Key Stage 2 Curriculum Overview
Autumn Term 1 - 2014
Maths
Literacy
Creative
Curriculum
PE
Y3/4
1. Counting in multiples of 10, 100 and 1000; place value;
ordering and comparing numbers
2. Mental addition and subtraction; problem solving (including
measures and money); interpreting data from graphs
3. Count in multiples of 4,6,7,8,9,25,50,100,and 1000; recall
and use multiplication tables to x12; multiply and divide and
understand link between them; problem solving
Warning stories: atmosphere/ setting; using sentence length for
effect; prepositions; powerful verbs
Recounts: newspaper article; compound sentences; fronted
adverbials; speech marks; paragraphs
Poetry: senses poems; similes; alliteration; well-chosen
adjectives
WW1 – History/Geography focus
Within the context of WW1 we will be:
 Using maps, atlases and globes to locate countries and
consider the impact of their position/location in relation to
other countries
 Developing a chronology of British and world history
History
 Considering cause and effect
 Using historical sources to gather information and develop
questions
Football
Gym
Y5/6
1. Place value of numbers to 1 000 000 and decimal
numbers to 3 decimal places; ordering and comparing
numbers and integers; decimal and fraction equivalents;
multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 (integers
and decimal numbers); converting measures; problem
solving
2. Adding and subtracting integers and decimal numbers;
formal written methods of calculation; sequences;
problem solving (one and two step); interpreting
information from timetables, graphs and data
3. Multiples, factors and prime numbers, using knowledge of
known multiplication facts to multiply and divide
Narrative Poetry (the Highwayman): character portrayal;
figurative language
Recount: eye-witness account/ police reports; brackets; fronted
adverbials; paragraph structure; adverbs for possibility; relative
clauses – who, that, which; formal writing - causal connectives,
add on connectives
WW1 – History/Geography focus
Within the context of WW1 we will be:
 Using maps, atlases and globes to locate countries and
consider the impact of their position/location in relation to
other countries
 Developing a chronology of British and world history
History
 Considering the impact of a ‘trigger’
 Selecting information from a range of sources to develop an
opinion
Football
Gym
Music
Art
French
RE
Computing
PSHE
Y3 Swimming
Rhythmic Patterns
Create and perform simple rhythmic patterns using notation as a
support.
WW1 Poppies
 Depict poppies using a variety of media, exploring their
effectiveness
 Construct a poppy from clay, joining adequately and working
reasonably independently
Lyrics and melody
Develop our ability to compose a song with an awareness of the
relationship between lyrics and melody.
WW1 Poppies
 Depict poppies using a variety of media, exploring their
effectiveness
 Work with increasing independence to construct a poppy
from clay demonstrating an understanding of the use of slip
to join and tools to create texture.
Meeting and greeting
Masculine and feminine nouns
Basic commands
Agreement of adjectives
Colours
Compose simple sentences
Using prepositions – ‘in the .., on the …, behind the …’
Sikhism
Islam
Key Question: Does joining the Khalsa make a person a better
Key Question: What is the best way for a Muslim to show
Sikh?
commitment to God?
Using the Learning Platform
Using the Learning Platform
e-safety
e-safety
Dealing with new and different situations
(Rainbow scheme/SEAL – New Beginnings)