Autumn Spring Summer

FS1 Nursery Rhymes Bears Amazing Animals Food Colour and Patterns Guess Who

Who lives in this

cave? What are you? Who’s hungry? What is it like? Guess who?

CLL

Nursery Rhymes (Twinkle, twinkle, Incy Wincy Spider, Humpty Dumpty, Grand Old Duke); Class book of favourite rhymes; props and puppets;

Goldilocks, teddy bear rhymes and poems, We’re going on a bear hunt (Jill Murphy), Harmeet’s Teddy, The Lost Teddy, Can’t you sleep Little Bear; This is the Bear and the Scary Night;writing invitation to picnic, sandwich instructions

Stories/games about animals, Jungle Book, Rumble in the Jungle, puppets, matching cards, jigsaws, comparison/ sorting, zig-zag books, naming and describing animals

The Tiger who came to tea, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Oliver’s vegetables, The shopping basket, Handa’s Surprise

Elmer

People who help us:doctors, nurses, dentists, fire-fighters, police, people around school.Interviews/ questioning, hot seating;Non-fiction books about occupations; Fireman Sam

MD Sorting/Matching/SequencingNumber rhymes, Number recognition related to rhymes; colour

Sorting/Matching/Counting/ Ordering by size, One more/less teddy; 2D shapes

Sorting/Matching/Counting, number songs, position, sorting/matching, floating/ sinking, capacity

Sorting/Matching/Counting; Problem solving gingerbread man buttons; food rhymes; 3D shapes

Sorting/Sequencing/repeating patterns, data (favourite colours); Smarties Maths

Sorting/Matching/Sequencing/Counting

UW

Floating and Sinking; introducing ourselves; becoming familiar with school environment

Find out about real bears, make porridge, look at some old bears; making sandwiches for teddy bears’ picnic,

Jungle: Animals, minibeasts, holidays (travel, exploring), patterns and textures, plants and trees, weather, habitats and contrast, seeds to grow

Find out about where food comes from, cook food and watch the changes, grow some food, shops and markets; edible parts of plants; Growing salad crops/carrots/radishes; melting chocolate

Pattern walk, patterns in nature, musical patterns; Freezing and melting coloured ice-cubes; Making coloured jellies;

People who help us;Vehicles they use e.g. fire-engine, police car;Safety around our environment e.g. fire safety, car safety

ICT We have confidence We can take turns

We are successful We have feelings

We can drive We are DJs

We can exercise We are healthy

We can listen We can understand instructions

We can understand messages We are talkers

CD

Humpty Dumpty/Hickory Dickory Dock clock junk modelling; Paintings of rhymes, Making Incey, Wincey spider; Making jam tarts. Role play: home, building site

Make bear masks; designing an outfit for teddy; making props for a ‘bear hunt’; Role play area as a cave or toy shop; collages; ‘Wanted’ poster of Goldilocks

Animals-collage, paint, junk models; Mother’s Day cards; Chinese New Year, print with food, leaf prints, baking biscuits, music for jungle sounds. Role play as vet’s

Salt dough fruit modelling; Make a fruit salad; Make a pizza; pasta/seed pictures; vegetable printing; Role play: vegetable market; café, pizza parlour

Making and matching patterns; shape patterns; necklace patterns; prints; wrapping paper/tablecloth designs; marble rolling; Mixing colours; Colour mixing spinners; weaving; Kandinsky concentric circle paintings; colour hunt

Role-play area, hospital, fire station, police station etc. Printing 2D shapes; Patterns Fire pictures;Making tooth brush; role play as baby clinic, fire station

Music Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

PD Personal hygiene; pencil control; manipulation skills; cutting skills; gross motor skills; riding the bikes

Designing and making 2D bears

Game-walking through the jungle, moving like animals, making models, tracing or threading animals

Travelling linked to transport;

PSED

Aspects Baseline assessment; settling into routines and behaviour expectations; introduction to teachers and assistants; making friends

Establishing routines; Sharing and widening friendships across the year group; Bears’ feelings(Goldilocks etc): responding to significant experiences, showing a range

Showing curiosity and developing positive attitudes; circle time related to environment and animals, awareness of different cultures through stories

Good to be me Relationships

Getting on and falling out;Safety in the home, on the road, at school etc.;Looking after ourselves Changes

New Beginnings of feelings Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying

Going for goals!

Enrichment

Dressing up day Nursery Rhyme Character Hunt (hidden props around school)

Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Bring a Bear Day, Decoration Day

Rainforest area, building shelters/dens, trip to zoo

Islamic patterns in tiles, Muslim prayer mats

Visitors to school talking about occupations; visit to a mosque

FS2 Super Me Happy Families Plants and Flowers All Creatures Great

and Small (not jungle/rainforest)

Once upon a time…. On the Move

Who is super? Who is in your

family? What grows? What moves?

Who lives happily ever

after? Where are we

going? CLL Non-fiction about starting

school; My body; Fiction books about school, Funny bones, That’s my Mum, New Baby; I can… - children to write things that they can do no; Extend writing in the role play areas; News; Special books; My senses; Class friendship book

Diwali, Cinderella, Traditional Arabic stories; Invitations to a part; My family zig-zag book; Familiar event/family time description;

The Bad tempered ladybird, Jack and the Beanstalk; Katie and the Sunflowers; The enormous turnip; Sequencing; Labelling

Farmer Duck, Little Red hen, Farmyard Hullabaloo, Old McDonald, The Farmer’s in his Den, Dear Zoo, The Rainbow Fish, Commotion in the Ocean; water/animal poems; describing words; who am I? Non-fiction books

Gingerbread Man, LR Riding Hood, Gruffalo, Elves & the shoemaker, Jasper’s Beanstalk, Goldilocks, Snow white Retelling the story – maps, Labelling the bears, Letters to Goldilocks, Character descriptions –hot seating -likes/dislikes–extending book/story reviews

What ever happen next, Aliens love underpants, The Baby and the Rocket, Compare facts & fiction. Labelling transport, information about transport. Writing instructions to make a rocket

MD To count reliably to 10 and beyond; To count to 10 forwards and backwards; Count accurately up to five objects; To recognise numbers 0-9 consistently; To encourage the correct formation of numbers 0 -5; Measuring and weighing dolls; Time (month/day/year born), Measuring height; Compare and record hair/eye colour; estimating (cubes to cover hand print etc); Class diary of the week

Problem solving (birthday party); Sort sets of objects by size aUse language such as 'greater', 'smaller', 'heavier' or 'lighter' to compare quantities.and shape. Use language such as 'greater', 'smaller', 'heavier' or 'lighter' to compare quantities. Develop an understanding of words that describe position.

Simple addition and subtraction problems; Counting in 2s to 20 and 10’s to 100; Ordering and writing numbers to 20 and beyond; Matching Sorting and comparing objects Recognising 2D and 3D; shapes and their features; Recognising one more and one less in a group of objects; Positional and directional language

Ordering size; Capacity; Sorting/Matching; Estimation; Counting/Doubling animals; Problem solving; Looking at time, playing different games relating to time, starting to read simple times

Symmetry; Sorting and matching; counting; Problem solving; Solving addition and subtraction problems with the help of a number line and by counting on and back; Using the correct vocabulary involved in addition and subtraction. Counting in 2s to 20,v 5’s to 50 and 10’s to 100; Completing simple number sequences; Matching Sorting and comparing objects; Recognising 2D and 3D shapes and their features; Recognising one more and one less in a group of objects

Tally charts of journeys, problem solving, money; Positional and directional language; Looking at time, playing different games relating to time, starting to read simple times; Compare weights, predict the weight various objects and use the concept in cooking

UW My Family, Myself, Holidays Families, My school My Environment; Sequencing from baby to 4/5 years old, making skeletons with art straws; Healthy foood

Celebrations e.g. birthdays, weddings, Eid, National Day, Christmas; Houses now and then; Houses around the world;

Plants Growing, Fruits and vegetables; Making a sandwich, Butterfly lifecycle, Grow plants to attract butterflies; Ladybird lifecycle, Spiders; Healthy food; Bean plant; Grow a cress head and complete instructions – how and what to do

Tasting different types of bread (linked to Little Red Hen); Exploring different minibeasts; Frog life-cycle; Sort animals into different categories; Different habitats; Farm animals; What do animals give us? Animal families – matching babies + mothers.

Ourselves, Cooking changes, World around us, Make porridge; Reflections; Creating/following maps;

Look at all kinds of cars, lorries, planes, space vehicles. Make a hot air balloon; Imaginary journeys; My journey to school (things they see on the way), Places visited; Holidays

ICT We are digital readers We can email

We can blog We can count

We are designers We are shape makers

We are community members We can observe

We are games players We are creative

We can record soundtracks We are film producers

PD How exercise makes us Moving in different ways; Catch Play dough mini-beasts, Snail How do animals move? Follow- Make wands – junk material, Parachute games, obstacle

feel; Control and co-ordination games; Ring games; Practise fastenings on clothes e.g. zips, buttons etc; team/partner games

and throwing, Playground games, Understanding rules, Playing together.

trails made from shaving foam, Snail spirals (cutting skills) Animal movements – hands/feet travelling

my-leader – sheep, Construction / sets – lego etc Drawing/painting / animals, fine details, plans of farms; Crossing the River/shark games

designed by children; Designing and making tiaras/crowns; Making dens/castles/palace

course, outdoor wheelie toys and following road signs, traffic light games

CD Body Parts; Songs; Self-portraits; Making bodies through materials; A family portrait; Collage of their house; people puppets

Henna hands; Clay tiles; Model party food; Role play: Birthday party; making junk model clocks

Fruit printing /Seed heads- face ; Observational drawings-fruit&flowers, Chinese NY dragon, Large pizza collage, Symmetrical butterflies; Caterpillars, Mini beast collage, Clay ladybirds, Minibeast collage, Ladybird biscuits, Moulding – fruit, vegetables with clay, Sunflowers (Van Gogh); Role play: Flower shop

Paint animals; look at camouflage patterns; make elephants out of paper plates; Floating fish ; Flowers frieze with minibeasts; Make cardboard tractor for role play Any play – indoor/outdoor – tractors/diggers/farm Role play – farm shop

Paint and collage, Masks, Designing & making shoes, Clay lamps, Making clocks, Spoon people, Blocks, piping, roles, tyres etc to make buildings –dens, castles, palace – forest home etc Using construction to make castles/dens –smaller scale; Role play: cottage/forest/castle

Make model vehicles in either junk (3D) or on card (2D) Design and build a rocket. Printing a transport picture using finger paint, design and make own kite, play with bubbles, bubble pictures; Role play Garage/Travel Agent/Toy workshop

Music Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

Singing: Nursery rhymes, simple songs, action songs Movement: repeating movements, actions, moving to a steady beat Playing: Untuned percussion instruments, creating sounds in different ways, repeating patterns

PSED Routines/following rules, Feelings, Emotions– talking about themselves, Dressing and undressing for P.E – how to keep their clothes together Routines – looking after resources, good friends New Beginnings

Getting on and falling out; Looking after ourselves; Visitors to school talking about occupations; Sharing and caring rules;treating people with resect; respecting cultures Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying

Playground games; trying new activities Going for goals!

Reading and discussing the behaviour of ‘The Rainbow Fish’(selfish to sharing);Talking about feelings towards mini-beasts. Good to be me

Stranger Danger; Emotions; right and wrong; consequences of actions Relationships

Talk about how they have changed from the beginning of the year to now. Prepare the children for Year 1Transition. Changes

Enrichment National Day Visit an aquarium Dressing up day Horse riding at Royal Stables?

Road safety

Y1 Who am I? Celebrations In the desert Holidays On Safari Adventurers (polar

and pirates)

Who am I? Who is celebrating? What is in the

desert? Where shall we go

on holiday? Who is on safari?

Where shall we

explore? Literacy Stories/non-fiction to

explore identity, family, community, stories from other cultures, adjectives using the senses

Stories with familiar settings and from a range of cultures (e.g. birthdays, weddings, babies); poems on a theme; plan a party (invitations); non-fiction books about festivals

Stories/non-fiction to explore local environment, travel, information texts

Stories with familiar settings; instructions; labels; lists and captions; holiday postcards; using puppets (Punch and Judy) to tell a story

Stories from African culture; Masai and I, Handa’s surprise, Lila and the secret of rain, Bringing the rain to Kapiti, Giraffes can’t dance, animal riddles

Animal reports (polar animals); recounts, information texts, diary entry as an explorer, letter home, write a news report Molly's Brolly

Stories from other cultures Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Instructions – Recipe Stories by the same author eg Julia Donaldson, Anthony Browne Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Non chronological report Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Recounts Fantasy story Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Traditional Tales Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Stories with repeated patterns Non-fiction texts – labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted posters glossary Poetry on a theme, learning by heart, traditional rhymes including innovation

Maths

Count on in 1s to 20 and on to 100; read numbers to 20 in words and figures; count on and back in 10s from a multiple of 10; estimate a number of objects. Recognise the value of each digit in a ‘teens’ number; say which is more or less of two numbers. Say the number that is 1 more than a given number; count on 1,2,3 or 4 from a given number. Know addition facts for pairs that total up to 6; relate addition facts to an understanding of addition, including + and =. Compare two or more lengths or heights by direct comparison;

Know the days of the week; order familiar events in time; know the seasons of the year (comparing countries); begin to know the months. Begin to use the names of common 2D shapes; describe features of familiar 2D shapes. Say the number that is 1 less; count back 1 from a given number; subtract a 1-digit number from a ‘teens’ number by counting back. Recognise doubling as addition; know doubles of numbers up to 5; add by identifying near doubles. Recognise coins/notes of different values; order coins/notes according to their value; find totals of sets of coins/notes.

Recognise zero; begin to read numbers to 100 in words and figures; Count a large number of objects by grouping in 10s. Understand and use ordinal numbers up to at least 20th; Order numbers to 20 and begin to say a number lying between two numbers. Know addition facts for pairs that total up to 7 and 8. Describe position (above, below, beside, left, right) and direction/ movement (forwards, backwards, up, down, left, right)

Compare two or more weights by direct comparison; measure weights using uniform non-standard units. Read the time to the hour on analogue clocks; organise and interpret information in a simple table. Begin to use the names of common 3D shapes and describe their features. Add by counting on, not bridging a multiple of 10 other than 10 or 20;add two multiples of 10 by counting on in 10s. Count on and back in 10s from any number up to 100; count on and back in 1s and 10s and saying the number that is 1 or 10 more or less. Begin to subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number; subtract by counting back to a multiple of 10.

Count a number of objects by grouping in 5s or 10s; begin to add a multiple of 10 to a 2-digit number by counting on in 10s. Begin to partition 2-digit numbers into tens and units; order numbers to at least 30; say a number lying between 2 numbers. Know addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 10 Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number; find a small difference between two numbers by counting on Compare two or more capacities by direct comparison; measure capacities using uniform non-standard units.

Read the time to the hour and half hour on analogue clocks; begin to use units to measure time: minutes; Subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number by counting back; subtract one multiple of 10 from another. Begin to add two ‘teens’ numbers, not crossing a multiple of 10; solve ‘real-life’ problems involving money (change). Count on in 2s or 5s up to 100; begin to recognise odd and even numbers up to at least 20. Exchange coins/notes for equivalent in smaller coins/notes; count money and give change.

measure lengths using uniform non-standard units.

Science My body, senses, staying healthy; food diary; groups of food; teeth; exercise

Celebrations: Everyday materials, Sorting materials

Desert animals and plants; How animals move, adaptations, animal families

Holidays: Everyday materials , plants, animals including humans

On Safari: everyday materials; plants; animals, including humans. Sorting wildlife into groups; comparing/contrasting; African animal food chains; camouflage

Explore ice and water, properties of materials

History Timeline of life so far, family tree, sequencing birth to old age, AD before and now, doctors who discovered medicines

How people in our family celebrated in the recent past; how past events are still celebrated

Desert life in UAE in the past How camels were used

Holidays in our own past, holidays that our families had in the past, same/different between holidays in the past and today

Shackleton’s journey, famous pirates (Blackbeard, William Kidd, Mary Read)

Geography Where in the world are we from? Why do some people have little drinking water? What hospitals are like; Comparing homes; Locating homes on a map

Different festivals around the world; how different groups of people celebrate different events, comparing celebrations in the home countries of children in the class; light in festivals

Deserts around the world, where else in the world can you find camels?

Places people go on holiday, how they get there, some of the things they do, what people wear, how tourism can spoil places; naming and locating places

Water aid, animal conservation, contrasting village life; A day in the life…; collecting and carrying water;

Arctic/Antarctic, Inuits, Global warming, simple maps, differences between hot and cold countries; contrasting a mud hut in Ethiopia with an igloo in Northern Canada

ICT We are painters (illustrating an e book-timeline/self portraits)-creativity

We are celebrating (creating a card electronically)-productivity

We are collectors (finding images of animals using the web)-computer networks

We are TV chefs (filming a recipe)-computational thinking

We are storytellers (producing a story book)-communication/collaboration

We are treasure hunters (using programmable toys)-programming

Art Self portraits, Birthdays-playdough food modelling (linked with touch and sight); cross-sections of fruit; Arcimboldo (fruit/vegetable faces using magazine cut outs)

Using decoration in celebrations; making artefacts and images to use in celebrations

Camel collages, Sand art sculpture/picture

Holiday paintings; shades of blue; collage using beach materials including shells

African Art and artists; painting safari animals; African patterns

Collage of Arctic/Antarctic, Picture of an aurora, clay animals, collage of an icicle using cold colours cut from magazines

DT Make healthy foods; designing a photo frame

Designing and making a product for a celebration

AD Buildings: papier-mâché and junk modelling;

Sand sculptures; making a Punch and Judy puppet; holiday t-shirt design

Making banana pancakes; creating model animals and dioramas; animal masks

Make a pirate ship, design an ice-cooler, making ice-lollies and desserts

Music Singing; creating musical patterns; creating sounds using bodies, voices, objects and instruments and explore how these sounds can be changed.

Rhythm and beat I’m a composer: soundscapes; Developing the ability to discriminate between longer and shorter sounds, and to use them to create interesting sequences of sound. Playing percussion instruments with control and sensitivity.

Musical movement; singing songs related to the topic

African drumming; Recognising the difference between pulse and rhythm and to perform with a sense of pulse.

Pitched percussion; Creating simple rhythmic phrases.

Enrichment Visit from a doctor/to a hospital; Visit from a dentist

Visitor-camel expert, Greeting people in different languages, learning about the home countries of children in the class (International Day?)

Saadiyat conservation trip

Social

Studies

UAE-7 Emirates, flags, map, art pieces, Trip to the mosque, Decoration Day

Comparing UAE animals with animals from own country

Life Skills 1. Information Literacy: Using information books to find out information related to the topics; features of non-fiction texts 2. PHSE – New Beginnings

1. Information Literacy: using information books to find out about celebrations. Begin to learn about the features of non-fiction texts 2. PHSE – Getting on and falling out Say no to bullying

1. Information Literacy: answering questions about camels by highlighting key words and using the index 2. PHSE – Going for goals

1. Information Literacy: writing questions about holidays; finding the answers in non-fiction books and presenting the findings to the class 2. PHSE – Good to be me

1. Information Literacy: researching types of homes and present their findings as a poster 2. PHSE - Relationships

1. Information Literacy 2. PHSE- Changes

Y2 Changes We’ve got the power Under and Over the

Sea

Long, long ago

(Dinosaurs, Castles

and Knights) Fun in the Sun

Explorers/An

Island Home

What changes

can we see

around us?

What makes things

go? What is out at sea?

What happened long

ago? How do we have fun in

the sun? What is it like on

your island?

Literacy Rainbow fish; Messages in a bottle/postcards; posters about sea pollution; story-writing in an underwater world

Mythical creatures (stories), Non fiction:research; creating our own dinosaur; poems

Telling a story using shadow puppets; Information texts about sun safety

Traditional Tales with a twist Explanation texts Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Instructions Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Animal Adventure Stories Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Non chronological reports Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Stories by the same author Persuasive advert or poster Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Stories set in school (or other familiar settings) Recounts; letters Poems on a theme Poems with a structure Classic poetry

Maths Count on and back in 1s and 1s from a 2-digit number; write numbers up to 100; begin to count up to 100 objects by grouping in 5s of 10s; estimate up to 50 objects. Partition 2-digit numbers into tens and units; order numbers up to at least 100 and position them on a 100-square. Add by counting on in 1s from the larger number, crossing a multiple of 10; add three numbers by putting the largest number first. Rehearse addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 9; relate addition and subtraction facts to missing number sentences. Estimate, measure and compare lengths in centimetres and

Use units of time: hours in a day, days in a week, months in a year, and seasons in a year. Use the names of common 2D shapes; sort 2D shapes and describe their features; begin to recognise line symmetry; make symmetrical patterns. Count back in 1s, not crossing a multiple of 10 and then crossing a multiple of 10, beginning to partition. Know doubles for numbers up to at least 15 and corresponding halves; begin to derive doubles of multiples of 5 up to 100 and corresponding halves. Find totals of sets of coins/notes: relate to adding three or more numbers.

Count on and back in 1s, 10s or 100s; begin to recognise odd and even numbers to at least 50. Understand and use ordinal numbers up to at least 100th; compare 2-digit numbers; say a number lying between two numbers. Rehearse addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 10; begin to add three 1-digit numbers mentally. Know that a right angle is a measure of a quarter turn; recognise right angles; recognise clockwise and anticlockwise turns. Estimate, measure and compare weights in kilograms and grams; read the time to the hour and half hour on analogue and digital clocks.

Sort, organise and interpret information in a block graph and in a pictogram. Use the names of common 3D shapes; sort 3D shapes and describe their properties. Subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit number by counting back in 10s; add and subtract 9, 11,19 and 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20 and adjusting. Count on in 2s, 5s or 10s; recognise odd and even numbers; understand multiplication as ‘lots of’ and use the x sign. Introduce multiplication as repeated addition; record facts using x and =; begin to understand division as grouping.

Begin to partition 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens and units; begin to round numbers less than 100 to the nearest 10. Begin to add by bridging a multiple of 10; find the difference between two numbers by counting on. Classify and describe common 2D and 3D shapes; begin to recognise halves and quarters of shapes and numbers of objects. Know pairs of multiples of 10 that total 100; pairs that total up to 10; use pairs that total 10 to make the next multiple of 10. Estimate a capacity, recording estimates; read a simple capacity scale; estimate, measure and compare capacities in litres and millilitres.

Add and begin to subtract a 1-digit number to and from a multiple of 100; organise and interpret information in a table. Add A 1-digit number to a 2-digit number; add two 2-digit numbers; subtract one 2-digit number from another. Use units of time: hours, minutes, seconds; read the time to the quarter hour on analogue and digital clocks. Understand multiplication as repeated addition; understand division as the inverse of multiplication; recognise 2-digit multiples of 2,5 and 10 and know their multiplication facts. Double multiples of 5; halve multiples of 10; add using near doubles; recognise the relationship between halves and quarters.

metres; use a ruler.

Science Healthy Me-growing Healthy animals (pets); sorting domestic animals; minibeast life cycles

Move it: every day materials, all things living and their habitats; Electricity

Sea habitat; Classifying sea animals; Changes in water; how land and sea animals breathe, move and reproduce, floating and sinking

Materials Monster What dinosaurs looked like/ate Sorting/classifying

Young gardeners: all things living and their habitats

Young masterchef

History Changes in homes, schools and toys throughout history ; AD in the past and changes locally; Famous people that made changes e.g. Florence Nightingale, Louis Pasteur

What we did before electricity; Changes brought about by electricity; Inventions through time; Letters to grandparents-electrical items; transport in the past

Sea transport in the past; Traditional dhows; Pearl fishing; Story of Grace Darling

Timeline of dinosaurs, What a fossil record shows us what we know about the past

Seaside holidays in the past, Air-conditioning now and in the past.

Famous people: Francis Drake, Ferdinand Magellan, Captain Cook, World Exploration-circumnavigation and routes of voyages

Geography Life as we know it: exploring the community in which they live, dangers, staying safe

AD use of power; AD resulting carbon footprint; Location of AD main power uses; How people in different countries use electricity

How much of our planet is water/land; Habitat for different living things; Living where there is not much water/access to clean water; major oceans and seas

What the earth looked like millions of years ago; Where to look for dinosaur bones; Where dinosaurs have been found

Field work skills-surveying/ questioning; AD beaches and coastline, Seasides around the world, Different types of beaches, Features of seasides, Compare and contrast features of different beaches

AD compared to overseas locality, Study of local maps of school and Saadiyat, Locate continents on map, locate AD and UAE on world map, Country study: South America and Australia

ICT We are photographers (taking, selecting and editing digital images)-creativity

We are games testers (exploring how computer games work)-computational thinking

We are researchers (researching a topic); creating a digital storybook in a sea setting-computer networks

We are detectives (communicating clues)-communication/collaboration

We are zoologists (recording bug/animal/shell hunt data – local beach study)-productivity

We are astronauts (programming on screen)-programming

Art Draw and paint animals/pets; design a pet carrier; draw and paint their homes; changing colours (mixing, shades of colour)

Silhouettes of AD (and UAE?) buildings; lighthouse picture (light and dark shades), Morris Jensen-charcoal experimentation; electricity safety poster

Polystryrene printing/sea collage; Monet-impressionist paintings; Sea shell paintings; paper plate fish

3D optical illusion dinosaur; reptile-skin patterns; dinosaur images

Sunset pictures; designing shadow puppets with moving parts;

Linked to chosen overseas locality; textile collage of an island

DT Design a new toy, make a car with axles, build a light up lighthouse,

Clay tiles (Islamic patterns), battery operated toys; design a wheeled vehicle for a purpose; build and fly a kite

Clay pots; Designing and making a model aquarium; Designing and making a soft ‘sea’ toy; testing materials of different materials to make a boat with the best shape which floats

Sculpture of a dinosaur, Making a watering device; make shadow puppets; healthy eating summer foods; making an ice-lolly

Music Singing; elements of melody; changing sounds and tempo; Developing the ability to discriminate between higher and

Elements of rhythm; time signatures

Singing; Reading and playing simple melodies; Developing the ability to recognise different ways sounds are made and changed and to name, and know how to

Creating simple melodies; Create symbols that represent the various ways an instrument can be played and use these to help create a sequence of sounds.

Soundscapes; Developing the ability to recognise how sounds and instruments can be used expressively and combined to create music in response to a

I’m a composer Rap Apps

lower sounds and to create simple melodic patterns.

play, a variety of classroom instruments.

stimulus.

Enrichment Changes in Saadiyat, parents/grandparents speakers (old toys); visit to/from a vet

Trip to Ferrari World; Parent speakers (cars), road safety and seat-belts

Saadiyat beaches/Abu Dhabi mangroves; sun safety

Social Studies Saadiyat story, trip to Manarat Water in the UAE compared to other countries Land features of the UAE: desert, oasis,

mangroves, mountains Life Skills 1. Information Literacy:

how to find books in the library; using non-fiction books to find out about different types of transport 2. PHSE – New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: exploring images from the National Portrait Gallery, creating labels and captions 2. PHSE - Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: highlighting key words and answering questions related to the topic. Making notes and creating a concept map. 2. PHSE - Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: researching dinosaurs and practising putting information into their own words 2. PHSE - Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: working in groups to research the importance of water in a given location before presenting their work orally to the class 2. Money Skills (Barclays pack): where does money come from, value of money, keeping money safe, money choices, seaside shop (tickets, receipts, wage and withdrawal slips) 3. PHSE2. PHSE - Relationships 4.What and where in the world?

1. Information Literacy: 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y3 Active Planet The Romans Inventions that

changed the world Food for thought Feel the force! Bridges

What makes the

world shake?

Who were the

Romans? What did

the Romans leave

behind?

How did that

invention change the

world?

How does your

garden grow? Can you feel it?

How will we get

across?

Literacy Legends associated with volcanoes; volcano non-fiction texts, Firework Maker’s Daughter; poetry

Poster and travel brochures; letter as a Roman soldier; re-telling story of Romulus and Remus; examining Roman myths, Creating an ICT-Based storybook

‘The most important invention in your home’ research, discussion and writing

Newspaper report about a missing bridge; Names and facts (tallest/oldest/longest etc)

Mystery Novel as a theme Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Fables Fairy Tales/ Folk Tales Recounts/Diaries Recount biography Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Play script Persuasive letters Recount biography Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Explanation texts Discussion; for and against Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Non chronological reports Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Non chronological reports Poetry: on a theme, with structures shape, calligrams, rhyming couplet, classic poetry for performance

Maths Compare two 3-digit numbers; Practise partitioning 3-digit numbers into hundreds, tens and units. Count up to 100 objects by grouping in 5s or 10s; Count on and back in 100s from any number. Know addition and subtraction facts for pairs that total up to 20; Add several numbers by finding pairs that total 9, 10 or 11. Classify and describe 2D shapes including quadrilaterals; identify and sketch lines of symmetry in simple shapes. Measure and compare lengths in metres and centimetres; use decimal notation for metres and centimetres.

Organise and interpret data in simple lists, tally charts and frequency tables; organise and interpret data in pictograms. Add a 1-digit number to a 2 or 3 digit number, bridging a multiple of 10; Subtract a 1-digit number from a 2 or 3 digit number. Read the time to 5 minutes on analogue clocks; Read the time on analogue and digital clocks and solve problems involving time. Understand multiplication and division as repeated addition or subtraction; Know the multiplication facts for the 2 times table; Recognise unit fractions and find unit fractions of numbers; Know doubles of numbers up to 20; derive multiples of 5 and 50 and corresponding halves.

Rounding numbers less than 100 to the nearest 10; Ordering numbers to 1000 and saying a number lying between 2 3-digit numbers. Counting on in 10s, 100s or 50s from zero; Recognising odd and even numbers up to at least 50. Know pairs of multiples of 100 that total 1000; Using pairs that total 100 to make the next multiple of 100. Introducing, classifying and describing prisms; classifying and describing common 3d shapes by properties. Measuring and comparing capacities in litres and millilitres; Using units of time - days, hours, minutes and seconds.

Organising and interpreting data in frequency tables; Organising and interpreting data in bar charts. Adding and subtracting a multiple of 10 to and from a 2 or 3 digit number; Adding and subtracting a 2-digit number to and from a 2 or 3 digit number. Adding and subtracting a multiple of 10 or 100 to and from a 3 or 4 digit number; Adding and subtracting 9, 11, 19 and 29 to and from a 2 or 3 digit number. Know the multiplication facts for the 5 and 10 times tables; Rehearsing division as the inverse of multiplication; Know the multiplication facts for the 3 times table; Recognising non-unit fractions and find non-unit fraction of shapes and numbers.

Rounding 3-digit numbers to the nearest 10 and 100 and understanding and using £ and ‘p’ notation; Solving ‘real-life’ problems involving money (comparing amounts). Adding a 2-digit number to a 2-, 3– or 4-digit number by partitioning into tens and units; Adding by identifying near doubles, using doubles already known. Recognising odd and even numbers up to 100 and counting on in 5s and 10s; Learning multiplication facts for the 4 times table. Making and describing right-angled turns, identifying right angles and using set squares; Recognising and using the 4 compass directions N, S, E and W. Locating position on a grid with the rows and columns labelled; Measuring and comparing weights in kilograms and grammes.

Using units of time—years, months, weeks and hours; Classifying and sorting data in Venn and Carroll diagrams. Using informal written methods to record additions for 2 and 3-digit numbers; Introduction to using column addition to add 2 and 3-digit numbers; Finding the difference between two 2– or 3-digit numbers; Introduction to using informal written methods to record subtractions to 2 and 3-digit numbers; Understanding division as grouping; Multiplying by 10 and 100, shifting the digits 1 or 2 places to the left. Introduction to recognising simple equivalent fractions; Finding totals , giving change and working out which coins to pay.

Science Earth rocks! Rocks and soils, what happens when a volcano erupts, what happens when a rock melts, how volcanoes can give off poisonous gas, how scientists detect volcanic eruptions

Food and our bodies Light to see, comparing animal to human teeth, how our body uses food and water, how our heart works, skeletons and muscles, human life cycle, exercise, healthy foods

Mirror, mirror (light) Air around us and the science of flight, light, man-made materials and their properties

How does your garden grow (plants) Plants in our local area, growing a flowering plant, local food chains, why plants have leaves, life cycle of a plant

Opposites attract (forces and magnets) Forces and where they come from, friction and how we use it, reducing and increasing friction, measuring force; What did the ancient Greeks do for science?

Planning a bridge; forces (compression and tension); changing the strength of a structure; designing and carrying out a fair test

History Pompeii and Roman daily life at the time

Romans: Founding of Rome; Legend of Romulus and Remus; Ancient Roman society; Roman entertainment; Gods and Goddesses

Significant inventions of the last 100 years; Inventions and the way we communicate; Islamic Golden Age of Invention

French Revolution Discovery of Food-Walter Raleigh Aztecs and Chocolate

Tudors- Spanish Armada Queen Elizabeth I

Gustave Eiffel and his contribution to engineering;

Geograph

y How the Earth is formed; What a volcano island is and where they are in the world; What causes an earthquake; How earthquakes can be measured, Why people continue to live in volcanic areas, International organisations working after natural disasters, Knock-on effects of earthquakes and volcanic activity

Where Italy and what it is like? Tourism in Rome; Comparing Italy with AD and home country;

How the Internet has changed the way we communicate; How the world’s scientists share knowledge about inventions and latest technology; How technology and inventions affect people’s lives; How inventions have made life easier or harder; Inventions in the home and in AD; Why some countries have fwere or more technologies than others

Plants grow in all corners of the globe-even in extremely hot and extremely cold places; Cash crops; how apples are grown and orchards; journey of an apple to juice; food packaging; dairy products

Extreme and dangerous forces Looking at the world’s climatic zones What are the positives and negatives of each Dangerous weather-how air can cause destruction, flooding and even death

Why bridges are needed; Researching bridges locally; Bridges on maps; grouping and categorising bridges; comparing and contrasting bridges; famous bridges around the world

ICT We are programmers (programming an animation)

We are bug fixers (finding and correcting bugs in programs-computational thinking); creating a database about Roman emperors; Creating an ICT storybook of a Roman myth

We are communicators (collaborating by email and teleconference)

We are network engineers (finding out how the school network works)

We are presenters (shooting and editing video)-creativity; Research questions and answers for a multiple choice quiz on PowerPoint

We are opinion pollsters (creating a survey and analysing the results)-productivity; creating a fact-file using ICT;

Art Hot and cold colours; Using different materials and techniques to represent a volcano; Japanese artist Hokusai; what makes buildings strong

Making a Roman mosaic; Painting a scene from a Roman myth; Using clay to create a Roman artefact

Artists: Van Gogh (sunflowers), Monet (waterlilies) O’Keefe (Poppies), designers who stylise fruit or food e.g. Sylvia Chalmers, Kate Malone, Jamaican art with fruit in it

Bridge silhouettes

DT What makes buildings strong; Protective clothing and equipment; Putting together a survival kit; 3D volcano; creating a seismograph

Designing and making a Roman purse and Roman shield; Planning and making a Roman picnic, Roman siege machine

Making a paper glider; Making a pinhole camera, Making a moving toy (gears/levers/cams)

Bread survey and baking; make a simple strawberry cheesecake; bag designs which have food on them and creating a design (printing), Thai art of fruit sculpture

Windmills and turbines: constructing a model windmill

Investigating what shapes make bridges strong; Designing and creating a solution to open and close the arms of a bridge; Using junk models to create a bridge

Music Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Concert performances

Pulse and rhythm Elements of music Melody and harmony Orchestral families

Class singing & Choral House Singing Competition Individual Performance Music theory worksheets

Pulse and rhythm Rhythm composition Melody and harmony Aural awareness

Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets

Listening skills Pulse and rhythm Group composition Melody and harmony

Enrichment Mock-up disaster relief centre; international

Roman ball games and training games

Local bridges; visit from a civil engineer

organisations Social

Studies

Masdar City (future and past, Arabic food Bridges in Abu Dhabi, Louvre construction

Life Skills 1.Information Literacy: consider the contrast between historical events in Pompeii and modern day tourism there 2. PHSE- New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? Internationalism: focus on a continent and each class learns about a country in detail. Children write messages to Year 3 children at Cranleigh UK. Present information to the rest of the year in International Week 4. What’s in the world?

1.Information Literacy: create three questions about a research topic. Locate fiction, non-fiction, biography, reference sections. 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: create a presentation about an invention and present findings to the class 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: tbc 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: write a simple book report/recommend a book to a friend 2. PHSE2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: tbc 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y4 Material World Movers and Shakers Light and Sound Hot and Cold Young Entrepreneurs Flight

Why is it made

from that material? Movers and Shakers?

What can you see?

What can you hear? Hot or Cold? What idea? Where will it fly?

Literacy Mindmaps about light and shadow, day and night poems, instructions to make a musical instrument, multimedia presentation to include sound, write a story to be accompanied by musical sounds

Information books, glossaries/index/contents; The Ice Trap

Flight poems, recounts of famous first flights; writing stories

Issues and dilemmas Non chronological report Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Film and Play script Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Fairy Tales/Folk Tales Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Novel as a theme (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Persuasion – sales pitch/article Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Fantasy Myths Icarus Explanation text Information booklet with collection of non-fiction text types Poetry; on a theme, kennings, cinquain, classic

Maths Read and write whole numbers up to 10 000 and know what each digit represents; Recognise the relationship between thousands, hundreds, tens and units and partition numbers into these values. Understand that multiplication can be explained as repeated addition and arrays; Understand division as the inverse of multiplication and find remainders when dividing whole numbers. Practise addition and subtraction and rehearse number pairs to 100 or 1000; Addition and subtraction - adding to the next 100 or 1000. Know the names of, describe and visualise common shapes: Be able to classify polygons and recognise different types of triangle. Use standard metric units of length—mm, cm, m, km; Understand and measure area as covering 2 dimensions.

Use and interpret tally charts and frequency tables; Construct and interpret pictograms where one symbol represents several units. Add several small numbers, finding pairs totalling 9, 10 or 11; Add several multiples of 10 or 100. Tell the time on analogue and 24 hour clocks to the nearest minute, using am and pm; Rehearse use of seconds as measure of time and estimate and measure time using minutes/seconds. Count on and back in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s, 25s and 50s; Recall multiplication facts for x2, x3, x4, x5, x10 tables and derive related division facts. Recognise fractions and mixed numbers: Recognise equivalence of simple fractions.

Count on and back in 10s, 100s, and 1000s. Add and subtract 1, 10, 100 and 1000; Compare and order numbers to 10 000. Use < and >. Give ‘between’ numbers. Recognise properties of adding and subtracting odd and even numbers; Recognise negative numbers in context. Derive and identify doubles/halves up to 50 and double by partitioning; Derive doubles and halves of multiples of 10-500 and 100-5000. Multiply mentally; Classify and sketch 2d shapes according to concept of symmetry; Rehearse names and nets of 3d shapes, define polyhedron and tetrahedron. Use scales. Know relationships between standard units of capacity; Read simple timetables.

Measure perimeter and know the difference between area and perimeter; Conduct and interpret bar graphs. Add numbers by partitioning and estimate and check by approximating; Subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers and use appropriate ways of calculating to solve problems. Add and subtract near multiples of 10 from 2 or 3 digit numbers; Add HTU using formal and informal written methods. Estimate and check by approximating. Use doubling. Learn x6 multiplication and division and related facts; Begin to know x8 multiplication and division facts. Compare and order fractions and locate fractions on a number line. Recognise equivalence of decimal and fraction forms of halves and tenths.

Round 3-digit numbers to 10 or 100; round money to £; make estimates; Multiply/divide integers by 10 or 100, multiply by 5 or 20 by halving/doubling Subtract HTU – TU, HTU – HTU, check results with inverse calculation. Subtract HTU – TU, HTU – HTU by standard method. Find differences by counting on; understand relation between +/- ; Know x9 multiplication/ division facts; recognise patterns and relationships. Use 8-point compass, measure clockwise/anticlockwise turns. Know angles are measured in degrees; know relationship between degrees and right angles; Locate position on a grid using coordinates; recognise horizontal and vertical lines. Understand and use standard units of weight; read scales

Know relationship between different units of time; read calendars. Organise and interpret data in Venn/Carroll diagrams; Add money amounts; estimate and check by approximating. Subtract money amounts by standard written method of decomposition; Know ×7 multiplication/division facts, develop ×7 from ×3/×4 facts. Use partitioning and informal methods to multiply TU by U. Multiply TU by U using standard methods. Divide TU by U (standard/informal methods); understand division as repeated subtraction. Find fractions, quantities and shapes; relate fractions to division. Recognise decimal notation; equivalence between fractions and decimals (1/2s and 1/4s).

Science Material World (properties and changes of materials) Different materials and their properties, uses of plastic and glass, metals and magnets, materials and electricity, materials and heat, natural/ man-made materials,

Let’s get moving (forces) Human movement, muscles and skeletons, animals and classification

What’s that sound? (sound) How sounds are made, changing sounds, sound and hearing, volume and noise Light and colour Light sources, shadows, light and dark, materials and light, light and colours, separating colours, colour filters, moving images, night and day

Circle of Life (Living things and their habitats) Conditions to grow plants; food chains; adaptations; Desert and Arctic creatures

Power it up! (electricity) Electrical journey. Circuits, sources of electricity

What makes a bird a bird; Bird migration; Flight in the plant kingdom( seed dispersal, bees); Science of flight (lift, thrust, drag, weight); Air pressure; Travel to Space (solar system, stars, the sun, life on Mars)

History Industrial revolution-processing and selling back to the Empire

Important people: Ghandi, Martin Luther King and Mandela -comparison

Materials and techniques used by people in the past; Using portraits and photos to help us find out about the past;

Race to the Poles-Scott v Amundsen; polar exploration

Trade in the past and Spice Route

Flight in history: Icarus and Daedalus; Pegasus; Amelia Earhart; Wright brothers; Harry Ferguson; History of the kite; Travel to Space

Geography Where materials come from; natural resources UAE, Russia, India, USA, South Africa

Different countries and what they are like (India, USA and South Africa)-where food comes from, what people grow, comparing rich and poor. Developed and developing countries

Map symbols; How maps, plans and globes are used; Recording the world in aerial photos and satellite images; Music in different cultures and countries

Desert and polar regions Services and businesses in our local community; different types of product that can be bought around the world; different types of currency around the world; what products the UAE exports and imports

Connections with different places in the world; Places we can travel to from AD airport; Jobs in an airport; Planning an airport; Airport expansion and the environment; Weather and air travel

ICT We are software developers (developing a simple educational game)

We are co-authors (producing a wiki)-communication/collaboration;

We are musicians (producing digital music)-creativity; Using computers to generate art and to combine words and pictures; Researching art work on the Internet; inserting sound into a multimedia presentation

We are meteorologists (recording and analysing weather data)-productivity

We are html editors (editing and writing html)-computer networks;

We are toymakers (creating an interactive toy)-computational thinking

Art Artists inspired by nature/natural resources: Georgia O’Keefe, William Morris, Andy Goldsworthy and producing work inspired by them

Work of textile designers comparing at least two works involving faces (e.g.)Gabriella Sanchez De La Barquera and construct piec using string or yarn soaked in PVA glue and laid onto plastic surface

Using different materials and techniques-exploring artists’ work (Bayeux tapestry, Picasso Spanish Civil War); exploring colour spectrum; light and shade; creating stained glass windows (acetate or art software)

Animal masks; Rousseau Textiles: collect some old garments and create own design for a top with them.

Different airline logos and designs; creating an airline logo;

DT Designing a product for a bicycle; junk model musical instruments

Cranks and cams: creating a moving model

Designing and evaluating a game that includes a bulb and a buzzer; creating a shadow puppet theatre to retell an event

Planning and making a tropical fruit drink; Designing,; making and evaluating an information book with moving parts; model of the Titanic; sledges/sleighs

Making and evaluating our own product; Marketing and advertising our product to a group of people

Creating a sculpture to represent flight; Making and evaluating an in-flight entertainment pack

Music Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets

Rhythm canon Rhythm notation Elements of music Aural awareness

Class singing & Choral House Singing Competition Individual Performance Music theory worksheets

Rhythm composition Melodic canon Sight singing Aural awareness

Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets

Listening skills Melody writing - treble clef Group composition Class performance

Concert performances

Enrichment Important people in AD; Timeline for AD; Zayed the father of a nation-life and times. Presentation for National Day Assembly

Aerial photos and satellite images of Saadiyat and AD

Visit to AD airport; Visit to Emirates Training College; visit from an airline pilot

Social

Studies

Bedouin life (general characteristics of a village, village life and occupations), visit from old Bedouin, stories, visit to Heritage Village, Abu Dhabi city and other cities in the UAE (contrast with village life),

Sheikh Zayed UAE art and artists, Abu Dhabi museums, key features of a mosque, main areas and functions of the Masjids, public gardens ain Abu Dhabi (maintenance and responsibilities towards them), key areas and functions of the markets (souqs)-old and new,

Physical features of the UAE: creeks, capes, gulfs, straits, deserts, oasis, fuljis, swamps, Salinas, islands, peninsulas, plateaus, valleys, plains, tides

Life Skills 1.Information Literacy: use street maps to get to know their local environment, building up a trip where they will follow a route 2. - New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? - Internationalism: focus on a continent and each class learns about a country in detail. Present information to the rest of the year in International Week 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: use a range of sources including the books and the Internet to find out about explorers through the ages 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: finding books in the library and using ‘shortcuts’ to find the information they need in non-fiction texts. Responding to paintings and research artists of interest to them 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: find out about how humans and animals have adapted to live in different environments. 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: use their research notes to collaborate to create multimedia presentations. 2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world? Money (Barclays resource pack): Who am I? Where our money goes; Our house; Needs and Wants; Value for money in context of everyday food items; Let’s get saving .

1.Information Literacy: summarise a story 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y5

English Narrative Novel as a theme, Legends, Stories from other cultures, Historical narrative, Older Literature e.g. Shakespeare, Film and Play script Non-fiction Magazine articles, Information booklet with a range of text types, Reports including formal reports, Persuasion – Radio or TV broadcast, Discussion – formal debate Poetry Poems with a structure e.g. haiku, with figurative language, classic narrative poetry

Maths Read and write whole numbers in figures and words; Compare and order numbers. Know by heart multiplication facts up to 10X10; Practise finding remainders when dividing. Make general statements about odd and even numbers; Construct number sequences and recognise and explain patterns. Recognise parallel and perpendicular lines; classify triangle and identify features of shapes such as equal sides and angles and lines of symmetry. Draw and interpret frequency tables, pictograms and bar graphs; Organise and interpret data in bar-line graphs and find the mode of a set of numbers.

Use, read and write standard metric units of length: mm, cm, m and km; Use, read and write standard metric units of weight: kg and g. Recognise reflective symmetry and the axis of symmetry; Rehearse names and properties of common shapes. Continue to derive quickly pairs of numbers that total 100; Find differences on through the next multiple of 10, 100 or 1000. Derive doubles of integers up to 100 and corresponding halves; derive doubles of multiples of 10 –100 and of 100 –10 000. Use fraction notation and change improper fractions to mixed numbers; Recognise when two simple fractions are equivalent.

Rounding up integers to nearest 10, 100 or 1000: Using decimal notation for tenths and hundredths. Multiplying and dividing large integers up to 10 000 by 10 or 100; Recognising and beginning to understand common multiples. Multiplying TU buy U by partitioning T and U; Using doubling and halving to help multiply. Reading and plotting coordinates in the first quadrant; Rehearsing names and properties of common 2-d shapes. Understanding and using formula for areas of rectangle; Understanding, measuring and calculating perimeters of rectangles.

Using a variety of strategies for adding strings of 1-digit numbers and multiples of 10; Rehearsing mental addition and subtraction strategies. Using rounding to add near multiples of 10 to 2 and 3 digit numbers; Mentally adding or subtracting a pair of decimal numbers. Rehearsing multiplying HTU by U using the informal written method; Multiplying TU by TU using standard written methods. Relating fractions to division; Knowing and applying tests of divisibility by 2, 4, 5, 10 and 100.

Negative Numbers and Rounding. Multiplication of Decimals. Division of Decimals. Line Graphs.

Averages. Finding Averages within Word Problems. 3D Shapes and Word Problems. Ratio and Proportion.

Science Lab Safety, sound, life processes, human body, teeth and skeletons

Heart and circulation, the Earth and beyond

Solids, liquids and gases, changing states, solutions

Irreversible changes, Rocks and soils, classification of organisms

Habitats, adaptations, feeding relationships

Flowering plant reproduction

History and

Geography

Unit #1- Stonehenge 3100 BCE Stone Age to Iron Age Is it true to say that Stone Age man was just a simple hunter gatherer only interested in food and shelter? How did life change with farming? How did they build Stone Henge? What was life like in the Iron Age?

Unit #2- The Great Pyramid of Giza- 2560-2540 BCE Source work- Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources and that different versions of past events may exist, giving some reasons for this. Who really built the pyramids? Book of the Dead Tutankhamun’s tomb

Unit #3- The Roman Coliseum 70-80 AD Study of how British society was shaped by the movement & settlement of different peoples in the period before the Norman Conquest -Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC- the Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army- successful invasion by Claudius and conquest,

Unit #4- The Great Wall of China The Tang Dynasty 618-907 Why was the Great Wall built? Trade- the Silk Route History versus. archaeology – which is more reliable? - Why was trade important? - How did trade change China? Change the rest of the world? - What's the difference between a king, a priest and an emperor? - Should Chinese objects be

Unit #5- Aztec Templo Mayor -1325 How did the Aztecs keep control over their Empire? What did the Aztecs believe in? What were the roles of men and women? Were their roles similar to or different from those of men and women in Europe/Britain? Why was the mighty Aztec Empire so quickly defeated? How did the Aztecs grow their food? What foods did they give to Europe? How does Mexico

Unit #6- The Taj Mahal Moghul Empire- 1526-1857 Akbar the Great- What makes a great leader? What does it mean to be tolerant when ruling a country? Story of the Taj Mahal

- Late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, e.g. Skara Brae - Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, e.g. Stonehenge -Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture

including Hadrian’s Wall- British resistance, e.g. Boudica- “Romanisation” of Britain: sites such as Caerwent and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity

returned to China?

produce food nowadays? What environmental factors did the Aztecs have to cope with?

Music Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets M:Tech taster sessions

Elements of music Pentatonic scale Ostinato patterns Listening skills

Class singing & Choral House Singing Competition Individual Performance Music theory worksheets

Rhythm composition Class performance Melody writing - bass clef Sight singing

Class singing & Choral Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets

Listening skills Historical periods of music Group composition Single line score reading

Drama

ICT We are game developers (developing an interactive game)-programming

We are cryptographers (cracking codes)-computational thinking

We are artists (creating geometrical art)-creativity

We are web developers (creating an e-safety website)-computer networks

We are bloggers (creating and writing a blog page)-communication/collaboration

We are architects (creating a virtual space) –productivity

Art

D.T. Safety in the workshop How cool is your drink? – Food Technology/Graphics

Egg Chariot Challenge – Resistant Materials/Structures Acrylic Key Ring – Resistant Materials

Enrichment

Social

Studies

Feasts and Festivities: Birth and personality of the prophet Muhammad, his night journey and ascension, his migration to Madinah. Great Battle of Badr, Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adh’ha, National Day

The Armed Forces, The Police, The Municipality, Transportation, Telecommunications

UAE Government for the welfare of the people: educational services, mass media services, health services, social services

Life Skills 1.Information Literacy: Research a given planet and create a presentation to promote space tourism 2. PHSE – New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: Research events that happened on the day of their birth 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: create a poster about Abu Dhabi for a travel agency 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: create a simple bibliography using a template 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: answer questions about a range of energy sources and then hold an exhibition to promote the benefits of their chosen source 2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: create a book report using visuals 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y6

English Narrative Detective/Crime, Science Fiction, Classic Fiction, Flashbacks/Time shift, Novel as a theme Non-fiction Persuasion, Explanation text, Discussion, Recount – Biography and autobiography, Information text hybrid Poetry Poems – free verse, classic narrative, with imagery

Maths Introduction to counting systems-symbol and place value systems-revision of place value to 1 million and 1/1000.Basics pencil and paper arithmetic methods-with 3 digit calculations-including mental methods. Inverse-function machines with two operations. Simple worded problems requiring numeric solutions. Writing large numbers in words. Reflective and rotational symmetry. Translations. Equations of lines. Reflection in nature and art. Geometric Islamic art. Approximation-rounding to 10,100,1000. Dividing with remainders including fractional remainders. Using a multiplication grid. Related problems and worded questions. Rules of divisibility. Factors and multiples. Simple Index form. Square and cube and roots. Square and rectangular and triangular number patterns. Prime numbers 1-100 highest common factors and lowest common multiples. Related problems and worded questions.

Charts and tables. Frequency diagrams. Pictorial representations. Drawing and reading pie charts. Basic geometric drawing. Compass work. Hexagon within circle. Concentric circles. Circle patterns. Bisecting angles etc. angles. Triangles. Parallel lines. Quadrilaterals. Polygons. Tessellation. Introducing algebra. Terms. Expressions with more than one x. forming algebraic expressions. Simplification. Substitution. Basic equations by flow diagram. Solving simple equations. Travel and tables. 24 hr clock. Time as a fraction. Distance speed time.

Questions involving factors. Multiplying with double digit values and decimals. Coordinates in all 4 quadrants. Recognising the properties of 3D shapes and constructing them from nets and concept of surface area. Addition and subtraction of 4 digit numbers including decimals.

Areas of triangles, rectangles and compounds. Using square and triangular numbers. Fractions of amounts. Converting fractions to decimals. Test for divisibility. A variety of problem solving tasks and extension activities for extension sets.

Negative numbers; Percentages; Multiplying whole numbers with 3 digits and decimals with 2 d.p.; Addition and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals, capacity; probability, pie charts;

Perimeter; time; reflections, rotations and translations; dividing whole numbers and decimals ; proportion; ratio; prime numbers and prime factors.

Science Lab Safety, The Bunsen Burner, States of matter and changing states, separating materials, heart and circulation, muscles

Keeping healthy, Electricity and circuits

Forces, friction, balanced and unbalanced forces, Hooke’s law

Magnetism, classification and variation, adaptation and competition

Green plants and photosynthesis, reproduction in flowering plants, seed dispesal and germination

Breathing

and movement History and

Geography

Unit #1- Crossing Continents - Amelia Earhart, female explorers - reintroduce the continents, oceans, countries and cities - aerial maps, - circumnavigation - plotting maps, crossing oceans

Unit #2- Climbing Mountains Mount Everest Historic Climbs Shirpas Introductions to plate tectonics- formation of the Himalayas along a collision plate boundary Garbage at the top- environmental exploration

Unit #3- Swimming the Amazon River The Water Cycle Formation of a river Meanders Climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts The Amazon and life- look at river dolphins

Unit #4- Ocean Exploration - Jacques Costeau - the ocean ecosystem - endangered species such as whales - ocean currents global warming and rising sea levels

Unit #5- Exploring a Volcano Case Study of Mauna Loa in Hawaii Key Terms: Magma, Lava, Vent, Ash Cloud Preparing for a volcano Human Impact of a volcano Why do people live near volcanoes

Unit #6- Discovering the World Cartography and Mapskills The New World Crossing the sea- how to map? Locations- continents and countries Latiitude and Longitude World Maps, National Maps, local maps Mind Maps Key Ingredients to a Map Map Symbols OS Maps Four Figure Grid References Modern Mapping- GIS

Music Class singing Classroom percussion Xylophones/Glockenspiels Music theory worksheets Keyboard work

Elements of music Keyboard familiarisation Keyboard composition Listening skills

Class singing House Singing Competition Individual Performance Music theory worksheets

Beating time Keyboard familiarisation Two-part melody writing Choral score reading

Class singing Percussion instruments Keyboard work Music theory worksheets

Listening skills Historical periods of music Group composition Orchestral score reading

Drama

ICT We are app planners (planning the creation of a mobile app)-computer networks

We are project managers (developing project management skills)-computational thinking

We are market researchers (researching the app market) -productivity

We are interface designers (developing an interface for an app) – communication/ collaboration

We are mobile app developers (developing a simple mobile phone app) – programming

We are marketers (creating video and web copy for a mobile phone app) – creativity

Art

D.T. Safety in the workshop Solid Fuel Camp stove – Resistant Materials

Baking Bites - Food Technology Travel puzzle and packaging project – Resistant materials and Graphics

Enrichment

Social

Studies

UAE Natural Geography: different landscapes, location, area, physical features, coastal and mountain regions, effect of the landscapes and geographical features on the climate, the importance UAE gives to keep the livestock and animals to meet local and foreign demands

UAE Human Geography: growth/downfall of population, human activities including pearl diving, jobs and occupations in the past and now, promotion of agriculture

UAE Human Geography: maritime activities (fishing, pearl diving, building ships), oil production, economic growth of the UAE since discovery of oil, important oil fields and oil export countries, industries in the UAE since the discovery of oil, domestic and foreign trade

Life Skills 1.Information Literacy: research different types of intelligence in groups. Teach a lesson on what they have found out, considering how to engage the different learning styles of the audience. 2. PHSE– New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: conduct a research project about the history of somewhere related to topic using on-shelf resources and at least one online database 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: take useable notes, including the source of the information, to answer research questions 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: communicate and record data on a single topic; report and organize findings 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: research a named medicinal drug, collecting information under sub-headings and presenting their findings to a class 2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1.Information Literacy: research sustainability and use a presentation medium of their choice to feed back their views 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y7

English

Maths Number: Approximation and Estimation: rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000…, decimal places, significant figures and use of calculator; Algebra:collecting like terms including brackets, multiplication and division of indices, solving 2 or more stage equations, substitution with +ve/-ve numbers and fractions into brackets, also indices, factorising; Decimals: a. ordering and place value, 4 rules: dec x dec / dec ÷ dec / word problems; Fractions: revision of definitions, 4 rules to inc. whole numbers; Percentages:% of quantity, as quantity of another; conversion of decimals/fractions/ %ages; Ratio and proportion: A:B then when given

Shape, Space & Measure: Transformations:reflection in lines parallel to axes and y=x / y=-x; translations; rotations of 90° and 180°; enlargement including area scale factor;

Circles: , circumference and area ;perimeter and area of sectors and quadrants; leaving

in answers; complex word problems 3. Angles of polygons: Interior and exterior; Angle chasing: parallel lines, revolution and triangles; FUN (Z) angles; Handling data: Coordinate Graphs: y = mx + c Conversion graphs: through and not through origin; Scatter graphs: +ve/-ve correlation, line of best fit ; Pie Charts; Sets: notation, not compliment and logic problems; Probability: 2 events and non-replacement

Number: Maths Vocab to include prime Factors:Finding

and 3 from prime factors; HCF and LCM – Venn Diagrams; Sequences – notation and generating sequences from Tn (nth term – linear, quadratic, triangular and Fibonacci); Percentages: Revise earlier concepts and develop onto % increase/ decrease by scale factor; Pythagoras Theorem: practical demo and its application; Revision of algebra to include inequalities; Trial and Improvement to specified number of decimal places / sig. fig; Simultaneous Equations: a. elimination and graphical methods; equations with fractions and indices; 3 equations

Shape, Space & Measure: 1. Solids: Perimeter and Area of all quadrilaterals; Euler’s Relation and Nets – platonic solids; Volume and surface area of prisms to include cylinders; Scale Factors: LSF, ASF and VSF; Bearings (3 figures) and scale drawing: 2 changes of direction; Constructions: revision of triangles SSS, ASA, SAS to progress to construction of quads and perpendicular bisectors; Handling data: Graphs of y = x2 + c to include points of intersection with straight lines

Number: Algebra and word problems; Expansion of 2 (or more) brackets: “FOIL”; Difference between 2 squares; To extend factorising of binomials and trinomials

NVR teaching of and practice papers; Rules of divisibility; Investigation All Tied Up – strategic thinking relating Pythagoras and nets

A, B, A + B, A – B

Science Lab safety, cells and microscopes, specialised cells, elements, compounds and mixtures, simple chemical reactions

Forces:mass, weight and gravity, speed, distance and time, reproduction in humans

Gases in the Air, Moments Ecology:physical factors and variation, sound, energy resources and fossil fuels

Habitats and Feeding Relationships

History Unit #1- Historical Skills and the Romans Sources- The death of Julius Ceasar? Primary and Secondary sources From village to Empire Life in Rome Control in the Empire Tolerance Problems and the Fall

Unit #2- Medieval Life England in 1060 Medieval villages Field Systems Religion in the Middle ages The problems of Kings

Unit #3- The Norman Invasion Castles Battle of Hastings 1066 Harold vs William

Unit #4- The Black Death Village life in 1387 What was the Black Death? How did it change life? Peasants Revolt- what happened in 1381? Feudal System Who were the heroes and villains?

Unit #5- Islamic Civilisation Spread of Islam Role of the individual, the Prophet Muhammed* Travel and Trade in the Arab world The Crusades or invasions? The Ottomans

Unit #1- Historical Skills and the Romans Sources- The death of Julius Ceasar? Primary and Secondary sources From village to Empire Life in Rome Control in the Empire Tolerance Problems and the Fall

Geography Unit #1- Mapskills Local, national, international Scale Four and six figure grid references How to measure distance on a map Compass points OS maps- symbols, height/ elevation, contour lines

Unit #2- Settlement Describe what humans need to settle- five factors that would influence choice of site. Describe how Aylesbury grew from an early Saxon settlement. Urban Land Use Model- CBD Greenfield vs Brownfield sites, types of settlement What is sustainable development?

Unit #3- Plate Tectonics Layers of the Earth Four types of plate movements Earthquake- damage? How do we measure earthquakes? What are tsunamis? Cross section of a volcano, short and long term responses to volcanos, damages Why do poor countries find it harder to cope with disaster?

Unit #4- Rivers Water cycle River courses, river landforms ETD, HAAS, TSSS V shaped valley, oxbow lake, meander- explain how they are formed Drainage basin, tributary, source, bed, banks, mouth

Unit #5- Flooding What is a flood? Causes of flooding- physical and human Consequences of floods- damages Flood protections Dams- how do they cause problems?

Unit #1- Mapskills Local, national, international Scale Four and six figure grid references How to measure distance on a map Compass points OS maps- symbols, height/ elevation, contour lines

Music Class singing Ensemble percussion

Elements of music ‘On the way’ ‘Major and minor’

Class singing House Singing Competition Individual Performance

Working with chords’

Class singing Ensemble percussion Keyboard work

Voices in layers’ ‘Ragtime music’ Stomp workshop

Keyboard work

‘Music of Java and Bali’

Ensemble percussion Keyboard work

Drama

ICT

Art

D.T. Safety in the workshop Time Pieces–Resistant Materials/Graphics

Torch Project – Electronics/Resistant Materials Snack Attack – Packaging and Logos; Food Technology/Graphics (CAD)

Enrichment

Social Studies UAE History: ancient history and where the ancient civilisations lived, expansion of Islam in the area, messengers of Islam from the UAE area, role of the people of the area in the Islamic conquests and the Expansion of Islam, The Portuguese and British Colonization

UAE cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Kalba, Khor Fakkan

Birth of the UAE: Steps towards Union, The Constitution, System of Rule, Achievements, Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates Society

Life Skills 1. Information Literacy: Create research questions that identify topics, related topics, key words and search terms 2. PHSE– New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: locate information using Internet search engines, at least three online databases and specialised print materials i.e. biographical dictionaries 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: collect and report results on a spreadsheet 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?.

1. Information Literacy: determine differences and similarities in news stories 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of most electronic information resources 2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: tbc 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y8

English

Maths Number: Combined operations: symbol to represent operation, lead onto simplification and equations; Simultaneous equations 3 methods (elimination, substitution, graphical),3 unknowns, powers, fractions; Sequences – extension of CE topics; Standard Form; Rational /irrational numbers a. recurring decimals to fractions; Trinomial expression: FOIL, diff of 2 squares, easy quadratic equations, Powers and roots (simple surds)

Shape, Space & Measure: .Area and Scale Factor Handling Data: Probability: Independent and Mutually Exclusive events,Tree Diagrams, Addition and Multiplication Laws, Pascal’s Triangle; Golden section, Fibonacci

Number: Algebra; Prime factors; Revision topics as directed by pupil weakness

Shape, Space & Measure: Relative Velocity; Scale drawings especially relating to bearings; Angle chasing; Transformations Handling Data: Graphs from quadratic equations

Number: Shape, Space & Measure: Handling Data:

Science Sound, Respiration :aerobic and anaerobic, digestion, chemical reactions and the limestone cycle

Electrical circuits, electromagnetism, light

Acids and alkalis: reactions and neutralisation, patterns of reaction in metals, separating techniques

Breathing, energy transfer Revision: flowering plants, heart and circulation, skeleton, magnetism, space, keeping healthy, gases in the air, forces, movement

History Unit #1- Native American

Unit #2- British Empire and Slavery

Unit #3- The Industrial Revolution

Unit #4- The Suffragettes Why did women need to vote?

Unit #5- Revolution

History Tribes- Algonquin, Inuit, Iroquois, Sioux- why are they different? How did they live? First contact Relations and idea of colony vs reservation War and Disease

First Colony- Mystery of Roanoke Christmas Pudding Triangular Trade Slave Conditions How did Britain transform slavery Oman- Zanzibar Abolishing slavery

The growth of towns and cities Disease in cities Features of London in 1880s Slums Police in 19th century Jack the Ripper Mystery

Tactics used to protest Emily Davison suicide? How were suffragettes dealt with? Role of women during war Why did women finally get the vote?

The Sepoy Mutiny India under Colonialism Diversity under the Mughal Empire Role of Muslims and Hindus The Causes of the Mutiny Was the mutiny successful?

Geography Unit #1- Coasts Physical and human processes that shape the coastline Waves caused by wind- fetch How waves shape the coast- EDT Coastal landforms How we use the coast- six examples How erosion cause problems for coastal towns How we can protect the coast Sustainable ways to defend the coast

Unit #2- Weather and Climate Define weather and climate Instruments to measure weather Weather maps and climate graphs Types of rainfall Air pressure Fronts Depressions Climate regions

Unit #3- Brazil Why is Brazil a good or bad place to host the Olympics? Physical features, climate zones, ecosystems Natural resources History and ethnic mix of population Rural vs. urban population distribution- explain why? Favelas Development and inequality Rainforest threatened- why? Development and plans for the rainforest

Unit #4- Ecosystems Define ecosystem and biome Explain how plants and animals adapt Name and describe four ecosystems How humans harm ecosystems How to protect ecosystems

Unit #5- Energy Global Warming- causes, effects and solutions Renewable vs Non Renewable Name and describe types- wind, wave, solar, nuclear, coal, gas LEDC vs MEDCs energy plans

Music Class singing Keyboard work Composition Exploring chords

Composition projects ‘Using chords in songs’ ‘Recurring structures’

Class singing House Singing Competition Individual Performance Keyboard work

Folk and world music ‘Compound time’ ‘Music of Japan’

Class singing Keyboard work Composition projects

Listening and discussion Garage band introduction

Drama

ICT

Art

D.T. Safety in the workshop Steady Hand Game– Resistant Materials/Electronics/Graphics

Lap Joint Box (LJB) Project – Resistant Materials Easy come, easy dough! - Food Technology

Enrichment

Social Studies Arabian Gulf: similarities and characteristics, geographical and topographical features, climate, vegetation and livestock wealth

Social anthropology of the Arabian Gulf: racial homogeneity, Arab states and variations in the population, common features of Arabian Gulf people

Gulf Arab States: co-operation –educational, medical, political, economic. Brief study on each UAE state, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq

Life Skills 1. Information Literacy: generate questions and information in order of importance and relevance; communicate information through multimedia 2. PHSE– New Beginnings 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: use Boclean logic (and, or, not) in a search; use a variety of search engines to locate information 2. PHSE- Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: use at least five online databases to locate information 2. PHSE- Going for goals! 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: create a bibliography, annotated bibliography or works cited list to accompany a report 2. PHSE- Good to be me 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: represent and support a position on a given topic using direct observation, interviews and/or surveys 2. PHSE - Relationships 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world? .

1. Information Literacy: evaluate the relevance, accuracy, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of most electronic information resources concerning real-world topics 2. PHSE - Changes 3. Where in the world? 4. What is in the world?

Y9

English

Maths

Science Living organisms: structures and functions, Atomic structure, Bonding; Graphs, Equations, skills in physics,

Living organisms: nature and variety, movement of substances in and out of cells, chemical formulae and equation writing, waves

Respiration, Gas exchange, Acids, bases and salts, Magnets and electromagnetism, thermal

The heart and blood, Periodic table: elements, mixtures, compounds, separating technique, radioactivity, forces and motion

Flowering plants: transpiration, gas exchange, Periodic Table Group VII, Introduction to Moles, Space: (satellites, comets, the Sun galaxies, Big Bang theory)

History Unit #1- The Titanic What can the Titanic tell us about the early 20th century Life on the Titanic Who survived? Who is to blame? 20th Century Edwardian values Sources- How reliable is the film?

Unit #2- Trench Warfare World War I The Assassination Causes of WWI Life for Soldiers Role of Women Trench Warfare Treaty of Versailles

Unit #3- World War II- Modern Warfare The Rise of Dictators Treaty of Versailles League of Nations Rise of Japan Dunkirk Battle of Britain Battle of Atlantic Pearl Harbour Leaders in War The Atomic Bomb- justified?

Unit #4- The JFK Assassination Who was JFK? Political Context Examination of sources Persuasive Writing

Unit #5- Stalinist Russia Communism vs Capitalism What happened to the Romanovs? Stalin and Trotsky as leaders Life in the USSR Propaganda The Galag

Geography Unit #1- Globalisation Case Study: Fashion Connections between developed and developing world in relation to consumer goods Why is the world getting smaller? Why does inequality exist? What is a sweatshop? What are sweatshop conditions? How can consumers change the outcome of globalization?

Unit #2- Development Case Study: Ghana LEDC vs MEDC Development Indicators PPP, GDP Economic and social development Institutions- UN, IMF, World Bank Small is Beautiful Projects- Iron Fish, Hand Dug Wells Micro Finance

Unit #3- China and USA Country Comparison Physical and human geography Politics, history and culture Introduction to demographics- population pyramids Population policy- China Immigration- USA Industry and trade

Unit #4- Fair Trade Coffee How is coffee produced? Who produces coffee in the world? What impacts the price of coffee? Defining supply and demand Fair Trade and what it means to workers in LEDCs

Unit #5- Tourism Case Study: Thailand What are the different types of tourism? How has tourism changed in the past century? Why? What are the impacts of tourism? Why do LEDCs want tourism? Who is making money? Sustainable tourism- Benidorm vs Jamaica

Music HW Competitions

Musical awareness Musical eras

HW Competitions

Blues music Caribbean music

HW Competitions

Music technology Djembe drumming

Drama

ICT

Art Ceramics: nature of clay and glaze

Painting: self portrait montage Printmaking: Text and Image Painting: Abstract Landscape Textiles: Design a slipper Painting: The strange figures of Max Beckham

D.T. Safety in the workshop Design Ventura Competition This enables pupils to experience the design process and learn enterprise skills by working to a real-world brief to create a product to be manufactured and sold in the Design Museum

Safari Supper around the World! - Food Technology Introduction of AQA Product Design (4555) GCSE

(UK) shop. Enrichment

Social

Studies

The Arab World: location and significance, importance of location, natural features (relief, climate, vegetation, husbandry)

Arab World: racial homogeneity, population distribution, topography, social anthropology , the 21 countries

History of the Arab World: the Islamic state during the era of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), expansion of Islam in the Arabian peninsula, Arabs in the modern age, Struggle against colonization, Balfour declaration, The Palestine Cause

Life Skills 1. Information Literacy: narrow or broaden the scope of a topic 2.PHSE – New Beginnings Where in the world? What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: copy and paste between resources to take notes, with appropriate source attribution information 2.PHSE - Getting on and falling out/Say no to bullying Where in the world? What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: create a bibliography or annotated bibliography or works cited list to accompany a report 2.PHSE - Going for goals! Where in the world? What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: synthesise information from print and non-print sources to answer a question or support a position 2.PHSE - Good to be me Where in the world? What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: evaluate the relevance, accuracy, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of most electronic information resources 2.PHSE -- Relationships Where in the world? What is in the world?

1. Information Literacy: identify the information sources available, including print, electronic and primary sources and determine which sources best support the chosen research topic 2.PHSE - Changes Where in the world? What is in the world?

This policy is reviewed annually

Last reviewed: July 2014

Brendan Law

Headmaster