama, the Eight Fold Path. |
Lent and Eater symbols.
The Crucifixion and Resurrection. |
| History | Anglo-Saxon to Norman Britain | Transport through the Ages | Biography of Shakespeare and Bacon | France and Great Britain 55BC to 1066AD | The World in 1300 AD.
Which countries and Empires existed. |
Nomadic people |
| Geography | Europe and it’s trade links. | Around the World | Seasons in other parts of the World. | Human geography.
Who lives where and relative wealth. |
The World in 1300 AD.
Which countries and Empires existed. |
Nomadic people |
| Art | Bayeaux Tapestry, link to naïve art. | Art from different continents | Portraits | Rodin and Poussin | Public Art | Andrew Goldsworthy and nature photography |
| DT | Levers and fulcrums, link to topic | Design an airship gondola | Build a Tudor house ( a little one!) | Food and health | Designing time pieces. | Tents |
| Music | Musical notation. | Music from other cultures. | Composition. | French songs and music by French composers. | Holst-The Planets. | Music in/from nature. |
| PSHCE | E-Safety and peer pressure. | Building positive relationships | Growing up. | Food and health | Dealing with other people’s expectations | Transition |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Colchester Castle sleepover | Visit to another religion | Actors for Shakespeare | Art/artist visit | Classical music in school | Wildlife professional |