Our Curriculum
Our broad and balanced curriculum is designed to inspire pupils to become literate and numerate by developing their individual interests whilst increasing their experiences and understanding of the world. We are committed to providing a safe environment where every child has the opportunity to develop their beliefs and aspirations whilst discovering talent within themselves . Our Christian ethos and strong community spirit enables every pupil to develop their sense of belonging and become life-long learners. The curriculum develops children’s behaviours and attitudes in readiness to go into the world as responsible, well-rounded individuals who achieve success and make positive contributions to society.
Our class curriculum overviews can be viewed below.
Curriculum Overview – Class: 1 Year: R/1
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Our favourite things! | Fabulous festivals | Our wonderful world | Bees and butterflies | Ship Ahoy! | We’re all going on a Summer holiday! (soon) |
| Communication and language | Circle Time
Playing together Likes and dislikes Rhymes and story bag Following instructions |
Circle Time
Playing together Friendships Rhymes/stories Listening to music link with pictures |
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 Year One Parachute games |
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 Year One Apparatus |
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 Cricket |
| 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 – Aliens love underpants
Phonics Year One Fact files |
Book focus – The enormous turnip
Phonics Year One Instructions Letters and postcards |
Book focus – Percy the Park keeper series
Phonics Year One Recount Instructions Leaflets |
Book focus – The very hungry caterpillar
Phonics Year One Fact files Recount |
Book focus – Ship Ahoy
Phonics Year One Persuasive Writing Recount |
Book focus – TBC
Phonics
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 – Our 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
Old Testament 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, cross stitch 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 | TBC | TBC | Cudmore Grove | TBC |
Curriculum Overview – Class 2 Year: 2020/2021
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Guess who? | A whole new world! | Jungle Boogie! | Blossom and Bloom. | Urban Jungle. | Festival Fever. |
| English | Fact files
Instructions. |
Letter writing/post card.
Fact file. |
Non-chronological report (leaflet). | Narrative.
Recount |
Persuasive writing
Instructions |
Brochure/leaflet
Recount |
| 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 | Food chains
Habitats 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 me. |
Special people to Hindus and Sheki’s
Special ways of living: Islam Gifts and giving. |
Special symbols: Christians and Buddhists.
Salvation. Special words and stories- Judaism Megillat Esther, Purim |
The Good Samaritan
Role of the Vicar |
Muhammad and the Qur’an
Focus: Islam The revelation of the Qur’an and about the Quar’an. |
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| History | Significant British person. | Changes to the home over time. | Changes to our lives over time. | British Event. | ||
| Geography | Our local environment | Places in the U.K. | Non-European place. | Places of interest. | ||
| Art | Portraits | European artist | Designer | Craft makers.
British Artist/designer |
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| DT | Sewing/Cross stitch. | Healthy snack & baking. | Animal feeder/animal home | Windmill/Lever/cogs | ||
| Music | Listen to live music. | Topic related songs. | Recording and composing. | |||
| PSHCE | Staying safe.
Family and friends. |
Balanced diet.
Healthy living. |
Being responsible | Belonging to a community
New experiences. |
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| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (Potential
visits/visitors) |
Safety week
Walk to church Harvest |
Enterprise
Anti-bullying week. Nativity |
Dave & Rainforest animals.
Temple visit. |
World book week.
Easter service. Perrywoods. |
Layer Marney Tower.
Architect visit/builder. |
Cinema/music experience day. |
Curriculum Overview – Class: 3 Year: 2020/ 2021
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Animal Kingdom | Adventures | Invasion! | A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words | Caught up in the Caribbean | The Marvellous Worlds of Roald Dahl and David Walliams |
| English | Fact Files, Poetry, Fictional Animals | Adventure stories, Film literacy (Tin Tin) | Non-Chronological Report | Descriptive writing. Narrative writing. | Exploring stories, poetry and information from other cultures | Author focus – the work of Roald Dahl and David Walliams |
| Maths | Calculation Focus | Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. Statistics/Data Handling. Money. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. Statistics/Data Handling. Money. |
Number.
Calculation. Using and applying problem solving. Measurement. Statistics/Data Handling. Money. |
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 | Life Processes in the forest | Geology | Magnets, springs and forces | Habitats | Helping Plants Grow Well | Substances, reversible and irreversible changes. |
| ICT | Digital Literacy – Presenting information | Recording Audio (Adding audio to a book) | Basic Programming | Databases and Data collection | Working with Images – Sketchpad | Sketchpad continued – photography |
| RE | Creation – Comparing creation stories from different religions. | Jesus’ Baptism | Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa | Easter | Parables | Islam |
| History | The Stone Age | Boats & Sea Travel through the ages | A history of Invasions of Britain | Pictures of our Past | Researching with Archives (National Archive etc) | Our house – how houses have changed over time. |
| Geography | Map Reading Skills | Place Knowledge – Learning names and locations of countries | Knowledge of the British Isles | North, South, East and West | Finding out about the Caribbean | Rivers and erosion |
| Art | Collecting materials and drawing in sketchbooks | Block Printing | 3-D Art. Sculpture. | British Designer | Use of colour and pattern | Artist study – Quentin Blake |
| DT | Building Shelters | Floating Models | Making shields & trebuchets. | Making a Picture Frame | Textiles | Roald Dahl based board game. |
| Music | Building a knowledge of basic musical notation | Percussive Instruments | Singing & Rounds | Learning a tuned instrument | Ukulele | Ukulele Continued |
| PSHCE | How human developments affect the environment | Feeling safe and unsafe | Networks and Trusted People | What is risk and how can we assess it? | Keeping Healthy | Aspirations for adult life |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Colchester Castle | Music Tuition | Maldon (Battle of Maldon) | PSHE Link – Emergency Services/ Community workers. | Essex Record Office | Story-teller |
Curriculum Overview – 2020-2021 Class: 4 Years: 5 & 6 Mr Hopegood
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Food and the environment | Home entertainment in the past | Shakespeare, The Tempest | Empires of Europe | Explorers from different Continents | Getting into space |
| English | Spelling
Handwriting Slow writing SPaG |
Non-chronological reports, upleveling, tenses | Stormy literature
The Tempest, sea poems. Instructional texts SPaG |
Reading comprehension.
Spelling strategies. Reading aloud. |
Writing in a different voice.
Description and colour in language |
Analysing texts, self correcting and writing accurate summaries.
Improving handwriting |
| Maths | Place value
4 operations Layout Being secure with times tables |
Powers of 10, equivalent fractions, 2 and 3 step problems
Shape, volume and capacity |
Averages, time and timetables, fractions
BIDMAS Charts and graphs |
Formal method, mental calculation, strategies. | Ordering decimals, fractions, percentages.
Roman numerals. Planning with timetables. |
Multistep problems.
Becoming secure in all this year’s work before the break. |
| Science | States of matter
Understanding fair testing |
Autumn changes in plants and animals | Climate and weather around the world | Levers and gears | Vaccines in flora and fauna | Making a rocket |
| ICT | Accurate recording using excel | Keeping research focussed, accurate and safe | On-line safety | Coding | Create images and text presentations to a high standard | Record and edit audio and visual work. |
| RE | Harvest/Creation – God’s Coventant. Genesis 1, exploring and interpreting. | Becoming Kosher, The Shabbat.
Christmas around the World. |
Hinduism, Creation Stories, sacred places. Reincarnation. | Easter – Salvation, Lent and Easter symbols | Islam.
The Ka’bah and the Hajj. Five Pillars of Wisdom. |
Christianity in the local community and beyond.
Role of priests, Church and sacraments. |
| History | Cereals through time | Stringed instruments and home entertainment in the past | How boats have changed over time | The Roman Empire beginning to end, how long was it? | Which explorers have you heard of?
Which countries are they from? |
The Space Race |
| Geography | Climate and farming | River deep mountain high | People and climate | Where were the other Empires and why. | Finding out about countries, atlas time! | Where are the best places to launch rockets and build telescopes? |
| Art | Rural artists | Sculpture | Seascapes and ships | Classical art | From the world around us | Film art in space |
| DT | Making a quern | Making games | Making boats | Electrical circuits | Making clothes | Knots and rigging |
| Music | Musical notation /reading | Ukulele | Elizabethan music
Madrigals and lutes |
National anthems | Group singing | Music and nature |
| PSHCE | Looking after others and ourselves | Managing friendships and conflict | Growing up – letters to parents | Food and health | Dealing with other people’s expectations | Transition |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Musician to demonstrate notation. | Visit another religions place of worship | Actors for Shakespeare | Art / artist to visit | Medical professional visit | Wildlife professional |