Great Bowden Academy: our

curriculum story

The content of the school’s curriculum and the

development of skills to access and enrich it have always

been at the heart of Great Bowden Academy’s teaching

and learning. In late 2018, we began a complete review of our

curriculum, working in partnership with other teachers across

Learn Academies Trust. Our new curriculum is a work in

progress: it will change over time and we are happy that it will

do so. This document tells you a little about it.

Sitting in the middle of an ancient village, with the former

school building in use as the preschool, our setting and the local

environment provide us with a rich heritage and place in which

to learn. We used this resource as a starting point for learning.

Our curriculum starts in the first years of school with local history,

geography and habitats; it continues to weave the stories and

themes, found in what is familiar to the children, through different

places and times as they move through the school.

Our curriculum begins by telling the story of the village and how it

has grown and changed, the story of the people who live and

lived in it and how their needs developed over time. It is a

story of inventions and innovations, the impact of which on

Great Bowden and its surroundings is mirrored on a

national and international level. This story contains themes

about: the importance of place, the supply and demand

of goods and the people who provide them, the way that

supply and demand creates power which can fluctuate

between people. These themes became the core of the

narrative of our curriculum. Around these narratives are

sub-themes of

Great Bowden Academy

Curriculum Themes:

• Trade

• Commuting or travelling

for work/resources

• Are there reasons why

something is where it is?

(trade routes, buildings,

communities, habitats)

• Migration

• Changes in population

• Discovering resources

and commodities

• Ways in which new things

and events change

people and places

• Technology and

innovation affecting the

way we move people

and commodities

• Technology and

innovation changing the

way we communicate

• Significant events and

innovations and the way

they affect the future

• What gives people

power?

• Does the location of an

event or person affect

the way they live?

commuting, visiting other places, working away, trading, routes

between key places and the maps that emerge from linking these

journeys, what makes people important and powerful, and how we

have been able to identify, analyse and be influenced by these

occurrences. Our core curriculum themes are listed in the box at the

left of the previous page. Clearly identifying these themes and

examining them in the context of different people, places and times

has provided continuity, context and progression through all our

classrooms. We examine these themes in the context of subject

disciplines as well, examining as scientists, geographers and historians

the impact of people and places on our lives and using skills as

musicians, artists and designers to investigate and express what we

have learned.

We are developing a bank of knowledge posters for each topic that

will be carried with each cohort across the school, providing a

memory prompt and redefining the context in which our curriculum

core threads are woven in and out of the topics that the children are

studying. Underlying all of this is the golden thread of literacy,

providing skills and language to find out about, record and write

about our learning and the use of our mathematical and reasoning

skills to support analysis of the events.

We are very proud of the curriculum that

we are developing at Great Bowden

Academy. We feel it empowers the

children with a sense of who they are and

where they come from. It gives them not

just the vision to see that they are part of a

changing world but also the power to

understand that they can be part of that

change.

Reception Curriculum Overview

Name of

Topic Who am I ?

Who lives in my family?

Where do I live? Are we all the same ? How have I changed?

Can we name parts of our body ?

Why do we Celebrate?

What do we celebrate ?

Do we all celebrate the same things? Discuss how we celebrate. Do

we all do the same on our birthdays? Christmas ?

Who lives in a Castle?

Who do we know lives in a

castle in stories ? Who lives in a castle today ? Windsor Castle – Queen

Who lives in Rockingham castle ?( local link ) 2ndhalf linked to food

All Creatures Great and Small

Where did the dinosaurs go

? Who lives at the bottom of my garden?

Environment link local and global linked with RE

Memorable Experience

Midwifes visit or Columbus the Skeleton -Mrs.

Coombes Mr. K – holy Book ( Special Stories)

Christening star of the day teddy ? Bryony ?

Teddy’s birthday party Performing Nativity Play

Tamworth Castle (Sikh visit)

Pizza Express

Kelmarsh Hall Mini beast adventure

Significant

dates

Harvest Festival Diwali

Bonfire Night 5th Nov Remembrance Day 11th Nov Christmas Day 25th Dec

Chinese New Year

Valentine’s Day 14th Feb Pancake Day Mothering Sunday

Lent Good Friday/Easter Sunday

Father’s Day

Eid ( Muslim festival )

English core texts

Using writing to entertain and perform

purposes

Owl babies ? Beegu Families, Famlies, Famlies

Kippers Birthday Nativity Story Stickman

The Scarecrow’s Wedding

Jack and the beanstalk Bean stalk diary Queens knickers ?

Traditional Story ……

The Polar Bears’ Home Bog Baby The Hungry Caterpillar (sci)

Monkey Puzzle ( Sci) tyrannosaurus Drip? Harrys bucket full of dinosaurs ?

Understanding

the World History

Who lives in my family? Are all

families the same ? How are they different ? How have we changed since we

were a baby ?

Bonfire night – Guy Fawkes

Remembrance How have Birthday parties changed or Toys ? Invite

parents/grand parents RE link – why do some people celebrate Diwali

Who lived in a castle long ago

? When/ where were castles built ?Why ?

Dinosaurs

What is a dinosaur? When were dinosaurs about? What did dinosaurs look like?

How did dinosaurs move? What are the different types of dinosaurs?

What did dinosaurs eat? Why are dinosaurs extinct?

Understanding the World

Geography

Where do I live – type of home . Where is it ? Compare MH town/GB village

local geog.

Where is Bethlehem?- Story map – Stickman Nativity Story

Locate London on the map- Bonfire night Where is the story of Rama and

Sita set ?

Story maps /maps Physical and human features

The school environment The global environment Plastics/ melting ice caps

Where animals live - habitats

Science Naming parts of the body.

What do our faces look like? Talk about key features and name, talk about why we have them? Discuss

same/different

Seasons- Autumn

Autumn walk- what can they see . How is our environment changing ?

Naming local environment Noticing changes – trees weather.

Seasons - Winter

Healthy eating 2nd H/T Growing

Season

What are mini-beasts? What types of mini-beasts are there?

How many legs does each mini-beast have? Focus - Butterflies

How do mini-beasts move? Where do mini-beasts live? What do mini-beasts eat?

How are mini-beasts different to other animals? How can we care for other

creatures? What is the lifecycle of a mini-beast?

Summer

Expressive Art

and Design

Class body parts display

Self-portraits- drawing, painting Making mini me for small world. Autumn trees and leaf hedgehogs

Poppy Wreath

Decorations and cards for different celebrations Party hats

Rockets/fire work pictures Autumn pics cont.

Cards -M/S and Easter Observational painting/drawing

Making own Bog Baby/minibeast

Being Imaginative

R/ P home corner Songs – head shoulders knees and toes

My Busy Body 1 finger 1 thumb

R/P Diwali birthdays xmas Christmas. Santas work shop Christmas songs/ traditional

C/songs Nativity Play

R/P Giants Castle R/P: 1St 2nd : Mini beast café

MFL European language day activity – Spanish culture, music, food, numbers and colours

N/A

Under

Standing the World Computing

Art app to draw themselves on iPad.

Learning to select app and use click and drag Small motor movements

Handwriting APP

Phonics play Using the CD player

Music Charanga music scheme, songs and rhymes learned as part of topic work.

Understanding

the World RE

Which stories are special and why

? Chn bring in their favorite stories and talk about them.

Parents invited to come in as secret story tellers to read a chns story that is special to them.

Mr K to Talk about his Holy book – Quran Look at the Bible and talk about

why special to Christians. Look at hall display of the Big Story

Why do Christians perform the

nativity play at Christmas ?

What places are special and

why ? Why do Christians put a cross in the Easter garden ?

Why is the word Gpd so important

to Christians ? What is special about our world ? Creation and Compare with other

faiths e.g. Hindu

Vocabulary Names of body parts Names of family members

Geographical lang linked to natural/Physical features

Geographical lang linked to natural features. Globe earth

continent past present Hist_change , war remember emotions

Village, town, city kingdom- geographical features

Geographical lang linked to natural features- local enviroment

Class Stories Secret Story Teller

(parents)

Town mouse Country Mouse – geog link Rhino -WWF day

Range of stories chosen by chn from our topic linked reading area

Oliver’s vegetables Enormous Turnip

Trouble at the dinosaur cafe

Poetry Nursery rhymes Number rhymes

Hands in the air clap clap clap

PHSE Getting to know the school/class rules Getting to know each other- sharing and caring Cambridge PHSE curriculum scheme

Key stage 1 Curriculum Overview Year A Starting in an odd numbered year, finishing in an even numbered year.

Subject Where do I live and who lives

here?

(the local area)

Where in the World?

(continents, climates, habitats)

Who went where?

(explorers)

Who lives where?

(habitats and minibeasts)

English Core Text Dick Whittington and his cat – e

book

E book about Robert Smyth and Great

Bowden Academy

The Snail and the Whale

Meerkat Christmas Meercat Mail

Who was Christopher Columbus?

Fairy Tales including people who

went on journeys to far

countries

Tidy by Emily Gravett

Non fiction texts about minibeasts.

Writing to entertain- recounts and variations of the story of Dick

Whittington and his cat Writing to inform-Robert Smyth

Booklet, labels,lists and captions for local landmarks, parts of buildings, parts of trees

Writing to inform: Descriptions of locations and

habitats Writing to entertain:

Poems based on locations, alternative version of letters and snail and whale story

Inform: descriptions of locations and habitats

Factual books about the life of Columbus and his journey

Entertain: alternative versions of traditional tales ,investigating again and again and words of the

wiser moments in writing

Entertain: story from point of view of different characters

Character study on badger and what motivated him

Inform: factual information about habitats and their inhabitants Persuade: get developers to save

local habitats from development

Integrated phonics using SoundsWrite scheme, with additional grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

Art

How can I make marks to draw a line drawing?

(Lowry/Karen Pittaway’s Lowry style drawings of MH)

3D Models: exploring malleable materials.

Jewellery design

Sorting and using fabrics and

threads, applying decorations

Textures: rubbings and patterns from leaves and bark in local

habitat: use to create collage/prints

Music

Seraphim Lopez –music scheme of

work And What sorts of music did people

listen to when Robert Smyth was alive?

Seraphim Lopez- music scheme of

work And Tribal music ( African /Innuit)

Seraphim Lopez- music scheme of

work And Theme music from 1492 conquest

Seraphim Lopez- music scheme of

work And Junk percussion

Geography, History

Who built the grammar school in Market Harborough and why? What are maps? What are

landmarks?

What are the continents and oceans in our globe and what makes them different?

Where did Christopher Columbus travel and why did he want to go on adventures?

Why are habitats and why is it important to look after them?

RE What is the good news that Jesus brings?

Why does Christmas matter to Christians?

Who is a Muslim and what do they believe/2

Why does Easter matter to Christians?

Passover: Judaism

How should we care for the world and for others

and why does it matter?

Maths Following White Rose maths overview specific to year groups.

Science How can I identify some of the

trees in my local area?

Why are some places hot and

some places cold in the world?

What happens if I leave food?

What happens when things die?

Why do animals have specific

places they like to live? How do animals rely on each other for life?

Design

How can I develop techniques

and use tools to create a model of a building on stilts?

Making a durable meal to pack

(ships biscuits/flapjacks)

Design a bug hotel using

biodegradable materials

Computing Purple Mash Scheme and

How can I programme a robot to change direction?

Purple Mash Scheme and How

can I create and open files to tell people about what I’m learning?

Purple Mash Scheme and

How can I use the Internet safely?

Purple Mash Scheme and

How can I use photos and text together to share information?

PE Using Rising Stars

Champions Scheme

Multisports

Boot camp

Gym

Dance

Gym

dance

Multi Sports

Multi Skills

Athletics

Multi Skills

Athletics

Multi Skills

PSHE Using

Cambridge PHSE curriculum

Myself and my relationships 4

Economic Wellbeing 1

Myself and my relationships 6

Citizenship 4

Healthy and safer lifestyles 4

Healthy and safer lifestyles 6

Healthy and safer lifestyles 7

Myself and my relationships 5

Key Stage 1 Curriculum Overview Year B Starting in an even numbered year, finishing in an odd numbered year.

Subject Why is a bee not like me?

(busy bodies)

I’d like to move it, move it

(geography: moving things

around our locality (canals) and DT and Science)

Have you got a burning question

about our country?

( The Great Fire)

What do plants need to grow?

English Core Text Once there were giants

Core Text The Big bee book

The growing story

Core Text: Snowy the canal horse

Core Text Rosie and Jim and the Water

Wizard.

Core Text Toby and the Great Fire of

London The Great Fire of London

Anniversary book

Core Text The Queen’s handbag

Core Text 7 What’s in your lunchbox

Core Text 8 Rosie plants a radish

Inform- fact books about insects Narrative about own life and family’s lives

Entertain: stories set on canal boats. Inform: labels and diagrams

showing how things work Inform: explaining why travel routes are as they are

Inform- texts describing countries and their customs Entertain- poems and stories set in

the 1660s

Entertain: version of a story about growing: A tiny seed/Rosie plants a radish

Inform: labels, lists, captions Persuade: the best place to grow a seed

Integrated phonics using SoundsWrite scheme, with additional grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

Art

How does the work of Matisse help me to make a bee collage?

Fabric/collage/Matisse

(D/T focus this term) How can I use malleable materials to show a landscape? How can I

use colours to create a landscape? How can I combine 2-D and 3-D images to create a

collage?

How can the work of Orla Kiely help me to make my own prints

that are inspired by the plants I’m studing?

Music following charanga music scheme

And Carnival of the animals Rhymes related to the body

following charanga music scheme

And Performing and entertaining: Christmas nativity

following charanga music scheme

And The national Anthem

following charanga music scheme

And Morning/ growing piece of music

Geography, History

What makes some places special for some animals?

Where is the best place near me for bees to thrive?

How did trading heavy things change the places near me?

(Foxton Locks) How did trading change the routes people took to travel

between places? Are all the capital cities in the UK easy to get to and why might this be the

case?

How did the Great fire of London change the way people lived?

Are any parts of London today the same as they were in the time of

the Great Fire of London?

Geography: what are the habitats and locations in my local

environment that are good for growing? Do the same things grow in the same places?

RE What do Christians

believe God is like?

Why does Christmas

matter to Christians?

What does it mean to

belong to a faith community? Muslim/Jewish

Why does Easter

matter to Christians?

Who made the

world? (compare different faith beliefs about

how the universe began)

What makes some

places sacred? Christian.Muslim,Judaism

Maths Following White Rose maths overview specific to year groups

Science What is a life cycle and are all life

cyles the same? How have I grown and changed? What does being alive mean?

Why are some materials better

than others for moving things on and moving things with? What makes things move?

What happens to materials when forces are applied to them?

How do scientists help us to make

our lives safer? Why are some materials more suitable than others for building

safe and strong houses?

What do plants need to stay

alive? What are the different parts of plants? How do new plants happen? Do we eat every

part of a plant?

Design

Design a lever or pulley to move a heavy object up or over a slope

or step.

Design a meal using all parts of a plant

Computing

Using Purple Mash scheme

PE using Rising Stars Champions

Scheme

Multisports

Boot camp

Gym

Dance

Gymn

dance

Multi Sports

Multi Skills

Athletics

Multi Skills

Athletics

Multi Skills

PSHE Using Cambridge

PHSE scheme

Years 3/4/5 Curriculum Overview Year A. Starting 2019, 2022…

Subject Why did the Ancient Egyptians live

near the River Nile?

(10 weeks)

Can European landmarks tell us

anything about the countries they

are in?

(6 weeks)

How did the Ancient Greeks

influence the way we think?

( 12 weeks)

Why did the Americans want to fly

to the moon?

(11 weeks)

English

Core Text 1 The Time

travelling Cat

Core Text 2 Secrets of a sun king

Core Text 3 Rooftoppers

Core text 4 Grimm’s fairy

tales

Core Text 5 The Iliad and

the Odyssey (Marcia Williams

Core Text 6 Greek poetry

Core Text 7 Man on the moon

Core Text 8 The Extraordinary

life of Neil Armstrong

Entertain- Tadeo Jones Inform- mummification instructions Entertain – The Timeslip Scarab –

Pie Corbett (Drama)

Inform- non chronological report Persuade- tourist leaflet

Entertain- Greek myths Inform- diary writing

Inform- non fiction/recount Persuade- letter writing

Integrated grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

MFL Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish

Art

Painting – Explore the use of

texture and effect. Colour – Look at colour mixing, shades and tints.

Gaudi - Sagrada Familia

·How can we develop texture, pattern and shape using printing?

Parthenon marbles

Drawing – Line and form

3D sculpture – Planets, Paper

Mache

Music

following Charanga scheme Charanga- Mama Mia

following Charanga scheme following Charanga scheme And Holst the planets

Geography, History

Ancient Egypt

• Why was the Nile

important to the Ancient

Egyptians?

• Which goods were traded

from the Nile?

• What crops and food was

farmed and consumed?

• How did the Nile provide

building resources and

other innovations?? Geography What are maps?

What are landmarks?

Geography

• What is a landmark?

• What is the difference

between natural and man

made landmarks?

• What can we learn from

different landmarks?

.

History Ancient Greece

• Why is democracy

important?

• Why did the Ancient

Greeks focus on education?

• What sports did the

Ancient Greeks take part in?

Topic 4 Geography North America

• Where is North America?

• What biomes can you find

in North America?

• What planets are in our

Solar system?

• What is the moon?

• Why were the Americans

interested in flying to the moon?

• Why was the moon

landing such an important event for the world?

RE Autumn 1

UC2a.1 What do Christians learn from the Creation story?

Autumn 2

UC2a.2 People of God, What is it like to follow God?

Spring 1

L/S 2.4 Why do some people pray?

Spring 2

L/S 2.5 Why are festivals important to religious

communities?

Summer 1

UC 2a.4 Gospel What kind of world did Jesus want?

Summer 2

L/S 2.9 What can we learn from religions about deciding what

is right and wrong?

Maths Following White Rose Mixed age planning

Science Animals including humans

• How do animals get the

nutrients they need?

• What types and amounts

of nutrition do different

animals need?

• What is the purpose of

skeletons and muscles?

Light

• Why do we need light?

• Why is it important to

protect your eyes from bright lights?

• How are shadows

formed?

Animals and Humans

• What are the main parts

of the digestive system in humans and what do they

do?

• Why do humans have

different types of teeth?

• Producers, predators and

prey- what are they?

Earth and Space

• What causes day and

night?

• What is the solar system?

• What does the sun have

to do with the years and seasons?

• What can we learn about

the moon?

Design

Design / Make / Evaluation – clay pots

Survival – Camp fire cooking (Forest school link)

Computing Purple Mash- computing scheme

PE Rising Stars- Champions scheme

PSHE Year 4/5: Beginning and Belonging

Year 3/4: Working together

Year 4/5: My Emotions

Year 3/4: My Emotions

Year 4/5: Working Together

Year 3/4: Its great to be me

Year 4/5: Health and Hygiene

Year 3/4: Managing risk

Years 3/4/5 Curriculum Overview Year B Starting year 2020, 2023…

Subject Why did the Vikings and the

Anglo Saxons want to settle in

Britain?

Electricity is powerful but what

powers electricity?

Why was Baghdad important in

ancient Islamic times and is it still

important today?

Was the post office the most

important building in Great

Bowden 100 years ago?

English Core Text

Beowulf

Core Text The

Iron Man

Core Text

The Tempest

Core Text

The Tempest

Core Text

The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad

Core Text

The 16th Century Mosque

Core Text 7 Core Text 8

Entertain: Beowulf – Michaell Morpurgo. Letter writing.

Inform: Non-Chronological report on Viking ships.

Entertain; The Tempest

Inform – non-fiction

Entertain;The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad

Inform- leaflet for Hajj journey

Integrated grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

Art

Illuminated letters Drawing – Lines and marks, form

and shape.

Sketching - artefacts

Music following Charanga scheme

Geography, History

Topic 1 Vikings, Anglo – Saxons and Scots

• Where did the Vikings

come from?

• How far did they travel?

• When did the Vikings

arrive in Britain?

• Who were the Anglo

Saxons?

• What made Britain a

good place to settle?

• How did the Vikings and

Anglo Saxons live peacefully?

Topic 2 Geography Do the Characteristics of a location give the inhabitants

power?. Settlements , land use and trade

in Saxon and Viking times Awareness of change over time

and place is essential in geography Geographers investigate the

physical and human reasons for change Geography uses understanding of

change to predict into the future and plan for the future

Topic 3 History

• .When and how did Islam

begin?

• Why was Baghdad

important?

• What was “The House of

Wisdom?”

• What were the key forms

of Islamic Art? (calligraphy,vegetal

patterns, geometric patterns?)

• Why do Mosques look the

way they do?

• What are the 5 pillars of

Islam?

• Who are the important

people of Islamic history? ( Al-Zahrawi- father of

surgery, Al Khwarizmi- developed algebra,Ibn Al – Haythani- made the first

pinhole camera)

Topic 4 Geography Local study – Great Bowden

• Can you identify the

differences in Great Bowden on a map from 1900 vs today?

• How did people

communicate in the 1900s?

• Did sending letters

change the way people

travelled?

• Has the Great Bowden

Post Office always been in the same place?

• How were telephones

introduced to Great Bowden?

• How is communication

linked to Alexander

Graham Bell?

RE Autumn 1 UC 2a.3

Incarnation/God

Autumn 2 and Spring 1 Spring 2

UC2a.5 Salvation

Summer 1

Kingdom of God

Summer 2

L/S 2.6

What is the Trinity and why

is it important for Christians?

What does it mean to be

a Hindu in Britain today?

Why do Christians call the

day Jesus died good Friday?

Kingdom of God For Christians when Jesus

left what was the impact of the Pentecost?

For Christians when Jesus

left what was the impact of the Pentecost?

Why do some people think

life is a journey and what significant experiences mark this?

Maths Unit 1 Following White Rose Mixed age planning

Unit 2 Following White Rose Mixed age planning

Unit 3 Following White Rose Mixed age planning

Unit 4 Following White Rose Mixed age planning

Science Properties and changes of materials / States of matter

• How can we compare

and group every day materials?

• What is a solution?

• How can mixtures be

separated?

• Why is a change

reversible?

• What is an irreversible

change?

Electricity

• Where does electricity

come from?

• Which appliances run on

electricity?

• How does a circuit work?

• What are electrical

conductors and insulators?

Forces and magnets

• How do things move on

different surfaces?

• Do all forces need

contact between two objects?

• Can we compare and

group everyday objects

into magnetic and non magnetic?

Sound

• What is a sound?

• How is a sound made?

• How do sounds travel?

• How do we hear sounds?

• How do sounds change?

• How do we measure

sound?

Design

Sewing linked to Christmas Cooking

Computing following Purple Mash Scheme

PE Following Rising Stars Champions scheme

PSHE Following Cambridge

PHSE scheme

Year 4/5: Beginning and Belonging Year 3/4:

Working together

Year 4/5: My Emotions Year 3/4: My Emotions

Year 4/5: Health and Hygiene Year 3/4: Managing risk

Years 3/4/5 Curriculum Overview Year C Starting 2021, 2024…

Subject What were the significant changes

in Britain from the Stone age to the

Iron Age?

What was life like in the Iron Age? Why were the Romans Ambitious

Architects?

Why is Richard lll buried in

Leicester –not London

English Inform- How to wash a woolly mammoth-instructions Persuade- Skara Bree information

leaflet Entertain – Alternative Stone Age

Boy Story.

Entertain/Inform-diary writing Boudicca -

Entertain: Julius Caesar Inform- non chronological report

Discuss- newspaper article Entertain-

Core Text Stone Age Boy

Core Text The boy with

the Bronze Axe

Core Text The miraculous

journey of Edward Tulane

Core Text A Street

through time

Core Text Shakespeare:

Julius Caesar

Core Text A Street

through Time

Core Text The Fox and the

Ghost King

Core Text 8

Integrated grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

Art

Charcoal drawings Drawing – Lines and marks, using varying tones and textures for

effect.

3D - Plan, design and make models from observation or imagination · Join clay

adequately and construct a simple base for extending and modelling other shapes · Create

surface patterns and textures in a malleable material

Roman Shields Colour wheel linked to island artwork

Music following Charanga Music Scheme

Geography, History

Stone Age to Iron Age

• Who were the first people

to live in Britain?.

• What did humans need

for survival in the Stone Age?

• How did humans in the

Stone Age collect their

food?

• What do Stone Age

Artefacts tell us about this period of time?

• In what ways was the new

stone age different?

Maps/ Atlases/ Globes/ Digital Maps, symbols and keys

• How did humans change

the way they lived in the Bronze Age?

• Why was Stonehenge

built?

• How did Iron Age people

use their surroundings to influence their diets and

occupations?

British Roman History

• Who were the Romans

and why did they have an EMPIRE?

• What was life like in Britain

before the Romans?

• Why was the Roman

invasion of Britain so

successful?

• How did the Romans get

their army from A-B?

• How did the Romans solve

engineering problems

where they settled?

• Can we see the impact of

Roman engineering in our trade and travel today?

Topic 4 Geography Counties,

cities and regions of the UK. History: Richard Iii: local history

RE Autumn 1 UC2b.1 UKS2

Autumn 2 UC2b. UC2b.4 ( UK2)

Spring 1 and 2 What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?

Summer 1 UC2b.5 ( UK2): Gospel: What would Jesus do?

Summer 2 L/S U2.7

God: What does it mean if

Christians believe God is holy and loving?

Incarnation: Why do

Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah?

What matters most to

Humanists and Christians?

Maths White Rose Maths White Rose Maths White Rose Maths White Rose maths

Science Rocks

• What are the features of

different types of rock?

• How are fossils formed?

• How are soils produced?

Animals and humans

• What changes happen to

humans as they grow from birth to old age?

• How can we describe

different stages of growth

in humans and animals?

Plants

• What are the functions of

the different parts of flowering plants?

• What do plants need to

live and grow?

• How is water transported

within plants?

• What role do flowers play

in the life cycle of flowering plants?

Living things and their habitats

• What are the differences

in life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian,an insect and

a bird?

• Do all plants and animals

reproduce in the same way?

Design

Forest school link – shelters See Art Link above Make a roman sandal Unit 2

Computing following Purple Mash scheme

PE following Rising Stars Champions scheme

PSHE following

Cambridge PHSE scheme

Year 4/5: Beginning and Belonging Year 3/4: Working together

Year 4/5: My Emotions Year 3/4: My Emotions

Year 4/5: Working Together Year 3/4: Its great to be me

Year 4/5: Health and Hygiene Year 3/4: Managing risk nit 2

Year 6 Curriculum Overview

Subject How did Victorian invention

change the way we live now?

Poles Apart: What is life like at the

ends of the Earth?

What was the impact of WW2 on

Great Bowden?

What is the Amazon and why is it

important?

English Core Text

The Railway Children- E Nesbitt

Core Text Street

Child – Berlie Doherty On the Origin of

Species – Sabina Radeva

(picture book)

Core Text

Shackleton’s Journey- William Gill

Core Text

4

Core Text

Good night Mr Tom- Michelle Magorian

Core Text

6

Core Text

The Explorer Katherine Rundell

Core Text 8

Writing to inform Writing to entertain

Writing to discuss

Writing to persuade Writing to entertain

Writing to entertain Writing to Inform

Writing to discuss Writing to entertain

Integrated grammar and word study/spelling – planned for progression

Handwriting - explicit, direct teaching and daily practice

MFL Spanish

Mandarin

Spanish

Mandarin

Spanish

Mandarin

Spanish

Mandarin

Spanish

Mandarin

Spanish

Mandarin

Art

Know how to draw: lines, marks,

tone, form & texture Use dry media to make different marks, lines, patterns and shapes

within a drawing. Use different techniques for different purposes i.e. shading,

hatching within their own work. Context: observational drawings

(Darwin)

Know how to – painting

Develop a painting from a drawing Mix and match colours to create

atmosphere and light effects Begin to use simple perspective in their work using a single focal

point and horizon Context: water colours – polar regions including animals

Know how to – textiles

• Use fabrics to create 3D

structures

• Use different grades of

threads and needles

Experiment with a range of media to overlap and layer, creating

interesting colours, textures and effects.

Context: make do and mend – recycling fabrics to create other objects or textile pictures

Music

following Charanga Music Scheme

Geography, History

When /What was the Victorian era? What was Britain like before the

expansion of the railway system? What was it like after the expansion of the railway system?

What changes did the railways bring to Britain?

Who built the railways? How long did it take/ What other key inventions in the

Victorian era had an impact on our lives today? Who benefited and who suffered

because of the railways?

Know about human and physical – describe and understand key aspects of

physical geography locational knowledge – position and significance of

latitude/longitude, Arctic and Antarctic circle

Know about an aspect of local history: a study of history from a period beyond

1066 that is significant to the locality

Know about Locational knowledge - the world’s countries, … South

America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human

characteristics, countries, and major cities

Human and physical geography - Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography

including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and

earthquakes, and the water cycle

Describe and understand key

aspects of human geography including types of settlement and land use, economic activity

including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals

and water

RE Autumn 1

Understanding Christianity: Creation and

Science- conflicting or compl -ementary?

make to Christians? (Salvation)

Autumn 2

Why do some people believe God exists ( and

some people not?)

Spring 1

Is it better to express your belief in art and architecture or for

charity and generosity?

Spring 2

Salvation What do Christians

believe Jesus did to save human beings

Summer 1

For Christians what kind of King is jesus?

Summer 2

What do religions say to people when life gets hard?

Maths Following White Rose maths overview specific to year group

Science Evolution

• Recognise that living things

have changed over time and

that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of

years ago

• Recognise that living things

produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring

vary and are not identical to their parents

• Identify how animals and

plants are adapted to suit

their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.

Context: Darwin (link Victorian

advances in Science)

Animals Including Humans

• Identify and name the main

parts of the human circulatory

system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood

• Recognise the impact of diet,

exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

Describe the ways in which

nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans

Context: link to fitness of explorers

Light

• Recognise that light appears

to travel in straight lines.

• Use idea that light travels in

straight lines to explain that objects are seen because

they give out or reflect light into the eye.

• Explain that we see things

because light travels from a

light source to our eyes to objects and then to our eyes.

• Use the idea that light travels

in straight lines to explain why

shadows have the same shape as the objects that cause them

Context: WW2 (link to search lights

/ blackout)

Living Things and Their Habitats

• Describe how living things are

classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics

and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals

• Give reasons for classifying

plants and animals based on specific characteristics

Context: Amazonian animals and plants

Design

Unit 1 Know how to:

Know how to -

Design: generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated

sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-

aided design

Make: select from and use a wider

range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining

and finishing], accurately Evaluate: evaluate their ideas and products against their own design

criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work

Context: design and make controllable vehicle suitable for rough, South American terrain

(knowledge of electricity link to Yr 4)

Computing using Purple Mash scheme

PE using Rising Start Champions scheme

PSHE/SRE

Using Cambridge PHSE scheme

Myself and My Relationships 14

Beginning and Belonging (NB) • How do we make sure we feel safe in our class and school?

• How do we build good relationships in our class? • How do we make new people

feel welcome and valued? • How do I feel when I do

something new? • Which ways to calm down work for me?

• How do I solve problems? • Who can I talk to when I need help?

• How can I help and support other people

Healthy and Safer Lifestyles 21

Healthy Lifestyles • What does being healthy mean and what are the benefits?

• Why is a varied and balanced diet important? • How can I achieve a healthy

energy balance? • How does physical activity help

me? • How can I plan, prepare and cook healthy meals safely?

• What or who influences me when I’m making lifestyle choices? • How am I responsible for a

healthy lifestyle

Citizenship 11

Rights, Rules and Responsibilities (NB) • How can I contribute to making

and changing rules in school? • How else can I make a difference in school?

• Are there places or times when I have to behave differently?

• What are the basic rights of children and adults? • Why do we have laws in our

country? • How does democracy work in our community and in our

country? • What do councils, councillors, parliament and MPs do?

• Can I take part in a debate and listen to other people’s views?

Sex education

Healthy and Safer Lifestyles 24 Sex and Relationships Education • How are babies made?

• How can I express my feeling positively as I grow up? • When am I responsible for how

others feel? • What should adults think about

before they have a baby? • What are families like?