Willoughby school

Curriculum Overview 2017-18

Class: Amber – Year Groups: 4, 5, 6, 8 – Key Stage: 2 & 3

Autumn Term One 2017
Food Glorious Food! / Autumn Term Two 2018
Brrr it’s chilly! / Spring Term One 2017
On the move! / Spring Term Two 2018
Marvellous mini beasts! / Summer Term One 2018
Light and shadows / Summer Term Two 2018
Long, long ago!
Literacy / Fiction - Narrative
The Enormous Turnip
Sequencing text, repeated phrases.
funny rhymes food – Do you like… / Poetry
The bear snores on Introduce rhyming words, recite key text,
Weather – dressing for a cold day. / The Jolly Postman
Letter writing
Diary writing
Invitations / Superworm – Julia Donaldson
Sequencing text, repeated phrases. / Narrative
Can’t you sleep little bear? / Castles and dragons
Small knight and George
Making lists about going on a quest
What I need…..
Numeracy /

Number

1.2a- Encountering permanence
1.2b- Number and the number system
2.2a- Calculating
2.2b- Number and the number system

Using and applying

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Shape, Space and Measure

1.3a- Exploration
1.3b- Shape and space
2.3a- Exploration
2.3b- Shape and space /

Number

1.2a- Encountering permanence
1.2b- Number and the number system
2.2a- Calculating
2.2b- Number and the number system
Odd/even numbers on doors
Sorting the mail (data handling) /

Shape, Space and Measure

1.3a- Exploration
1.3e- Time
2.3a- Exploration
2.3e- Time
Symmetry – butterflies /

Shape, Space and Measure

1.3a- Exploration
1.3d- Length, size and height
2.3a- Exploration
2.3d- Length, size and height /

Shape, Space and Measure

1.3a- Exploration
1.3c- Weight and volume
2.3a- Exploration
2.3c- Weight and volume
(Revisit U + A for 2/5 days)
Science / Healthy eating ,food groups- where does our food come from?
Food groups – fruit, veg - classification / Materials – keeping warm
Hibernation
Categorising animals / Growing plants – visit the giant’s house – bean stalk.
Transport and speed – making things move. / 2.3a Characteristics of materials
2.2c Plants and Animals in the Environment
Mini beast hotel/wormery / 2.4b Using Electricity
Light and shadows / . Materials and their uses
DT / Making milk shakes, fruit salad / Building a den
Making soup. / Constructing vehicles / Mini beast mobile / Shadow puppets / Making a picnic for our adventure.
Small world play – building a castle (lego/duplo)
Art / Seed Collage
Food prints / Animal collage – feathers/fur
Natural materials – leaves/twigs / Beautiful bugs/ make a super bug! / Stained glass effect art
1d Visual Exploration- Colours and Shade / Making crowns
Music / 6b Pairs / Sounds to accompany story shakers, popping. / Mini beast songs, ugly bug ball / 4b Showing Enjoyment
History / Moving toys of long ago – spinning top, hoops / 1.1 The passage of time, Me / Knights and castles
Geography / Investigating our area – where does our food come from? On the farm - dairy / Environment – in the woods. / Using geographical vocabulary creating maps / 2.4 Where in the World is Barnaby Bear
Going on a mini beast hunt – exploring natural environment. / x
PE / Dance – Express Yourself 1.2 / Gym 1.7 Zigzag / Games
1.3 Sharing Together / Dance and Prance 1.1 / Games Sharing Together 1.3 / Gym Push and Pull me 1.6
RE / What makes me happy? / CHRISTMAS story / People who help us. / 2d Sharing / 3a Who am I, What Can I do?
Festival of light - Diwali / 3aii Clothing and Self Care
PSHE / This is me! / Teamwork! / 1.2b Looking after our environment / 2.4d Special days / 1.5b Personal responsibility / Consolidation of previous topics/PSD Targets
ICT / KS1-2_1_3 describing pictures / KS1-2_3_4 maths – counting / KS1-2_3_6 collecting data / KS1-2_2_4 talking books
KS1-2_2_6 real life and made up things / KS1-2_2_5 using a camera / KS1-2_4_2 using devices to make things happen
KS1/2_4_5 – making things happen (ICT for programming)