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Brentfield Primary School Curriculum Overview
NB: Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, no external trips are currently taking place. This will be reviewed according to guidance.
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Whole School
Drivers Belong
Responsible Aspiration
Valuing Diversity Empowered
Whole School Theme
Questions
Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner?
Who is The Bravest?
BHM
Water, Water Everywhere and Not
a Drop to Drink
Discover the Wonders of the
World
Why is the Earth So Angry?
Express Yourself
Suggested Celebrations of
Learning
Whole School: Art exhibition
Virtual: Who is the Bravest?
Phase: Science Fair (Teaching our peers.
Parent invitation) Postponed due to partial lockdown
Virtual Art
competition
Virtual: Our Covid Reflections
Phase: Science Fair
Whole School: This is Us
(International Event)
EYFS Here I Am
Trips/Experiences: I spy shapes
(looking at shapes in the environment)
Core Texts: Here we are Owl Babies
Three Little Pigs How Many Legs
Animals
Trips/Experiences: Autumn walk in our local
area
Core Texts: Giraffes Can’t Dance
Click Clack Moo Elmer
The Poles
Trips/Experiences: Investigating snow and
ice
Core Texts: Polar Bear, Polar Bear,
what do you hear? Lost and Found
A Dot in the Snow
Growth and Traditional Tales
Trips/Experiences:
Story telling workshop
Core Texts: Baby Brains
The Gingerbread man Little Red Hen
Non-fiction books: families
Space
Trips/Experiences: Ruislip Woods
Core Texts:
Whatever Next Beegu
Non-fiction books: Space
Storytelling
Trips/Experiences: Art workshop
Core Texts:
Tiddler We’re Going on a
Bear Hunt Sleeping Beauty
2
PSED:
Settling into school Our experiences
Sharing and taking turns
PD: Handwashing and
handling Developing our muscles
Developing co-ordination
Copying patterns and shapes
CL:
Listening to each other Joining in with stories
Sounds, rhyme and alliteration
Literacy:
Reading and writing names
Listening to and joining in with stories
Maths:
Matching, sorting and comparing amounts
Recognising and describing patterns
Comparing size, mass and capacity
EAD:
Self-portraits
PSED:
Accepting and celebrating our
differences. Solving conflicts without
aggression
PD: Transporting and storing safely and managing risk
Exploring ways of moving like animals.
Developing pencil grip
CL: Vocabulary relating to animals and habitats
Developing conversations
Literacy:
Reading books about animals
Learning our sounds and sounding out words Writing labels and simple sentences.
Maths:
Representing and comparing numbers up
to 5. Learning about basic
shapes, positional language and time.
PSED:
People and things that are important to us.
Working independently and asking for help.
PD:
Keeping ourselves clean and dry by playing
safely. Jumping
Practicing letter formation
CL:
Retelling familiar stories Working together in
groups
Literacy: Writing missing persons’
posters Sequencing stories and writing favourite parts
Maths:
White Rose-Alive in 5 Growing 6, 7 and 8
EAD:
Watercolour polar scenes
Sculpture penguins
UW:
PSED:
Learning about strengths and needs Sharing and helping
others
PD: Healthy foods
Throwing, catching and kicking a ball
Controlling the size of letters
CL:
Following a story without pictures or
props Following 2-step
instructions whilst cooking
Literacy:
Comparing different versions of stories Writing own story
starters, changing the characters
Maths:
White Rose-Building 9 and 10
Consolidation Recognising,
representing and working with numbers
11-20
PSED:
Talking about activities that we enjoy
How our actions affect others
Exploring our own feelings
PD:
The impact of exercise on our bodies
Navigating an obstacle course
Correctly forming all letters.
CL:
Learning new vocabulary about space
Playing with ‘alien’ words
Retelling events in the right order
Literacy:
Reading fiction and non-fiction about space
Writing speech bubbles and using full sentences
to describe a picture Using non-fiction books to find out information
Maths:
PSED:
Speaking in positive terms about
ourselves and developing confidence
PD:
Keeping ourselves healthy and safe
Running and changing direction
safely Using movement to
retell stories
CL: Introducing own storylines into a
play Using language
creatively to tell new and familiar
stories
Literacy: Retelling and
rewriting familiar stories
Change and innovate stories
using story elements in new
ways.
3
Role play and dressing up
Exploring primary colours
UW:
Families and communities.
Here We Are: Looking at the wider world
ICT:
Using battery operated toys
Using the computer and interactive white board
(touch screen and mouse)
EAD:
Mixing colours Moving to music
UW:
Observing similarities and differences between
animals. Learning about
celebrations and communities (Diwali and
Christmas)
ICT:
Exploring Beebots. Learning that we can use computers to find out information about
animals.
Comparing the arctic to the immediate
environment and other familiar habitats
Exploring the differences between
materials.
ICT: Making representations with pen or finger on a
touchscreen Begin to understand
online safety
EAD:
Acting out traditional tales as well as own
stories.
UW: Growth and decay
(planting watercress) Exploring how
ingredients change when we cook them.
ICT:
Using a mouse. Using a computer to
make representations of learning
White Rose-On the move, Superhero to 20
and beyond Solving problems
including adding, taking away, grouping and
sharing within 20
EAD: Making 3D models of
planets and spaceships Exploring ways to
represent the night sky
UW: Technology needed for
space travel Using computers and
tablets to find information
ICT:
Using a keyboard to type
Maths:
White Rose-First, then now
Find my pattern
EAD: Creating
representations from favourite stories using a
range of materials and media
UW:
Learning to express and accept
similarities and differences
between ourselves and others
ICT:
1 Famous Landmarks
Trip/
Experience: Junk Modelling day
Local shops
Core Text: Paddington in London
and Pop up Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
English:
Rosa Parks
Trip/Experience: Sufra
Core Text:
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddel
Rosa Parks: Non-fiction
(Little People, Big Dreams)
Britain as an Island
Trip/Experience: Science Museum
Core Text:
The Night Pirates by Peter Harris
The Black Hat-film unit
English: Letters
Buildings that Reach the Sky
Trip/Experience: The
Sky Garden
Core Text: Belonging by Jeannie
Baker
The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson
Living By The Sea
Trip/Experience: A trip to the beach
(Frensham)
Core Text:
Sally and the Limpet by Simon James
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Dewalt
It’s My Favourite
Trip/Experience: Tate Britain
Core Text:
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew
Dewalt Traditional Rhymes
4
Character description Short narrative-
repetitive structure Narrative-own version
of Stuck
Maths: Place value within 10
Addition and subtraction within 10
Geometry: Shape Place value within 20
Science: Animals including
humans
Seasonal Changes (1 week)
Computing:
We are Safe Online
History: landmarks
Geography:
Mapping landmarks
DT: Junk modelling of
landmarks
RE: Light
PSHE:
English: Narrative-re-telling the
life of Rosa Parks Re-telling Farmer Duck
with alternative characters/setting
Maths:
Place value within 10 Addition and
subtraction within 10 Geometry: Shape
Place value within 20
Science: Plants
Seasonal Changes
(1 week)
Computing: We are celebrating
History:
BHM (all aspects of BRAVE)
Life of Rosa Parks
Art: Portrait of Rosa Parks
(Portraits in realism-Rembrandt,
Gainsborough)
PSHE:
1st person narrative Character description
Maths:
Addition and subtraction (within 20) Place value (within 50) Measurement: length
and height Weight and volume
Science:
Plants
Seasonal Changes (1 week)
Computing:
We are treasure hunters
Geography: The seas around the UK
How water is used to help us in our daily lives.
Art:
Water paintings. Seascapes using wash techniques (Scenes of the Sea-Mary Cassatt,
Water Lilies-Claude Monet)
RE:
Food
PSHE:
English: Narrative
Stories from other cultures
Maths:
Addition and subtraction (within 20) Place value (within 50) Measurement: length
and height Weight and volume
Science: Everyday materials
Seasonal Changes
(1 week)
Computing: We are treasure hunters
History: Shard - Tallest Building
in Britain Time line of tall buildings
in the world.
DT: Build structures,
exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer, more stable
English:
Postcards Narrative
Maths:
Multiplication and division
Fractions Geometry: Position and
direction Place value (within 100)
Measurement: money and time
Science:
Everyday materials
Seasonal Changes (1 week)
Computing:
We are collectors
Geography: How the weather
changes our coastlines (e.g. White Cliffs of
Dover/Jurassic coast erosion)
How is sand made?
RE: Caring for our World
PSHE:
English: Letter Poetry
Maths:
Multiplication and division
Fractions Geometry: Position
and direction Place value (within
100) Measurement:
money and time
Science: Animals including
humans
Seasonal Changes (1 week)
Computing: We are painters
Art:
Abstract (Design inspired by Electric
Prisms-Sonia Delauny)
DT:
Making my own treasure box
RE:
5
The Niggle Healthy and Unhealthy
Foods
PE: Running
Music:
Musicianship 1
What does it mean to be brave?
RE:
Light (Temple visit)
PSHE: Planet Relationships
Planet Confidence Anti-bullying week
The Bully Using medication safely
PE:
Jumping
Music: Musicianship 1
How to play People and places that
make me feel safe
PE: Gymnastics and Dance
Music:
Musicianship 2
RE: Food
PSHE:
Good to be green How to keep safe at
home
PE: Sending and receiving
Music:
Musicianship 2
Money Week Hot and cold
Growing and changing since birth
PE:
Athletics
Music: Musicianship 3
Caring for our World
PSHE:
What Sid did How to keep
ourselves clean Understanding
what 'bad' secrets are
PE:
Multi sports
Music: Musicianship 3
2 Pudding Lane and The City of London
Trip/ experience: Monument
Core Text:
Vlad and the Great Fire of London by Kate
Cunningham
Samuel Pepys by Peter Harrison
The Girl With The
Yellow Bag-film unit
English: Detailed diary
Nelson Mandela Trip/Experience:
African art workshop
Core Text: Grandad Mandela by
Zazi Ziwelene and Zindzi Mandela
Snow White in New
York by Fiona French
English: Character description
Setting description Narrative
Letter
Maths:
Oceans and Seas Trip/Experience: London Aquarium
Core Text:
The Big Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer
The Lighthouse Keepers’
Catastrophe by Ronda and David Armitage
English:
Non-chronological report
Poetry (Including performance poems) Narrative-alternative
ending
The Seven Wonders Trip/Experience:
Workshop: Cartouche painting
Core Text:
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By Jon
Scieszka
Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
English:
Instructions Postcard
1st person narrative
Maths:
Frozen Lands Trip/Experience:
National Maritime Museum Greenwich
(Shackleton)
Core Text: Little Polar Bear by Lars
De Beer
A Cloudy Lesson-film unit
Something Fishy-film
unit
English: Diary
It’s in Fashion! Trip/Experience: V and A museum
(Discovering materials
workshop)
Core Text: Coco Chanel (Little people, big dreams)
The Sound
Collector by Roger McGough
Dirty Beasts by
Roald Dahl
English:
6
3rd person narrative Instructions
Maths: Place value
Addition and subtraction
Measurement: money Multiplication and
division
Science: Animals including
humans
Computing: We are safe online
History:
Great Fire of London
Geography: Mapping the route of
the fire (developing keys)
Art: Colour Mixing and silhouettes. Exploring
landscapes (Jan Griffier-Baroque)
RE: Caring for our world
PSHE:
The Niggle Healthy and
unhealthy foods
Place value Addition and subtraction
Measurement: money Multiplication and
division
Science: Plants
Computing:
We are researchers
History: BHM (all aspects of
BRAVE) Life of Nelson Mandela.
Art:
Tribal art (African dot painting)
Landscapes-John Ndamo
PSHE:
What does it mean to be brave?
RE: Caring for our world
PSHE: Anti-bullying week
The Bully Stay safe around
harmful substances
Maths:
Multiplication and division
Statistics Geometry: Properties of
shape Fractions
Science:
Living things and their habitats
Computing:
We are pirates
Geography:
World Oceans, habitats and human effects on
them.
Art: The Great Wave
(Hokusai)-Japanese block printing
RE:
Water
PSHE: Same but different
The importance of, and how to, maintain personal hygiene
Understanding life in different countries
Multiplication and division
Statistics Geometry: Properties of
shape Fractions
Science: Uses of everyday
materials.
Computing: We are pirates
History:
Changes in living memory – past and
present wonders of the world
DT:
Model of a wonder
RE: St Michael’s Church
(Water)
PSHE: The ball and the wall
How to stay safe around fire
PE:
Sending and receiving
Music: Recorder introduction.
Short narrative including setting description
Innovative narrative Maths:
Measurement: length and height
Geometry: position and direction
Consolidation and problem solving
Time Mass, capacity and
temperature
Science: Living things and their
habitats.
Computing: We are zoologists
Geography:
Ice caps are melting – what is the impact?
History:
Shackleton and the Antarctic
RE:
Caring for others
PSHE: Boys cry too
Money Week Differences between
males and females
Narrative Poetry Maths:
Measurement: length and height
Geometry: position and direction
Consolidation and problem solving
Time Mass, capacity and
temperature
Science: Uses of everyday
materials
Computing: We are
Photographers
Art: Look at repeating patterns. Textiles-
The Beauty of Flowers
DT:
Sew your own outfit using textiles (using
glue or stitches)
RE: Caring for others
PSHE:
7
PE: Running
Music:
Pitch and rhythm
PE: Jumping
Music:
Pitch and rhythm
PE:
Gymnastics Dance
Music:
Recorder Introduction
PE:
Athletics
Music: Recorder Development
Cat just sat Naming body parts Right to say no to unwanted touch
PE:
Multi sports
Music: Recorder
Development
3 Wembley (see sample unit guide)
Trip/ experience:
Wembley stadium
Core Text:
Olympig by Victoria Jameison
Until I Met Dudley by
Roger McGough
Marshmallow-film unit
English: Diary
Narrative
Maths: Place value
Addition and subtraction
Mae C Jemison (Engineer and
Astronaut) Trip/Experience: VR Space/Online
planetarium show (Royal Observatory Greenwich)
Core Text:
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
The Children of Lir by
Sheila Macgill-Callahan
The Present-film unit
English: 1st person narrative
Story openings Newspaper
Maths:
Place value
The Water Cycle Trip/Experience:
London Museum of Water and Steam
Core Text:
The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-
Smith
Flotsam by David Weisner
English:
Informal letter Character description
Persuasive advert Free verse poetry
Maths:
Multiplication and division Money
Statistics Length and perimeter
Tomb Raiders (Egyptians)
Trip/Experience: Saatchi Gallery:
Tutankhamun Exhibition
Core Text: How to Live Forever by
Colin Thomson
The Windmill Farmer-film unit
English:
Narrative Setting description
Instructions
Maths: Multiplication and
division Money
Statistics Length and perimeter
Fractions
Exploding Mountains Trips/Experience:
Freshwater Theatre Volcanoes Show
Core Text: Volcanoes
The Princesses’ Blanket
by Carol Ann Duffy
English: Non-chronological
report Persuasive letter
Diary
Maths: Fractions
Time Properties of shape Mass and capacity
Science:
Rocks
First Impressions
Trip/Experience: Coultard Institute
of Art in School workshop
(impressionism)
Core Text:
Poetry Unit A Kid in My Class by
Rachel Rooney
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher by Pamela
Butchart
English: Character
description Newspaper Argument
Performance poetry
8
Multiplication and division
Science:
Plants
Computing: We Are opinion pollsters
History: The development of
Wembley (stadium and high road)
Geography:
Mapping local area
Art: Portraits (famous
athletes and artists)
RE: Community
PSHE: Planet Wellbeing Planet Character
building Why democracy is important (School
council)
PE: Invasion Games
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Science:
Forces and magnets
Computing: We Are vloggers
History: BHM. Famous black
female scientists (Mae C Jemison)
Art:
Class collage (The Journey into Space-Planets inspired by
Robert McColl)
RE: Community (Unity
Centre visit)
PSHE: Planet Relationships
Planet Confidence Anti-bullying week Understanding the effects of caffeine
PE:
Net and wall games
Fractions
Science: Light
Computing:
We Are programmers
Geography: Water cycle
Describe key aspects of physical geography
including rivers, mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes and the
water cycle.
Art: In the dark of the night. Starry Night (Van Gogh)
RE: sacred and special
books
PSHE: Planet Diversity
Understanding the rights of the child
PE:
Gymnastics
Music: Recorder, singing and
body percussion
Science: Light
Computing:
We Are Programmers
History: The Ancient Egyptians
DT:
Levers and linkages Design and make a
shaduf.
RE: sacred and special books
PSHE:
Planet Resilience Planet Happiness
Understanding who to trust online
PE:
Target and fielding games
Music:
Recorder, singing and body percussion
Spanish:
Food, drink and giving preferences
Computing:
We Are Communicators
Geography: Volcanoes
History: Stone Age and Bronze
Age
RE: Judaism (central London
Synagogue)
PSHE: Planet Heads up
Money Week Exploring different
types of families Exploring the difference
between wants and needs
PE:
Athletics
Music: Ensemble development
Spanish:
Family, stories and conversation
Maths:
Fractions Time
Properties of shape Mass and capacity
Science: Animals including
humans
Computing: We Are Presenters
Art:
Abstract art: Textiles
DT:
Clay: prints and impressions to
represent ourselves.
RE:
Judaism
PSHE: Planet Physical Understanding
what dementia Is and how it is related
to memory
PE: Multi-sports
9
Music: Recorder, singing and
moving
Spanish: Greetings and numbers
Music: Recorder, singing and
moving
Spanish: Colours and animals
Spanish: Days, months, seasons
and fruit
Music:
Ensemble development
Spanish:
Cultural diversity
4 The Thames
Trip/ Experience:
Tower of London
Core Text: My Friend Walter by
Michael Morpurgo
The Dream Giver-film unit
English:
Virtual information leaflet Letter
Fantasy narrative Setting/character
description
Maths: Place value
Addition and subtraction
Length and perimeter Multiplication and
division
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (The first female elected head of state in Africa)
Trip/Experience: Art Workshop
Core Text:
The Journey by Francesca Senna
The Spiderwick
Chronicles (The Field Guide) by Holly Black
and Tony DiTerlizzi
English: Diary
Blog-balanced argument Non-chronological
report Setting description in a
short narrative.
Maths: Place value
Addition and subtraction
Rivers
Trip/Experience: Science Museum
Core Text:
The Village That Vanished by Ann
Grifalconi, Kadir Nelson
Oliver and the Seawigs
English: Scripted dialogue
Instructions Argument/persuasion
Poetry
Maths: Multiplication and
division Area
Fractions Decimals
Science:
States of matter
Computing:
Eureka!
Trip/Experience: British Museum
Core Text:
The Orchard Book of Greek Myths by
Geraldine McCaughrean
English: Newspaper report
Diary Short narrative
Persuasive article
Maths: Multiplication and
division Area
Fractions Decimals
Science: Sound
Computing:
Shaken Earth
Trip/Experience: Shinto Shrine
Core Text:
Earthquakes: Non-fiction
The Firework Makers
Daughter
English: Discussion/explanation
Narrative Letter
Maths:
Decimals Money
Time Statistics
Properties of shape Position and direction
Science:
Electricity
Computing:
Who Am I?
Trip/Experience National Portrait
Gallery (How do we see ourselves
workshop?)
Core Text: The Boy in a Dress by David Walliams
I Don’t Like Poetry-
Joshua Siegal
English: Magazine article
Character synopsis Performance
poetry Poems with a
structure
Maths: Decimals
Money Time
Statistics Properties of shape
10
Science: Living things and their
habitats
Computing: We Are Photographers
History: Tudor London
Geography:
Rivers
DT: Food technology-a
Tudor meal
RE: Christianity
PSHE:
Planet Wellbeing Planet Character
building Critically thinking about
information available online
PE:
Invasion Games
Music: Recorder skills/Tamboo
Bamboo
Length and perimeter Multiplication and
division
Science: Animals including
humans
Computing: We are Co-Authors
History:
BHM and Benin
Art: African Prints (Adire
Aleko resist dyeing to make African prints)
RE:
Christianity (Church visit)
PSHE:
Planet Relationships Planet Confidence Anti-bullying week
Explain the risks associated with alcohol
PE:
Net and wall games
Music: Recorder skills/Tamboo
Bamboo
We Are Software Developers
Geography: Comparative study of
the Thames (studied in Autumn) and another
significant river
Art: River art-Kandynsky
RE: Rules for Living
PSHE:
Planet Diversity Understand the water crisis around the world
PE:
Gymnastics
Music: Body percussion –group
composition
Spanish: New foods and drink
We Are software developers
History:
Ancient Greece
DT: Design and make
sandals.
RE: Rules for Living
PSHE: Planet Resilience Planet Happiness
How to stay safe around water
PE:
Target and fielding games
Music:
Body percussion –group composition
Spanish:
Likes and dislikes
We Are Meteorologists
Geography: Earthquakes
History: Iron Age
RE: Shinto Shrine visit
Places of Worship
PSHE: Planet Heads up
Money Week Basic facts about
puberty and change How to save
PE:
Athletics
Music: Ukulele Introduction
Spanish:
Weather and transport
Position and direction
Science:
Electricity
Computing: We Are Bloggers
Art:
Sculpture inspired by Mondrian
(Cubism)
DT: Design and make wooden picture
frames to display portraits.
RE: Places of
worship
PSHE: Planet Physical
Explore how dementia affects the whole family
PE:
Multi-sports
Music: Ukulele
Introduction
11
Spanish: Revising numbers and
telling the time
Spanish: Parts of the body and
feeling unwell.
Spanish: Clothing and shops
5 Docklands
Trip/ experience:
Museum of the Docklands
Core Text:
Street Child by Berlie Doherty
The Tale of Three Brothers-film unit
English:
Setting description Diary
Non-chronological report
Poems with a structure Film scripts
Maths:
Place value Addition and subtraction
Statistics Multiplication and
division Perimeter and area
Ida B Wells (African-American investigative
journalist, educator, and an early leader in the
Civil Rights Movement)
Trip/Experience: Divergent drama
workshop
Core Text: The boy at the back of
the class
The Butterfly Lion
English: Persuasive letter
Narrative Diary
Balanced argument
Maths: Place value
Addition and subtraction
Statistics Multiplication and
division Perimeter and area
The Changing Amazon
Trip/Experience: Kew Gardens
Core Text:
Journey to the River Sea by Eve Ibbottson.
Lighthouse-film unit
English:
Adventure narrative Character description
Newspaper report
Maths: Multiplication and
division Fractions
Decimals and percentages
Science:
Living things and their habitats
Computing:
We Are Travel Writers
Geography:
Ancient Islamic Civilization
Trip/Experience:
Central London Mosque
Core Text: Rain Player
1001 Arabian Nights
English: Narrative-traditional
tales Instructions Newspaper
Maths:
Multiplication and division
Fractions Decimals and percentages
Science:
Earth and space
Computing: We Are web developers
History:
Early Islamic Civilization
Our Changing World
Trips/Experience: FSC Amersham
Core Text:
The Last Wild by Piers Torday
Treasure-film unit
English:
Setting description Persuasive magazine
article Narrative poetry-1st
person
Maths: Decimals
Properties of shape Position and direction
Converting units Volume
Science:
Living things and their habitats
Computing:
We Are musicians
My Dream Self
Trip/Experience: Tate Modern
Core Text:
The Goldfish Boy
Lady of Shallot-Tennyson
English:
Blog-report/discussion Narrative poetry
Maths:
Decimals Properties of shape
Position and direction
Converting units Volume
Science: Animals including
humans
Computing:
12
Science: Properties and changes
in materials.
Computing: We Are Toy Designers
History:
The Victorians
Geography: Trade routes (continents)
DT:
Tea Caddies and Spice jars (Clay)
RE: Hinduism
PSHE:
Planet Wellbeing Planet Character
building Interpret and
understand information of food labels
PE:
Invasion Games
Music: Ukulele Skill
Development
Spanish: Verbs and questions
Science: Forces
Computing:
We Are toy designers
History: BHM The change in the lives of Black Americans in the Civil rights era and its connection to the rest
of the world.
Art: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat-Who
changed the art world? (Protest posters and pop
art)
RE: Hinduism (temple visit)
PSHE:
Planet Relationships Planet Confidence Anti-bullying week
Explore the risks associated with drug use
PE:
Net and wall games
Music: Ukulele Skill
Development
The Amazon: how locations around the world are changing.
Settlements, land use, economic activity
including trade links and the distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals and water
supplies.
Art: Art Deco (rainforest
prints in Art Deco designs)
Henri Rousseau
RE: Islam
PSHE: Planet Diversity
Explain what migration is and why people need
to migrate
PE: Gymnastics
Music: Melodic Composition
Spanish:
Familiar places
DT:
Textiles: Islamic Weaving
RE: Islam
(Central London Mosque)
PSHE:
Planet Resilience Planet Happiness
How to stay safe when cycling
PE:
Target and fielding games
Music:
Melodic Composition
Spanish: Food and eating out
Geography: Climate Change
History:
Anglo-Saxons
RE: Symbols
PSHE: Planet Heads up
Money Week Explore emotional and
physical changes during puberty
Understand budgeting and deductions from
payslips
PE: Athletics
Music:
African Drumming
Spanish: Leisure, sports and time
We Are Artists
Art: Frida Kahlo: textiles
A study of Surrealism
DT:
Design and make shadow boxes
RE: Symbols
PSHE:
Planet Physical Explore impact of
puberty and importance for
personal hygiene
PE: Multi-sports
Music:
African Drumming
Spanish: Friendships and
personalities
13
Spanish:
TV, music and movies
6
Brick Lane
Trip/Experience: Brick Lane Visit
Core Text:
The Tale of Desperaux
The Ridge-film unit
English: Balanced argument
Diary Biography
Short narrative Free verse poetry with
Imagery
Maths: Place value
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division Fractions
Position and direction
Science: Electricity
Computing:
We Are Travel Writers
History:
Malala Yousafzai
Trip/Experience: Museum of London
interactive session: A Suffragette Story
Core Text:
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls'
Rights by Malala Yousafzai
Wonder by RJ Palacio
English:
Blog-balanced argument Website article-
persuasive Formal letter
Narrative
Maths: Place value
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division Fractions
Position and direction
Science: Light
Computing:
Natural Disasters: Flood and famine
Trip/Experience:
Gurdwara
Core Text: Floodland by Marcus
Sedgwick
Ruin-film unit
English: Diary
Film script Flashback narrative
Character monologue
Maths: Decimals
Percentages Algebra
Converting units Perimeter, area and
volume Ratio
Statistics
Science: Living things and their
environment.
Computing: We Are architects
When in Rome
Trip/Experience: Verulamium Museum-St
Albans
Core Text: Julius Caesar
Beowulf (Anglo Saxons)
English: Letter
Newspaper Description
Maths:
Decimals Percentages
Algebra Converting units
Perimeter, area and volume
Ratio Statistics
Science: Evolution and
inheritance
Computing: We Are Reporters
Damaged Earth
Trip/Experience: Natural History
Museum: The Variety Show
Core Text:
The Iron Woman by Ted Hughes
The Jabberwocky
English: Letter
Campaign leaflet-persuasion
Narrative poetry Short story
Maths:
Geometry and properties of shape Consolidation, and
preparation for SATs
Science: Living things and their
environment
Computing: We are Adventure
Gamers
Where next? (Transition)
Trip/Experience:
Residential Theatre trip
Core Text:
Cosmic
Year 6 Production writing
English:
Description Biographical writing
Advice writing Recount
Play script
Maths: Geometry and
properties of shape Consolidation,
investigations and preparation for KS3
Science: Animals including
humans
Computing:
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Community, immigration and trading across the ages in Brick
Lane and Spitalfields
Geography: Migration
Art:
Murals and street art Cityscapes
RE: Buddhism
PSHE:
Planet Wellbeing Planet Character
building Understand how a
parliamentary debate occurs
School Council
PE: Invasion Games
Music:
Beatbox/Rap and Ukulele
Spanish:
Verbs and questions
We Are cryptographers
History:
Development of women’s rights globally
including the suffragettes.
Art: Portraits-Art Deco
using collage
RE: Buddhism
(London Buddhist Centre visit)
PSHE:
Planet Relationships Planet Confidence Anti-bullying week Understand risks
associated with cannabis and volatile substance
abuse
PE: Net and wall games
Music:
Beatbox/Rap and Ukulele
Spanish:
TV, music and movies
Geography: Impact of flood and
famine on communities and countries.
DT:
Design and make a house to stand up to
extreme flooding.
RE: Sikhism (Gurdwara visit)
PSHE:
Planet Diversity Understand
homelessness and reasons for it
PE:
Gymnastics
Music: Samba
Spanish:
Familiar places
History:
The Romans
DT: Build an aqua duct using
practical skills such as cutting, drilling,
screwing, nailing, gluing).
RE: Sikhism
PSHE: Planet Resilience Planet Happiness
Understand what risky behaviours are
PE:
Target and fielding games
Music: Samba
Spanish:
Food and eating out
Geography:
Reefs and Atolls.
History:
The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the
Kingdom of England to the time of Edward
the Confessor
RE: People of faith
PSHE: Planet Heads up
Money Week Consider physical and
emotional behaviour in relationships
Understand different jobs have different
salaries and what value for money means
PE:
Athletics
Music: Class Performance
Project
Spanish: Leisure, sport and time
We Are Adventure Gamers
Art:
Abstract expressionist
sculpture: Feelings and emotions-Dali,
Jackson Pollock
DT: Textiles-design and
make a flag or banner to represent
your journey through primary
school.
RE: People of faith
PSHE: Planet Physical
Explore process of pregnancy and
conception
PE: Multi-sports
Music:
Class Performance Project
Spanish:
Friendship and personalities
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