ARK Brunel Primary Curriculum Overview
Core books
EYFS
Cycle 1
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AUT 1
Community
All About Me
The Gingerbread Man
Goldilocks And The
Three Bears
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Core books
Cycle 2
Ourselves
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Healthy Eating
Happy And Healthy
Sharing A Shell
My Brother And Me.
AUT 2
Food
Meg And Mog
Diwali
My Muslim Faith
So Much
Happy Birthday Sam
The Nativity Story
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Celebrations
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Halloween Book
Diwali Story – Rama
And Sita
EID Celebrations
The Bear Who
Wouldn’t Share
Celebrating Hanukka
Christmas Story
SPR 1
Fantasy
On The Moon
Sun, Moon And Stars
Here Come The
Aliens
Space Poems
The Jigaree
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Space
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There’s No Place
Like Space!
Roaring Rockets
We’re Off To Look
For Aliens
SPR 2
Nature
The Three Billy
Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs
The Little Red Hen
Jack And The
Beanstalk
Goodnight,
Goodnight
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Traditional Tales
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Goldilocks And The
Three Bears
The Three Little Pigs
Little Red Hen
Jack And The
Beanstalk
Broad Bean
SUM 1
Minibeasts
Rosie’s Walk
We’re Going On A
Bear Hunt
To Town
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Animals
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Journeys
Rosie’s Walk
The Tram Ride
SUM 2
Sports
Mr Gumpy’s Outing
Old Mcdonald
Will You Be My
Mother?
Brown Bear, Brown
Bear
Journeys
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Dear Zoo
Walking Through The
Jungle
Leaping Frogs
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
Butterfly And
Caterpillar
Cycle 1
AUT 1
Eng: Stories with
familiar settings;
Poetry
His: 6A Ways of
life – families
AUT 2
Eng: Labels, lists
& captions;
Information
texts
AUT 3
Eng: Instructions;
Dictionaries
SPR 1
Eng: Traditional stories &
fairy tales
SPR 2
Eng: Stories from A range
of cultures
Sci SC4: 3
Light &
sound
RE:
Festivals
RE: Moral
Teachings
Geog: 6B
Another
locality
RE: Culture &
Organisation
RE:
Art
DT
ICT
Sci SC3:
1 Grouping
materials; 2
Changing
materials
DT
ICT
Art
ICT
ICT
ICT
SUM 1
Eng: Extended
stories, significant
authors
Sci SC4: Electricity
SUM 2
Eng: Non-chronological
reports
DT
Art
ICT
Sci SC2: 4 Variation
& classification
ICT
Experience
& Faith
Cycle 2
KEY STAGE 1
C
V
C
V
CV1: Imagine
experience of
others (Empathy,
Support);
Relationships
(Share)
CV3: Peer
pressure
(Responsible)
CV2: Spiritual, moral,
social, cultural issues
(Insight, Reflect)
CV2: Moral issues (Insight,
Reflect)
CV1: Explore range of
backgrounds (Share,
Respect)
CV3/4: What to do
in an emergency
(Organise,
Responsible); Safety
(Healthy)
CV1: Resolving
differences (Empathy,
Respect)
Eng: Stories with
familiar settings
Eng:
Instructions;
Explanations
Sci SC4: 2
Forces &
motion
Eng: Stories about
imaginary worlds;
Poetry
RE: Concepts& Beliefs
Eng: Traditional stories
Eng: Information texts
Eng: Different stories
by same author
RE: Stories
Sci SC2: 2 Humans & other
animals
ICT
DT
Art
His: 6B
Ways of
life – the
past
DT
ICT
Art
Eng: Stories with
predictable &
patterned language
Sci SC2:
3 Green plants;
5 Livings things in
their environment
Geo: 6A,
ICT
7A, 7B
Local study
CV1/3:
Relationships
(Empathy,
Support); Rights &
Responsibilities
(Responsible)
CV3: Value of
working hard
(Resilience,
Motivation); Peer
pressure
(responsible)
CV3: Choices
(Responsible)
CV4: Recognising my
achievements
(Confidence); Showing
pride (Pride)
Sci SC2: 1 Life
processes
ICT
ICT
CV2: Spiritual, moral,
social, cultural issues
(Insight, Reflect)
CV4: Managing feelings
(Positivity, Healthy)
ICT
CV4: Healthy eating &
fitness (Healthy)
His: 6C
signficant
people
Art
RE:
Questions
&
Concerns
ICT
AUT 2
Eng: Stories with
historical settings
AUT 3
Eng: Instructions
SPR 1
Eng: Explanation texts;
Recounts
Cycle 1
Sci SC2: 2a
Nutrition
His: 8 Romans,
Saxons & Vikings
RE: Celebrations
Sci SC4: 2a-e (not 2b)
Forces and motion
ICT
Art
DT
DT
CV
CV4: Health
(Healthy)
CV1: Imagine
experiences of
others (Empathy,
Respect); CV2:
Social issues
(Insight, Reflect)
Eng: Persuasive
texts
Eng: Stories from
other cultures
Sci SC2: 5a-e
Living things in
their
environment
DT
ICT
Geo: 6B Less
economically
developed country
Cycle 2
LOWER KEY STAGE 2
AUT 1
Eng: Information
texts
CV
CV3: Peer
pressure
(Responsible)
ICT
RE:
ICT
Differences
&
similarities
CV1: Imagine
experiences of
others (Empathy,
Respect)
SUM 1
Eng: Reports
SUM 2
Eng: Myths & Legends;
Adventure & Mystery
Sci SC3: 1a-e
Grouping &
classifying materials
ICT
His: World History
ICT
SPR 2
Eng: Stories which raise
issues/dilemmas; Stories
with familiar settings
Geo: 6E
RE:
Environmenta Choices
l issues
Art
ICT
CV2: Spiritual
issues (Insight,
Reflect)
CV3: Peer pressure
(Responsible)
CV2: Moral issues (Insight,
Reflect)
CV4: Managing
feelings & emotions
(Positivity, Healthy)
CV1: imagine
experiences of others
(Empathy, Respect)
CV2: Social & cultural
issues (Insight, Reflect)
Eng: Poems to
perform; shape
poetry & calligrams
Eng: Dialogue & plays
Eng: Information texts;
Creating images
Eng: Stories set in
imaginary worlds
Eng: Recounts – papers
& magazines
His: 8 Britain in Tudor
times
Sci SC4: 3a-g Light & sound
RE: Literature
Art
DT
Art
Sci SC2: 3a-c Green
plants;
4a-c Variation &
classification
ICT
Art
ICT
ICT
CV2: Spiritual &
cultural issues
(Insight, Reflect)
ICT
CV1: Imagine the
experiences of others
(Empathy, Respect)
ICT
CV1: Communication, body
language, expression
(Respect)
ICT
CV2: Moral & social
issues (Insight, Reflect)
Art
ICT
CV3: Media
presentation (Insight,
Reflect)
Year 5
AUT 1
Eng:
Instructions
AUT 2
Eng: Traditional
stories, fables, myths &
legends
AUT 3
Eng: Poetic style;
Finding a voice
SPR 1
Eng: Persuasive writing;
Classic/narrative poems:
Performance poems
SPR 2
Eng: Novels & stories by
significant authors
SUM 1
Eng: Stories from
other cultures; Film
narrative; dramatic
conventions
SUM 2
Eng: Older literature
Sci SC4: 1a-c
Electricity
His:
European
History –
Ancient
Greece
Art
RE:
Symbols
Sci SC4: 2b
Gravity; 4a-d
Earth & beyond
Geo: 6a UK locality; 6d
Differing settlements
Sci SC2: 1a-c Life
processes; 2c-h
Circulation, movement,
growth, health
His:
Local
History
RE: Faiths in
the
community
Sci SC3: 3a-e Separating
materials; 2d-g Changing
materials
ICT
ICT
Art
DT
DT
ICT
Art
CV
Year 6
UPPER KEY STAGE 2
DT
CV
ICT
ICT
ICT
ICT
CV3/4: Rules
(Responsible);
Safety (Healthy)
CV1: Democracy &
citizenship (Support,
Share)
CV1: Imagine
experience of
others (Empathy,
Respect)
CV1: Imagine experiences
of others (Empathy,
Respect)
CV4: Opinion (Confidence)
CV4: Health & fitness
(Healthy)
CV2: Spiritual &
cultural issues (Insight,
Reflect)
CV4: Changes (Confidence);
Sex education (Healthy)
Eng:
Journalistic
writing;
arguments
Geo: 6c Water
Eng: Biographies &
autobiographies
Eng: Power of
imagery
Eng: Persuasion
(transition)
ICT
Sci SC2: 3d
Reproduction in
plants
Art
ICT
Eng: Revision – reading &
writing narrative; Extending
narrative; Fiction genres;
Short stories with
flashbacks
Eng: Authors and
texts; Recounts
His: 8
Britain
since 1930
Art
Eng: Revision – reading &
writing non-fiction;
Formal/impersonal
writing; Explanations;
Reading poetry
ICT
ICT
DT
CV1: Resolving
differences
(Empathy,
Respect)
CV1 Racism (Empathy,
Respect)
CV2: Explore range of
backgrounds (Insight);
RE: Rules and ICT
regulations
CV3: Rules (Responsible)
RE:
Special
people
ICT
CV4: Sex
education
(Confidence,
Healthy)
CV4: Drugs (Healthy)
ICT
CV4: Changes
(Confidence, Positivity)
Subject-specific guidance
English
Follow units from Framework as mapped
Maths
Follow units from Framework as mapped
Science
Follow National Curriculum units as mapped for coverage; refer to Skills for age-appropriate levelled work
History
Follow National Curriculum units as mapped for coverage; refer to Skills for age-appropriate levelled work
Geography
Follow National Curriculum units as mapped for coverage; refer to Skills for age-appropriate levelled work
PE
Follow National Curriculum units as mapped for coverage (see PE Guidelines); refer to Skills for age-appropriate levelled work
ICT
All four areas of ICT Capability (Skills) to be covered per annum at age-appropriate level; other ICT work/projects at teachers’ discretion; ICT must be taught
continuously
Art
All areas of Art Skills to be covered per annum at age-appropriate level; other Art work/projects at teachers’ discretion
DT
All areas of DT Skills to be covered per annum at age-appropriate level; other DT work/projects at teachers’ discretion
Music
All areas of Music Skills to be covered per annum at age-appropriate level; other Music work/projects at teachers’ discretion
MFL
All areas of MFL Skills to be covered per annum at age-appropriate level; other MFL work/projects at teachers’ discretion
Core Values
PSHE links to core values. Follow themes as mapped. (See PSHE/Core Values Guidelines for further details).
RE
Follow RBKC Framework units as mapped for coverage