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The Curriculum in the Early Years Foundation Stage
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.
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.
Overarching principles
Four guiding principles should shape practice in Early Years settings. *These are:* Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self- assured; Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships; 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 Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates. The framework covers the education and care of all children in Early Years provision, including children with special educational needs and disabilities.

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	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
AUTUMN	Autumn x-curr writing			Instructional text		Recount		Graphics
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing		Diary Writing Chronological reporting/texts				Biography	Internet safety
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
SUMMER TERM	Fact, Fantasy and Food	Fiction unit: Fantasy. Man on the moon/Dougal’s deep sea adventure	Neil Armstrong/Christopher Columbus	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
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing	Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews	Chronological reporting				Biography	Controlling a simple device
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	Autumn x-curr writing		Diary Poetry	Letter Newspaper	Comparisons	Diary Narrative	Instructions
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing		Autobiography Information text/reports		Information texts
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
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
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing		Information leaflets Diary entry
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	Autumn x-curr writing	Stone Age Boy Non-fiction related to science and geography	Narrative	Diary		Poetry	Instructions
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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	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
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing		Autobiography Information text/reports		Information texts	Poetry related to RE
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
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	T
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing	Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews	Chronological reporting				Biography
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??	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
AUTUMN	Autumn x-curr writing			Instructional text		Recount
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing		Diary Writing Chronological reporting/texts				Biography
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
SUMMER TERM	On the move!	Christophes Story (Refugee) Non Fiction: The Grand Tour Exploring Poetic Languages	Windrush/Migration	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
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing	Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews	Chronological reporting				Biography
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 ???	We are architects (Greek Temples) We are bloggers
AUTUMN	Autumn x-curr writing	Greek Myths & Legends Percy Jackson Newspaper Reports		Instructional text		Diary Writing	Instructions
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing	Beowulf Poetry: Kennings Ultimate Explorers Ultimate Rap	Diary Writing Chronological reporting/texts				Instructional texts
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
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
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing	Adverts, Menus, Recipes for café. Newspaper reviews	Chronological reporting				Biography
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	Autumn x-curr writing		Biography	Instructional text		Recount
AUTUMN WHOLE SCHOOL		Black History Month
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	Create an adventure game We are environmentalists	MFL: La Terre
SPRING	Spring X-Curr writing		Diary Writing Chronological reporting/texts	Explanation text: Making Chocolate	Factual leaflets	Recount	Instructional text
SPRING WHOLE SCHOOL		Book Week
SUMMER TERM	All change!	Comprehension revision Funny Frightening: Genre anthology Non-fiction Inventions Kenuske Kingdom	Railways	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
SUMMER TERM	Summer X-Curr Writing		Recount	Information text Recount	Explanation texts
SUMMER WHOLE SCHOOL		Art Project (2 weeks)/Science Week

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