Prior Weston Primary School and Children’s Centre
Curriculum Map
2014 - 2015
Whole School
Events
Y1
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Maths & Science Week –
Thamestastic!
Harvest Festival
Eid (5.10.2014),
Diwali (23.10.2014)
Christmas Performances
Chinese New Year
Book Week
Sports Day
Project Week
The Happening
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly
TOPIC:
London Calling!
TOPIC:
How Are You?
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Science – Animals
and humans
Computing
TOPIC:
Magic Toymaker
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
History
Science - Materials
Computing
TOPIC:
Games and Gaming
TOPIC:
It’s a Jungle Out
There!
Mapping Our Local Area
Keep a
season diary
throughout
from half
term
Y2
Subject Focus:
Geography
Art
Science – Intro to
animals and humans.
TOPIC:
London Calling!
London from Above
Natural habitats and
wild spaces in London
Subject Focus:
Geography
History
Science - Materials
Y3
Subject Focus:
Science
–Living
things
Geography
TOPIC:
London Calling!
Subject Focus:
Computing
Geography
DT
Science– Living things
- habitats
TOPIC:
Stone Age to Iron Age
Subject Focus:
Geography
Science – recap of
materials/habitat
Subject Focus:
History
Art
Science – Anim/hum
Subject Focus:
Geography
Science - Rocks
Is a city the best place to
live?
How did the Stone Age
help us?
TOPIC:
Active Planet (IPC)
How can we protect
ourselves from natural
disasters?
TOPIC:
Buildings
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
D&T
Science–Materials
project
Geography
History
TOPIC:
Olym-picked!
TOPIC:
Flowers & Insects
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Science - Plants
Art
TOPIC:
From A to B
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Science - Seasons
Geography
TOPIC:
Food
TOPIC:
What’s In the News?
The history of the 2012
London Olympics
Current affairs – child-led
Subject Focus:
History
Art
Computing
Science– Animals and
humans
TOPIC:
Paintings,
Pictures
and
Photographs
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Science - Plants
Art
DT
Subject Focus:
History
Computing
Science – Project fair
TOPIC:
All about Bees
TOPIC:
Science Fair!
Subject Focus:
Art
Science - Light
Subject Focus:
Science - Plants
History
Subject Focus:
Science - Forces
Computing
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Why do we need bees
on earth?
Prior Weston Primary School and Children’s Centre
Curriculum Map
2014 - 2015
Y4
TOPIC:
London Calling!
TOPIC:
They
Made
Difference
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
History
Art
Science-Matter
Do you live around here?
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Geography
History
Science-Living things
Y5
TOPIC:
London Calling!
TOPIC:
Keen to be Green Our Planet
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
History
Computing
Science-Materials
Subject Focus:
Geography
Science-Forces
TOPIC:
London Calling!
TOPIC:
They See the World
Like This
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
Science and art: Light
London Parliament
Y6
a
The Thames: Trading and
Commerce
Subject Focus:
Geography
Science-Living Things
TOPIC:
Fashion
(IPC)
TOPIC:
What’s on the Menu
(IPC)
TOPIC:
Digital Dynamos
(IPC)
TOPIC:
What’s Going On?
Subject Focus:
Art
History
DT
Science-Sound
TOPIC:
Mayans and Aztecs
Subject Focus:
Science-Animals and
humans
DT
PSHE
TOPIC:
Mayans and Aztecs
Subject Focus:
Science-Electricity
Computing
Music
Subject Focus:
History
Geography
Computing
Science-Project fair
TOPIC:
Earth & Space
(IPC)
Subject Focus:
History
Science-Living
things
Art
Subject Focus:
History
Science-Project fair
Subject Focus:
Science-Animals
and humans
PSHE
Art
Subject Focus:
Geography
DT
Science-Earth
Space
TOPIC:
AD900 civilization
TOPIC:
Going Global
(IPC)
TOPIC:
Out of Africa
(IPC)
TOPIC:
The Second World War
Subject Focus:
Geography
Science-Electricity
Subject Focus:
Science
–
evolution
inheritance
Subject Focus:
History
Science-Project fair
Islamic
Subject Focus:
History
Science-Animals
and Humans
TOPIC:
Animals
Express
(IPC)
Current affairs – topical issues
Galore
Yourself
Please note: in line with good practice in the Early Years, curriculum planning is responsive and
focuses on children’s spontaneous explorations of people and things of interest and importance
to them. Throughout the school, teachers adapt plans and actions to meet the changing needs
and interests of each child. Planning, therefore, should not be static: adaptation and change are
critical parts of the learning process and should be anticipated.
Responsive curriculum planning focuses on finding strategies to help infant-toddler teachers search for,
support, and keep alive children's internal
Updated
motivation
24.10.2014
to learn,
CW
and their spontaneous explorations of people
and things of interest and importance to them. This should begin with study of the specific children in care.
Detailed records of each child's interests and skills are kept to give guidance to the adults for the roles they
will take in each child's learning. It should also be realized from the start that plans should not be static.
Adaptation and change are critical parts of the learning process and should be anticipated. Once an interaction
with a child or small cluster of children begins, the teacher has to be ready to adapt his or her plans and
and
and