Buzzard Class - Curriculum Map –Autumn Term 2015
Westonzoyland Primary School ‘Raising Aspirations’
Links to Core Literacy
1st Half term
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Basic writing skills (1 week)
Non Fiction- Persuasive writing – leaflets.
‘Come to Bridgwater’ (2 weeks)
 Narrative – Journey tale (2 weeks)
 Diary – Guy Fawkes (2 weeks)
Links to Core Maths
 Compass directions – Local map reading
 Symmetry – Costumes, carts and masks
 Shape – within carts
 Measurement – making carts
2nd Half term
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Poetry - linked to the carnival (2 weeks)
Narrative – Warning tale (3 weeks)
Non Fiction – Letters to father Christmas
(2 weeks)
PSHE
Weaving in the 8 Secrets of Success – Chris Quigley
through all areas of the curriculum
MFL
N/A
Computing – links to ICT skills
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Use B-bots
Understand what algorithms are, how they
are implemented as programs on digital
devices, and that programs execute by
following a sequence of instructions.
Buzzard Class Autumn Term 2015
NC references see online planner
Learning Expedition: Celebrating Sedgemoor
Context: Deepen children’s understanding of their
locality
Science
 Electricity
Look at appliances and circuits.
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Light, dark and sound
Look at sources and reflections.
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Materials
Identify, name, describe, classify, compare
properties and changes.
Look at the practical uses of everyday
materials.
Art and DT
 Carnival week - W/B 2nd November
 House team challenge - 5th November
 Carnival parade - 6th November
 Carnival carts
 Make their own musical instruments
Use experiences and ideas as the inspiration for
artwork.
Explore a variety of techniques.
Geography:
Use Arial photographs
Use simple compass direction
Use fieldwork and observational skills
Music
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Carnival of the animals
Samba workshop
Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically
British values
History
Learning Challenge: Historic Bridgwater
WOW Points: History week – Battle of Sedgemoor
Battle of Sedgemoor history week 12/10/15
Carnival challenge and parade
 Admiral Blake
Visit: Bridgwater Museum
 Bridgwater docks
Walk to the monument and the battlefield
 Bridgwater carnival
 Bridgwater fair
Significant historical events, people and places in
their own locality.
RE
PE
Who are we? This unit explores ideas of what it is to be
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Knowing about the history of our local
area
How and why Guy Fawkes attempted to
blow up the houses of parliament
human and relates them to religious and other beliefs
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Carnival of the animals
(a)Who and what is special to me? (People, places,
experiences, feelings, stories, objects, beliefs, values)
Perform dances using simple movement patterns.
(b)Who and what supports and guides us? (People,
experiences, feelings, beliefs, values, ideas)
 Throwing/catching/dribbling
Participate in team games, developing simple
tactics for attacking and defending.
(c)What makes us joyful, peaceful, wonder, reflective,
happy and sad? (Experiences, places, celebrations, stories,
songs and, for some people, prayers)
(d)How might stories, prayers, songs, etc help us
understand more about ourselves and ideas of God?
Where do we belong? This unit explores ideas of those
aspects of human nature which relate to the practices of
religion and belief communities
(a)Where do I belong? (Feelings, experiences)
(b)Where do people belong? (Family, local community,
group, club, place, country, faith)
(c)What do people do because they belong to a faith or
belief community?
(d)How might ideas of family and community be reflected in
our own lives?