Arundel Court Primary Academy & Nursery Topic Overview
Year Group Curriculum Overview Nursery Autumn 1 Starting School & Amazing me! Spring 1 Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Tales Summer 1 Hobbies PSED Class rules and routines PSED Keeping safe Stranger danger! PSED Respecting other s views and cultures All about me, my family and my friends My School Simple mapping skills Using my senses - change of state Scientific investigation e.g. Why could we not put Humpty together again? Cooking Season Gardening Exploring personal interests Self portraits My favourite colour Singing familiar songs and rhymes Imaginative play based on real experience Puppets and collage Percussion instruments Loud and quiet Imaginative play New experience Clay and Texture Learning new songs Percussion instruments Rhythm
Year Group Curriculum Overview Nursery Autumn 2 Twinkle Little Star Christmas Spring 2 What a wonderful world Tales Summer 2 Seaside Keeping Fit PSED Celebrations Respecting the cultures of others PSED Caring for living things and our environment PSED Keeping healthy Season Exploring using our senses Finding out about other cultures and the different celebrations Materials and their properties Shiny materials New life Seasons Classifying and sorting animals Gardening My local environment Making healthy choices sorting food Painting and patterns Learning new songs for Christmas performance Imaginative play new experience 3D models and sculptures Familiar songs and rhymes Imaginative play based on personal experiences Seaside art and texture Seaside music Imaginative play new experience
Year Group Curriculum Overview Reception Autumn 1 Me, myself & I Magic carpet Spring 1 Pirates Summer 1 Traditional Tales PSED Class rules and routines Feelings PSED Dreams & Goals PSED Respecting other views and opinions The world around me Maps Travel My Family Cameras & Computers- on & Off Life of a pirate Maps Floating & Sinking Trip to the seaside IPad & Games Open Box Theatre Nursery Rhymes & Mapping IPad & BeeBots Self portraits Clay faces Sorting materials Singing Magic carpet adventures-role play Pirate Props Pirate Songs Collage & Design Role Play- Pirate school Puppets- Using & Applying Cooking- Change in texture Instruments- Pitch Story & Role Play
Year Group Curriculum Overview Reception Autumn 2 Autumn /Celebrations Spring 2 Sea life & Superheroes Summer 2 Animal Kingdom PSED Celebrations Christmas Story PSED Class rules & routines Healthy Body School Values PSED My body Changing season Park visit Weather Environment Hibernation IPad & Sound Buttons Learning about sea creatures Visit to the aquarium Computers for information Learning about animals Life cycle butterflies Adult & Baby Trip to Marwell Wildlife Park Using IT for information Firework dance Instruments Colour mixing & Printing Texture Cooking- Christmas cakes & Decorations Santa s Grotto Collage- Make/do Painting Sculptures Create your own cape Songs linked to topic Role play Pattern, change, similarities & difference Sorting Model Magic Collage Painting 3D Sculptures Role play- animals
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 1 Autumn 1 Mighty Me Spring 1 Paddington on tour Summer 1 How does your garden grow? Community and belonging Krishna s birthday Hindu Power Changes in living memory Geography Paddington on tour- cities of Britain Geography Maps and local features / Keepsake memory box with a hinge All about me We are treasure hunters programming toys to find toys / Shadow puppets (link to English) s week We are painters. Persuade Percy to buy our invention We are storytellers (Enormous Turnip) Exploring sounds. Pulse and Rhythm Ourselves and Animals Materials Pitch express Plants (materials) PSHE Jigsaw Jack PSHE Jigsaw Jack PSHE Jigsaw Jack PE FUNS Unit 1 PE Funs Unit 3 Dance- Seasons & weather PE Funs Unit 5 Sports Day Practice Forest of Bere Victoria Park
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 1 Autumn 2 Whoosh Bang! Diwali and Advent Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder plot Jackson Pollock paintings We are TV Chefs. How to make honey Reporters Spring 2 Blast off! Christmas Songs Palm Sunday Neil Armstrong Sculpture 3D Models - Aliens We are collectors. Finding pictures of space Express Teacher s choice Summer 2 It s a Jungle out there! Geography Stories Jesus told Hot and cold areas of Cooking We are celebrating. Card for end of Year 1 Timbre, temp & dynamics Autumn & Winter Spring Plants + (materials) PSHE Jigsaw Jack PSHE Jigsaw Jack PSHE Jigsaw Jack PE FUNS Unit 2 Flight- bouncing, jumping & landing PE FUNS Unit 4 Dance- seasons PE FUNS Unit 6 Athletics/Games Open Box Theatre- Guy Fawkes workshop Open Box Theatre- polar Regions workshop/splashpool
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 2 Autumn 1 Land Ahoy! Based on The Snail and the Whale Baptism/Belonging Spring 1 Life in a castle Holi/Good and bad Summer 1 Wild Britain Rama and Sita. Divali & the symbol of light. Geography Mapping skills Forest of Bere compass points. Oceans and Continents (The Snale and the Whale) Life in a Castle - Portchester Castle Sculpture in nature - clay Preparing for Turtle Logo Mechanisms. Castle drawbridge or siege engine wheels/pulleys Castle Powerpoint Change Presentation Skills Pencil drawing using line shape form. We are astronauts (predict, algorithms, de-bugs) We are photographers (edit and enhance) We are researchers (note taking) Duration Symbols and notation. Hairy Scary Castle Pitch Growing Plants seeds and bulbs Uses of everyday materials Living things and their habitats butterfly life cycle
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 2 Autumn 2 Fire! Fire! Spring 2 Mexico- Ole! Summer 2 Nautical Nelson Angels/messages Easter/changing emotions Change People Jesus met. Great Fire of London Significant event in British Christmas Card (purposeful, functional and appealing product sliders, pop up, concertina link to Angels) Computer We are games testers (predict, critical thinking) Geography Local area fieldwork, human and physical features to compare with the non- European country (Mexico) Food (Mexican) Programming Turtle Logo and Scratch We are detectives (email) Nelson a significant person in British The work of an artist (seascapes) using and Applying We are Zoologists (data ch) Christmas Production Mexican samba workshop Pulse and Rhythm Timbre, tempo and dynamics Electricity brief introduction taught by cover supervisors. Local scientist study Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Animals including humans offspring, basic needs life processes, exercise healthy eating hygiene What does Wally need?
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 3 Autumn 1 Stone Age to Iron Age Belonging in Judaism Spring 1 Local Study. Portsmouth Jewish Worship: The Synagogue Summer 1 Rotten Romans Jewish Celebrations: Purim Stone-Age to Iron-Age Britain Geography Portsmouth The Roman Empire & its impact on Britain Food Technology Baking Stone-Age Bread Silhouette Portraits Roman Mosaics We are Programmers: Animations linked to Hansel & Gretel We are Presenters: News and travel guides. We are Communicators Recorders Sea Shanties Song Composition Recorders Rocks and Soils Forces and Magnets Light
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 3 Autumn 2 Stone Age to Iron Age Spring 2 Amazon Rainforest Summer 2 Rotten Romans Holiness in Christianity Christingles Easter: Sadness to Happiness Jesus: His teachings and his messages Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Geography Amazon Rainforest Roman Empire s Impact on Britain Cave Paintings Textiles: Rainforest Animal Cushions Fixtures and Fixings: Building a Roman Trebuchet We are Bug Experts We are Network Engineers We are Opinion Pollsters Recorders Rainforest Sounds and Compositions Italian Composers through time Using Materials Plants - Helping Plants Grow Well Animals including Humans
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 4 Autumn Anglo Saxons and the Scots Spring Italy Summer Ancient Egypt Living things & their habitats Keeping Warm Electricity Gases Around Us Changing Sound Solids, Liquids and Gas Hanukkah The Bible Torah Paschal Candle The Passover Anglo Saxon and the Scots Geography Italy Ancient Egypt Saxon Portraits & Jewellery making Saxon Boats We are software developers We are toy designers Italian Fashion (bags) Italian ist Study Cubism We are musicians (unit 4.3) We are HTML editors (unit 4.4) Headdresses Clay Models Paper Making We are co-authors (unit 4.5) We are meteorologists (unit 4.6) Clarinet Opera / Classical Rhythm Tombs (see old planning) French schools, countries, weather & numbers Family, Money, Likes and Dislikes, Toys, Sport, Food Animals Winchester Buster outreach Groundlings
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 5 Autumn 1 The Vikings Spring 1 Scandinavia Summer 1 Local Study The Mary Rose Properties and changes of materials Earth and Space Living things and their habitats Mohammad and the Quran The five Pillars of Islam Jesus s messages Vikings Geography Scandinavia Local Study The Mary Rose Clay - Runes Puppet theatres Tudor Portraits Illuminated writing Edvard Munch- the Scream Basic Skills We are cryptographers We are web developers Brass lessons Brass lessons All about me Food Groundlings Theatre Vikings (visit) Up For It Juniors (visitors) All about me Home Winchester Centre (visit) Brass lessons All about me P of the body The Mary Rose Museum (visit)
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 5 Autumn 2 Viking and Anglo Saxon Struggle for England Spring 2 Scandinavia Summer 2 Local Study The Mary Rose Properties and materials Forces Animals including humans Christmas and The Magi and gifts The Empty Cross Ramadan & Eid The Vikings Geography Scandinavia Local Study The Mary Rose Cooking- Lefse bread Puppet Theatres Make wooden picture frames Glass painting We are Bloggers We are game developers We are architects Soundscape of a Viking attack Audacity and percussion Drumming & Viking story telling All about me Sports & hobbies Listening Compare & contrast styles All about me Weather & Seasons Tudor Singing All about me Pets & Animals NSPCC Anti-Bullying (visitors) Butser Ancient Farm (visit)
Year Group Curriculum Overview Year 6 Autumn D Day Spring Greece Summer The Mayans Reversible & Irreversible materials Changing circuits Sacrifice-Eid Communication Viewpoint Thematic British study (WW2 D-Day landings) Propaganda Posters Geography How we see things. Forces and Movement Communication & Prayer Identity- 99 names Allah Greece Ancient Greece Greek Food Geography Fuel for life Health Evolution & Inheritance Resurrection The Mosque Mayans Diamond Mayan mask PSHE PE Plan, design and make a landing craft (using cad cam) We are app planners/we are project managers Ukulele WW2 Songs Places in town, sentence building, dates, then and now, adjectives/antonyms Being me in Celebrating difference Invasion Games, Gymnastics & Swimming Great artists and designers Mayan drum / rattle We are market researchers We are app developers/ We are interface designers We are marketers Ukulele Production Plate smashing music Restaurant food, regional food, buying an ice cream, ordering food Time, French schools, our school, subjects, school timetables PSHE Dreams & Goals PSHE Relationships Healthy Me Changing ME (S) PE Street Dance, Striking, Fielding & Swimming PE Athletics