CURRICULUM OVERVIEW FOR YEAR
THEME
CROSS-CURRICULAR
ENGLISH
CROSS-CURRICULAR
MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
AUTUMN TERM
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
7 Weeks 3 days
7 Weeks
6 Weeks
Exciting Explorers:
Christopher
Columbus
Exciting Explorers:
Neil Armstrong
*Pirate narratives
*Non chronological
report on
Christopher
Columbus
*Sea-themed
poetry
*Coordinates
*Position, direction
and movement
*Measure
*Waterproofing
*Floating and
sinking
SPRING TERM
5 Weeks
SUMMER TERM
6 Weeks
SUMMER TERM
7 Weeks
Where would you
prefer to live:
England or India?
How could the 3
Little Pigs build a
skyscraper?
Why can’t we grow
bananas in
Dunnington?
Why would a
dinosaur not make
a good pet?
*Fiction: Space
narrative story
writing
*Non-fiction: Nonchronological
report / Diary
writing /
Information page
Persuasive letter/
Instructions
*Poetry: Space
poems
*Narrative: Stories
set in India
*Narrative:
Traditional Tales
*Narrative: The
Banana Thief
*Narrative:
Dinosaur
adventure stories
*Non-fiction: Letter
writing to partner
school
*Non-fiction:
Information
texts/Instructional
texts/Diary entries
*Non-fiction:
Instructions/Recipe
s
* Geometry:
Properties of 2D
and 3D shapes
*Ordinal numbers
*Time
*Statistics
*Space
*Earth, sun and
moon
*Light & darksources of light
*Make volcanoes
*Shadows
*Cycle of seasonal
change
*Measuring
weather: Extreme
weather (Indian
monsoon weather
& heat)
*Indian poetry
1
*Poetry: African/
Caribbean poems
*Geometry:
Properties of 2D
and 3D shapes
*Materials:
Investigating,
classifying and
testing
*Waterproofing
*Statistics
*Fractions
*Plants
*Cycle of
germination
*Non-fiction: Nonchronological
reports/Information
leaflets/Fact
files/Persuasive
letters
*Measure
*Living / non living
*Compare/contrast
animals
*Fossils
*Skeletal structure –
animal vs human
*Sorting &
classifying
ICT
HISTORY
R.E
*Word processing
*Multimedia
(images & text)
*E-safety
*Christopher
Columbus
Ourselves: Who Am
I?
GEOGRAPHY
*Map work
DT
*Design and
make…
ART
MUSIC
*Visual media
strand (animated
countdown)
*Computer science
(control)
*E-safety
*Space race
*Study of Neil
Armstrong's life and
achievements
*First moon landing
*Comparison of
different explorers
Gifts & Giving
*Earth in the Solar
System
*Continents,
oceans & the
equator
*Design and make
a space rocket
*Seascape
material weaving
*Collage
*Papier mache
solar system
classroom version)
*Artist study- Van
Gogh ‘Starry Night’
*Sea shanties
*Exploring
instruments
*Interpreting poetry
*Responding to
music
*Creating a
musical score
*Music & Sound (to
accompany
poems)
*E-safety
*Ghandi – founder
and leader
*Mother Theresa
*Multimedia (3 little
pigs e-book)
*E-safety
*History of
Dunnington- how
has the village &
it’s buildings
changed over the
years?
*Data handling
*E-safety
*Windrush boats
*Slave trade &
slave triangle
*Digital literacy
(dinosaur research
& powerpoint)
*E-safety
*Evolution timeline
from dinosaurs to
now
*History of India.
Faith Stories
*Map work
* Continents,
oceans & the
equator
*Comparing
different localities
*Indian food
*Rangoli patterns
*Tie Dye
*Mehndi designs
*Rama and Sita
masks
*Indian Block
printing – polyblock
*Composing
Indian-style music:
Indian talas
*Using instruments
2
Surprises
Living in our world
People & Worship
*Map work
* Continents,
oceans & the
equator
*Comparing
different localities
*Evolution of the
Earth
*Map work
* Continents,
oceans & the
equator
*Fruit
kebabs/banana
split
*Design & make a
dinosaur out of
reclaimed
materials
*Paper weaving
*Silhouette pictures
*Using clay
*Famous architects
*Art study:
Caribbean art
*Sculpture – clay
dinosaur
*Texture – dinosaur
skin
*Paintings of
dinosaurs
*Composition:
Musical score of a
story
*Using instruments
*Banana songs
*African/Caribbea
n drumming
*Composition:
Doing the dinosaur
dance
*Map work
*Design and build
a sky scraper
P.E
SPANISH
through music
*Christmas songs
*Games
*Dance: Holst's
planets
*Gym
N/A
*Indian Dance
*Gym
N/A
N/A
PSHCE
*Gym/Games
N/A
*African/
Caribbean dance
*Games
N/A
Keeping Healthy
SEAL
GLOBAL
DIMENSIONS
Exports of India
ENRICHMENT
ACTIVITIES
3
Fairtrade
*Athletics
*Dinosaur dance
N/A