Harris Academy Coleraine Park: Curriculum 2014
Aim: To ensure the learning at HPC promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of our pupils and prepares them for
the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life through a whole school curriculum that encompasses the Academy ethos and the
National Curriculum in a balanced, broad, relevant, cohesive, creative and exciting way.
Autumn
Key areas of curric.
Breaking News
3 wks English
SMSCD
Geography
Our Heritage
5 wks English
SMSCD
History, (Geography)
Half Term
28th Oct - 1st Nov
Ethical Entrepreneurs
Mon 4th - Fri 29th Nov
4 wks DT
SMSCD
Geography
Christmas Cracker
Mon 2nd - Fri 20th Dec
3 wks English
SMSCD
Art, DT, (Music. Geography)
SMSCM
Science. History, Geography
SMSCD
Science
End of Term 23rd Dec - 3rd Jan 2014
SPRING 2014
Amazing Adventures
Mon 6th - Fri 14th Feb
6 wks English
Half Term
Wonderful Me
17th - 21st Feb 2014
Mon 24th Feb - Fri 4th Apr.
3 wks English
End of Term: Easter Break:7th - 21st April 2014
SUMMER TERM 2014
Time Traveling
Tues 22nd - Fri 23rd May
5 wks English
Half Term
SMSCD
Science, History, Geography
27th - 30th May 2014
Mad Science
Mon 2nd - Fri 27th June
4 wks English
Science
Art Attack
Mon 30th June - Wed 23rd July (3.5 weeks)
3 wks English
SMSCD
ART
SPRING 1 - AMAZING ADVENTURES
Key areas of curric.
Writing Outcome
R: Amazing
Non-chronological reports
Adventures in
the Land Before
Time
Power of Reading Text
SMSCD
History/Geography/Science
Amazing Adventures: 6 wks
Dinosaur’s Day Out, Nick
Sharratt
T-Rex, Vivien French
Dinosaur Roar, Paul Stickland
Stomp Chomp Big Roars Here
Come the Dinosaurs, by Kaye
Umansky and Nick Sharratt
y1: Amazing
Animal
Adventures
Writing in role
Writing another story of the Snail
and the Whale
Non-fiction
Reports on animals
The snail and the whale, Julia
Donaldson*
Rumble in the Jungle, by Giles
Andreae and David Wojtowycz
Geography KS1: Locational knowledge
- Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans
name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and
capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas
Geographical skills and fieldwork: use world maps, atlases and
globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the
countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage
Human and physical geography: Use basic geographical vocabulary
to refer to:key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest,
hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and
weather
Science KS1: Animals including humans
Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores,
herbivores and omnivores
Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals
(fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)
Key areas of curric.
Y2: Amazing
Adventures in
the Rainforest
Descriptive writing –senses /
setting
Story writing in role
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale
of the Amazon Rain Forest,
Lynne Cherry
Persuasion – letters to McDonalds Where the River Meets the
re deforestation
Sea, Jeannie Baker
/ save our rainforest / give money
to
10 Things I Can Do To Save
My Word, Melanie Walsh*
Y3: Amazing
Adventures in
Eygpt
Narrative:
-Adventure story, including
character and setting descriptions
Non-fiction
- Historical recount
- Non-chronological reports:
guidebook for Egypt
/ handbook for Jack Stalwart
Jack Stalwart: The Mission to
Find Max, Elizabeth Singer
Hunt. (See also the online,
interactive site linked to the
books.)
Pharaoh’s Egypt, Mick
Manning. (Fly on the wall
series.)
Geography KS1
Human and physical geography
Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom
and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the
Equator and the North and South Poles
Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill,
mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and
weather
Science KS1
Living things and their habitats
Explore and compare the differences between things that are living,
dead, and things that have never been alive
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited
and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of
different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each
other. Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their
habitats, including micro-habitats
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other
animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name
different sources of food.
Animals including humans
Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow
into adults
Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including
humans, for survival (water, food and air)
History KS2: Achievements of the of earliest civilisation. Where and
when the first civilizations appeared.
Geography KS2
Geographical skills and fieldwork
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features studied
Key areas of curric.
Y4: Amazing
Adventures in
China
Narrative:
Own version of The Magic
Paintbrush
The Magic Paintbrush,
Comparison of different
versions, including Julia
Donaldson’s.
Traditional tales based on Chinese
proverbs
Fiction books on modern china:
I Won’t go to China, Enda
Non-fiction
Wyley
- Information text: Travel book to
China including past and present. Little Leap Forward: A Boy in
Bejing, Guo Yue and
History KS2: Achievements of the of earliest civilisation. Where and
when the first civilizations appeared.
Geography KS2
Geographical skills and fieldwork
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features studied
Cross curricular links to Chinese New Year
Art: Chinese Art
Clare Farrow.
Non fiction books on modern
day china:
Yikangs Day: Dusk til Dawn in
a Chinese City, Sungwan So.
Shanyi Goes to China,
Sungwan So.
Additional text:
The Dragon’s Tears by Manju
Gregory (*KS1, traditional tale)
Y5: Space
Narrative:
-see POR sequence
Nonfiction:
- Persuasive letter giving reasons
to go into space
- Non-chronological reports on
planets / new planets linked with
science e.g hitchhickers guide to
the galaxy.
Film: Kung Fu Panda
Cosmic, Frank Cottrell Boyce*
Pheonix, S F Said. (Additional
text.)
Science upper KS2
Earth and space
Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to
the Sun in the solar system
Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the
apparent movement of the sun across the sky.
Forces (Y6)
explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of
the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
Key areas of curric.
Y6 Amazing
adventures in
tomorrow’s
world
Narrative links:
Writing in role
Instruction manual
Rules for Eels island
Alternative ending – focus on
tension.
Non-fiction:
- Journalistic writing:
Newspapers of the events; radio
reports
Floodland, Marcus Sedgwick.
Science Y5
Forces
identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that
act between moving surfaces
recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and
gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
Evolution and inheritance
Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment
in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.