Grange Community Primary School
Creative curriculum Overview 2016-17
Year 1 and 2 / Autumn / Spring / SummerTheme title / “Troublesome Transport”
Text “The Naughty Bus”
Non-Fiction texts on transport / “What is out there?”
Text “Man on the moon” by Simon Bartram
“Aliens love underpants” by Claire Freedman / “There’s a commotion in the ocean, but which one?
Text “LighthouseKeepers Lunch” Ronda & David Armitage
“Gracie the lighthouse cat” Ruth Brown
Science / Seasonal changes – Observations of woodland area
Everyday Materials – what are the properties of materials? Why are particular materials used? / Animals and habitats (including food chain) Year 2
Animals including humans / Plants – Identify plants e.g common and wild. Observe how seeds and bulbs grow into plants. Find out what plants need to grow and stay healthy.
History / How has transport changed over time? George Stephenson and steam trains compared to modern trains. Or History of Canals and barges? / Major Tim Peake and his adventures (History in our time) / Grace Darling – Who was she? What did she do?
Geography / Into the woods … in our locality
Fieldwork: observe, measure and record. / Similarities between different countries – What can be seen from space? Eg Great wall of China. Look at China and England. / Oceans and Continents
Art / Paul Atchison (heritage transport), Monet (steam trains) Drawings and Paintings.
Printing using polystyrene tiles / David Hardy – Astro Art
Oil pastel work and photography.
Use of marble inks / 3D artwork – clay to make sea creatures
DT / Design and make vehicles e.g The naughty bus / Cookery – Foods inspired by China
Design and make a rocket for homework project / Design and make a structure
Computing / ICT safety – where to go for help and support re concerns
Use of our website – accessing for different purposes inc algorithms, research, homework Algorithms – Instructions/Solving problems / Use the internet for research – create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.
Algorithms – instructions / Continue to use ICT for research. Algorithms
Music / Singing for performance – Harvest and Christmas; Guy Fawkes – speaking chants and rhymes with beat and rhythm. / Play tuned and untuned instruments rhythmically.
Music of David Bowie “Starman” “Life on Mars” / Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high quality recorded music across a range of historical periods.
P.E / Yr 1 Dance and Gymnastics
Yr 2 Games and Gymnastics / Yr 1 Games and Apparatus
Yr 2 Dance and Apparatus / Yr 1 Team Games and Athletics
Yr 2 Team Games and Athletics
R.E/PHSE / Yr 1 Jesus and his friends; Christmas & Christingle
Yr 2 The bible; Christmas & Christingle
PHSE – Dreams Friendships / Yr 1 Stories of love and forgiveness
Yr 2 Jesus the storyteller
PHSE – Emotions and Feelings / Yr 1 The church as a place of worship
Yr 2 Judaism – Jewish concept of God and stories
PHSE – Relationships and Changes
WOW factor / MOSI “Engineer Eric’s difficult day”
Pettypool (outdoor) – Year 2 only / Jodrell Bank / Seaside