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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Fiction
Autumn 2
Fiction
Founda
tion
Cycle
A
201516
Text
Mr. Wiggle
and Mr.
Waggle
Genre
Journey
story
Text
The
Enormous
Turnip
Genre
Traditional
tale
Theme
links
Who Helps Me?
UW – People & communities
People who help us (doctor,
police, fire and nurse)–
local helpers (lollipop lady,
dinner lady and caretaker)
Belonging
Social theme helping them
understand their
communities/Moral aspects
of right and wrong/Golden
Rules/Zone Board use
Link to British Values
Plant some turnips and
watch them grow
Observational drawings of
turnips.
Text
The Christmas story script
Genre
Recount
What is
special to
you?
Electricity
EAD –
Moving Toys
UW –
Technology
Celebrating
birthdays
Nativity
Nativity
script
Spiritual
Theme
culminates
in Nativity
Performanc
e
Outside useStables for
Joseph and
Mary in the
grounds and
FS playground
Bonfire?
Mutual
respect &
tolerance of
other faiths
& beliefs
Christmas
art
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
Ginger
bread
Man
Genre
Quest
Story
Text
Recipe for
Ginger
bread
Genre
Instructions
Text
Baby Goz
Genre
Traditional
Tale
Text
Life cycle of
a hen
Genre
Explanation
Text
Three Billy goats Gruff
How to trap a troll
Genre
Traditional
tale/Journey
Instructional
Text
Mr Gumpy’s
Outing
Genre
Adventure
Text
Boats
Genre
Explanations
How do you trap an
Troll?
UW-similarities and
differences between
places/living things/
communities/people/
traditions
EAD – role play
imagining
Specialness - clothes
Social and moral
aspects of looking
after our environment
Will it float?
- Floating and sinking
- Materials
EAD – Creating boats
Specialness places
Spiritual and cultural use
of water in daily life and
religious festivals and
celebrations.
Cultural diversity &
respect & tolerance for
different cultures
Is how do you keep
healthy?
PD – Health and Self
care
Learning from Jesus’
stories
Cultural cooking-what
do other
countries/communities
/religions cook?
Outside use-PE
outside on the field
and trim trails
Cultural diversity &
respect & tolerance
for different
cultures
What’s in an egg?
Animals from eggs/not
eggs.
Lifecycles of animals.
Symbol of new life
Easter elements of eggs as
new life lend themselves to
spiritual elements-awe and
wonder in the hatching
eggs and parents visiting
them.
Outside useNatural sculptures
Visit the chickens to feed
them and clean them out and
other animals
Respect for life
Showing respect to the
environment & focus on
the ECO code of conduct
Outside use-go on a
troll hunt in the field
and wooded areas
Art using Nature
Outside use-paddling pools
to float things
Look at puddles
Bubble painting
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Fiction
Founda
tion
Cycle
B
2016 –
17
Text
We’re
going on a
Bear Hunt
Genre
Narrative
Non Fiction
Text
Books about
me
Genre
Information
Nonchronological
Belonging
Rhyme
Teddy
Bear
Theme
links
Rhyme
Round and
Round the
garden
How do I feel?
- Change in our lives
- An important person
- My senses
Outside use-Bear Hunt
Shape hunts in FS grounds
& playground. Follow my
leader for directional
language.Trim trail in PE
for positional language
Social theme helping them
understand their
feelings/Moral aspects of
right/wrong/Golden rules Zone
Board –
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Text
Weddings
Christenings
Firework
Night
Christmas
Genre
Recount
Text
The
Christmas
story
Genre
Recount
Celebrating
birthdays
Nativity
script
Text
Boy goes
to deliver
things,
gives
things on
way but
not choc
bar story
Genre
Persuasive
letter
Rhyme
If your
happy and
you know it
Rhyme
Christmas
songs
Rhyme
Nativity
What do you Celebrate?
UW – People & communities
Traditions/festivals –
Christian & other relevant
faiths
Outside use-Sparklers to make
the letter ‘o’-phonics link
Large firework paintings on
the floor
Stables for Joseph and Mary
in the grounds and FS
playground Bonfire? Spiritual
Theme culminates in
Nativity Performance
Mutual respect & tolerance
Train is
coming
down the
track
Fiction
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
The
magic
Train
Ride
Genre
Journey
Learning
from
Jesus’
stories
Text
The very
hungry
caterpillar
Genre
Information
Text
Life cycle of
a
caterpillar
Genre
Explanation
Text
The Three Little Pigs
Genre
Traditional Tale
Text
The Very
Lazy
Ladybird
Genre
Adventure
Text
Minibeasts
Genre
Traditional
Tale
Rhyme
The run
away
train
Rhyme
Caterpillar
on a leaf
Where shall we go on
a journey?
Vehicles – models
Settings for travel
Outside use-Make
stations to stop our
train at around the FS
outside area and
school grounds-what
will happen at this
stop?
How many stations can
we stop at?
Symbol of
new life
Rhyme
Little green
frog
What animal will you
become?
UW – The World
Outside use-Collect leaves for
the caterpillars to eat
Natural sculptures
Visit the chickens and other
animals
Easter elements of eggs as
new life lend themselves to
spiritual elements-awe and
wonder in the hatching
eggs and parents visiting
them.
Respect for new life
Instructions
Specialness - clothes
Specialness
– places
Rhyme
Goldilocks
Rhyme
Row Row
your boat
What would you use
to build a house?
- Materials and houses
Outside use-Build
houses and then try to
blow them down
Collect materials to
make little house
models
Rhyme
The sea side
What is in your Secret
Garden?
- Living Things
- Green plants
- Mini beasts
Outside use-Minibeast hunts
Planting in our planters and
veg plots
Social and moral aspects
of looking after our
environment
Minibeast models
Showing respect to the
environment & focus on the
ECO code of conduct
Art shapes
British Values
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Year
1/2
Cycle
A
201516
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
The Papaya
that spoke
Text
What
happens when
you eat?
Jacqui
Bailey
Genre
Persuasion
Text
Divali –
Rama &
Sita
Genre
Text
The Christmas
Story Nativity
Genre
Recount
Text
Rainbo
w bear
Michael
Morpur
go
Genre
Narrati
ve
Text
Text
Rainbow
bird –
aboriginal
folk story.
Genre
Stories
from
other
cultures.
Text
The Great
Fire of
London – Jill
Atkins –
Samuel Pepys
diary
Text
The
Gruffalo
Text
How to
make
crumble
Genre
Discussion &
Non chronological
report
3 part
Welcoming
Moralconseque
nces of
their
actions
Socialcooperat
ing with
others
Text
What the
Sea Saw –
Stephanie
St Pierre
The
Sandcastle
– MP
Robertson.
Genre
Narrative
and
adventure
Spiritualawe and
wonder
Culturalimagination
Text
I wonder
why the sea
is salty?
Anita Ganeri
Life in a
Rock Pool on
the
Seashore –
Sally
Morgan
Genre
Genre
Tale of
Fear
Socialsocialising
with pupils
Moral-right
from wrong
CelebrationHarvest
Link to
British
values –
respect &
tolerance
Theme
links
Autumn 2
Fiction
What do we need to be
healthy?
Humans
Seasonal change (covered
throughout the year)
Cooking & Nutrition
(Eatwell Plate)
Painting – fruit and
vegetables
Narrativ
e
Spiritualreligious
enjoyment
Culturaldiversity,
willingness
to
participat
e
Light as a
symbol
How do we celebrate
festivals?
Nativity production
Textiles – sock puppets
Mutual respect &
tolerance – different
faiths & beliefs.
Cultural diversity
Genre
Change
Moral-right
and wrong
Spiritualimagination
Culturaldiversity
Social
Spiritual
values
Could you survive in
the Arctic?
Animals and Habitats
Compare and contrast
& mapping
Art – colours &
shades
How did the fire start?
An important person –
Samuel Pepys
Everyday materials
Mechanisms: Fire Engine –
moving picture
(levers/sliders)
Can you find any British
values in the diary of
Samuel Pepys?
Genre
Journey
Genre
Instruction
s
Creation
How can you use your
senses?
Plants
Fieldwork – Mapping
different sounds?
Did the animals show
respect and
tolerance?
Observational
drawings of plants
Information
Precious
Why is the sea salty?
- All Living things.
Fieldwork – seaside
An important person –
Christopher Columbus
Cultural diversity
Art – using natural
materials
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Year
1/2
Cycle
B
201617
Text
Jack & the
Beanstalk
Genre
Traditional
Tale
Text
Home
(Around the
world) –
Kerry Petty
and Oxfam
Genre
Instructions
Bread as a
symbol
Theme
links
Who’s the King of the
Castle?
- Uses of everyday materials-
exploring our school, castles &
catapults. Growing beanstalk.
Mapping- How to find Henry
III treasure, Beebot
instruction writing on how
to get to destinations.
Geography- mapping areas
of interest - own islands &
extreme weather
Giant stealing- Moral
dilemma’s
Henry VIII Southsea
Castle research what made
him famous &
achievements.
Cultural differences
Art - buildings
Autumn 2
Text
The
Emperor’
s Egg –
Martin
Jenkins
Genre
Explanati
on
Text
The Christmas
Story Nativity
Genre
Retell
Spring 1
Text
Noah’s
Ark
Genre
Traditi
onal
Tale
Text
HMS
Victory
Genre
Information
Remembering
Journeys end
Who’s the new arrival?
Seasonal changes- Four
seasons of the year and
changes.
Cold/hot placescomparisons between
Bethlehem and England –
Cultural diversity
Role play outside- stables
Carol singing around the
school. Growing & changes.
Changes when someone
comes to stay.
Stranger Danger & what
to do.
Nativity production
Mechanisms (axles &
wheels) Making a cart for
when Mary & Joseph
leave the stable.
Spring 2
Text
The Owl
who was
afraid of
the dark.
Genre
Narrative
Text
Nocturnal
animals
Genre
Recount –
diary
Happy & sad
Why is HMS Victory
important?
An important event –
Battle of Trafalgar
Key person – Lord
Nelson
Explore British
Values – Lord Nelson
Consequences- moral
dilemma- discipline on
board)
Nelsons Philosophy.
Changes of shipsPirate ships, rafts,
Noah’s Ark.
Construction - boats
Who’s afraid of the dark?
Habitats - Animals
Dark tents-role plays
Stranger Danger
Navigation at night- fears
and worries.
Keeping safe at night- on
the road and pavement.
Visitors- Lollipop lady and
cyclist.
Art – colours and shade
Summer 1
Text
Katie
Morag
books
Genre
Wish
tale
Special
books
Text
Katie
Morag – Big
boy
cousins.
(Destructio
n caused)
Genre
Newspaper
report
Summer 2
Text
Litterbug
Doug
Genre
Narrative
Non Fiction
Discussion
Text
Our
Amazing
World
Genre
Non
chronologica
l reports
3 part
Creation
What’s happening on
the Isle of Struay?
Compare and contrast
& mapping – places in
the UK
Plants- growing and
changes
How do we take care of
our wonderful world?
Taking care environment recycling
Local walks and
observations
Showing respect to the
environment & focus on the
ECO code of conduct
Reading areas outside.
Cultural- sense of
community and sharing.
Respect for cultural
diversity
Art – observational
drawings of plants
Humans/ Seasonal changes
Movement of the sun
Growing- saving the
environment.
Litter picking.
Reduce, reuse and recycle
Helping others around the
world- looking after
animals and the
environment and world aid.
Cooking & Nutrition –
Grow own fruit & veg
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Year
3/4
Cycle
A
201516
Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Text
George’s
Marvellous
Medicine
Text
Professor
PuffendorfSecret
Potions
Genre
Instructions
– magic
potions and
poems
Text
Bella’s
Den
Animal
Poetry
Genre
Issues
and
Dilemmas
Poetry
Genre
Fantasy
Right from
wrong
Making right
choices
Issues and
dilemmas
Theme
links
Autumn 2
Belonging
What makes the Magic
Marvellous?
Light
Art – Fantasy – creating
with light
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Non Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Non-fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Fiction
Text
Text
Awonga
leema
Genre
Quest
Text
Masai and I
Genre
Information
Text
Should
children do
chores?
Genre
Discussion
Balanced
argument
Covenant –
The Torah
Text
Good
Friday
Genre
Recount
Text
Easter Story
Genre
Playscript
Text
Stone
Age to
Iron
Age*
Genre
Informa
tion
Text
Ug
By
Raymond
Briggs*
Genre
Narrative
Text
The Iron
Man
Genre
Narrative –
adventure
Text
How do we
hear?
(Linked to
science)
Genre
Explanation
Explaining the
Brain
Genre
Explanation
Information
Nonchronological
Report 3part
Angels
SpiritualChristmas
How do you keep healthy?
- Animals inc Humans
Trip to Marwell
Faith-reflect about
beliefs-Mosque
Setting up class rules
Moral-appreciation of
music
Art – animal patterns
Respect for different
cultures and beliefs
Explore British values –
with school and class rules
and school values
Spring 1
Cultural
diversity
How is Africa
different to Britain?
-Compare locality and
mapping
Cultural-exploring
different cultures
Water Cycle
Benin (West Africa)
Art – African art
Cultural diversity
5 part
paragraphs
Suffering
Spiritualculminates in
the
performance
Why did Jesus have to
suffer?
RE Focus
Plants
Discrete unit – European
study – northern region of
France Caen twinned with
Portsmouth – compare to
Portsmouth & links with
MFL French culture
God
Social-how
their
communitie
s worked
together
Stones as
Symbols
Moral-how
we treat
people
Who were the Ancient
Britons?
Stone, Bronze, Iron
Ages & Celtic
Forces and Magnets
Settlement and land
use –related to visit to
Butser Hill
What can we do with the
Iron Man?
Sound
Discrete unit – AngloSaxon and Scots
Residential-social
DT - Magnets
Respect and Tolerance
(linked to morals)
DT - Structures
Rt – Observational
drawings of plants
Compare British values to
French values
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Year
3/4
Cycle
B
20162017
Text
Assasin
Genre
Historical
Narrative
New Class
routines –
Mora
School
grounds
Roman
marching
Garden
Herbsl
Hadrian
wall
Theme
links
Text
Assasin
Genre
Newspaper
reports
Message
Moral-Roman
slaves/freed
om Socialcommunities
working
together
How great was the Roman
Empire? Art - mosaics
Roman conquest & rule
Caesar, Augustus, Claudius
Decline & fall of Western
Roman Empire. Fishbourne
Trip Europe Mapping
States of matter Cultural
awareness.Romans – did they
rule by democracy?
Autumn 2
Text
Magnets
&
electricit
y
Until I
met
Dudley*
Genre
Explanati
ons
*Need
more
books
Text
Nutcracker
Genre
Familiar
settings
Holy
Culturaltheatre
appreciation
School grounds
Science/maths
Measure size
of puddles
Temp/rainfall
Capacity rainfall
What can electricity do
for you?
Electricity
Making electro magnets
Christmas decorations –
electric circuits
Social-development of the
world and what is it like if
you don’t have electricity
Cultural diversity
Spring 1
Text
Text
Dinosaur
land
Dinosaurland
Genre
Fantasy
Information
Nonchronological
Report 3 part
Theme
–
Poetry
Anclyos
aurus
Genre
Freedom Passover
Spiritualpoetry
School
grounds
Maths
Measure
size of
dinosaur
footprints
& scale
How do we know
Dinosaurs existed?
- Rocks
- Evolution and
inheritance
Mountains
Art/DT –Creative 3D
models
Spring 2
Text
Palm
Sunday
Genre
Recount
5 part
paragraphs
Text
Easter Story
Genre
Playscript
Ritual Paschal
Candle
Spiritualculminates in
a
performance
School
grounds
Building
Jerusalem
Maths – data
Habitat/plant
study
What happened to Jesus
in 33AD?
RE Focus
Plants
Structures – Houses
(linked to Easter story)
Summer 1
Text
How the
world
was
made
(Story
Models –
Pie
Corbett)
Genre
Creation
Myth
Text
How to
wrap a
Mummy
Genre
Instruction
s
School
grounds
Art –
natural
3D
Models
Goldswor
thy
Instruction
s – linked
to playing
PE games
Chalk for
heiroglyphi
cs
Ceremony
School
grounds
Would you like to be
a Pharaoh?
Ancient Egypt
Cultural diversity &
Compare Egyptian values
with British values
.Egyptian art
Equator
Latitude/Longitude
Summer 2
Text
The
Butterfly
Lion
Michael
Morpurgo
Genre
Narrative
School
grounds
Eco –
activities
Environmen
tal science
& maths
Butterfly
survey
Text
The Carbon
Monster
Genre
Issues and
dilemmas
RememberingShabbat
Sabbath
Moral/cultur
al-looking
after the
environment
Litter
piacking
survey data
Where
would the
carbon
monster
live?
How can we take care of
the world?
- All living things
Fieldwork trip – residential
Cooking/Nutrition linked
to sustainability
Showing respect to the
environment & focus on the
ECO code of conduct
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Autumn 1
Fiction
Year
5/6
Cycle
A
20152016
Non Fiction
Autumn 2
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
Journey to River Sea by
Eva Ibbotson
Text
The Great Kapok Tree
Lynne Cherry
Fiction
Fantasy story
Non-fiction
Balanced argument
Non-fiction
Persuasion – Save the
rainforest.
Sacred – Muhammad & the
Qu’ran
Interpretation – two birth
narratives.
Social/
Cultural- protecting the
rainforests
-Social/moral/cultural
School grounds- fantasy
story settings in nature
trail
Theme
links
Why is the Amazon important?
- North and South America (locational knowledge)
-Contrasting locations
- Rivers – human and physical features
- Evolution and Inheritance
- All living things
Cooking and Nutrition – South American carnival
recipes.
Cultural diversity & respect for other faiths & beliefs.
Spring 1
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
Ancient Greeks ?
Non-fiction
Instructions School grounds –
instructions to play
games
Spring 2
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
Local history
(John Pounds/Dickens)
Genre
Resurrection – Empty Cross
School grounds – maths
date handling from school
ground
Identity - Eucharist
Fiction
Non Fiction
Text
Kensuke’s Kingdom –
Michael Morpurgo
Fiction
Adventure - journey
story
Non-fiction
Summer 2
Fiction
Text
Lion King
Genre
Playscript
Ritual – Eid ul Fitr &
Ramadam
Cultural/Social/Moralproduction
Non-chronological
report – Orangutans
THEME writing :
Non-fiction –
Non-chronological
reports
What is the legacy
of the Ancient
Greeks?
Changes that form
new materials
- Study of the
legacy of the Ancient
Greek culture (art,
architecture culture)
influence on later
periods of British
history)
Summer 1
School Ground-maths
shape study
Pilgrimage – The Hajj
(yr5)
Why is the history of
Portsmouth?
- Forces British values
- Portsmouth Locality
Study – significance of
several aspects of history
of Portsmouth through
the years -Historical
timeline Portsmouth
Tudors, Victorians,
1stWW 2ndWW.
Structures–Buildings
models of Portsmouth
British values
What was life like in
Kensuke’s Kingdom?
Properties of
Materials & reversible
changes
Global links – Where
did he travel? List the
continents he travelled
to. (Atlas/ map skills
the world- Latitude /
equator)
Mechanisms –
cams/ pulleys/gears
Cult diversity
Lion King (Production)
Global links – Where did
he travel? Record travels
on a world map.
Focus study – his travels
to Africa
Mutual respect and
tolerance of others from
different cultures
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Year
5/6
Cycle
B
2016 –
2017
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Text
Rubbish Town Hero by
Nicola Davis
Text
Rubbish Town Hero by
Nicola Davis
Text (Vikings)
Beowulf by
Michael Morpurgo
Text
Beowulf by
Michael Morpurgo
Text
Street Child
Fiction
Settings and
Characterisation
Text
Fairtrade
Fiction
Adventure with a moral
Fiction
First person
Laws –Jesus the law
breaker
Prophecy – The Magi
Moral – Fairtrade
Fiction
Defeating the
monster
Non-Fiction
Newspaper report
Poetry – The
longboats story
Genre
Submission The 5
Pillars of Islam
School grounds - big
art – Viking ship
Cultural – heritage
related Vikings
Text
Street Child
Genre
Oliver
Genre
Non-fiction
Discussion (balanced)
School grounds – science
forces
Moral - Fairtrade
Theme
links
Is it Fair?
Magnetism
Fairtrade / ECO
Cooking and NutritionFair trade food recipes –
Cultural diversity – repect
for different cultures,
faiths & beliefs
Non-fiction
Instructions
School grounds – Create a
solar system
Is it Fair?
- Earth and Space
Human Geography study &
locational study
Compare UK & Africa
Art – using
recycling/reclaimed
maaterials
Vikings & Saxons
-Anglo-Saxon
invasions settlements
Viking raids /invasions
Vikings & Anglo Saxon
struggle for the
Kingdom of England to
the time of Edward
the Confessor
Electricity
Explore democracy &
the rule of law
Viking Art
Non-Fiction
Explanation - volcanoes
Genre
Salvation – the Christian
story
School grounds – Make own
volcanoes
Spiritual – Easter – trip to
Portsmouth Cathedral
Volcanoes & earthquakes
Physical geography study –
volcanoes and earthquakes
Electricity
Electricity – making their
own products
Classic literature &
historical
Pilgrimage – The Hajj
(yr5)
Playscript
ProductionSocial/moral/cultural
issues
School grounds
investigate living
things
Why are the
Victorians important?
All Living things and
animals Victorian Art
Victoria – changing
power of the monarchy
Victorian legacy & the
first railways –
significant period in
British history
(extend pupils’ knowledge
beyond 1066)
British values & rights
of children
Oliver (Production)
Light
Textiles –
Victorian hats
Comparing Victorian
values to British
values today
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Highbury Primary Curriculum and Literacy Overview 2015-2018
As a whole school we should include special days/weeks/events to further promote the cultural aspects of SMSC, including exploring and improving
understanding of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity. There are planned opportunities for children to learn about British values
throughout the curriculum. The curriculum promotes opportunities for children to participate in artistic, musical, sporting and cultural opportunities through
challenges/competitions/dance workshops or performances/theatre trips and artists. These events are recorded in the Class Reflection book.
Statutory NC Coverage: Geography Science HistoryArt and Design RE DT SMSC British Values & cultural diversity UPDATED by SBoulton 22nd September 2015