Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Why is Baptism
important for Christians?
How do Christians show
they are thankful at
Harvest? Why do
Christians give gifts at
Christmas?
Year 6
What does it mean to
belong to a church for
Christians? Why do
Christians and Jews
celebrate Harvest? What
are messages of
Christmas?
How do Christians
demonstrate justice in
their lives? How do
Christians perceive the
birth of Jesus?
Year 5
How do different
religious believers
demonstrate humility and
trust in their lives? What
do Christians believe
about the Prince of
Peace?
Year 2
Year 3
What do Christian
writings teach about
forgiveness? Why does
Christmas matter to
Christians?
Year 4
Why do Christians and
Muslims understand
about the need for
thankfulness in their
lives? Why is light a key
feature in the Christmas
story?
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
What do the stories from
the Bible teach us about
Jesus? How do Christians
celebrate Easter?
Year 2
Year 6
What do sacred writings
teach us about leaders?
(Christianity and other
faiths) What can we learn
from the stories that Jesus
told? What does the Easter
story tell us about God’s
love and forgiveness?
What does it mean to be
a Muslim in British
society today? How is the
resurrection portrayed as
central to Christian
belief?
Year 5
Why are places of worship
important for different religious
believers? (include diversity
within religions and between
religions) Was the crucifixion of
Jesus a sacrifice and what does
this mean for Christians today?
(Who was responsible for the
death of Jesus?)
Year 3
Why and how do
different faiths use
prayer? What does the
Easter story tell us about
hope and despair?
Year 4
What did Jesus teach
people about the
Kingdom of God?
(Parables) How do
Christians prepare for
Easter? (Lent)
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
What does prayer mean
for Christians? How do
we appreciate the
natural world?
Year 6
What do different faiths
teach about care and
respect for others? What
are some different ways
in which religion and
science look at the world
as God’s creation?
How do Muslims express
their faith? What do Old
Testament stories teach
Christians about God?
Year 5
Year 3
Why is the Holy Spirit
important to Christians?
(Pentecost) What do
Christians and others
believe and do about
wealth and poverty in
the world?
Year 2
Year 4
What do stories from
Islam teach Muslims
about how to live their
lives? (include Haji) How
do Christians love their
neighbours?
What do Old Testament
stories teach Christians
about God? How do
some Christians
understand the creation
of the world from bible
stories?
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Animal habitats and light
and dark - recording
seasonal changes.
Year 6
Properties and changes
of materials examine the properties
using various tests.
Year 2
Properties of materials.
Year 5
Living things and habitats identify and name plants and
animals;
look at classification keys
Life cycle of animals and
plants;
the classification of plants,
animals and micro-organisms.
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Year 3
Rocks - compare and
group rocks and describe
the formation of fossils.
Year 4
States of matter look at solids, liquids and
gases, changes of state,
evaporation,
condensation and the
Water Cycle.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Materials and our senses
- recording seasonal
changes.
Year 2
Year 6
Electricity
Animals and humans growth and basic need.
Year 5
Year 3
Earth and space – look at
the movement of the Earth
and the Moon;
explain day and night.
Animals and humans – look
at the digestive system in
humans and the human
circulatory system.
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Animals and humans the muscle and skeleton
of humans and animals
and nutrition.
Plants – look at the
function of parts of the
flowers and plants.
Year 4
Electricity – look at
appliances, circuits,
lamps, switches,
insulators and
conductors.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Plants and kitchen
gardens.
Year 6
Year 2
Evolution and inheritance
– living things, look at
the effect of diet,
exercise and drugs.
Impact humans have on
environment.
Year 3
Light – look at sources,
seeing, reflection and
shadows. Forces and
magnets – look at poles,
attraction and repulsion.
Year 5
Forces and magnets.
Year 4
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Sounds – look at
sources, vibration,
volume and pitch.
Animals and humans –
look at teeth.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Why can’t a Meerkat live
in the North Pole?
Year 6
Year 2
What was won and lost
during WW2?
Why do we need to scare
the crows?
Year 5
Year 3
Why is Brazil often in the
news?
What legacy did the
Victorians leave?
Year 4
How cool is Carlisle?
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Where do the wheels on
the bus go?
Year 6
Year 2
The Aztecs – who were
the Aztecs and what can
we learn for them?
What would life be like if
I lived in a country in
Africa?
Year 5
Year 3
What are the wonders of
Ancient Egypt?
Why do people travel to
the Mediterranean?
Year 4
Who first lived in Britain?
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
How has life changed in
the last 150 years?
Year 6
Year 2
What was the Kingdom
of Benin like?
What makes Cumbria a
great place to live?
Year 5
Year 3
Were the Vikings always
victorious or were they
vicious?
How have the Romans
shaped Britain?
Year 4
Why are there so many
castles in Britain?
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 6
Year 1
Learn to use simple search
engines to find out
information on the internet;
learn how to log onto our
school network
independently and access a
range of progress to support
their learning.
Use the internet for
research, develop
presentation skills by
creating a sophisticated
multi-media presentation
and by using appropriate
text image formatting tool;
e-safety.
Year 2
How search engines
work and how we can
tell a website is suitable?
Year 3
Year 5
Use blogging to understand
computer networks and the
opportunities they offer for
communication and collaboration;
use and combine computing
software to design and create
programs for presenting data and
information;
e-safety .
Year 4
Design, write and debug programs
that accomplish specific goals;
use sequence, selection and
repetition in programs;
use search technologies effectively;
evaluate digital content;
use technology safely;
recognise acceptable and
unacceptable behaviour and identify a
range of ways to report concerns
about content and contact.
Describe how internet search
engines find and store data;
use search engines effectively;
be discerning in evaluating
digital content;
respect individuals and
intellectual property;
use technology securely and
safely.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Year 6
Use the internet for
research, develop
presentation skills by
creating a sophisticated
multi-media presentation
and by using appropriate
text image formatting
tools.
Year 2
Year 5
Use and combine computer
software to design and create
programs for presenting data
and information;
develop skills using netbooks
and tablets;
use the internet to access
homework and other
class/school tasks.
Year 3
Year 4
Design, write and debug programs
that accomplish specific goals;
use sequence, selection and repetition
in programs;
use search technologies effectively;
evaluate digital content and
technology safely;
recognise acceptable and
unacceptable behaviour and identify a
range of ways to report concerns
about content and contact.
Use search engines
effeccively and a range
of digital devices to
develop presentation
skills.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 6
Year 1
Learn to use technology
safely;
learn to debug a simple
program;
learn to use logical
reasoning to predict the
behaviour of simple
programs.
Year 2
Use video editing software
to create, edit and publish
movies linked to the
English work with the film
project;
create powerpoint
presentations;
e-safety.
Algorithm to direct a beebot
around a fantasy world;
programming a set of
instructions and debugging
when it goes wrong; use the
school tablets to present our
learning in some creative and
interesting ways.
Year 5
Year 3
Use sequence, selections
and repetitioning programs;
work with variables and
various forms of input and
output;
generate appropriate inputs
and predicted outputs
through test programs.
Video editing software to create,
edit and publish movies;
have an increased focus on esafety which will be linked into
the film project;
increased focus on e-safety which
will be linked into the training of
two new e-safety mentors in our
class.
Year 4
Develop understanding
of code. Scratch – using
contrast technology.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Learn French songs and
rhymes.
Year 6
Develop grammatical
knowledge;
learn about spelling
patterns and describe
the weather during
different months of the
year.
Learn French songs and
rhymes.
Year 5
Year 3
Develop pronunciation;
learn how to make
adjectives agree with the
number and gender of a
noun and the agreement of
subjects and verbs in a
sentence.
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Year 2
Year 4
Revising numbers – 0-20;
revise finger rhymes;
learn the seasons;
learn to recognise Direct
Speech;
the names of items of
clothing and develop
dictionary skills.
Listen attentively to spoken
language and show
understanding by joining in
and responding;
appreciate stories, songs,
poems and rhymes in the
language.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Learn some basic French
words - hello, goodbye,
my name is.
Year 6
Year 2
Extend sentences;
learn vocabulary in new
subjects and learn to tell
the time to the quarter
hour.
Learn some basic French
words - hello, goodbye,
my name is.
Year 5
Year 3
Develop grammatical
knowledge;
learn about French
spelling patterns;
learn the location of
some cities in France.
Perform a French song
and dance, how certain
phonemes are
represented in written
form in French and about
the town of Avignon.
Year 4
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Learn to say things, I like
and dislike;
develop dictionary skills
and create own
sentences about the
Lascaux Cave paintings.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Prepare for French Day.
Year 6
Learn about the present
tense and verb structure;
begin to use simple future
tense structure and
celebrate French Day;
read a children’s story book
‘Par une sombre nuit de
tempete’.
Year 2
Prepare for French Day.
Year 5
Develop grammatical
knowledge;
learn about French
spelling patterns and
learn the location of
some cities in France;
Celebrate French Day.
Year 3
Describe people, places
and things and actions
orally and in writing –
body parts, adjectives.
Year 4
Please refer to the National
Curriculum document for full
statutory content and guidance.
Say large numbers;
name family members in
French and about
Guillaume Le
Conquérant.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 6
Year 1
Understand geographical similarities
and differences through studying
human and physical geography of a
small area of the UK and of a small
area in a Non-European country;
name and locate the world’s
continents and oceans;
identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns and use world maps, atlases
and globes to locate countries.
Identify all of the countries
involve in WW2 and how
Europe has changed since
then;
locate the world’s countries
with a focus on Europe and
countries of particular
interest to pupils.
Year 5
Locate South America and Brazil.
Identify the equator and the
Northern and Southern Hemisphere;
locate the geographic zones of the
world;
understand the significance of the
geographic zones of the world;
study human and physical
geography of a region in South
America Brazil.
Year 2
Use world maps, atlases and globes
to identify the UK and its countries, as
well as the countries, continents and
oceans studied;
use aerial photographs and plan
perspectives to recognise landmarks
and basic human and physical
features;
devise a simple map and use and
construct basic symbols in a key.
Year 3
Year 4
Use the eight points of a compass,
four and six figure grid references
symbols and keys (including the use of
ordnance survey maps) to build
knowledge of the united kingdom and
the world;
key geographical features of the
countries of the United Kingdom;
geographical regions and their humans
and physical characteristics, key
topographical features.
Use field work to observe,
measure and record the
human and record human and
physical features in the local
area using a range of
methods, including sketch
maps, plans, graphs and
digital technologies.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 6
Year 1
Use aerial photographs and plan
perspectives to recognise landmarks
and basic human and physical features;
devise a simple map;
use and construct basic symbols in a
key and name, locate and identify
characteristics of the four countries and
capital cities of the UK and its
surrounding seas;
identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns.
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to
locate countries and describe
features studied;
describe and understand key
aspects of Physical geography
– rivers and mountains.
Human geography –
settlements and land use.
Year 3
Year 5
Use a wide range of
geographical sources in
order to investigate places
and patterns;
physical geography – rivers
with a focus on the River
Nile.
Year 2
Name and locate the worlds
continents and oceans;
Human and physical features
of the continent Africa;
diversity of the African
continent and what life is like
in a range of African
countries.
Year 4
Describe and understand key aspects of
physical geography, including rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes;
use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
continents and features studied;
understand the physical geography of
the United Kingdom;
how key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and
rivers) have changed over time.
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features;
locate capital cities of European
countries;
physical geography – climate;
understand geographical similarities
and differences through the study of
human and physical geography of a
region or area in a European Country.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Use simple fieldwork and
observational skills to study the
geography of our school and its
grounds and the key human and
physical features of its surrounding
environment;
use basic geographical vocabulary
Year 2
Year 6
Study the Lake District;
use mapping skills, aerial images and
other models to create simple plans;
use fieldwork and observational skills
to study the immediate environment;
use simple compass directions (North,
South, East and West) and locational
and directional language (e.g. near
and far; left and right) to describe the
location of features and routes on a
map.
About the key aspects of Physical
geography – climate (how the
amount of rainfall in the UK varies
from place to place and the water
cycle. About key aspects of human
geography;
distribution of natural resources
including water supplies;
the problems associated with water
sanitation in the developing world.
Year 3
Year 5
Physical Geography
settlements.
Locate the geographical
zones of the world.
Year 4
Physical geography
settlements;
use the eight points of a
compass four figure grid
references, symbols and
keys to build knowledge of
the United Kingdom and the
world.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Year 2
Look at the lives of
significant individuals
including Florence
Nightingale and learn
about the key features of
Bonfire Night.
Year 6
World War Two (A study
of a theme in British
History).
Year 5
Year 3
Brazil (History of interest
to pupils).
Victorians (History of
interest for pupils).
Year 4
Carlisle (Local History
Study).
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Year 2
Year 6
Key events in the past
that are significant
globally (Nelson
Mandella).
Aztecs (Early Civilizations
achievements – Indus
Valley).
Year 5
Year 3
Ancient Egypt (Early
Civilizations
achievements).
Ancient Greece.
Year 4
Changes to Britain from
the Stone Age to the
Iron Age.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Year 2
Look at the lives of
significant local people
including Beatrix Potter.
Significant historical events
together with people and
places in their own locality
(Lake District).
Year 6
Benin (A Non European
society that contrasts
with British History).
Year 5
Britain’s settlement by
Anglo Saxons and Scots.
The Viking and Anglo
Saxon struggle for the
kingdom of England.
Year 3
The Roman Empire and
its impact on Britain.
Year 4
Castles (History of
interest to pupils).
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Autumn A
New beginnings
Summer B
Autumn B
Relationships
Say ‘No’ to bullying.
Spring A
Summer A
Getting on and falling
out.
Good to be me.
Spring B
Going for Goals.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Weaving, Artists from the
1960’s and from Victorian
times.
Year 2
Year 6
Combine visual elements to
create large scale artworks;
use inks and paints to
record ideas and
observations;
develop and share ideas in
a sketchbook and in
finished products.
Learn about British artist John
Piper and how he represented war
through his works;
about the role of technology in
producing digital artwork;
learn to produce detailed sketches
and layer images for effect;
work with Mr Blake and Artist in
Residence Alex Jakob-Whitworth.
Year 5
Create large 3D sculptures
from a 2D image;
create texture and pattern
using a range of
techniques;
learn about the work of
Georgia O’Keefe and
abstract art.
Year 3
Year 4
Create a sketch book to
record observations;
improve art and design
techniques;
sculpture with a range of
materials;
learn about the Artist
Anthony Gormley.
Use experiences and other
subjects across the curriculum
and ideas as inspiration for
artwork;
learn about the great artists;
work with Mr Blake and Artist
in Residence Alex JakobWhitworth.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 6
Year 1
Make sketches and photos
of the local area to create
multimedia pictures;
take inspiration for
artwork;
learn about
history in art; learn about
artist Paul Klee.
How artists are influenced by
others;
combine pattern, tone and
shape in our work;
make models of Aztec masks
using both visuals and tactile
elements.
Year 5
Improve mastery of
techniques;
draw accurate sketches;
mix shades of colours and
build up detail using water
colour;
produce textile art using
block painting.
Year 2
Use experiences and ideas and
inspirations for artwork;
appreciate art work form other
cultures;
combine pattern and texture to
produce large scale art;
develop and share ideas in a
sketch book and in finished
products.
Year 3
Use a variety of materials
and tools to suit the
purpose of art work;
create texture and pattern
using a range of
techniques.
Year 4
Create a sketch book to
record observations;
improve art and design
techniques (charcoal and
printing);
learn about artist Anthony
Gormley.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Different print techniques
– improve mastery of
techniques;
learn about the great
artists in history.
Year 6
Year 2
Learn how artists use
‘water’ as a stimulus for
their work;
use a range of materials
and techniques to
combine pattern, tone
and shape.
To combine visual and
tactile elements to
produce large scale
artworks about the Lake
District.
Year 5
Year 3
Improve mastery of techniques;
produce detailed sketches and
layer images for effect;
learn about the role of
technology in producing digital
artwork;
work with Mr Blake and Artist in
Residence Alex JakobWhitworth.
Year 4
Use sketch books to record
observations and use them to
review and revisit ideas;
improve mastery of art and
design techniques, including
drawing painting and collage;
work with Mr Blake and Artist
in Residence Alex JakobWhitworth.
Use a variety of materials
and tools to suit the
purpose of art work;
create texture and
pattern using a range of
techniques;
mosaics.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Team games and
Dance.
Year 6
Rugby, badminton,
outdoor adventure
activities, Stoneraise
football event and
Sports hall athletics.
Year 2
Swimming and
Gymnastics.
Year 5
Year 3
Gymnastics, swimming,
Stoneraise football event,
sports hall athletics and
outdoor adventure
activities.
Competitive games,
rugby, football and
dance.
Year 4
Gymnastics, swimming,
Stoneraise football event
and sports hall athletics.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 1
Throwing, catching and
jumping.
Year 6
Year 2
Dance, hockey, cross
country, cross country
event and tag rugby
event.
Gymnastics, multi skills
and key Steps
tournament.
Year 5
Year 3
Cross Country, dance,
rugby, football, netball,
cross country event and
tag rugby event.
Swimming, gymnastics
and cross country event.
Year 4
Cross country, dance,
rugby, football, netball
and cross country event.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 1
Tennis, athletics and
multi skills tournament.
Year 6
Year 2
Cricket, athletics, cricket
tournament, rounders
tournament and St
Michaels athletics event.
Team games, tennis and
athletics.
Year 5
Year 3
Cricket, athletics, cricket
tournament, rounders
tournament and St
Michaels athletics event.
Tennis, athletics,
St Michaels athletics
event and City athletics.
Year 4
Cricket, athletics, key
steps competition,
St Michaels athletics
event and City athletics.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Autumn Term
Year 1
Explore sounds
expressively and
creatively by singing
songs.
Year 6
Year 2
Improvise and compose
music for a range of
purposes;
play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts
using voices. Piano and
keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Use our voices creatively
by singing songs and
chants; listen with
concentration and
understanding to a range
of high quality live and
recorded music.
Year 5
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts;
appreciate and understand
a wide range of high
quality and live music from
different traditions. Piano
and keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Year 3
Year 4
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts;
appreciate and understand
a wide range of high
quality and live music from
different traditions. Piano
and keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts;
appreciate and understand
a wide range of high
quality and live music from
different traditions. Piano
and keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Spring Term
Year 2
Play tuned and un-tuned
instruments musically.
Year 6
Improvise and compose
music for a range of
purposes and listen with
attention to detail and
recall sounds with
increasing aural memory.
Piano and keyboard lessons
as appropriate.
Year 2
Play tuned and un-tuned
instruments musically.
Year 5
Year 3
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts
using voices. Piano and
keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts
using voices. Piano and
keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Year 4
Play and perform in solo
and ensemble contexts
using voices. Piano and
keyboard lessons as
appropriate.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Summer Term
Year 6
Year 1
Use voices expressively and
creatively by singing songs
and speaking chants and
rhymes;
experiment with create, select
and combined sounds using
the inter-related dimensions
of music.
Year 2
Play and perform in solo and
ensemble contexts using
voices with increasing
accuracy, fluency, control and
expression;
use and understand musical
notation. Piano and keyboard
lessons as appropriate.
Use voices expressively
and creatively by singing
songs and speaking
chants and rhymes.
Year 5
Play and perform in solo and
ensemble contexts using
voices with increasing
accuracy, fluency, control and
expression;
use and understand musical
notation. Piano and keyboard
lessons as appropriate.
Year 3
Year 4
Play and perform in solo and
ensemble contexts using
voices with increasing
accuracy, fluency, control and
expression;
use and understand musical
notation. Piano and keyboard
lessons as appropriate.
Play and perform in solo and
ensemble contexts using
voices with increasing
accuracy, fluency, control and
expression;
use and understand musical
notation. Piano and keyboard
lessons as appropriate.
Wreay C of E Primary School
Early Years Foundation Stage
Summer Term
Communication
Language and Literacy
Personal, Social and
Emotional
Development
Mathematics
Physical
Development
Understanding the
World
Expressive Arts and
Design
Wreay C of E Primary School
Early Years Foundation Stage
Spring Term
Communication
Language and Literacy
Personal, Social and
Emotional
Development
Mathematics
Physical
Development
Understanding the
World
Expressive Arts and
Design
Wreay C of E Primary School
Early Years Foundation Stage
Autumn Term
Communication
Language and Literacy
Personal, Social and
Emotional
Development
Mathematics
Physical
Development
Understanding the
World
Expressive Arts and
Design
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PSHE Curriculum Overview 2015/16
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Art Curriculum Overview 2015/16
Wreay C of E Primary School
PE Curriculum Overview 2015/16
Wreay C of E Primary School
Music Curriculum Overview 2015/16
Wreay C of E Primary School
EYFS Curriculum Overview 2015/16