Curriculum Overview - Danehill Church of England Primary School

Danehill Church of England Primary School – Yearly Curriculum Overview A
Year Group:
Subject
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Title
People Who Help Us
Dark and Dangerous?
India
Eggstream growth!
You are what you eat!
Princesses and Knights
(The Gruffalo)
Core rich texts: Jamil’s Clever
Cat, Lily’s Garden of India, The
Runaway Chapatti, My Cat Likes
to Hide in Boxes
SS: Decorate classroom with
sounds
Core rich text: The Egg, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The
Cow that Laid an Egg, The Odd
Egg
SS:
Farm visit/Drusillas
TO 1: Research using internet,
lifecycles…
Core rich text: Oliver’s Fruit,
Oliver’s Vegetables, I Will Never
Ever Never Eat a Tomato, Pass
the Jam Jim
SS:
Party food for?
I will not ever eat a tomato
TO 1: Knowledge of food
groups/food chain
Core rich text: Who’s Afraid of
the Big Bad Book, Beware of
the Storybook Wolves, Paper
Bag Princess
SS: Dressing up day
Fairy Tales (alternative versions)
TO 1: Features of fairy
tales/goodies/baddies
Topic
and Stunning Start Suggestion
Topic outcomes
SS: Visitsfrom
Nurse/Policeman
TO 1: Labelling
TO 2: Experiment writing
TO 3: Letter writing
Literacy
Information/Labelling and
using an information text.
Letter writing.
Science writing
SS: Forest Clues for Gruffalo
TO 1: developing vocabulary:
adjectives/similes
TO 1: Language:
onomatopoeia/alliteration
TO 2: Story telling
TO 2: Features of non-fiction
TO 2: Perform a poem/dance
TO 3: Story telling (own version)
Book making
Narrative
Book Review
Character Study
Poetry
TO 3: Persuasive writing,
information poster/leaflet
Poetry – onomatopoeia
Persuasive writing
Holiday/protecting
environment
Postcard
Book Review
TO 2: still drawing (use of
pastels)
TO 3: Fact file on a dinosaur/
narrative
Recount
Rap
Poster
Report writing
TO 2: Research alternative
versions.
TO 3: Recount of visit/play script
TO 3: instructions –
writing/following a recipe
Instruction writing
Persuasive writing
Letter writing
Story writing
Non fiction
Poetry
Recount
Castle visit
Non fiction
Book Review (BOOK
WEEK)
SPAG
Grammar; Write, leaving spaces
between words
Use a capital letter for the
beginning of a name.
Begin to punctuate sentences using
a capital letter and a full stop.
Grammar; Use capital letters for the
beginnings of lines of poetry.
Use exclamation marks and
question marks at the end of a
sentence.
Use ‘because’ in simple
explanations.
Maths
Number and calculations
(addition/subtraction)
Shape and pattern (2D/3D)
Place value
Money
Grammar; Connectives and
Openers
Continuous provision; VCOP
challenges
Grammar;
‘Ly’ openers
vocabulary
Time
Measure
Number
Grammar
Prepositions
Determiners, suffixes, prefixes
Grammar;
Alliteration,
Grammar,
Adjectives,
Precise clear language
Grammar,
Consolidate
Grammar
Speech bubbles,
Bullet points,
Question Marks similes.
Grammar;
Consolidate
Grammar;
Story mountain, Adjectives,
Adverbs, Nouns, Punctuation,
Verbs,
Grammar;
Consolidate
Data handling
Operations (+ - / x)
Number bonds
Fractions
Angles/Co-ordination
Number and calculations
(addition/subtraction)
Shape and pattern (2D/3D)
Time
Measure
Number
Data handling
Operations (+ - / x)
Number bonds
Fractions
Angles/Co-ordination
Place Value
Money
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Danehill Church of England Primary School – Yearly Curriculum Overview A
History/
geography
Great Fire of London (Foxes)
Guy Fawkes.
Florence Nightingale
Remembrance Sunday
Astronauts: Neil Armstrong.
Locating India on map of the
world.
Name and locate the world’s
seven continents and five
oceans
Year Group:
Name, locate and identify
characteristics of 4 countries
and capital cities of the UK and
it’s surrounding seas.
Changes within living memory
Contrasting locality in the UK.
Great events, national or global.
Significant people.
Science
Materials (uniform)
Dark and Light
Living things/habitats (year 2)
Plants/seasonal
growing/lifestyles
Computing
Keyboard skills/using
websites and supporting
programmes.
E-safety
Presenting ideas
BBC Science clips/Bitesize
Handling data
Instruction 1 and 2
Digital Literacy Technology in
our lives
Art/DT
Silhouettes (Great Fire of
London)
Textiles – making Christmas
decorations
Nick Gustafston art
Collages
Still life drawing
Structures/Sculptures
Christmas card
Self portraits
Henna designs
Keeping healthy
Medicines
Materials (Year 2 revisit)
Food
Tile prints
Christmas calendar
Printing
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Danehill Church of England Primary School – Yearly Curriculum Overview A
PSHE
Being healthy and keeping
safe y1
Pupil voice y1 and 2
PE
Playground games
Ball skills
Athletics
RE
Year Group:
E-safety
Environment y2
Recycle/Reuse/Reduce
Similarities/Differences
Lunches
Moving on
Dance – linked to Nativity
Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Sports Day activities Parachute
games
Ball skills
Dance
Country dancing/maypole
dancing
Christmas –Christian beliefs
The Easter story
Team Games
Sukkot
Why we say thank you
Music
Action songs
Nativity songs/Christmas carols
Composing/making
instruments
Easter songs
Languages
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