Our Curriclum
Our class curriculum overviews can be viewed below.
Tolleshunt D’Arcy St. Nicholas C of E (VA) Primary School
Curriculum Overview – Class: 1 Year: EYFS
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | Marvellous Me | Seasons | Traditional tales/my favourite books | Space and Natural World | Ship Ahoy! | Seaside |
| 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 |
What is your favourite story?
Circle time Sharing stories with Year 1/2/3 Retelling stories |
Space exploration – What would you do if you went into space
Listening to stories and |
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 |
Dance and movement.
Balancing Go Noodle and Cosmic Kids Yoga |
Outside equipment – control of movement.
Basic equipment in PE |
Team games
Control of movement, changing direction and speed |
Digging
Sandcastles Water play Handling tools PE – Parachute games |
Sports Day
Obstacle courses Team games Moving with confidence, control and co-ordination |
| Personal, Social and Emotional Development | 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 |
Book Focus
Percy the Park keeper One Snowy Night. Oliver’s Vegetables. Eat Your Peas. Phonics Mark making |
Looking at traditional tales.
Phonics Writing for a purpose |
Book Focus –
Q Pootle 5 Whatever Next Aliens love underpants Phonics Writing |
Book Focus –
Captain Beastie’s Pirate Party Pirate Stew Phonics and writing |
Book Focus –
Commotion in the Ocean Barry the fish with fingers Phonics and writing |
| Mathematics | Number 1-10
Recognition. Reliably counting 1:1 correspondence Number songs. |
Number 1-10 counting and recognition
Addition Number songs Shape – 2D |
Number bonds to 10
Numbers to 10 ordering Addition and subtraction Shape 2D/3D properties |
Numbers to 20 – recognition/ordering
Shape and size – biggest smallest, longest shortest Comparison |
Numbers to 20 – place value
Capacity Distance |
Positional language
Money Time Numbers to 20 – place value 1 more/less |
| Understanding the world | Focus on the D’Arcy Spice apple tree.
Local walks. Familiar faces. Harvest. |
Festivals – Diwali.
Christmas celebration. |
Tales from around the world – tradition
ICT – Colour Magic |
Caring for living things.
Space exploration/investigations |
Similarities and differences between past and present.
Simple programming – Beebots |
Using Technology for a purpose.
Seaside holidays children have experienced compared with parents/grandparents. |
| Expressive Arts and Design | Exploring instruments
Role play Mud kitchen |
Making Diva lamps
Bonfire night! Creating fireworks |
Colour mixing/mixed materials for purpose. | Role play – space
Junk modelling – space shuttles and moon buggies Building a bug hotel Underpants for the aliens |
Pirate songs – expressive movement
Instruments to accompany dance. |
Using mixed materials to create seaside creatures.
Role play – holidays |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| Key dates (visits/ visitors) | Safety week – water safety (RNLI)
Park visit |
Diwali visitor
Nativity Production |
Family storytelling afternoons wb 21/1/19
Storytelling walks at Discovery Centre Braintree |
TBC | Pirate Day.
Parents/carers to join us and learn our sea shanties. |
Trip to the seaside. |
Tolleshunt Primary School Whole Year Planning Overview
| Academic Year: 2018/19 | Year group: 1/2 | Class Teacher: Mr Salmom | ||||
| Autumn 1stHalf Term
(7 weeks) |
Autumn 2ndHalf Term
(7 weeks) |
Spring 1st Half Term
(6 weeks) |
Spring 2ndHalf Term
(6 weeks) |
Summer 1stHalf Term
(6 weeks) |
Summer 2ndHalf Term
(7 weeks) |
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THEME:
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Superheroes
Traction Man |
Night Time
Peace at last
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Transport
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Fantasy
Traditional Tales Into the Forest |
All at Sea – Pirates
Snail and the Whale Lighthouse Keepers Lunch |
Holidays
Meerkat Mail
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| Literacy | Narrative
Instructions |
Narrative
Fact File Letters |
Fact File
Non-chronological Report |
Narrative
Recount (science) Persuasive Writing |
Narrative
Recount |
Fact file
Brochure Narrative |
| Numeracy | Number
Calculating Measurement Using and applying – problem solving |
Number
Calculating Measurement Geometry – shape, space, position and direction Using and applying – problem solving |
Number
Calculating Measurement Geometry – shape, space, position and direction Using and applying – problem solving |
Number
Calculating Measurement Geometry – shape, space, position and direction Using and applying – problem\ solving |
Number
Calculating Measurement Statistics/ Data handling Geometry – shape, space, position and direction Using and applying – problem solving |
Number
Calculating Measurement Statistics/ Data handling Geometry – shape, space, position and direction Using and applying – problem solving |
| Science | Ourselves | Habitats
Seasons |
Grouping and changing materials | Plants and animals. | Living Things | |
| ICT | Create Media | Access resources | Type | Sort and create data | Stay safe and find information | |
| E-safety, Word processing, using ICT devices | ||||||
| History | Changes to the home | Personal timeline | Significant British event | Significant British person (explorer) | Changes to our lives | |
| Geography | UK / Places of interest | Contrasting locations | Our local area | |||
| Art | Portraits
new and old |
Craft makers | European artists | Designers | ||
| DT | Levers | Sewing | Animal feeder | Healthy snack | ||
| PE | Throwing and catching | Gym / Dance
Invasion games – hockey |
Gym
Invasion games |
Racket games – tennis | Athletics | |
| Music | Singing / voice | Simple rhythms and beats | Recording and composing | |||
| Composing, evaluate and perform | ||||||
| PSHE and
CIRCLE TIME |
Rules | Talking and sharing my feelings | Getting on | Staying safe | Being responsible | New experiences |
| YEAR TEAM EVENTS:
Residential visits Induction/transition Productions |
Twilight
Nativity |
River visit | ||||
Tolleshunt D’Arcy St. Nicholas C of E (VA) Primary School
Curriculum Overview – Class: 3 Year: 3/4
| Year Group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic/theme | ROMANS | BATTLE OF MALDON | PLANTS | |||
| English | Asterix – Narrative, Comic
Myths and Legends |
Talk for Writing – Escape from Pompeii | Information Texts: Battle of Maldon
Chronological Reports and recounts |
Poetry – Based around Maldon: language play | Dialogue and Plays
Character Descriptions Setting Descriptions |
Author Study – C. S. Lewis; Narnia |
| Maths | MATHS: Visual, mental, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions | |||||
| Science | Magnets, Springs and Forces – Trebuchet | Rocks, Soils and Fossils | Muscles and Skeletons | Light and Shadow | Helping Plants grow well | |
| ICT | Explain to a Roman how to set up and use a computer: Word | E-mailing | Researching and retrieving: Power-point | Programming – Programmable Robots | Stop motion & presentation: Growing radishes | E-safety – Staying Safe |
| RE | Special Places: Worshipping and celebrating in the home: Hinduism | Jesus’ Baptism and the beginning of his ministry | Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa | Parables | Muhammed and the Qur’an – Islam | |
| History | Romans | Local history/ Invaders
The Battle of Maldon |
Iron Age Britain | |||
| Geography | UK – Roman Invasion | Earthquakes and Volcanoes | Knowledge of the UK – Towns, Cities and how they got their names | Biodiversity – How do plants adapt to the conditions they grown in? | ||
| Art | Ancient Sculpture | European Artist – Da Vinci | British Designer – garden design: Capability Brown and Humphrey Repton | |||
| DT | Sewing Materials – Designing Banners | Kites | Pneumatics – Designing and making a growing plant model | |||
| Music | Roman Music – Percussion | Singing songs in unison and two parts: Just Like a Roman song. | Learning phrases on tuned instruments | Listening to live music: Evaluating and commenting on performances | Learning an instrument and improvising melodies. | |
| PSHCE | Daily Routines to keep the body healthy | Recognising the differences between being safe and unsafe | Understand how networks grow and change with time. | Understand what causes illness (bacteria/ viruses) & how they are spread. | Recognising physical and emotional change and how to manage them. | How human developments affect the environment |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |
| PE | Games: Badminton | Dance: Fitting in with Just Like a Roman | Longships – Gymnastics: Patterns of Movement | Games: Hockey | Athletics | Games: Basketball |
| Key dates (visits/visitors) | Adam Dyson | Mersea – Boat Trip: St. Peter’s on the Wall | Viking Living History – Visitors | Maldon – Promenade Park (reconstruction)
Spring Production |
Visitor – Writtle College?
Swimming TBC |
Hylands Formal Gardens |
| Class 4
Year 5/6 OVERVIEW |
AUTUMN | SPRING | SUMMER | |||
| 1st Half Term | 2nd Half Term | 1st Half Term | 2nd Half Term | 1st Half Term | 2nd Half Term | |
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THEME: |
Walt Disney
(7 Weeks) |
Blue Planet
(7 Weeks) |
WW2
(6 Weeks) |
Harry Potter
(6 Weeks) |
Brutal Britain
(6 Weeks) |
Theme Park World
(7 Weeks) |
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Connecting Our Lives with others |
-Biography about Walt Disney
-Diaries-Seven dwarfs snow white coming to cottage. -Multimedia presentationsabout Walt Disney including hyperlinks, manipulating graphics and adding sounds. -Using the internet to research information -Reviews abut different films (summary of a text and synopsis of films) |
-Poetry – The power of imagery(Remembrance Day
–Poetry – Finding a voice (reading and creating poetry ideas for improving our world) –Persuasion – Persuasive Text (focusing on an environmental issue) -Argument(exploring a conservational issue linked to a new world). -Report writing |
–Personal piece(evacuee) Lettersevacuees
–Non-chronological reports based on the Blitz -Recountswith war theme -Journalistic Writing (Specific event such as Pearl Harbour – a world event) -Using the internet to research information (WW2) and create databases. –Spreadsheets (WW2 data) -ICT Based revision activities (Independent learning)
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Narrative-Including the use of flashbacks
-Re-telling a situation from a different viewpoints -Persuasion- Why read harry potter -Descriptive writing-Inside Hogwarts -Instructional Texts- Recipes for potions |
-Non-chronological reports- Victorian work houses
Poetry look at Henry VIII ICT based revision activities
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-Persuasion (theme park)
– Persuasive leaflets – Play Leaders -Play scripts -Report writing -Magazines –Multimedia Presentations(Promoting theme park – assessment piece) |
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Solving Life’s Problems |
-Number
-Measures -Shape and space -Data -How we see things-explore light and shadow (puppet theatre with Disney characters) -Circuits-Exploring voltage and electrical resistance (using and representing symbols) Create a burglar alarm to stop intruders (seven dwarfs to protect snow white) |
-Number
-Measures -Shape and space -Data – plant and animal classification – nutrient andwater transportation systems – Micro-organisms (e.g. penicillin / why decay matters) – Use 6-figure grid references. -Imagine new technologies to improve the world. – Spreadsheets – Zoo Tycoon project, formulae + statistics etc. |
-Number
-Measures -Shape and space -Data -Physical processes-levers,gears and pulleys to increase force (looking at tanks,bridges and other mechanics) |
-Number
-Measures -Shape and space -Data -Construct a different mode of transport to get to hogwarts -Science Revision/Booster Groups -Materials and their Properties– non-reversible changes and separating mixtures of materials-CodingApply knowledge of computer programs to monitor or control a product. (trinket) To debug programmes
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-Number
-Measures -Shape and space -Data -SAT’s revision programmelooking at gaps in children’s learning. – Human circulatory system – Functions of heart, blood vessels – Impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle. |
Using and Applying Mathematics:
-Problem solving, communicating, reasoninglinked to theme park –THEME PARK MATHS -Theme park simulation(program a variety of devices to perform a function) -Electrical control. Design and construct a theme park/fairground ride which incorporates a pulley and a drive belt. Use a motor in a circuit to control the direction of the rotation.Explain why mechanisms work. |
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Understanding Our lives |
-Contrasting world locality (Town in America and Tolleshunt D’arcy) Identify human features, identify land use.
-Use and interpret maps and plans. -Me and My healthy lifestyle |
– Remembrance Day (inc. theme day)
– Design and create new settlements, climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts. Explore economic activity and trade links. How people affect the environment. Being aware of how places relate to each other. – Central beliefs in different religions and humanism -Me and My Relationships – Year 6 Communion:29th Nov -Rules and Law Moral issues and respect for people’s different values |
-Features of different religious buildings
-Me and My Feelings -World Historical period -Making a healthy meal(wartime stew)
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-compare worship in the home
-Me and Growing and Changing Risk of growing up ‘too soon’ |
-Me and Keeping Safe -Compare and contrast different world religious festivals |
– Spread sheetslinked to theme park maths project.
– Humanism -Me and Making a Positive Contribution(Enterprise) |
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Leading a Fulfilling Life |
-Explore animations-Create models to be used to produce their own animated video
-Gym and invasion games |
-Observational Art
-Relief printing -Remembrance Day inspired Art and Poetry (CCL Literacy) -Gymnasticsunit 1(finish unit) Rugby(Invasion Games)
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–Printing – Painting – Illustrations (Famous international illustrator)
-OAA -Gymnasticsunit2 |
-Didier Trigilia (Can Art) to make dementers | -Compose and perform in the style of a Tudor court musician
-Evaluate compositions from different historical eras -Read and play notes E,G,B and F on a tuned instrument |
-Painting (Van Gogh)
-Cricket(Striking and Fielding) -Dance (linked to play) -Performance Singing sing or play for memory with confidence. Production: -Y6 Leavers: –Assembly and Leavers Party -Summer Concert: -Sports Day and Family Picnic: |
| Christian Value | Responsibility | Friendly | Persevering | Truthful | Courageous | Creative |