WHOLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAP
The Curriculum in the Early Years Foundation Stage |
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The Curriculum has been developed using the non-statutory guidance materials, Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The curriculum is planned around 6 half-termly topics and the UNICEF Rights Respecting School agenda. |
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The topics covered are as follows: |
Ourselves, Colour, light and festivals, Food, People who help us, Animal stories Fairy tales and superheroes. Parents are informed termly about the content of the curriculum for that term. |
The planned curriculum is developed through the needs and interests of the children in line with the overarching principles of the Statutory Framework of the EYFS seen below.
Framework and guidance can be found at www.foundationyears.org.uk. |
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Overarching principles |
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Four guiding principles should shape practice in Early Years settings.
These are:
Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers; and
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YEAR 1 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
Animal antics |
Wordsmith Unit 1 Familiar Settings Guess What? Class 2 at the zoo/Our new teacher/ Non-fiction: Why do Elephants have big ears Poetry Start - Performance
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Toys in the past (animal links) |
Seasonal & Daily Weather |
Animals Carnivores
Senses |
Harvest Festival
Christmas/ Nativity |
Self-portrait Moving Pictures (animal links) |
Word Processing skills
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Autumn x-curr writing |
Instructional text |
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Recount |
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Graphics |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Where we live |
Fairy tales from the British Isles: Mary 12 Months and the 4 Singers Word Detective Non Fiction: Who lives here? Katie Morag (Geog link) and other book that creates comparison with setting Poetry: Pattern & Rhyme |
Great Fire of London
Gladys Aylward |
Name and locate 4 countries of UK |
Identify and name materials
Properties of materials |
Growing up in a Muslim Family Growing up in a Jewish Family |
Investigating materials
Sculpture: Angel of the north/Barbara Hepworth |
Information around us |
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Spring X-Curr writing |
Diary Writing
Chronological reporting/texts |
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Biography |
Internet safety |
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
Fact, Fantasy and Food |
Fiction unit: Fantasy. Man on the moon/Dougal’s deep sea adventure |
Neil Armstrong/Christopher Columbus
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Mapping the school |
Identify and naming green plants
Structure of common flowering plants |
Faith through Art
Holi & Stories of Krishna |
Food – Eat Fruit and Veg
Playgrounds (geog) |
Touch typing & programing an object |
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews |
Chronological reporting |
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Biography |
Controlling a simple device |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week |
YEAR 2 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
Around the world |
Familiar Settings: Silly Billy. Operation Night Monster
The Lion & The Unicorn (WWII)
Newspaper Reports Poetry Panto (trip) |
Remembrance WWII |
Contrasting location: Kenya |
Everyday materials
Living Things (Habitats) Geog Links |
Hannukah
Diwali |
Mother Nature (African Art))
Puppets |
We are painters (art link)
We are Journalists (newspaper reports) |
Dance: Cultural Dance (African/Trad. UK)
Trip: Panto |
Autumn x-curr writing |
Diary Poetry |
Letter Newspaper |
Comparisons |
Diary Narrative |
Instructions |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Transformers (the transforming world) |
Traditional Tales/Changing endings: Twist in the Tale
Autobiography
Poetry |
Florence Nightingale/Edith Cavell Trip: Nightingale Museum Change: Medicine/Hospitals |
Continents & Oceans |
Life Cycles Basic Needs
Growing Plants (Capel Manor trip) |
Easter
Wesak |
D&T vehicles (transformers?)
Picture this |
We are animators
Programming on screen |
SATs Prep
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Spring X-Curr writing |
Autobiography
Information text/reports |
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Information texts
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
The Urban Jungle |
Does Chocolate Grow on Trees? (link science)
Penny Dreadful
Poetry: Limericks
Act it out |
Local Study: Wetlands/Floods
Changes: Schools |
Local Study Wetlands |
Local Plants
Trips: Wetlands |
Church visit/Baptism
Eid al Fitr
Ramadan |
Can buildings speak? Link with schools
Winding up |
We are zoologists
Clues – Limericks |
SATs: Recycling project
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
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Information leaflets
Diary entry |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week |
YEAR 3 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
Rock and Roll |
Stone Age Boy
Non-fiction related to science and geography |
Stone Age Trip: Celtic Harmony |
Volcanos |
Rocks & Soils |
Living as a Muslim
Christmas |
Sculpture: Volcanos
Art: Cave Paintings |
We are researchers |
MFL Cave paintings at Lascaux
Music: Related to stone age |
Autumn x-curr writing |
Narrative |
Diary |
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Poetry |
Instructions |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Let there be light! |
Moon Man
Video unit: Baboon on the Moon (BFI)
Poetry: Calligrams linked to Diwali
Non-fiction related to topic |
Written Communications (no link) Trip – Postal museum
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Location (no link) |
Can you see me?
How does your garden grow? |
Diwali
RE through Art (stained glass windows) |
Picture Frames
Portraying Relationships (link to Moon Man/Baboon on the Moon)) |
We are animators
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Spring X-Curr writing |
Autobiography
Information text/reports |
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Information texts
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Poetry related to RE |
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
Home and away |
Storm
Ottoline & The Cat
Poetry
Year 3 Spanish Café/British Café |
Local History Forty Hall Trip to Forty Hall
Sleepover? |
Alternate locality: Spain |
Materials
Amazing Bodies |
Judaism: Exodus
School unit |
Inv. Patterns/Famous artist: Gaudi/Spanish Art Mosaic Trip: Henry Moore sculpture Park (science) Healthy Sandwiches (café link) |
We are presenters (café link)
We are…surveys |
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews |
Chronological reporting |
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Biography |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/ Science Week |
YEAR 4 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
Walk like an Egyptian |
Wordsmith unit: Was Tutankhamun Killed?
Fiction Unit: Egyptian Cat & The Egyptian Goddess
Poetry Unit: Creating Images
Sound Spooky??
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Ancient Egypt |
Rivers (includes the Nile) |
Our changing word/Vibrations
Human Impact |
Sukkot/Judaism
Synagogue
Guru Nanak |
Painting Journeys (Book of the dead)
Textiles Money Containers |
We are scientists/data collection – connection? Travel presenters power point |
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Autumn x-curr writing |
Instructional text |
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Recount |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Sparks |
Spiderwick
Iron Man (Electricity link)
Non-fiction connected to Romans |
Romans |
Contrasting Location: Rome |
Electricity
Changing State |
School Unit through Art
Christian Community |
D&T Buildings & Structures: Connect to Romans
D&T Control Mechanism: Iron Man
Art: View points |
We are meteorologists
We are artists
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Spring X-Curr writing |
Diary Writing
Chronological reporting/texts |
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Biography |
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
On the move! |
Christophes Story (Refugee)
Non Fiction: The Grand Tour
Exploring Poetic Languages |
Windrush/Migration
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Geog: Locate North & South America |
Moving & Growing
Where does all that food go? |
Hindu home
Quar’an |
D&T Pop-up: World View points
Art: Prints Connection? |
We are co-authors
We are musicians |
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews |
Chronological reporting |
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Biography |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week |
YEAR 5 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
How civilised! |
Greek Myths & Legends
Percy Jackson
Newspaper Reports |
Ancient Greece
Legacy of Ancient Greece |
Contrasting locality: Greece |
Forces
Materials: Get sorted |
Christian Values
RE through Art |
Greek Pottery/Art
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We are architects (Greek Temples)
We are bloggers |
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Autumn x-curr writing |
Instructional text |
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Diary Writing |
Instructions |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Explorers and settlers |
Beowulf
Poetry: Kennings
Ultimate Explorers
Ultimate Rap |
Anglo Saxons & Vikings |
Locations of UK Regions |
Changes (links to Bread making)
Circle of Life |
No link Pesach
Islam/Local Mosque |
Talking Textiles (Bayeux Tapestry)
Bread making (Saxon Bread) |
We are traders
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Spring X-Curr writing |
Diary Writing
Chronological reporting/texts |
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Instructional texts |
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
Fun and Games |
Museum of fun
Pitch-it
Another text? |
History of Leisure |
Mountains |
Mixtures
Earth and Space
Human Reproduction |
No link Buddha & Teaching
Sikhism |
Objects and meanings
Moving Toys
Musical Instruments |
We are Advertisers
Coding |
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews |
Chronological reporting |
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Biography |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week |
YEAR 6 YEARLY OVERVIEW
TERM |
TOPIC TITLE |
ENGLISH |
HISTORY |
GEOG |
SCIENCE |
RE |
ART/D&T |
COMPUTING |
OTHER |
AUTUMN |
Dig for victory |
Unit 5.1 Friend or Foe
Shakespeare Unit
School journey
Persuasive Writing/Propaganda |
World War 2 (Anne Frank) |
Location Geography: Cities bombed/evacuation |
Nature Library
Everything changes |
Rosh Hashannah Yom Kippur
RE through ART |
A sense of place
Structures/Shelters (Anderson Shelter) |
We are publishers
We are explorers |
MFL: La 2ree Guerre Mondiale |
Autumn x-curr writing |
Biography |
Instructional text |
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Recount |
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AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL |
Black History Month |
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SPRING |
Staying alive! |
Non Fiction: Why is blood red?
Poetry: Animals/Ted Hughes
London Eye
The Rainplayer (Connected to Mayan) |
Mayans |
Bioemes/Amazon and Arctic |
Body pump and body health |
Lent and Easter
Hajj |
Food technology Fajitas
Making Slippers
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Create an adventure game
We are environmentalists |
MFL: La Terre |
Spring X-Curr writing |
Diary Writing
Chronological reporting/texts |
Explanation text: Making Chocolate
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Factual leaflets |
Recount |
Instructional text |
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SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL |
Book Week |
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SUMMER TERM |
All change! |
Comprehension revision
Funny Frightening: Genre anthology
Non-fiction Inventions
Kenuske Kingdom |
Railways
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Contrasting Location: Railways North America |
Danger Low Voltage#
Light up your world |
Buddhist Community
Hindu & Community |
Cubism & Y6 Production
People in action |
We are fundraisers
Web developers
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Summer X-Curr Writing |
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Recount
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Information text Recount |
Explanation texts |
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SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL |
Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week |