Curriculum Map

Reception

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Settling in Curriculum focus: Growing Curriculum focus: Transition

Literacy: recognising and writing name,

pencil grip

Phonic songs

Sound recognition and discrimination

Introducing letter sounds and formation.

Writing patterns. Anti-clockwise

movement, top to bottom. (whole class)

Guided reading

Acting out stories

Daily choice of Book Corner book.

L&Comm: Chatterbox activities, learning

‘Stop signal’ Good listening, sitting etc.

Talking Tables – Teacher scribing.

Literacy: letter sounds and

formation (ability groups)

Descenders and ascenders.

Segmenting and blending

High frequency words. Decoding

words.

Introducing sentences (full stop,

finger space)

Daily Supported Reading DSR

Individual reading books

Re-telling stories

L&Comm: Chatterbox activities,

Good listening, sitting etc.

Speaking in full sentences.

Paired Talk

Talking Tables –children scribing.

Literacy: High frequency words

Segmenting and blending

Introducing sentences (full stop, finger

space, capital letter)

WOW words

Reading full sentences.

Individual reading books

Daily Supported Reading DSR

Applying phonics to writing.

L&Comm: Chatterbox activities,

Talking Tables –children scribing.

Listening for prolonged time. Joining in with

repeated phrases at story time.

Numeracy: number songs and nursery

rhymes

Number formation to 10.

Counting in 1s

Number recognition up to 10.

Ordering numbers to 10.

Repeating Patterns

2D shapes

Positional language (on, under, in)

Numeracy: Addition/subtraction

Number sentences.

Ordering numbers to 20,

forwards and backwards.

1 more/1 less

Ordinal number (first, second...)

Time (sequence of events, night,

day, tomorrow, yesterday,

o’clock)

3D shapes

Measure – ordering

height/length/weigh/capacity.

Coin recognition and counting

with 1p coins.

Numeracy: Sharing/halving/doubling

Positional language (right, left, beside, next

to)

Measure- non-standard units. Estimating.

Balancing weights. Problem solving.

Time - half past, revise days of the week.

Recognition of coins up to £1

Understanding the World

seasonal changes

Visit a library, local shops and a park

Light and dark- light sources, shadows.

School environment

Cooking skills

Daily weather reports

languages from classroom (register)

Being aware of languages spoken in

classroom. Stories in different languages

Understanding the World

seasonal changes

Materials

Animals- Life cycles – chicks.

Dinosaurs.

Cooking skills

Plants- growing vegetables and

flowers, weeding.

Maps (local and global)

Visit to shop

Understanding the World seasonal changes

Plants- growing vegetables and flowers,

weeding.

Countries of the world

Animals: life cycles- Butterflies.

Cooking skills

Habitats

Space

Farm visit

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Christmas

Diwali

Guy Fawkes Night

E Safety: computer rules (home and

school)

Being aware of languages spoken

in classroom.

Helping each other to learn

English.

Chinese New Year

Pancake Day

Easter

St. George’s Day

Mother’s Day

E Safety: computer rules (home

and school)

Being aware of languages spoken in

classroom.

Helping each other to learn English.

People who Help us.

Ramadan

Father’s Day

E Safety: blogging

Expressive Arts and Design:

daily child initiated activities linked to

topic

Self-Portraits

Leaf Rubbing

Junk Modelling

Celebration cards, calendar

Splatter painting and printing

nursery rhymes, Singing Phonics

Christmas Show

Expressive Arts and Design:

daily child initiated activities

linked to topic

Colour mixing

Observational drawing

Singing Concert? (Song Sack)

Singing Assembly

Celebration cards.

Art Week activities.

Expressive Arts and Design:

daily child initiated activities linked to topic

Celebration cards.

Physical Development:

Cutting Skills

Outdoor area – fine/gross motor skills,

travelling over, under equipment.

Changing

PE timetabled

hall rules

Spatial awareness, floor work, throwing

and catching, sending and receiving.

Physical Development:

Outdoor area fine/gross motor

skills, travelling on, over, under

equipment.

PE timetabled

Bouncing and Catching.

Team rules.

gymnastics (floor work) Zumba

Physical Development:

Outdoor area fine/gross motor skills,

travelling over, under, through equipment.

PE timetabled

Dance - learning routines and responding to

music.

gymnastics (apparatus)

HFF week

Using equipment – racquet etc.

PSE: settling in/routines rules and

boundaries circle time, hygiene, working

as a team/class

PSE: Sunshine

circle time

independent skills

sleeping/bedtimes

Talking about themselves and

others in positive terms.

PSE: self-awareness

healthy eating

road safety/getting lost

Transition: Hopes, wishes, changes in

routines/ assemblies etc.

In their first year we aim to lay foundations for future learning experiences. All children can become competent learners, be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. We are committed to establishing positive partnership with parents and children to enable children to be strong and independent from a base of caring and secure relationships. We provide an environment that plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning. We recognise that children develop in different ways and different rates and that all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected. We aim to achieve a balance between child initiated and adult led activities. Throughout the year we deliver a range of activities to meet the diverse interests of the children to support their development, teaching and learning. This incorporates a visit to Willows Farm, Walks in the Environment, and Celebrations of different cultures with visitors/parents to support. We embrace visitors to give talks about areas of expertise. The children have the opportunity to take part in a Christmas Production which is presented to the whole school and their parents.

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 1

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Geography of our school /Christmas Show Starting point: Tour of school and school grounds End product: Show/ growing bulbs/maps

Curriculum focus: Toys Starting point: Bring favourite toy to school End product: Making a Toy Visit to Bruce Castle museum

Curriculum focus: comparison of historical figures Starting point: Own research End product: Exhibition to parents of Independent research project

Science: Animals including humans. Seasonal changes

Science: Everyday materials. Plants – Seasonal changes

Science: Plants, Seasonal changes.

Geography: Geography of our school Geography: My local area Geography: UK and its weather

History: Changes in living memory – Toys and homes

History: Comparison of 2 historical figures. Ex. Neil Armstrong and Columbus

ICT: Graphics 2Simple -painttastic - busythings.co.uk

ICT: Bee-bots 2Go – Scratch, Espresso, Coding

ICT: Text based Desk Top Publishing -chrome book or Google Drive

Art: Linked to Seasonal changes -Sketchbooks -Pattern -Colour mixing painting – Primary colours

Art: Art Week -Planning and making a Sculpture – Artist or Craftsperson D&T: Toys Making a moving toy

Art: Art related to the history unit Drawing – investigating tone Collage

MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 1: Greetings, numbers Unit 2: Age, months of the year, numbers

MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 3: Verbs, birthdays, colours Unit 4: Parts of the body, nouns, days of the week

MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 5: Likes/dislikes, hobbies Unit 6: Dates, my family

RE: Birthday of Guru Nanak Christianity – visit to church - Christmas/ Hinduism – Diwali

RE: Growing up in a Muslim home Holi & stories of Krishna

RE: Growing up in a Jewish home – Visitor

Music: Unit 1: Ourselves Unit 7: Our school Black History Month Singing

Music: Unit 2 Year 2 Toys Unit 8: Pattern Unit 2: Number

Music: Unit 3: Animals Units 4: Weather

E Safety: Blogging (Kim and Lee) E Safety: Keeping details private. (Kim and Lee)

E Safety: Safe Websites to use.

PE: Gymnastics – Travelling & Safety Games – Bouncing & Catching Dance – Christmas Show Games – Travelling with a ball

PE: Gymnastics – Balancing Games – Sending & Receiving Dance – Linked to Art

PE: Athletics – Field events Games – Net/Wall Games Athletics – Preparation for Sports Day Gymnastics – Performance & Creating Sequences Dance: - Preparation for Fete

PSHE: Heritage Week Relationships: New Beginnings

PSHE: Health and Wellbeing: Daily routine Keeping clean

PSHE: Living in the wider world: Outdoor safety Environment

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Keeping safe in school Being a good friend. -Secrets and surprises.

Growing and changing Medicines Good touch/bad touch

Looking after my money

Maths links to themes: Frequencies: high and low sounds (Link to music) Co-ordinates (linked to Geography and computing) Repeating patterns Negative numbers – seasonal weather

Maths links to themes: Measurement Days of week Dates in books

Maths links to themes: Patterns and Sequences (Link to Gymnastics) Time line – linked to History topic

Literacy: -Labelling and captions -Stories from other cultures -Familiar settings -Poems on a theme

Literacy: -Recounts -Traditional tales -Non-chronological reports -Pattern and rhyme -Instructions

Literacy: -Familiar settings (s) -Patterns and predictable texts -Poetry- learning by heart -Fantasy -Extra Unit – adventure story

The transition between Reception and Year One is planned for and carefully managed in the Summer term at the end of Reception and in the Autumn term. Outdoor learning opportunities are provided more regularly at the beginning of the year to enable a smooth transition. Subjects are incorporated into theme teaching, for example: In the Autumn term the theme is ‘The Geography of Our School’; the children will study Science (the Seasons), Art (self-portrait) and Literacy (labelling) through this theme. This ensures learning is creative and cross-curricular and most importantly, exciting! The theme approach to teaching and outdoor learning continues throughout the year providing opportunities to take learning beyond the classroom. The children will use the local area to help with the development of their geographical and citizenship skills as well as enjoying trips further afield i.e. Local museums, Legoland, places of worship. During curriculum weeks and as part of our theme we also invite members of the local community to visit our children, thus continuing to develop community cohesion. By the end of Year One we aim to have developed the children’s ability to work more independently and to be responsible for themselves and their belongings. This will provide a firm foundation for the children as they move into Year Two.

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 2

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Winter Show Starting point: Winter show End product: Winter Show performance!

Curriculum focus: Great fire of London Starting point: Samuel Pepys Visit (trip to the Museum of London) End product: Display diary entries

Curriculum focus: Animals Starting point: Science End product: Zoo trip – Paradise Wildlife park

Science: Living things and their habitats Plants

Science: Uses of everyday materials Plants

Science: Animals including humans Living things and their habitats Plants

History: Events beyond living memory – The Plague.

History: Events beyond living memory – The Great Fire of London Geography: Up, up and away (knowledge-based geography unit – equator, poles, oceans and continents. Link to report writing for literacy)

Geography: India – a distant locality

Computing: E books Cloud Computing

Computing: 2DIY – Games design (algorithms) Email – recognise an email address

Computing: Video (Movie Maker) Sound recording (Learnpads)

Art: Flower press and leaf print and patterns Sketchbooks - drawing Art from the 1600s (link to the plague) Self portrait

D&T: Pneumatic systems Art: Art Week Sculpture

Art: Textiles and Indian arts and craft D&T: Sewing

MFL: Spanish (bcc.languages.co.uk) Unit 1: Greetings numbers, geography Unit 2: Age, months of the year, numbers

MFL: Spanish(bcc.languages.co.uk) Unit 3: Verbs, birthdays, colours Unit 4: parts of the body, nouns, days of the week

MFL: Spanish Unit 5 : likes/dislikes, hobbies Unit 6: Dates, my family

RE: Birthday of Guru Nanak Diwali / Christmas / Hanukkah

RE: Ramadan + Eid-ul-Fitr Easter-including a visit to a Greek Orthodox Church

RE: Introduction to Buddhism - visitor

Music: Singing Ourselves Number – patterns. Link to BHM (African Art)

Music: Water Storytime – link to literacy

Music: Animals Our Bodies: link to PSHE Travel - India

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E Safety: Think U Know E Safety: Hectors World E Safety: Privacy setting

PE: Gymnastics – Balance Dance – linked to production

PE: Gymnastics – High and Low Dance – Traditional British

PE: Gymnastics – Spinning, Turning and Twisting Athletics Dance – Fete performance

PSHE: Heritage Week Staying safe - drugs and medicines Anti bullying week Being healthy: hygiene Enjoy and achieve – CP

PSHE: Positive contribution: community

PSHE: Sex and relationships – Relationships and changes Emotional health: similarities and differences Healthy Eating Transition to KS2

Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked to plants and nature

Maths links to themes: Measuring heights of plants – Science Algorithms – games design

Maths links to themes: India patterns and symmetry

In this final year of Key Stage 1, we aim to inspire creativity, promote independence and initiative and encourage the children to take responsibility for their own learning. Year 2 is a year of fun! Learning takes place through a series of theme-based units and we provide opportunities to learn in and out of the classroom. Visits and visitors enhance and enrich a broad and balanced curriculum. Throughout Year 2, the children will explore new skills, new places and new challenges. This will allow them to achieve their full potential at the end of Key Stage assessments. Every child matters! We teach the importance of valuing others and to be respectful. Each day is filled with fun and excitement. We firmly believe that a day without laughter is a day wasted. It is always sad at the end of the year when we have to say goodbye, but we are particularly proud of the mature individuals that they have become.

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 3

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Seaside Starting point: Seaside day End product: Marketing campaign for Southend

Curriculum focus: Stone Age to Iron Age Starting point: Stone age visitor End product: History team challenge

Curriculum focus: Ancient Greece / Weather Starting point: Show and Tell End product: Ancient Greek Day

Science: Rocks Magnets and forces

Science: Animals including Humans Plants

Science: Plants Light

Geography: UK regional study (Seaside)

Geography: Where does our lunch come from? History: Stone Age to Iron Age

Geography: Climate History: Ancient Greece

ICT: Cloud Computing Blogging

ICT: Logo E books

ICT: Data collection eBooks (Book creator) 2 DIY game design Sound recording

MFL: All about me Songs and games

MFL: Celebrations Portraits

MFL: Friends / Animals Growing Things

Art: Fossils pictures (mixed media MODROCK) Drawing - Light and dark – pencil techniques (texture, space, form, line, shading, hatching, line variation) Sketchbooks

D&T: Pneumatic systems Art: Art Week – sketchbooks Graphics – Dazzle Painting /printing

Art: Architecture of ancient Greece Great artists, architects and designers in history Collage - mosaics D&T: Sewing

RE: Hindu and Sikh Diwali The Christian Bible and stories of Jesus Diwali Show

RE: Living as a Muslim – Trip to Mosque The Torah and stories of the Jewish people

RE: Introduction to Buddhism – Buddhist visit

Music: Poetry Environment

Music: Recorders Human Body

Music: Ancient Worlds Communicating (linked to Computing)

E Safety:

E Safety:

E Safety: Privacy setting

PE: 1st half term: Dance 2nd half term: GymInvasion Games and Net Games throughout

PE: 1st half term: Dance 2nd half term: GymInvasion Games throughout

PE: 1st half term: Athletics 2nd half term: Gym Invasion Games throughout

PSHE: Heritage Week – Relationships: other people’s lives

PSHE:Being healthy: nutrition PSHE: Emotional health: Self Esteem

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Staying safe- Outdoors Enjoy and Achieve: Rights and responsibilities

Positive Contributions: Jobs Saving Londoners Lives

Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked

Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked

Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked

In Year 3 we aim to provide a broad, balanced and distinctive curriculum that inspires children with opportunities to develop their independence through skill based activities. Literacy and mathematics skills and knowledge will be taught daily as building blocks in a cross curricular manner to support independent learning during our themed sessions and subject specific areas. We aim to equip the children with a positive attitude towards learning by offering them confidence building opportunities in a purposeful, happy and motivational setting, for example through performance and media.

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 4

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Animals Starting point: Investigating local habitats End product: Animal visitors please? Or dress up as your favourite animal to present topic?

Curriculum focus: Roman Empire Starting point: Archaeological dig/ investigating historical artefacts End product: St Albans trip

Curriculum focus: Water Starting point: Water investigation around school and school field/pond. End product: Lee Valley canal trip/ Tottenham marshes canal walk

Science: Living things and their habitats (Environments and habitats) Animals including humans

Science: Sound Electricity

Science: Living things and their habitats (Adaptation, endangerment, natural selection) States of Matter

Geography: Europe (Choose region linked to History) European Regional Study History: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

History: Roman Empire and local history study

Geography: Water Cycle Rivers - Lee Valley canal trip

ICT: Scratch Data – create a branching database

ICT: Animation (Stop motion animation) Email linked to Google account

ICT: Video (Movie Maker)

MFL: Carnival of animals and habitats All aboard (Science, Geography and art and Music links)

MFL: Tell me a story Pocket money (ICT animation links)

MFL: What is the weather? Our sporting lives (PE Games, Geography and Science links)

Art: Drawing Journeys – positive/ negative space, choosing materials and why, different pencil types, graphite and charcoal. Sketchbook starter session.

D&T: Switches Art: Music into Art – abstract art Art Week –sculpture (Artists, architects, crafts/designers)

Art: Painting Compare colour wheel – seasons Colour, shape, form. Choosing colours – colour wheel, complementary colours, mixing and matching colours to nature, mood, pattern. D&T: Money containers

RE: Judaism – Sukkot and exploring Judaism through the Synagogue Trip to Southgate Progressive synagogue The Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

RE: Living as a Hindu Rangoli patterns The Christian Church – Sistine Chapel?

RE: Guru Nanak Sikhism

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Music: Recorder project Carol concert Environment Sounds

Music: In the past Recycling Music into art Songs for the Easter Show

Music: Around the world Poetry

E Safety: Social networking, blogging

E Safety: Staying safe - recognising dangers, cyber bullying

E Safety:

PE: Gymnastics (HT1) – receiving body weight Dance (HT2)– folk dance Games –outdoor and adventurous activities

PE: Gymnastics (HT1) - Balance Dance - (HT2) Characters Games – Invasion Games (Marking and Tackling) Games – Keeping Possession Swimming for 7 weeks

PE: Gymnastics (HT1 + 2) Athletics (HT1 + 2) Games – Over The Net / Wall games Striking and Fielding Athletics Swimming for 8 weeks

PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition Classroom expectations, Emotional health – assertiveness

PSHE: SRE4 Feelings Relationships - accepting differences, staying safe, recognising dangers

PSHE: Drugs unit staying safe - recognising dangers. Positive contribution - environment, being healthy - being active.

Maths links to themes: Maths links to themes: Maths links to themes:

Year 4 is exciting and fun-packed, and builds on the excellent foundations that have been established in Year 3. We aim to develop children’s knowledge and understanding through a skills-based and personalised curriculum in a variety of scenarios. It is dynamic, creative and innovative, and will inspire children to become lifelong learners. Confidence is developed throughout the year through regular participation in assemblies and larger scale performances.

Promoting independence is at the heart of everything we do. In particular, children will be given their first opportunity to experience a residential visit where they are confronted with a range of challenges (not least putting on a duvet cover!). In addition to this, a range of visits give the children the chance to explore the world outside their classroom. All of this blends together to make a purposeful and memorable year for children and staff alike.

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 5

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Space Starting point: Planning a space mission End product: Star gazing / Astronomy Project

Curriculum focus: Shakespeare Starting point: Young Shakespeare Workshop End product: A trip to the Globe (in school)

Curriculum focus: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Starting point: Video about natural disasters End product: Safety film about Earthquakes

Science: Earth and Space Science: Life Cycles Forces

Science: Properties and changes of materials

Geography: Our World from the International Space Station Mapping

History: Non-European Society – Mayan Civilisation Geography: The Americas overview

Geography: Volcanoes and Earthquakes History: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

ICT: E books Cloud Computing E Safety: Privacy setting

ICT: Internet research E Safety: Privacy setting

ICT: Scratch (The Ghostly Woods) Logo (Programming) E Safety: Privacy setting

MFL: Unit 18 The Planets Unit 14 I am the music man

MFL: Unit 13 Healthy Eating Unit 17 Return of Spring

MFL: Unit 15 On the way to school Unit 16 Beach Scene

Art: Space theme - using digital media to collect & store images View from the ISS

Art: Mayan art – 3-d work including sculpture – clay work Art Week D&T: Bread

Art: Linked to D&T – work with fabrics & textures Printing D&T: Talking textiles

RE: Heroes and Heroines linked to Buddha and his teachings.

RE: Islam, Christianity + Passach RE: Sikhism – trip to Gurdwara N11

Music: Linked to The Planets (from Holst – Bowie) Singing for the show

Music: Unit 5: At the movies Unit 3: Life cycles

Music: Unit 4: Keeping Healthy

PE: Games-Invasion Games Dance and choreography for the show

PE: Gymnastics-bridging Net Games

PE: Games Striking and Fielding Athletics

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PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition Being healthy Relationships and types of relationships

PSHE: Staying Safe – First Aid Emotional health Childline visit

PSHE: Positive contribution Saving Londoners Lives (First aid) Puberty

In their penultimate year at Oakthorpe there is a real emphasis on encouraging the children’s independent learning skills. These are the fundamental building blocks needed for success throughout their academic journey ahead. Year 5 promote a personalised learning approach to cater for every child’s needs. This allows children to take ownership of their progression through this inspirationally distinctive journey. This curriculum now includes a themed approach, encompassing a natural fusion of subjects. Furthermore, the children are exposed to team building activities during camp, the swimming programme, curriculum weeks, the year 5 and 6 show, radio broadcasting, film editing and the residential and activity week experience (but to name a few). Not forgetting our weekly commendable assemblies along with our daily dose of fun and adventure!

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Curriculum Map

Year Group 6

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Curriculum focus: Brazil Starting point: Book – Window by Jeannie Baker End product: Letter to MP asking them to save the rainforests

Curriculum focus: WW2 Starting point: HMS Belfast Create own WW2 website.

Curriculum focus: Transition Starting point: End product: Leavers show

Science: Light Electricity

Science: Living things and their habitats Properties and changes of materials

Science: Animals including Humans Evolution and inheritance

Geography: Sustainable tourism Brazil – region within Americas How do we impact the environment?

History: WW2 British history beyond 1066

History: Achievements of early civilisations – Ancient Sumerians Victorians – link to IOW visit

ICT: Multimedia animation (Monkey Jam) Video (Movie Maker)

ICT: Blogging Data Collection

ICT: Programming (Scratch - Temple Run) (Kodu)

MFL: Unit 20 The World around us Unit 19 Our school Art: Collage linked to “Window” book (Illustrators) What a performance: costumes D&T: Set stage design/ costumes

MFL: Unit 21 Then and Now D&T: Shelters Art: WW2 Art Art Week Drawing (Henry Moore WW2) Sculpture (Hepworth)

MFL: Unit 22 Out and About Unit 23 A visit to a cafe Unit 24 What’s in the news Art: Painting A sense of place - Sumerian Art Wax resist and Batik D&T: Slippers

RE: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Shabbat and the Jewish home

RE: Islam Hajj and Eid Ul Adha Christianity + Pesach

RE: The Buddhist community - Shintoism (visitor from Buddhist temple) Sikhism

Music: Unit 5 Year 4: Building (linked to Window)

Music: Unit 1 Year 5: Our Community

Music: Unit 6 Year 5 Celebration

E Safety: Reporting/flagging and online risks

E Safety: E Safety: Privacy setting

PE: PE: Gymnastics – dance

PE: Athletics, Gymnastics

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Gymnastics – dance Games – Invasion Games tactics (How can we improve our performance?)

Invasion Games – putting the skill into practise in a game

Swimming gala Games -Striking and Fielding

PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition

PSHE: Sex and relationships unit Drugs unit

PSHE: Transition

Maths links to themes:

Maths links to themes:

Maths links to themes:

In this final year, as the children complete their journey through Oakthorpe, they will be exploring new skills, new places and new challenges. They will have the opportunity to “perform”, realising their potential in both creative and academic contexts. We aim to develop children’s independence in preparation for secondary school involving them in collaborative projects; allowing children to take more responsibility not only for their own learning but also for building positive relationships with others. They will have access to the curriculum in many forms: camping, clubs, curriculum weeks, celebrations, shows, assemblies, visits and visitors. We aim to foster a dynamic approach to learning through a variety of approaches in order for every child to understand and reach their potential.