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Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Families - Church Judaism Belonging - Baptism

Belonging –Baptism (Cont) Waiting – Advent

Special People – Church Meals - Eucharist

Islam Change – Lent/Easter

Holidays and Holydays – Pentecost, Being Sorry – reconciliation

Neighbours - church

Year 2

Beginnings

Signs and Symbols Preparing

Books Thanksgiving

Opportunities Judaism/Islam Spread the Word

Rules Treasures

Year 3

Domestic Church – Homes Judaism - Synagogue

Reconciliation – Sacramental Guidelines Advent / Christmas - Visitors

Local Church – Journeys Eucharist – Sacramental Guidelines

Islam – places of worship Lent / Easter - Giving all

Pentecost – Energy Baptism / Confirmation - Energy

Universal Church – Special Places

Year 4

Domestic Church- People Judaism- The Torah

Baptism/ Confirmation- Called Advent/ Christmas- Gift

Local Church- Community Eucharist- Giving and Receiving

Lent/ Easter- Self Discipline Islam- Holy Books

Pentecost- New Life Reconciliation/ - Building Bridges

Universal Church- God’s People

Year 5

Year 6

Domestic Church- Loving Judaism- Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah

Baptism/ Confirmation- Vocation & Commitment Advent-Expectations

Local Church- Sources Eucharist- Unity

Islam – Belonging & Values Lent / Easter- Death & New Life

Pentecost- Witnesses Reconciliation/ Anointing of the sick – Healing

Universal Church- Common Good

Literacy

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Stories with Familiar settings, labels, lists and captions

Stories with Familiar settings, Recounts, Senses poems Stories with repeating patterns, instructions, reports

Traditional/Fairy tales, information texts,

Humorous poems Traditional / Fairy Tales, Reports

explanation texts Look at a famous poet

Phonics Letters and Sounds

Year 2

Fiction Stories in familiar settings Poetry Songs and repetitive poems

Fiction Instructions Information Texts

Poetry Humorous poems Traditional Stories/Fairy Stories Traditional tales from a variety of cultures

Explanations Reports

Stories involving fantasy Stories by the same author

Reading Texts include: poetry (contemporary and classic), traditional stories, fairy stories, nonfiction texts (NC p 28) Phonics-Letters and Sounds- Spelling Writing : Narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional); about real events; poetry and for different purposes (NC p 31) VGP Speaking and Listening

Year 3

Fiction Information Texts Instructions

Poems to Perform Myths and Legends

Reports Explanation Texts Explanation Texts

Stories with Familiar Settings Poetry - Language play

Authors and Letters Plays and Dialogue

Adventure and Mystery Shape poems and Calligrams

Year 4

Fiction - Stories with historical settings Non Fiction- Instructions

Non Fictions- Recounts Poetry- Creating Image- Common

Fiction- Novels and stories by children’s significant authors

Non Fiction- Information and Explanation

Fiction- Plays Fiction – Stories from other cultures and traditions

Non Fiction- Persuasive writing Fiction- Stories which raise issues/

Year 5

Reports Recounts

themes

Poetry- Exploring Form

dilemmas

Year 6

.Non-Fiction: (i) autobiography and biography, diaries, journals, letters, anecdotes, records of observations, etc. which recount experiences and events; (ii) journalistic writing; (iii) non-chronological reports.

Fiction and poetry: classic fiction, poetry and drama by long-established authors including, where appropriate, study of a Shakespeare play; adaptations of classics on film/TV

. Fiction and poetry: longer established stories and novels selected from more than one genre; e.g. mystery, humour, sci-fi., historical, fantasy worlds, etc. to study and compare; range of poetic forms e.g. kennings, limericks, riddles, cinquain, tanka, poems written in other forms (as adverts, letter, diary entries, conversations), free verse, nonsense verse. .

Non-Fiction: (i) discussion texts: texts which set out, balance and evaluate different points of view, e.g. pros and cons of a course of action, moral issue, policy (ii) formal writing: notices, public information documents

Fiction and poetry: comparison of work by significant children’s author(s) and poets: (a) work by same author (b) different authors. treatment of same theme(s).

Non-Fiction: (i) explanations linked to work from other subjects; (ii) non-chronological reports linked to work from other subjects; (iii) reference texts, range of dictionaries, thesauruses, including I.T. sources

Maths

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Measures, Geometry: properties of shape Geometry: position direction and motion.

Year 2

Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Measures, Geometry: properties of shape, Geometry: position, direction and motion, Statistics

Year 3

Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions (decimals and percentages), Measures, Geometry: properties of shape, Geometry: position, direction and motion, Statistics

Year 4

Number and Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions (decimals and percentages), Measures, Geometry: properties of shape, Geometry: position, direction and motion, Statistics

Year 5

Year 6

Number and Place Value,

Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10 000 000 and determine the value of each digit

Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy

Use negative

Addition and Subtraction

Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction

Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers

Multiplication and Division

Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the efficient written method of long multiplication

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method

Fractions (decimals and percentages), Use common factors to simplify fractions; use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination

Compare and order fractions including fractions >1

Ratio & Proportion

Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts

Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages (e.g of

Algebra Pupils should be taught to:

Use simple formulae

Generate and describe linear number sequences

Express missing number problems algebraically

Find pairs of

numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero

Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above.

Use rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy

Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.

of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to context

Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers

Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers

Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions

Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in its simplest form (e.g. ¼ x ½ = 1/8)

Divide proper fractions by whole numbers (e.g. 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6)

Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents (e.g. 0.375) for a simple fraction (e.g. 3/8)

Identify the value of each

measures, and such as 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison

Solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be found

Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples

numbers that satisfy number sentences involving two unknowns

Enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables.

Use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations

Using their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations

Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy

digit in numbers given to three decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 giving answers up to three decimal places

Multiply one-digit numbers with up to two decimal places by whole numbers

Use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to two decimal places

Solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy.

Geometry: properties of shape:, position, direction & Statistics (Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems

Calculate and interpret the mean as an average)

Geography

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Skills and fieldwork – my school / my home

Human and Physical Geography – me and my locality

Location and place knowledge – me and my UK. Countries, capitals and seas

Year 2

Geographical skills and fieldwork- Opportunities to use simple compass directions and maps.

Human and Physical Geography exploring hot and cold areas (Equator, North & South Poles.) Locational Knowledge – 7 continents and 5 oceans

Place knowledge - holidays in the UK and non-European country (e.g. Kenya). Focus on similarities and differences

Year 3

Locational knowledge - exploring the UK – name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions and human/physical features

Locational knowledge - Locate the main countries of Europe and their capital cities Place knowledge – compare a region of UK with Europe (Link to Italy / Romans)

Geographical skills and fieldwork -using maps, atlases and globes

Year 4

Human and Human and Locational

physical geography- types of settlement and land use

physical geography - trade links, natural resources including energy, food, minerals & water Place knowledge- compare the U.K to where the Mayans lived- current day

Knowledge - position and significance of lines of longitude and latitude and time zones

Year 5

Year 6

Human and physical geography - Why are rainforests important?

Locational and place knowledge -investigating Brazilian cities

Geographical skills and fieldwork – on going across the year

History

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Changes within living memory – changes in me

Significant places locally – History on my doorstep

Significant people/events locally – George Stephenson / Timothy Hackworth

Year 2

Events from beyond living memory - Who was here before me?

Lives of significant individuals national/international, possible comparison of aspects of life – (Scot) Who made history?

Changes within living memory and events beyond living memory

Year 3

Change - Stone Age to Iron Age Who was here before me?

Roman Empire and the impact on Britain -Why did the Ancient Romans march through Durham?

Year 4

Anglo Saxons and the scots settlement- What happened to Britain when the Romans left?

Non-European Society – The Mayans – Who was making history in faraway places?

Year 5

Year 6

Aspect or theme in British History post 1066 – ‘A Magnificent Millennium’ – How did life in Britain/Durham change 1000-2000 or 1066 to present day? (Victorian Britain)

Computing

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Comp. Science Understand Simple Algorithms Dig Lit Keeping Safe online

Comp. Science Create Simple Programs IT Sound. Beginning of word processing

Comp. Science Use digital devices e.g. BeeBots Dig Lit Keeping personal info private

Comp. Science Make simple sets of instructions and debug IT Branching database. Add to photostories

Comp. Science IPad apps writing instructions Dig Lit Using technology safely

Comp. Science IPad apps writing instructions IT WP software create non-fiction texts

Year 2

Computer Science - Understand that algorithms Debug simple programs Digital Literacy SWGFL Staying safe online - choosing appropriate websites. Leaving a digital trail/footprint IT Database Branching database/database sorting and identifying animals

Computer Science - Understand that algorithms are implemented as programs on digital devices – Digital Literacy – Cyberbullying – using technology respectfully. Effective searching IT - Use technology purposely to organize & manipulate digital content

Computer Science – use logical

reasoning to predict the behavior of simple programs Digital Literacy Use technology safely IT -use technology purposely to manipulate digital content

Year 3

Computer Science- programming an animation Finding and correcting bugs IT -Create comic strip (Strip Designer app) Books (Creative Book Builder app). Rewrite stories/ character descriptions. Morfo app – as character from story. Design book covers

Computer Science – Videoing performance Exploring computer networks IT – use a variety of software packages to complete a project on Me and My UK. Collect information, identify key elements and present findings Opportunity to use drawing packages, image editing, draw graphs or tables in spreadsheet, presentation software.

Computer Science – Communicating safely on the internet Collecting and analysing data IT – Effective searching when making leaflet/museum guide/catalogue of artefacts/newspaper article Digital Literacy - showing respect

Digital Literacy - Powerful passwords/storing safely. Communicating online safely and responsibly

Digital Literacy - product websites that encourage us to buy. Advertising. http://www.childnet-int.org/kia/primary/smartadventure/default.aspx Who should you tell? Reporting concerns

online Writing good emails - thank you to museum for visit

Year 4

Computer Science - Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work. IT - Select, use and combine software on a range of digital devices Digital Literacy - SWGFL – Digital Citizenship Pledge (Start of year – online rules) , You’ve Won a Prize Appreciate how search results are ranked Use the TASK test so that children search for a website a planet , and can explain why they have chosen it. (Title, Author, Summary, (K)Child Friendly) SWGFL How to Cite a Site. Use this to produce an information sheet about the planet

Computer Science - Solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts, Use selection. Use logical reasoning to detect and correct errors in algorithms. IT - Use and combine software Digital Literacy - Be discerning in evaluating digital content and conditions. SWGFL strong Passwords. Work with a class from another area of the world to produce a blog on their school day. Use Skype to discuss progress

Computer Science - Work with variables IT - Combine a variety of software to accomplish given goals, l analyse and evaluate data, design system Digital Literacy - SWGFL – Picture perfect – linked to enhancing pictures of food. Understand the opportunities computer networks offer for collaboration Create class wiki or blog explaining the design of their healthy meal

Year 5

Year 6

Computer Science - solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts; use logical reasoning to detect and correct errors in algorithms IT - combine a variety of software to accomplish given goals and select, use, combine software. Digital Literacy - appreciate how search results are ranked

IT - use and combine software on a range of digital devices Design and create systems Digital Literacy – be discerning in evaluating digital content

Computer Science - use selection in programs; work with variables; use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work; IT - analyse & evaluate data select, use and combine software Understand the opportunities computer networks offer for collaboration Digital Literacy - be discerning in evaluating digital content

Science

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Light

Animals including humans

Everyday materials

Everyday Materials

Plants Plants

Year 2

Animals, including humans

Uses of Everyday Materials

Plants – growth and health

Living Things and Habitats – habitats and food chains

Working Scientifically – on going across the year

Year 3

All living things

Electricity Sound States of Matter Animals including humans

Year 4

Living things and their habitats

Properties and changes in materials

Forces Sound

Animals, including humans

Year 5

Year 6

Evolution and inheritance

Animals including humans

Light

Electricity

All living things

(Classification & Micro-organisms)

Working scientifically during years 5 and 6, pupils should be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

Pupils should be taught to:

Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, Plants and animals

Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.

Music

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Listening and Singing

Playing Instruments

Experimenting with sounds

Year 2

Listening and Singing

Experimenting with Sounds- Drumming

Listening and Singing

Listening and responding

Listening and Experimenting with Sound

Year 3

Play and perform - rhymes/raps/action songs including ‘Cave man song’ – keeping pulse/beat Improvise and Compose - percussion band/ensemble – playing word rhythms using Stone-Iron Age ideas

Play and perform - notated, repeated rhythms – derived from UK cities/places: Sequence-structure-create textures (say/play) Listen and appraise - regional songs/dances - folk and national music

Play and Perform - tuned instruments: pentatonic / modal improvisation and compositions using Egyptian ideas Understand notation - Charanga notated music: soh-me (Kodaly-style) Egyptian Dawn etc.

The children are learning to play the Guitar every Wednesday Morning

Year 4

Traditional songs Tuned instruments

Word rhythms (counting syllables) repeat, create textures. (say- play in ensemble) Listen to and appraise Italian music notated rhythms

Out of the Ark song ‘The Olympians’. Action songs, ceremonial music to listen to and appraise. Percussion fanfares Song writing using familiar tunes about the water cycle. Information phrases and pule to create raps. Descriptive percussion- water cycle sequences

Year 5

Year 6

Rainforest descriptive sound effects and rhythms - ensemble percussion – children lead. conservation songs

Tuned instruments: chords – cycle of 5ths structures e.g. - tonic/dominant/ subdominant /tonic

Rhythmic reflections – performance creating music for a ceremony/leavers’ assembly (African Drumming)

PE

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Games and Gymnastics

Games and Dance

Dance and Gymnastics

Games and Gymnastics

Games and Dance

Athletics

Year 2

Gymnastics & Games

Gymnastics & Dance

Gymnastics & Dance

Dance & Games

Games Athletics

Year 3

Games & Dance Dance & Gymnastics Games & Athletics

Year 4

Games & Gymnastics

Game & Dance Swimming and dance

Swimming and games

Games and dance Athletics

Year 5

Year 6

Swimming and dance

Swimming and games

Games & Gymnastics

Games & Dance Games

Athletics

DT

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Control Cooking and Nutrition

Structure

Year 2

Textiles Cooking and Nutrition

Christmas Crafts- Measuring-Scoring-Cutting Food

Mechanism Structure

Year 3

Structure Cooking and Nutrition

Textiles- linked to Roman art

Control - produce a book with moving parts

Year 4

Mechanism

Cooking and nutrition- Mexican food

Control- design and make an alarm- something which triggers a light or buzzer to come on

Year 5

Year 6

Structure - make a shelter to survive in the rain forest – bush craft activity

Cooking and nutrition- Bread Mechanism – make a moving cam model to show a sporting hero

Art

Whole school curriculum information each year group by subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 1

Drawings – observational, self

Paintings / Printing – Artists

Sculpture – recycled theme

Collage

portrait (Picasso)

Kandinsky and Delaune

Year 2

Arcimboldo- Photography Drawing

Mondian-IT Printing Christmas Art/Craft

Collage (Inuit Art-Evaluating Art)

Paper Weaving Mother’s Day/Easter Crafts

Van Gogh- Drawing and painting –plants Textiles-Sewing and weaving

Collage Sculpture - Andy Goldsworthy

Year 3

Architects and designers, Printing - Antoni Gaudi

Drawing and Painting Artist – LS Lowry

Drawing /painting/ sculpture – range of media

Year 4

Drawing and collage- creating Anglo Saxons villages- detailed- Drawing detailed Anglo Saxon sketches

Sculpture – Mayan figures- pottery- jewellery- Frank Catherwood

Drawing and printing- mining, summer- Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns Year 5

Year 6