Berrywood Primary School - Whole school curriculum overview 2015
Year
Group
Yr 1
Aut 1
Project
Hook
Celebration
Science
All About Me
Sports
morning
Parents sports
morning and
healthy snack
My Body -Animals inc
Humans – basic body
parts & associated senses
Seasonal change - winter
Yr 1
Aut 2
Out and about
Estate Agent
in
Seasonal changes and
senses
Yr1
Spr 1
Dragons
Instructions
from King
Jack,
Dance. Colour
mixing, children
teaching parents
what they have
learned.
Dragon Den
Building
Yr 1
Spr 2
Under the Sea
School trip to
the sea life
aquarium
In Class
Yr1
Sum 1
Let it grow!
In Class
Yr 1
Sum 2
Handa’s
Surprise
Bugs day
gathering
info about
the worst
bug
Fruit tasting
Horticultural
Show
Life cycles – Bugs
classification
Materials for a bug hotel
Structure of plants wild
and garden.
Carnivores, omnivores,
herbivores
Yr 2
Aut 1
Life on the
open Wave
Message in
a bottle
Street drama of
the events of the
Titanic
Materials- Suitable
materials and properties to
make a new life jacket
Yr 2
Aut 2
London’s
Burning
Fire Drill
In class
Yr 2
Spr
Lost and
Found
Our mascot
gets lost and
we need to
find it.
Film show of own
story of Tatty
Ratty featuring
their own toy.
Plants and Autumn (set up
Longitudinal study and
conditions of growth)
Health and Growth
Plants -seasonal change
(linked to longitudinal
study)
Humans- babies growth
health and exercise
Link to inventors - Forces
and movement of toys
Yr2
Sum
Let’s Explore!
Yr 3
Aut 1
Ancient Britain
Yr 3
Aut 2
Romans
Yr 3
Spr 1
Back to the
Future. How
has Hedge
End changed
since 1941?
How will it
change by
2041?
Hedge End
Past, present
and future
Woodlands
Yr 3
Spr 2
Yr 3
Sum 1
Yr 3
Sum 2
Rainforests
DT
Cooking
Christmas cards
– moveable parts
Seasonal changes in
environment trees
(Longitudinal study)
Materials –comparing and
sorting
Classifying types of
animals- Fish amphibians
Orienteering
Explore the
local
environment
Learning fair
about our project
and food tasting.
Animals and plants in
different habitats including
micro habitats
A day in the
life of a
stone age
child
Looking at
paintings/
figure
drawing angels
How has
migration and
invasion
changed Britain?
Gallery
Rocks and Soils
Letter from
the Head
teacher
about the
future
Exhibition model
village
Magnetism – attraction
and repulsion movement
over different surfaces
Animals including humans
Skeletons
Computing
History
Paint , Word
Log on/off
QWERTY keyboard
Paint , Word, Log
on/off , QWERTY
keyboard
Beebots – directions
Bonfire Night – Guy
Fawkes
E-safety
Kings and Queens
Geography
Local environments
comparisons. Geographical
features of the school
grounds human and physical
drawing maps.
Types of housing features of
the local environment. Secret
streets. ‘Where I live’.
Art
Music
Rio performance
Rainforest
activities of work
over the term
Stories and
poems
Plants
Plants
R.E
PDL
Trips/ Visitor
All about Me
Journeys –
Tempo and
Structure
Invasion Games
(football)
Gym
Harvest
Emotions,
Class Charter
Walk around
Grange Pk
Indian music
Workshop?
Bonfire Painting
Leaf colour
matching
Firework
MusicTexture and
Pitch
Invasion Games
(Hand skills)
Choreographed
Dance: Firework
dancing
Celebrations
Looking after
the
environment –
road safety
Estate Agent visit
Character portraits
Sound
Explorer –
Timbre
Invasion Games
(Hockey)
Gym
Good/evil
Compliments
Paint , Word, Log
on/off , QWERTY
keyboard
Under the sea – names of
oceans – animals that live
there. Atlases and globes
Observational
drawings – under
the sea objects
Jelly Roll
Blues –
Timbre and
texture
Invasion Games
(Tag Rugby)
Creative Dance:
Under the sea
animals
Remembering
Wheels and
axleswheelbarrow?
Beebots – following
correct algorithms
School Environment
Flowers, leaf petal
water colours
Duration?
Outdoor
Adventurous
Activities (OAA)
Problem solving
Multi-Skills
Athletics
Palm Sunday
Looking after
the
environment
Animal
encounters visit
Baking- scones
Beebots – following
incorrect algorithms
and amend
Use of information
technology beyond
school
Significant person
African comparison – clothes/
culture and food.
Creative Dance:
African Animals
Specialness memories
Transition
moving on
Fruit Picking
Naming and locating
continents and oceans
Countries and capital cities of
the UK Physical features.
Invasion Games
(football)
Gym
PreciousnessWater
Great Fire of
London
Samuel Pepys
Toys
Invasion Games
(Basketball)
Choreographed
Dance GFOL
JourneysChristmas
Classroom
Rules- social
skills
Goal setting
RNLI
Keeping safeFire Safety
Visitors in linked
to safety on
board
e-safety
research
World Music
AfricaDynamics
The
Lighthouse
keepers lunch
– Structure
and Pitch
Great Fire of
London Dynamics
Toys
Striking and
fielding skills
Titanic-modern day
ships (Grace
Darling- lighthouse)
Fruit and water
colours Charcoal/
pastels, Textiles
Seascapesexploring colour,
shape and texture
Invasion Games
(Hockey)
Creative Dance::
Lost and Found
CreationCreative
stories
Things that
are important
Tag Rugby
Games Maker
Changing
feelingsEaster
Looking after
the
environment
Gym
Developing
shapes
Tennis
Protection
(Hinduism)
Global
Awareness
Hilliers Gardens
trip
Healthy
Lifestyles
Butzer Ancient
Village
Roman Visitor
(R.E Day Angels)
Winding
mechanism –
Bucket pulleys
Textiles – Glove
Puppets
Beebots direction
Fire printing collage
Drawing Toys from
observation
Old and New
3D construction,
using
constructional
materials and
skills
Caribbean
Cookingnutrition
Roman Chariots
Wheels, axles,
chassis and
bearings
Soup - Food
activity (safety &
hygiene, grating,
chopping, mixing
& cooking)
Timbre and
Duration
Create simple
algorithms
Sketching and using
media techniques
The Storm
Dynamics and
Texture
Retrieving
information
Comparing HE to IoW and
Caribbean. Hot and cold
areas. Orienteering weather
systems- equators
Mapping - landmarks
Textiles and colour
Caribbean art
Wispy Willow
Pitch
Multi-Skills
(Athletics)
Newspaper animals
Cricket
Game Building
using Scratch
Prehistoric Britain
Cave painting
Football
Tri Golf
Indoor Ball
Games
Hour of Code
Romans
Mapping- focus on UK and
Europe. Land use patterns
and how these have changed
– Iron Age
Mapping Roman Empire?
Calypso
Tempo and
Duration
Roman
Marches
Mosaics
Angels
Netball
Creative Dance:
The Romans
Angels
(Angels
workshop)
Bullying esafety
Changes in Land use
Perspective – 3D
buildings
Changes in
pop
Hockey
Skipping
Holy (Torah)
Right and
Wrong
Tag Rugby
Gym
Suffering
(Palm
Sunday)
Feelings
Google maps online
application – routes
to navigate HE and
local area.
Tree house
models
Rectangular
wooden frame
constructions
Blue Reef
Aquarium
Comparing Famous
People Scott of the
Arctic
Christopher
Columbus
Light – reflections and
shadows
Exploring the
school
grounds for
growth and
leaf hunting
Rainforest
animals Tree
photography
How big is a
rainforest
leaf?
P.E
Colour mixing
Clay?
Rainforest animal
database
Henri Rousseau
TBC
Compare South America to
UK Climate zones Vegetation
belts. Equatorial climate
comparing woodlands and
rainforests
Specialness
(Special
Places)
Rituals
(Baptism/
Sukkot)
Shoe Box Rainforest
Layers
Henri Rousseau
Leaf painting
Samba
Athletics
OAA
Team building
Stewardship
(Care of the
environment)
Road safety
Deforestation
Life drawing with
different media
Samba
Rounders
Creative Dance:
Rainforest Birds
Family
(Shabbat)
Change -Year
2 to Year 3
Fire Crew
Year
Group
Yr 4
Aut 1
Yr 4
Aut 2
Project
Hook
Celebration
Tomb Raiders
Tomb
Raiders Day
Archaeologic
al dig
Explore a
tomb
Sail the
River Nile
Light Show
torches and
circuits
Egyptian Explore
Day
Food and show
Artefacts
States of Matter, solids,
liquids and gases
Food Egyptian
food tasting
Recording Research
and Reports
PowerPoint
Art Exhibition
Puppet show to
Yr1
Circuits and Electricity
Electrical circuits
and computer
control TBC
E-Safety
Light
Science
DT
Computing
History
Egyptians
Symbol
Water
Roles and
responsibilitie
s
Portraits
WWII propaganda
posters
Street Cries
Football
Gym
Rights and
responsibilitie
s
Royal
Fanfares
Netball
Creative Dance:
Lindy hop
Holiness
(Madonna
and Child)
Ritual and
Prayer
Fort Nelson Visit
Young
Shakespeare
Theatre
Company
Space
Hockey
Skipping
Tag Rugby
Gym
Positive
approach,
anti-anxiety
programme
Planetarium visit
Funky Fives
(Space junk!)
Resurrection
(The Empty
Cross Easter block)
Observational
drawing.
Still life
techniques
Sultana
Athletics
Creative Dance:
Water
Tennis
Drugs
Sex &
Relationship
Education
Monkey World
Developing
Young Leaders
Initiation
(Rites of
Passage)
Authority
(Bible)
Historical Enquiry
Ancient Greek
Clay Greek Pots
TBC
OAA:
Orienteering
Ultimate Frisbee
Creative Dance:
Ancient Greeks
Symbol –
Christianity
(Trees as a
symbol)
Map the change of
technology aiding
record breaking
buildings to be built
History of bridges
Shadow
drawings/paintings
Monet
Pointillism
Song For
Christmas
Competition
Basketball
Gym
Interpretation
(Christmas
story)
Christianity
and Islam
Website design
Effective Searching
Evaluating materials
Study of the different
buildings and structures
around the world
Eiffel Tower
Taj Mahal
Burj Khalifa
The Shard
The Empire State
Comparison Nicaragua and UK. Continents, climate
graphs and rainfall
Travel guide
Calypso
Hockey
Fitness
Design your own
packaging
(Linked to Art)
Networking
Mayans/ Aztecs
Aztec Print
Aztec Rondo
Tag Rugby
Gym
Messages –
Jesus and his
message
(Christianity/Is
lam)
Messages –
Jesus and his
message
(Christianity &
Islam)
Food technology
Healthy living film
explaining healthy
food
Combining software
Darwin
Work by ArtistsMatisse
Sir Terry Frost
Samba
Athletics
Choreographed
Dance: Street
Dance
Leavers
Production
Badminton
Rounders
Viking and Anglo
Saxon conflict
Yr 4
Sum 2
Friends around
the World
Island life – St
Lucia
Publisher – about
volcanoes importing
relevant information
Pond dipping
Banana
packaging
Voting ballet
Living things and habitats
Q-What is the biodiversity
of the pond?
Packaging for St
Lucia
Museum
exhibition
response to
question
Properties and changes of
materials.
Discovery of materials &
medicines throughout ages
Design and build
a castle
Yr 6
Aut 2
Build me a
Bridge
Sir Teach a
lot
Architect
visit
Yr 6
Spr 1
(Water Aid)
A little goes a
long way.
Workshop
with Water
Aid visitor
Show research
projects and
present through
own choice.
Yr 6
Spr 2
(Chocolate)
Mayan’s
Marvellous
Creations
Mexicolour
Theatre
workshop on
the Mayans
Chocolatier
Yr 6
Sum
1
Let’s go
Outside
Darwin
discovery
day
Yr 6
Sum 2
Achieve
Drama
Visitor to
develop
performance
skills
Healthy living
week Design and
make a healthy
summer pudding
Master chef
competition
School
Production at
Berry Theatre
Board Games
Design and build
model animal
enclosures
Living Museum
Presentation to
Governors (day
1)
Display for
Parents (day2)
Light
Electricity
Change of state
Heating and Cooling
Dark chocolate is healthier
than milk chocolate, why?
Anti-oxidants etc.
Living things and habitats
Classification
Adaption
Evolution
Plants
Animals - circulation
Scientific Skills and
Enquiry - Independent
KKC – R.E day
Cricket
Retrieve Store and
collect data
Ancient
Greece
Ian.B.Dunne
(science visitor)
Tennis
Levers linkages
pivots and slider
mechanisms
Illustrated book
Yr 6
Aut 1
Light
Hannukah
and Advent
Listen 2 Me
Wessex
Warriors
(Green
deforestation)
Gym
Design own St
Lucian flag, wall
hanging
History of cars –
Motor museum
Beaulieu
Living things and their
habitats.
Animals, including humans
Human impact on the
environment. Global and
national issues
Basketball
Freedom -The
Passover
E-Safety
Power-point about
famous racing car
drivers
Fund raising
event
Listen 2 Me
Violin and
Cello
Swimming
Sound
What impact
do humans
have on our
World?
Research
water/air/
pollution...
Theatre
workshop
Compare 2 artists
use of light
Create own
paintings
Drawing skills
Drew by candlelight
Life Drawings
Print fruit bowls
mixed media
polystyrene – 3D
Car design
Clay
Observational
drawing and use of
charcoal
Trips/ Visitor
Egyptian
Workshop
Athletics
Car Fest
Yr 4
Sum 1
Letters from
Caterham
Drawing/sket
ching &
measuring
cars- scaled
drawing.
Warrior
morning
making
porridge,
jewellery and
spears.
Journey of a
banana
‘Costing the
Earth’
Feeling Good
Roles and
Responsibiliti
es
Listen 2 Me
Ukelele
Car Fest
Yr 5
Sum
Identity Purim
Beaulieu
Yr 4
Spr 2
Forces
Earth & Space
Creative Dance:
Ancient
Egyptians
Road safety
Medicine
Germs/hygiene
Florence Nightingale
Design games to
explain one area
of Space for
parents to play.
P.E
Ritual
Paschal
Candle
E-Safety
Research Internet
Planetarium
Football
Tag Rugby
Our Bodies
Digestive system
Teeth
Yr 5
Spr
Music
St Luke’s Church
– R.E focus
Class celebration
Sharing work
Battle of
Hastings reenactment
PDL
Listen 2 Me
Violin and
Cello
Ourselves –
healthy life
style?
St Johns
ambulance
hook day
‘Off With Their
Heads!’
‘Which
monarch since
1066 had the
greatest
impact upon
life in
England?’
‘Earth and
Space’
Art
Creation
stories
Berrywood
Body
Investigators
Yr 5
Aut
R.E
Egyptian Artefacts
Choreographed
Dance
The Human
Body
Indoor Athletics
Yr 4
Spr 1
Shared with
another year
group
Geography
Maps location of the Nile
Building models
Including
electrical circuits
Engineering
challenges
Using different
materials to build
a bridge
Video
documentaries
Research
Ppt for celebration
E safety
Scratch
Programming build
an a game with an
algorithm.
Simple coding
Repeat loops
Computational
thinking
Decomposition
Control
Logo
Combining software
Thematic British
study post 1066
Space Race, Moon
landings
Ancient Greek solar
system discoveries
Technological
advances
Changes in land
use.
(Settlements and
Usage of waterways
linked to global
issues)
Settlement maps –
Southampton and movement
of warriors why they settled
here.
Comparing Locations
Maps –
St Lucia and UK docking
times and banana trade
Climate
European geography (links to
conflict and occupation)
2nd World War
People –figure
drawing
Sculpture (TBC)
Physical geography (rivers
and the water cycle)
Human geography
(settlements, land use &
resources)
Local geographical fieldwork
International comparison
Fair trade
Distribution of natural
resources
Importing/exporting
Cocoa beans as a currency
Places Darwin visited
Listen 2 Me
African
drumming
Hockey
Listen 2 Me
African
drumming
Ukelele
Theatre
Workshop
Sex
Education
Water Aid
Chocolatier
visitor
Mexicolour
Transition
Sacred
Places of
Worship
(Christianity &
Islam)
Architect visit
Governor visit to
judge bridges
Discovery day
National History
Museum
Pizza Express
healthy living
week
Drama workshop
Berry theatre
Church