Overview of our Curriculum
Our Early Years Curriculum Overview (Reception class)
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Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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TOPIC |
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt |
Light & Dark |
Marvellous Me |
Nursery Rhymes |
Once upon a time |
Mini beasts |
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Communication & Language |
Encourage children to talk about their personal scrapbooks and begin to talk about
their feelings |
Encourage the children to share news with the rest of the class.
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Encourage the children to talk about themselves and their
families. |
Rhyme Time Challenge Can the children recite 10 rhymes from memory? |
Orally retell stories throughout the term Include visual prompts
for prepositions. |
Encourage the children to recite and make up songs, poems & stories
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Personal, Social & Emotional
Development (SEAL & Healthy Minds) |
New beginnings Follow school routines and boundaries Express feelings and emotions- introduce emotions pegs. |
Getting on and
falling out: What makes a good friend? Discuss inclusion, kindness and ways to cope with conflict. |
Good to be me Understand that being different makes us all special and
everyone is good at different things. |
Relationships Know what a friend is. Understand the difference between friends and family. |
Going for goals Set a goal and work towards it. Begin to understand how to persevere to tackle challenges. |
Changes Discuss changes and moving into Year 1 Cope positively with change. |
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Physical Development (PE) |
Gymnastics & Dance -Busy Feet Movement Exploring how to move & travel in different ways Balance bikes |
Dance: Fireworks Gymnastics: Rocking & rolling Multi-skills: indoor cooperation games |
Gymnastics:
Travel, roll and balance introduce basic shapes Dance: Chinese
Lion Dances |
Gymnastics: Develop
movement sequences Dance: Nursery
Rhymes Multi-skills:
throw and catch a ball |
Athletics: Introduce
and practise track and field activities for sports day Balance bikes |
Multi-skills:cooperation games and activities Introduce
orienteering Dance: create dances
for different minibeasts |
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Understanding the World |
People, Culture
and communities |
Celebrations: Special times and family events. Harvest Meet people who make up our school community |
Celebrations: Christmas, Diwali, Eid and Hanukah. My family celebrations |
Celebrations: Chinese New Year Where do you live? How do you travel to school? |
Why do Christians celebrate Easter? Talk about people they come across in their daily lives. |
Find out the about the occupations of family members. (Enrichment task) |
Stories from the Bible: The story of Noah The Good Samaritan The Lost Sheep |
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The Natural World |
Find out about countries & habitats where different bears
live. Look for signs
of autumn |
Exploring
Light/Dark Nocturnal
Animals Colour &
Reflection |
What do l need
to grow and stay healthy? Forces &
motion: How do my toys
move? Look for signs
of winter |
Sorting &
identifying materials -Recycling Humpty Dumpty
investigation Look for signs
of spring |
Plants and
growth: link to stories Life cycle of hens / frogs/
plants Planting seeds |
Plants and
growth: Life cycles -Butterflies Woodland visits
– Look carefully at animals & plants |
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Past and
Present |
Find out about the history of Teddy Bears Compare old / new Think about the story of teddies in their family. |
Guy Fawkes Remembrance Day When I was little …… Invite grandparents in to talk about changes in their life time |
Do you recognise the babies in photographs? How have you changed since you were a baby? |
Understand the past through settings, characters and events in
nursery rhymes and traditional stories |
Activities to support the transition from Reception to Year 1. Can they remember the
transition from home to nursery to school? |
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Expressive Arts & Design |
Music |
Moods :
link to PSED Tempo: Fast/Slow |
Singing & performing Dynamic :
Loud/ soft |
Create Chinese music Pitch: High & low |
Sing nursery rhymes follow the beat/ rythmn |
Listen to and compose musical stories |
Compose own mini beast music |
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Art |
Drawing /Painting/ Clay Printing |
Drawing / Painting Mixed Media |
Drawing/ painting Claude Monet |
Drawing/Painting/Clay |
Drawing/ painting Vincent Van Gogh |
Drawing/painting/ Land art: Andy Goldsworthy |
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Design &
Technology |
Making porridge Making vegetable soup Baking bear biscuits |
Joining techniques Making popcorn and threading onto string |
Design & make toys for babies Chinese Lanterns |
Moving Pictures Design and make Buckets |
Design and make Buildings & Bridges Making Fruit Salad |
Design and make moving mini beasts |
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Educational Visits |
Teddy Bear’s Picnic in Robin Wood |
Moorlands Discovery Centre (Longshaw) |
Woodland visit in the snow! |
Walk to look around Loxley |
Farm visit? |
Woodland Wednesdays |
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Learning Together
Our Key Stage One Topic Grid (Years 1 and 2)
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YEAR 1 |
YEAR 2 |
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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TOPIC (HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY) |
Whatever the weather |
Out of this world (Moon Landings) INTEGRATED |
Best of British INTEGRATED |
Continents & Oceans |
Amazing Creatures |
Fighting Fit (Florence Nightingale) |
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Medieval Magic (Castles) |
New York, New York (comparison with Loxley) |
Fire! |
Global Gardens |
Super Scotland |
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SCIENCE |
Materials |
Winter and spring INTEGRATED |
Spring and Summer INTEGRATED |
Materials: Good Choices |
Habitats Our Changing World |
Take Care |
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Autumn and Winter INTEGRATED |
Animals including humans |
Plants |
Materials: Shaping Up |
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Growing Up |
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ART and DESIGN |
Painting |
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Paper Sculpture |
Clay Sculpture Eg. Aboriginal
Fish and topic related artwork. |
Textiles Eg. Puppets |
Drawing Eg. Portraits |
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Drawing |
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Collage Eg. Fire of
London |
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Printmaking – E.g. Tartan, thistle, Famous artists – C.R.
Mackintosh |
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DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY |
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Musical Instruments |
Scones |
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Puppets Eg. Amazing
creatures |
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Moving pictures |
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Vehicles Eg. Fire
Engines |
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Food Technology – Scottish recipes |
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COMPUTING |
Using school technology independently |
Instructions and making things happen |
Grouping and sorting |
Routes |
Branching Databases |
Algorithms |
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Pictograms |
Algorithms |
Sounds and pictures |
Key Skills |
Writing for a purpose |
Animation |
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PE – GAMES |
Throwing and catching |
Bat and ball |
Athletics |
Ball Skills Unit 1: Throwing and catching |
Ball Skills Unit 2: Making games |
Ball Skills Unit 3: dribbling, kicking and hitting |
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Kicking and dribbling |
Striking & Fielding |
Outdoor & Adventurous |
Ball Skills Unit 4: Group Games |
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PE – DANCE/GYM |
Weather dances |
Balance, shape and body rolls cont. |
Country Dancing |
Gym Basic shapes Dance Captain Cook |
Gym Unit J: Spinning and turning/twisting |
Athletics/sports day Dance |
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Balance, shape and body rolls |
Dance |
Gym |
Gym Unit I: Pathways Dance Fire |
Outdoor Adventurous Activities |
Badminton |
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RE |
Celebrations and festivals: Christians and Muslims Christmas Nativity |
B: Myself: How do we show we care for others? Why does it
matter? |
D: Symbols: In what ways are churches/mosques important? |
What does it mean to belong? (Islam) |
How and why do people pray? |
Leaders |
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Christmas: Why is
Jesus called the light of the World? Christmas Nativity |
Easter |
Stories of Jesus |
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MUSIC |
Exploring sounds Songs about the Weather |
Exploring musical techniques (inc.
pulse, pitch and rhythm, timbre, tempo and dynamics) |
Exploring instruments and symbols Rat Pack 1940s -60s |
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Pitch Amazing Creatures |
Recorders |
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Pulse and rhythm Fire songs Christmas songs |
Instruments and symbols |
Recorders |
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Curriculum Specific Educational
Visits (Ideas) |
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Abbeydale Industrial Museum – Florence Nightingale |
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Castle Visit |
Visit to Wadsley Church |
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Robin Wood |
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Our Key Stage Two Topic Grids (Years 3 - 6)
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YEAR
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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GEOGRAPHY |
Why
is the Amazon amazing? |
What
is special about Rome, Italy? How
did the Romans change Britain? |
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Where
on Earth? |
Crime
and Punishment: a chronology through time |
Investigating
the Sheffield Flood |
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HISTORY |
Why
are there pyramids in Egypt? |
What
were settlements like in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age? |
Deserts |
Mysterious
Mayans |
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SCIENCE |
The
power of forces |
How
does your garden grow? |
Rocks
and Soils |
States
of matter |
Healthy
Eating Our
Bodies Teeth |
Living
things and their habitats |
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Can
you see me? |
Amazing
Bodies |
Sound |
Electricity |
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ART
& DESIGN |
Painting
& Clay: Egyptians |
Clay Roman
mosaics Sketching |
Sculpture The
Body Da
Vinci Giacometti |
Harry
Potter Self
Portraits |
Mayan
art & masks Observational
Drawing |
Local
art and artists |
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Collage/pastels Rainforests Michael
Brennand |
Drawing Scale/Viewpoint Italian
architecture |
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D&T |
Pneumatics. Moving
Monsters! Rainforest
Creature |
Photo
Frames |
Food Sandwiches. |
Textiles:
Stockings |
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Levers |
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Computing |
Word
Processing |
Record
card databases |
Scratch
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Procedures Subroutines |
Controlling
on-screen models |
Animation |
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Posters
and pages |
Controlling
on screen models, Iteration. |
Creating
music |
Creating
art |
Algorithms |
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– GAMES |
Unit
1: Ball skills / Invasion games |
Net/Court/Wall
games |
Athletics |
Basketball |
Swimming |
Swimming |
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Hockey |
Badminton |
Unit
4: Striking & fielding games |
Badminton |
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PE
– DANCE/GYM/ OAA |
Who
am I? The language of dance |
Easter
dance routines |
Gymnastics: Symmetry
and Asymmetry |
Gymnastics:
Rolling |
Mayan
Dance |
Gymnastics:
Balance |
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Gymnastics
Stretching, curling and arching |
Gymnastics:
Travelling with a change of front and direction |
Gymnastics:
Receiving Weight |
Dance:
Wimbledon |
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RE |
Beliefs
and questions Christianity |
Religion,
family and community: Prayer Judaism
and Islam |
The
journey of life and death Christianity |
Inspirational
people from long ago Christmas |
Pilgrimage:
Christianity & Islam / Easter |
Inspirational
people in today’s world – a range of religions |
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MUSIC |
Recorders |
Easter
production – performing linked to our assembly. |
Composing
music using ICT – link to Computing and arts week. Famous
composers |
Clarinets |
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FRENCH |
CGP Core
Unit 1 |
CGP Core
Unit 2 |
Animals
and Food |
Colours.
Body parts. |
Alphabet.
Family. |
Verbal
descriptions. |
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Nursery
rhymes. The zoo. Christmas. |
Pets.
Easter. |
Verbal
descriptions. |
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Curriculum
Specific Educational Visits (usual years outside of 2020-21) |
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Castleton |
Woodland
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Castle
Museum and the Chocolate Story |
Residential |
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Creswell
Crags |
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Flood
Walk |
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Upper
Key Stage 2 Curriculum Overview
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YEAR 5 |
YEAR 6 |
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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GEOGRAPHY |
Water, water everywhere – Our environment |
The Riddle of Robin of Loxley |
Scandinavia |
Coasts |
Towns and Settlements |
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HISTORY |
What would it be like if I were a child in WW2 Local carols |
The Riddle of Robin of Loxley Settlers & Invaders: Anglo Saxons |
Settlers & Invaders: Vikings |
What can the Ancient Greeks teach us? Greek
History |
Journeys – modern migration |
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SCIENCE |
Properties and changes to materials |
Earth and space |
The circulatory system |
Light |
Classification |
Health |
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Habitats & Living Things SRE |
Variation |
Forces |
Electricity SRE |
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ART & DESIGN |
Water: sketching, painting & perspective |
The Natural World: observational drawing Anglo
Saxon/ Viking Art – clay, sketches |
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Ancient Greeks - Masks |
Digital Art |
Watercolours |
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Perspective |
Enterprise |
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D&T |
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Seasonal cookery |
Carousels –Gears, Pulleys Mechanisms |
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Bridges |
Textiles: pencil cases |
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Computing |
Conditional Repeats |
Search engines and the Web Networks |
Graphical modelling |
Scratch |
Digital Art |
Film Making |
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Working with Audio |
Graphical modelling |
Decisions and inputs |
Robotics |
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PE – GAMES |
Athletics |
Hockey |
Rounders/ Cricket |
Basketball/ Netball |
Dance |
Rounders Cricket |
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PE – DANCE/GYM/ OAA |
Gymnastics |
Dance |
Outdoor adventurous activities |
Athletics |
Gymnastics |
Outdoor adventurous activities |
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RE |
Christianity – Why is the Bible so important to
Christians? Harvest Celebration |
How do peoples’ beliefs have an impact on their
lives: Islam & Hinduism |
Sacred places and their worship Christianity & Buddhism |
What do religious texts tell us about the world:
Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity |
Humanism |
Beliefs in action in Sheffield – Judaism,
Christianity and Islam |
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Christianity – What does it mean to be a
Christian? |
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MUSIC |
Clarinets |
Keyboards: Introduction |
Keyboards: Chords |
Keyboards: Composition |
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Local carols |
Folk music and traditional songs |
End of year leavers assembly performance |
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FRENCH |
Geeting
to know you |
That’s tasty |
School – lessons – objects. |
A French Town |
Let’s Go Shopping |
All in a day |
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All about ourselves |
Family and friends |
Travelling |
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Curriculum Specific Educational Visits |
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Residential |
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Crucial Crew |
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Ewden
Water Treatment Centre Loxley War Graves |
National Space Centre St Polycarps Church –
Holy Week |
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Scarborough |
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