Mayflower’s Creative Curriculum Overview -English Focus- Cycle B 2015-16
Class NameYear group / First half
Autumn
Class Artist / Second half
Autumn / First half
Spring / Second half
Spring / First half
summer / Second half
Summer
Kapoor
Nursery / Anish Kapoor
Artist and
class identity
Story:Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle
Non – Fiction Unit:
Name writing
Plot: Comedy / Each Peach, Pear, Plum
& Nursery Rhymes
Story:Goldilocks
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to make porridge
Plot: Tragedy / Traditional Tales
Story:Jack and the Beanstalk
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion – Warning poster of the giant
Plot: Overcoming the monster / Adventure
Story: The very hungry caterpillar
Non – Fiction Unit:
Labelling the lifecycle
Plot: Rebirth / Wild Animals
Story:We’re going on a bear hunt
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Where is the bear’s cave?
Plot: Voyage and return / Transport
Story: Talkative Turtle
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Where does the train go?
Plot:Quest
Class
Visits / Canary Wharf public sculptures& Library / Local marketSoanes Centre / Mudchute Farm
Greenwich Park / DiscoverMudchute Farm / Zoo visit / Bus/tube ride
Soanes Centre
Hepworth
Reception / Barbara Hepworth
Artist class identity
Story: Sweet and Sour Berries
Non – Fiction Unit:
Captions to photos for mum/food/paintings
Plot: Comedy / Little Rabbit FooFoo
Story:Goldilocks
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to make porridge
Plot: Tragedy / Jack and The Beanstalk
Story:Jack and the Beanstalk
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion - Warning poster for the giant
Plot: Overcoming the monster / New Life
(Eggs hatching)
Story:Handa’s Hen
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount - Diary of looking after a hen
Plot: Rebirth / Wild Animals
Story: We’re going on a Bear Hunt
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Where is the bear’s cave?
Plot: Voyage and return / Transport
Story: Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car
Non – Fiction Unit:
Report on different animals
Plot: Quest
Class
Visits / Tate Britain
Library / Local shops
Soanes Centre / Soanes Centre
Greenwich Park / Mudchute Farm / London Zoo& Victoria Park / Bus/tube ridesSoanes Centre
Transport Museum
Klee
Reception / Paul Klee
Artist & class identity
Story: Sweet and Sour Berries
Non – Fiction Unit:
Captions to photos for mum/food/paintings
Plot: Comedy / Boxes
Story: Goldilocks
Non – Fiction Unit: Instructions on how to make porridge
Plot: Tragedy / Jack and The Beanstalk
Story: Jack and the Beanstalk
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion - Warning poster for the giant
Plot: Overcoming the monster / New Life
(Eggs hatching)
Story:Handa’s Hen
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount - Diary of looking after a hen
Plot: Rebirth / Wild Animals
Story: We’re going on a bear hunt
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Where is the bear’s cave?
Plot: Voyage and return / Transport
Story: Mr Gumpy
Non – Fiction Unit:
Report on different animals
Plot: Quest
Class
Visits / Tate Modern / Discover / Soanes Centre / Mudchute Farm / Greenwich Park / Bus/tube rides
Transport Museum
Ray
Year 1 / Jane Ray
Artist & class identity
Story:The bird in the forest
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Where does the balloon go?
Plot: Overcoming the monster / So Much
Story: Stone Soup
Non – Fiction Unit:Instructions
Plot: Comedy / Water
Story: The Whale and the Elephant
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuade the whale to come home
Plot: Voyage and return / Jungle
Story:Awongalema
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report – Tropical rainforest
Plot: Tragedy / Environments & Habitats
Story: Stone Cutter
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Polar bears lose their habitat/Elephant’s tusks get cut off.
Plot: Quest / Migration
Story: Nest and Web
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – Should he go back to Somalia?
Plot: Rebirth
Class
Visits / Bookshop
Jane Ray visit / Family members to visit class / The Natural History Museum / Kew Gardens / Train ride / Brick Lane, Petticoat Lane Market
Matisse
Year 1 / Henri Matisse
Artist & class identity
Story: Bird and Forest Fire
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instruction - How to paint?
Plot: Rags to riches / Lima’s Red Hot Chilli
Story: Stone Soup
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – What happens with Lima
Plot: Comedy / Water
Story: The Whale and the Elephant
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuade the whale to come home
Plot: Voyage and return / Jungle
Story:Awongalema
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report – Tropical rainforest
Plot:Tragedy / Environments & Habitats
Story: Stone Cutter
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Polar bears lose their habitat/Elephant’s tusks get cut off.
Plot: Quest / Migration
Story:Mohammed and the web
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – Should he go back to Somalia?
Plot:Rebirth
Class
Visits / National Gallery Snail / Visitor Derek Brazell -market / The Natural History Museum / Kew Gardens / Train ride / Brick Lane, Petticoat Lane Market, Queen E. II Olympic Park
Ofili
Year 2 / Chris Ofili
Artist & class identity
Story: The leopards drum
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions - recipes
Plot: Rebirth / Book Focus
The Dancing Tiger
Story: The tiger’s whiskers
Non – Fiction Unit:
Reports on Tigers
Plot: Quest / Trees
Story: Jack and the Dancing Trees
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount from Goldilocks point of view
Plot: Rags to riches / Super Heroes
Story: Superheroes from Comic Strips
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation of super heroes
Plot: Voyage and return / The Owl and The Pussy Cat
Story:Rumpelstiltskin
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion – Come to the land where the bong trees grow
Plot: Comedy / Football
Story: The Fox’s sack
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – for/against playground football pitch
Plot: Overcoming the monster
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / The Natural History Museum / Forest/woods
Tower of London / Cinema visit
Florence Nightingale Museum / Thames/Maritime Museum
Aquarium / Visit a football stadium
O’Keeffe
Year 2 / Georgia O’Keeffe
Artist & class identity
Story: Cuckoo
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions - recipes
Plot: Rebirth / Book Focus
The Dancing Tiger
Story: The tiger’s whiskers
Non – Fiction Unit:
Reports on Tigers
Plot: Quest / Trees
Story: Jack and the Dancing Trees
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount from Goldilocks point of view
Plot: Rags to riches / Super Heroes
Story: Superheroes from Comic Strips
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation of super heroes
Plot: Voyage and return / The Owl and The Pussy Cat
Story:Rumpelstiltskin
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion – Come to the land where the bong trees grow
Plot: Comedy / Football
Story: The Fox’s sack
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – for/against playground football pitch
Plot: Overcoming the monster
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / The Natural History Museum / Forest/woods / Cinema visit / Thames/Maritime Museum / Visit a football stadium
Rousseau
Year 3 / Henri Rousseau
Artist & class identity
& biography
Story:Tiger’s whiskers
Non – Fiction Unit:Explanation – conservation of tigers
Plot: Voyage and return / Ecology
Story:Jack in the beanstalk
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – diary entries
Plot: Overcoming the monster / The Sky
Story: The Eagle Who Thought he was a Chicken
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological –reports on dragons
Plot: Quest / Epic Journeys
Story: Unlucky Man
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion – point of view, for or against the character
Plot:Tragedy/Comedy / The Victorians
Story: Oliver Twist
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – debate about work houses
Plot: Rags to riches / Maps
Story: Gregory Cool
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instruction – recipes from Tobago
Plot: Rebirth
Class
Visits / Gallery visit
Kew gardens / Mudchute Farm / Chinese Dance
(Don Ray)
Chinatown / The Maritime Museum
Docklands Museum / Ridley Road Market / Take different forms of transport
Haring
Year 3/4 / Keith Haring
Artist & class identity
& biography
Story: Snow white
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – biography
Plot: Voyage and return / Ecology
Story: Jack in the beanstalk
Non – Fiction Unit: Recount – diary entries
Plot: Overcoming the monster / The Sky
Story: The Eagle Who Thought he was a Chicken
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological –reports on dragons
Plot: Quest / Epic Journeys
Story: Unlucky Man
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion – point of view, for or against the character
Plot: Tragedy/Comedy / The Victorians
Story: Oliver Twist
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – debate about work houses
Plot: Rags to riches / Maps
Story: Gregory Cool
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instruction – recipes from Tobago
Plot: Rebirth
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / Mudchute Farm / Chinese Dance
(Don Ray)
Chinatown / The Maritime Museum
Docklands Museum / Ridley Road Market / Take different forms of transport
Hokusai
Year 4 / Hokusai
Artist & class identity
& biography
Story:The monkeys and the hat
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – letter in role
Plot: Comedy / The Iron Man
Story: Iron Man
Non – Fiction Unit:
Newspaper report
Plot: Overcoming the monster / The Sky
Story: The Eagle Who Thought he was a Chicken
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological –reports on dragons
Plot: Quest / Epic Journeys
Story:Ice Palace
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasive text – Should Ivan go to save his brother
Plot: Quest / The Victorians
Story: Oliver Twist
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – debate about work houses
Plot: Rags to riches / Cats
Story: King of the Cats
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – learning ‘The way’
Plot: Rebirth
Class
Visits / Gallery visit
Japanese visitors / The Science Museum / Clifford Chance / National Gallery
Museum of London / The National Portrait Gallery / Greenwich Park
Hockney
Year 5 / David Hockney
Artist & own biography &
class identity
Story: Weaver’s Dream
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Biography on David Hockney
Plot: Voyage and return / Forests
Story: Happy Prince
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion text
Plot:Rags to riches / Shelter
Story:Beowulf
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to build a shelter
Plot:Overcoming the monster / World War 2
Story:Death in a nutshell
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report on WW2
Plot: Tragedy / Classical Poetry
Story:Rumplestiltskin
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Newspaper Report
Plot: Rebirth / Skellig
Story:Skellig (or Goose Girl)
Non – Fiction Unit: Persuasion
Plot:Quest
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / Epping/Hainault forest / Imperial War Museum / Sight seeing tour / The V&A or Horniman Museum / The Natural History Museum
Riley
Year 5
/ Bridget Riley
Artist & own biography &
class identity
Story:Nyapoko
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instruction – Tea party
Plot: Voyage and return / Oscar Wilde
Story: Happy Prince
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – opinion on Royal family
Plot: Rags to riches / Shelter
Story: Beowulf
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to build a shelter
Plot:Overcoming the monster / World War 2
Story: Evacuees
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report on WW2
Plot:Tragedy / Classical Poetry
Story: Tell one story
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Newspaper Report
Plot: Rebirth / Storytelling
Story: Tell one tale
Non – Fiction Unit: Explanation – letter to character
Plot: Comedy
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / The British Museum
Jane Ray visit / The Imperial War Museum / The Imperial War Museum / V&A
Tate Britain / Sea, water
Boyce
Year 6 / Sonia Boyce
Artist & own biography &
class identity
Story: Children of Wax
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Science link
Plot: Quest / Oscar Wilde
Story: Happy Prince
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – opinion on Royal family
Plot: Rags to riches / Shelter
Story: Beowulf
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to build a shelter
Plot: Overcoming the monster / World War 2
Story: Evacuees
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report on WW2
Plot: Tragedy / Classical Poetry
Story: Tell one story
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Newspaper Report
Plot: Rebirth / The London Eye Mystery
Story:Three questions
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion
Plot: Voyage and return
Kusama
Year 6 / Yayoi Kusama
Artist & own biography &
class identity
Story: Children of Wax
Non – Fiction Unit:
Explanation – Science link
Plot: Quest / Oscar Wilde
Story: Happy Prince
Non – Fiction Unit:
Discussion – opinion on Royal family
Plot: Rags to riches / Shelter
Story: Beowulf
Non – Fiction Unit:
Instructions on how to build a shelter
Plot: Overcoming the monster / World War 2
Story: Evacuees
Non – Fiction Unit:
Non-chronological report on WW2
Plot: Tragedy / Classical Poetry
Story: Tell one story
Non – Fiction Unit:
Recount – Newspaper Report
Plot: Rebirth / The London Eye Mystery
Story: Three questions
Non – Fiction Unit:
Persuasion
Plot: Voyage and return
Class
Visits / Gallery visit / The British Museum / The Imperial War Museum / The Imperial War Museum / V&A
Tate Britain / Gorsefield residential
Contrasting locality
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