Curriculum Overview Autumn 2012
Topic
1
TOYS
Christmas
Science
History
Geography
RE
(App. Syll.)
ICT
DT
Art
Music
(M Express)
PE
(Val Sabin)
PSHE
(I am…)
Living Things –
Mini beasts
Changes in Family
Life (TOYS)
Barnaby Bear
around the World
(HAS)- Harvest/
food- thanking God
for nature
Unit 1a
Use a mouse to move &
place items on screen
Simple Paint tools
Print
Add clip art or motifs
Playgrounds
Topic linked
skills – C&T,
P&L, Texture,
SF&S
Exploring Sounds –
Multi Skills
What I am good at
Listening
Making choices, justifying preferences.
Doing one’s best. What makes me/
others happy/ sad (ongoing)
How behaviour affects us (ongoing)
Good and bad touches (ongoing)
Forms of teasing and bullying
(ongoing)
Pushes & Pulls unit
Light
Christmas
PLANTS
OUR
SELVES
2
FAMOUS
PEOPLE
AND
EVENTS
CHANGES
Light & Dark*
Growing plants –
unit 1b
Homes – how have
they changed?
Local Area – Use
and safety
SENSES
(Light & Dark*)
Time line of our
lives
Local Area (cont)
Ourselves
Sound & hearing –
unit 1f
Visit LOOKOUT
DISCOVERY
CENTRE
Places we’ve been
Using Electicity-2f
Famous People inc
Florence Nightingale
Thomas Edison
Forces & Movement
– 2e
Grouping &
changing Materials 2d
Locations linked to
Famous People
Events – GF London
Etc
Remembrance
Changes over time –
Homes. Visit
Chiltern OA
museum
HOMES IN
LOCAL
AREA
Health & growth
2a
SEA
SIDE
Living Things in our
Environment unit 2b
Seaside holidays
Variation 2c
Visit BOXMOOR
TRUST
Visit FRINTON
(HAS) Belonging
Easter
(HAS) Books and
Stories
(HAS)- Signs and
Symbols in
Christianity, (also
Judaism, Islam)
Christmas
Homes in Local
Area –
School/Church
(HAS) Special
Places- Why do
Christians go to
Church?
Unit 1b
Use a mouse to select &
move items
Develop key board skills
Select & listen (CD Rom,
Clicker)
Unit 1d –
Dev hand/eye co-ord MY
WORLD, click to select &
move items
Use mark making tools
Unit 1e Create & use
pictograms 2 SIMPLE
Gymnastics
Exploring Duration
Design of toys
in the past
Moving
pictures
Using digital cameras, digi
blue
Unit 1c – use mouse to
navigate & make choices
Unit 1f
Correctly sequence
instructions and direct
someone else FLOOR
TURTLE
Unit 2a Use backspace,
spaces, shift key
WORDART return & enter
key, delete , insert
Unit 2b – Creating pictures
PAINT
Use tools, colour and save
Fruit & Veg
Unit 1f – Sequence
instructions, direct others
using recorded sequence of
instructions
Unit 2d – FLOOR TURTLE
Winding Upmechanisms/
structures
Collage, textiles,
colour/ tone,
sketching
Obs work –
fruit/veg/plants
Tones
Skills
Exploring
instruments and
symbols
Dance
Exploring Pitch
Exploring pulse &
Rhythm
Self portraits
Dance(units 3 & 4)
Games units 3 & 4
Exploring timbre,
tempo & dynamics
Skills – topic linked
Care of the environment within locality
of school
Multi skills
Exploring Duration
Games
Vehicles 2a
A famous Artist
Look at Portraits by
famous artists
Exploring Pulse and
Rhythm
Skills Topic Linked
Texture
Exploring Pitch
Easter
Gym
Dance
Exploring
Instruments &
symbols
Hygiene, germs etc
Safety in/ near water
Timelines- things that have happened
since we were born, changing needs
since babyhood
(SSW) Setting simple goals for
improving
Consideration of the beliefs of others
Celebrating achievement
Birth and birthdays
How others see me
Feelings
Science link 2A -Medicines: safety
Dangers of smoking
Our changing needs
Keeping healthy; diet; people who help
us keep healthy
What to do in an emergency
Games
An Island Home
Sea side
(HAS) Important
religious leaders
Easy and difficult
questions
Unit 2c – Navigate CD
Roms & websites
Unit 2e – Build a Binary
Tree and Pictogram
Use SEARCH ENGINE
Textiles 2d
Skills
Mother Naturenatural form
Puppets
2b
Exploring Timbre,
Tempo & Dynamics
Athletics
Gym
Exploring Sounds
Dance
End of year book
Discuss and vote on a topical issue.
What harms our environment;
belonging to a community
3
Magnets & springs
Uses of Materialssorting, properties,
use of, natural/
manufactured/
shaped, changing,
mixing, heating/
cooling, dissolving,
magnetism
Teeth & eating
(SSW) The Romans
(SSW) Anglo
Saxons
Roman Settlements
in Britain
Settlements
Light & Shadows
Rocks & Soils
(SSW) Vikings
Solids liquids &
gases
4
Circuits &
Conductors
Friction
Habitats
Living Plantsleaves, roots, light,
water, temperature,
energy from sun
Erosion
Weather around the
World
(SSW) Victorians
Queen Victoria, lives
and experiences of
children in Victorian
times- working
children, rich
children,
governesses
Contrasting Locality
( Village in India)
Changes in local
area in Victorian
Times (Census)
Changes in Land use
in locality during
Victorian Times
(HAS) Christianity
and Islam
Stories of authority
Ways of describing
God
Unit 2c – Use CD s &
Websites
Unit 3c – make a data base
2 SIMPLE
Christmas- Angels
(QCA3D) –
Frames
(Roman
writing
tablet)
(HAS) Jesus’ life
and stories
Textiles weaving
Sandwich
snacks
Temptation
Lent
Unit 3e – E-mail, read, reply
and send e-mail with
attachment
Unit 3a – Combining text &
graphics
(HAS) Islam- Five
Pillars
What rules do
muslims follow?
Unit 3d – exploring
simulations,
Unit 3b – manipulating
sound DANCE E JAY
Special places- visit
a mosque, visit a
church
(HAS) Christianity
and Sikhism
Belonging
Baptism
Initiation ceremonies
Christmas Journey
(HAS) Food in
Christian festivals
and ceremonies
Food in Sikh
ceremonies
(QCA 3A)
Packagingstructures
Moving
Monsters
(Viking link)
Viking Boats
Listen with attn. to
detail
Develop aural
memory
Explore rhythmic
patterns
Learn to play and
read recorder music
Games –invasion
(SSW) Appreciation of other cultures,
different viewpoints
Gym
Understanding consequences of antisocial behaviour
Dance
Taking responsibility for self and
others
Skills- Illuminated
letters (pastels)
Natural dyespainting
Anglo Saxon brooch
Easter Card
Recorder (cont)
Compose and make
music
collaboratively
Songs for special
occasions
(SSW) Dangers of alcohol
Dental Health
Safety of household products
Health and safety- using equipment
safely
Caring for our hair
Clay
Soil Pics (Texture)
As above ( cont)
Gym – stretching,
curling
Symmetry
Pathways
Travelling – change of
direction, Dance
Table Tennis
Swimming
Mosaics
Islamic patterns
Christmas card
Athletics
Games –unit 4 –
striking games –
(cricket, rounders)
Unit 3a Combining text &
graphics
Unit 4a – Writing for diff
aud (Newspapers) 2
PUBLISH
Unit 4b – Use repeated
patterns (William Morris,
Seurat)
Unit 4e – FLOOR
TURTLE, LOGO
Either
Alarms or
Lighting it up
(SSW) Victorian
portraits and photosTurner and
Constable (transport
William Morris
Christmas ornamentVictorian Christmas
card
Listen with attn. to
detail
Develop aural
memory
Explore rhythmic
patterns
(Group)Learn to
play and read
recorder music
Games
Hockey
Recorder (cont)
Compose and make
music
collaboratively
Songs for special
occasions
Swimming
Dance
Gym
(SSW) Different sorts of families- what
do parents do?
Learning from experience
Recognising worth, self- respect
Achievements
(SSW) Other people’s viewpoints
Encouraging and supporting others
Learning from mistakes
Making choices
Clay cottages
Food
Textiles
Dance
Table Tennis
The last supper
Keeping Warm
Children in WW2
Habitats
Moving & growing
Improving the
environment
(HAS) Christianity
and Sikhism
Books, Guru Granth
Sahib
The Bible
Unit 4d- Collecting and
presenting information:
questionnaires and pie
charts
Unit 4c – Branching
databases
Structures Gas masks,
boxes, airraid shelters
Food – WW2
recipes
Family Trees – exploring our families
As above
Evacuees,
Blitz pics
Posters
Games – Rounders
Tennis
Athletics