ENGLISH AUTUMN TERM Text Level Poetry Stories Descriptive Writing Sentence Level Nouns, adjectives and connectives Proper nouns and pronouns Simple punctuation Word Level Spelling strategies and tests Correct letter formation SPRING TERM Text Level Myths and legends Stories Descriptive Writing Dictionaries and Thesauruses Sentence Level Verb tenses Story speech Adverbs General punctuation Word Level Spelling strategies and tests Joined handwriting SUMMER TERM Text Level Letter writing Descriptive Writing Information texts Sentence Level Imperatives Paragraphs Further punctuation Word Level Spelling strategies and tests Joined handwriting
MATHS Place value and partitioning Revision of number bonds Addition and subtraction Counting on and back Doubling and halving Greater than and less than Number sequences Rounding and Estimating Weight, capacity and length The calendar and units of time Roman Numerals Times tables Word problems Further addition and subtraction Multiplication Division as sharing Column addition Fractions of a whole 2D and 3D shapes Position Right angles Compass points Word problems Multiplying and dividing by 10 Column Subtraction Short multiplication Dividing with remainders Fractions and equivalence Fractions and simplification Tally and frequency charts Bar and pictographs Venn Diagrams Telling the time Word problems
science Habitats What is a habitat? Food chains and webs Rocks and soil Rocks change over time Permeability of rocks Fossils Soil comparisons Materials and their properties Natural and man-made Absorbency Investigation Plants Parts of the plant Plant life cycle Recording results Magnetism Magnets and materials Light Reflection Transparent, translucent and opaque Shadows Investigation and evaluation
HISTORY The Romans The People Daily Life Buildings Religion The Army The Roman Invasion of Britain Settlement of Britain Departure from Britain Roman Legacy Sources Ancient Greece Athens and Sparta Daily Life The Trojan Horse Triremes Castles Development of design Key features Life in a castle
GEOGRAPHY The River Rhine Settlements Atlas work Uses of the River Rhine Language of rivers Pollution Study of Chembakolli in India Life in an Indian village Crops Climate Festivals Atlas Work Map work The United Kingdom Local settlements Deserts Continents
RELIGIOUS STUDIES & CPSHE (following the SEAL thematic approach) CPSHE New Beginnings Getting On and Falling Out (solving friendship issues) Say No to Bullying RS Christianity: Rules for living The Ten Commandments The Good Samaritan Jesus and forgiving Advent The Christmas story CPSHE Going for Goals! (setting targets) Good to be me (self-esteem) RS Christianity: Jesus as a healer Jesus disciples Inspirational people (Mother Teresa / St George) The Easter story: sadness and joy CPSHE Relationships (family and friends) Changes (coping with change in everyday life) RS Judaism: important people Moses Religious expression: Passover / Seder plate Prayer: Mezuzah / Tefillin / Tallit / Prayer Book
ICT Word fonts, text pos n, colour Combining text and pictures PowerPoint Programming Animation Sound recording Internet Concepts Internet safety Database work Publisher Email Touch typing
ART & DESIGN Pattern Collage Design and Decoration Roman Art Study of an Artist Greek Art Exploring Mediums Indian art Colour Pottery Observational Drawing Company Art
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AUTUMN TERM Games - Football o Practise in the 1v1; 2v1; 3v1; 2v2; 3v2; 3v3 situations o Travelling with the ball under control o Positional awareness in match play PE o Gymnastics o Travelling taking body weight on hands Focus on core strength and stability. Apparatus used that allow floor work to be transferred to different heights and levels. Jumping with control and accuracy Health Related Fitness o Run in a relay competition, circular or shuttle o Perform a simple circuit with a range of exercises e.g. skipping with a rope, knee push ups, jumping jacks etc o Participate in interval work and activities that involve work and rest periods SPRING TERM Games - Rugby o Passing for accuracy; receiving safely and securely; travelling with control; handling on the move PE o Gym o Establish different balances; experiment with different kinds of run, jump-landbalance. Lead this into jump-land-rolls (different shapes) o Join together run-jump-roll-balance to show a change of face or front; explore travelling in different directions Dance o Compose and control a range of body actions and use of body parts. Their movements will show varying shape, size, direction, level, speed, tension, and continuity Coordination Skills o Play games using throwing and catching o 2v1 and 3v1 possession games; revise and consolidate tactical understanding. Vary games and targets, e.g. mat or bench ball according to skill level and previous experience of the game SUMMER TERM Games - Cricket o Simple batting, catching, and retrieving skills o Batters sending the ball into spaces away from fielders o Fielders closing down spaces and working together to stop batters scoring Athletics o Give the pupils the opportunity to demonstrate increasing agility and skill in running short distances and stamina over longer distances o Develop the skills of estimating, measuring, timing, and recording the performances of self and others
MUSIC Musical Elements and Skills AUTUMN TERM Develop experience of pulse in simple and compound duple, and triple time Learn/revise songs both pentatonic and diatonic Use tuned percussion instruments to play known songs (sl); sm lsm smd mrd Develop conscious understanding of ta, titi and ta rest; develop experience of semiquaver rhythms; make conscious; also minim (ta-a) Develop conscious understanding of sm sl lsm smd mrd: do pentatonic and diatronic (fa and ti) Develop reading skills from the stave; read solfa and letter names; treble clef Listen to a variety of musical excerpts: identify instruments; styles; composers Musical Material Harvest Songs: Cauliflowers Fluffy, For the Harvest, Fishermen; Harvest in the City Nativity Songs: Away in a Manger, Carol Service songs Songs and rhymes from the Core Curriculum of Songs and Rhymes Listening: Last Night of the Proms; Vivaldi, Autumn; Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance; Saint- Saens, Carnival of the Animals; Holst, The Planet Suite; Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite; Peter and the Wolf SPRING TERM Musical Elements and Skills Continue developing a tuneful singing voice Be able to sing confidently as part of a group; in unison and in two parts; also develop solo singing Develop experience of pulse in simple and compound duple, and triple time Learn/revise songs both pentatonic and diatonic Learn songs for Chapel Service Use tuned percussion instruments to play known sl and mrd songs Develop conscious understanding of semiquaver rhythms; minim (ta-a) Develop conscious understanding of pentatonic patterns Develop conscious understanding of fa and ti Introduce the recorder: consolidate solfa: sl, sm, lsm and mrd, learn to read from 5-line stave (use of recorder booklets) Listen to a variety of musical excerpts; begin to identify instruments and their musical families Musical Material Develop experience of singing pentatonic and diatonic songs Chapel Service songs Introduce recorder material Listen to extracts from The Carnival of the Animals and BBC Ten Pieces SUMMER TERM Musical Elements and Skills Continue developing a tuneful singing voice Improvise short melodic and rhythmic solos Develop experience of pulse in simple and compound duple, and triple time Learn/revise songs both pentatonic and diatonic Use un-tuned percussion instruments to accompany songs and rhymes Develop conscious understanding of ta, titi and ta rest; develop experience of semiquaver rhythms in songs; develop experience of dotted rhythms in songs and rhymes Develop understanding of pentatonic and diatonic pitch relationships: use hand signs to help understand pitch relations Develop reading and writing from the stave in the treble clef: nots B, A, G Listen to a variety of musical excerpts; continue to identify instruments and their musical families Musical Material Develop experience of singing pentatonic and diatonic songs Learn spoken rhymes and read the rhythm from simple notation Sing pentatonic songs from hand signs and stick notation Recorder material in the treble clef Learn songs for May concert Listen to extracts from BBC Ten Pieces