Curriculum Plans
| Autumn 1 | ||
| Topic | Inside Out |
Magnificent Monarchs |
| Key Texts |
Super Duper You by Sophy Henn The Yellow Bag (Literacy Shed) My Beautiful Voice |
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony |
| British Value | Democracy | Tolerance |
| Learning Value | Independence | Resilience |
| Art |
Pop Art – Romero Britto The children will learn about Romero Britto and produce a picture, using his style of pop art. |
Mali Morris The children will learn about Mali Morris and how he used circles and squares in his artwork. They will use square and circular pieces of tissue paper to make their own calendar. |
| Computing |
Online Safety and Searching - Purple Mash The children will learn how to be safe online and how to search safely on Purple Mash. |
Spreadsheets - Purple Mash The children will learn about spreadsheets and how to add data to their spreadsheet.
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| DT | ||
| Geography |
UK - Countries and Capital Cities The children will learn to locate the countries of the UK and their capital cities. They also learn to name the seas that surround the UK. |
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| History |
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Kings, Queens and Victorian Times The children will enjoy learning about Queen Victoria, Victorian schools, how hospitals have changed and Victorian inventions. They will also learn about Queen Victoria and King Charles. |
| Music |
Charanga - Questions and Answers The children will learn to understand what timbre means and identify percussion instruments by their sound. The children will learn to improvise using Question and Answer phrases on untuned instruments. |
Charanga - Let's Keep Singing The children will learn to sing songs and know how to warm up their body and voice, ready to sing. The children will create and follow the melodic shape of the songs they are singing.
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| PE |
Fundamental Movement Skills (FSM) The children will learn to throw balls and beanbags with accuracy and develop passing and receiving with their feet. Yoga The children will learn to stretch and relax as they learn to hold yoga positions, e.g. tree, mountain and child's pose. |
Fundamental Movement Skills (FSM) The children will experiment with different running techniques and will improve their jumping techniques. Gym In gym, the children will use the 5 shapes (tuck, star, straight, straddle and pike) and jumps (tuck, straight and star) to make their own sequences. |
| RE |
Symbols The children will talk about symbols they recognise in the local environment, design their own school logo and recognise why symbols are important to Christians and Hindus. |
The Christmas Journey The children will talk about journeys they have been on, the Christmas Journey and Babushka's journey.
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| RHEd |
My Happy Mind Meet your Brain - The children will learn about the different parts of their brains and what they do. |
My Happy Mind Celebrate - The children will celebrate their character strengths and know that they help us to do our best. |
| Science |
Healthy Eating and Exercise The children will design their own healthy plate and will carry out an exercise experiment to show what happens to our bodies when we exercise and why exercise is important. |