2018-2019

PSHE Communication and Language • How are you special/unique just like a snowflake? • Listen to a range of Winter stories • How can we look after animals/ice caps? • Role play – act out stories/Polar Explorers • Working together to build igloos - teamwork Physical Development • Listen to instructions • Move like animals • Describe / animals. • Experiment with different ways of moving the snow/ice e.g. ice-skating • Snowman dance • Throw/catch snowballs Frozen Planet • Participate in daily ‘wake and shake’ routines • Develop fine motor skills through activities e.g. pencil grip, using scissors etc. • Practice putting on Winter clothes e.g. gloves, doing up zips Expressive Arts and Design • Forest School. Understanding the World • Use instruments to make animal sounds • What is ice made from? • Junk modelling – to make igloos • What happens to ice when it gets warm? • Pottery – make a • Ice experiments • Make a winter scene picture • Where do penguins live? • Make snowflakes • Where do polar bears live? • Sing Winter nursery rhymes • Why do Arctic/Antarctic animals have thick fur? • Make Winter recipes e.g. hot chocolate, porridge, soup. • What is the Arctic/Antarctic like? • Look at different • What types of food do we eat in Winter? Maths • What is the weather like? Literacy • Use shapes to make animals/igloos • How can we keep warm in Winter? • Mark making/letter formation • Ordering size of footprints • Help the polar bear find his way home (bee-bots) • Read Winter stories and non-fiction books • Penguin fishing (counting) • Look at maps/globes to find cold countries, , • Hot-seat characters from Winter themed fairy tales/stories • Penguin Skittles (counting and adding) etc. • Read/write instructions to make a Winter meal/drink • Measuring ingredients. • Write postcards from the Arctic • Read facts about animals from polar regions • Create fact files about the Arctic/Antarctic polar animals. Spring 1 Curriculum Plan Reception 2018-2019

Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design Communication and Language and Literacy Look how people help is in everyday life. Experiments to create different textures. They give their attention to what other say and respond appropriately. Recognises and describes special items for family and friends. Uses simple tools and techniques competently and To begin to ask relevant questions. To maintain attention and to sit and listen quietly at appropriate times. Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines, Chinese New appropriately. Year, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day. Understanding Selects appropriate resources and adapts work where They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences. Develop their own experiences through role play & imaginative necessary. Speaking play with small world toys and props. Free painting using ready-mixed paints, block paints and Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play Making and tasting different foods e.g. bread, biscuits, noodles, brusho. situations. pancakes. Experiment with mixing new colours. Reading Sharing a variety of texts during story times and in the Book Corner. Taking Shows an interest in different occupations and ways of life. Circle time rhythm games. Talks about why things happen and how they work. real books and reading scheme home to share. Introduce musical instruments and keeping a steady beat. Begin to read words and simple sentences. Looks closely at similarities, patterns and change. Sing songs, make music and dance. Begin to read simple captions. Knows that information can be retrieved from computers. Writing Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts. Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence. People who Letters and Sounds Mathematics Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding in words. Recognise numbers of personal significance. Be able to say and recognise initial letter of own name, extend to other Recite the number of names in order to 20 (and beyond!). letters in name and simple words. Begin to count reliably 10 and beyond everyday objects using 1:1 help us Begin to use phonic skills to segment and blend simple words. correspondence and a variety of strategies, e.g. moving objects, Introduce some high frequency and tricky words. lining them up, grouping. Introduce new mathematical terms. Physical Development Personal, Social and Emotional Development Take part in counting, subtraction/addition activities and problem Experiments with different ways of moving. Start to play in groups and demonstrates friendly behaviour, solving activities. Jumps off and object and lands appropriately. initiating conversations. Continue to recognise numerals 0-10 and 11-20 (and beyond). Travels with confidence and skill, around, under, over Form good relationships with peers and familiar adults. Sorting and grouping a variety of objects. and through balancing and climbing equipment. Encourage children to talk to each other when playing and Begin to name a range of 2D and 3D shapes and use the language Practice dressing and undressing for physical activities communicate about home and community. of shape. Participating in PE lessons with SKiL teachers. Share books about making friends and feelings. Begin to use mathematical language appropriately. Begins to form recognisable letters. Support children in disputes and develop strategies and language Can describe their relative position such behind, next to, above. Continue to encourage effective pencil grip. to enable them to begin to resolve independently. Measures short period of time in simple ways, e.g. using sand Develop fine motor skills such as cutting and threading. time , clock kitchen timers. Circle time activities. Spring 1 Curriculum Plan Year 1 2018-2019

Science History RE / PSHE/ Values Using our senses – identify, name, draw The life of a significant individual – Neil Armstrong Children will be learning about special foods and label the basic parts of the human using the book One Giant Leap. around the world and being healthy. body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.

Maths Children will be following the Abacus program of Geography Space study. - Numbers to 100 Name, locate and identify characteristics of - 3D shapes the four countries and capital cities of the - Counting in 2’s 5’s and 10’s United Kingdom and its surrounding seas

Visit Music NationalVisit space centre. Please refer to the music curriculum for the Spring Term. English Exploring the texts of Beegu and DT Art Man on the Moon. Design making a rocket based on a design criteria. Space – Looking at the solar system/planets, They will be writing for different purposes During the designing children will explore and creating patterns and textures. Outcome - textiles including letter writing, sequencing stories and evaluate their ideas. reports. Spring Term 1 Curriculum Plan Year 2 2018-2019

RE / PSHE/ Value Science History Lessons will be linked with English. Children will Children will study the offspring on different animals History will be covered in the Autumn and look at what causes them to worry and how we and describe the basic needs of animals and humans, Summer terms in year 2. can overcome worries. for survival (water, air and food). Children will describe Children will think about who they can go to for the importance of exercise, healthy eating and support and advice. hygiene.

Geography Maths Use maps, atlases and globes to identify countries, Topic Children will be following the Abacus program of the world’s continents and seven oceans. Children study. Children will be expanding their knowledge will study how their proximity to the equator or the My Wonderful World of: Place Value, addition and subtractions, 3D poles affects their climate. Children will locate the shapes and time. UK on a map.

Visit Children will visit Birmingham Think Tank and Music English will explore the different floors of the museum. Visit Please refer to the music curriculum Silly Billy- Anthony Browne Children will attend a workshop , where they will for the Spring Term. Operation Night Monster- Paul Shipton learn about healthy eating and their bodies. Children will read two stories that deal with themes of overcoming worries and facing fears. They look in depth at two different characters and Art – Under-the -ea – Making 3D fish and explore how they overcome their fears. Computing Carrying out research using the internet. placing them in an underwater background Children will also be taking part in Read Write Ink outcome - year group mural/display Spell and Lexia. Spring Term Curriculum Plan Year 3 2018-2019

Science History RE / PSHE/ Value Children will look at forces and magnets and Children will learn about famous explorers, compare how things move on different surfaces. including Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus and Children’s lessons in PSHE will continue to focus They will learn that some forces need contact Amelia Earhart. on the school values . We will also learn about between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at staying safe when using the internet. a distance

Geography Maths Children will be able to locate the world’s In year 3 children will continue to learn about place countries using maps. They will learn about value and it’s role in out number system. They will countries other than the UK; concentrating on Mountains focus on the four main operations of adding, their key physical characteristics. subtracting, multiplying and dividing . Children will also start to solve simple reasoning problems.

Music- English Visit YearVisit 3 will have a visit from a visiting author this Please refer to the music curriculum for the Spring Term. Children will be focussing their writing this term. term on ‘The Dragon Slayer’. They will be writing for a variety of purposes, including story writing, diary entries, and newspaper Computing Art - looking at the work of artists – reports . Children will continue to use Lexia and TTR to Georgia O Keefe – mountains and deserts. support their numeracy and literacy. They will also Outcome - oil pastel drawing use the computers to carry out research. Spring Term 1 Curriculum Plan Year 4 2018-2019

Science - Electricity History - Anglo-Saxons RE / PSHE/ Value Children will be learning about the parts of an Children will find out what happened in Britain after the Children will learn about the values of peace electrical circuit; how to make switches, and which Romans left in the 5th century. We will also be learning and tolerance through their study of Anglo- materials conduct and insulate electricity. This will be about Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements, kingdoms, Saxons. We will also be covering road safety. studied through practical and written methods. place names and village life , as well as Anglo-Saxon culture.

Maths Geography Children will be following the Abacus program of Geography is covered in the Autumn and study. This half term we will be exploring the topics Spring terms in Year 4 Journeys of multiplication, division, fractions and 2D shapes.

Music/Drama- English Visit ChildrenVisit will visit Birmingham Think Tank to explore Please refer to the music curriculum for the Children will be studying a book called “Belonging”. electricity further. Spring Term. They will be writing and performing poems linked to . the environment in the story and their senses. They will also put themselves into the book and write a diary entry from the perspective of the main Computing Art – Discover/explore Anglo Saxon character. Children will be learning about word processing and Artefacts . Designing and constructing a 3D making PowerPoint presentations about the Anglo- Anglo Saxon ship . Outcome – Art Saxons. installation. Spring Term 1 Curriculum Plan Year 5 2018-2019

Science History RE / PSHE/ Value: Children will look at properties and change of This term children will be focusing on Children’s PSHE lessons will continue to focus materials the history of the local area and how it on the school values: specifically the value of They will compare and group together everyday has changed over the past 100 years. unity. materials on the basis of their properties e.g. Children will also learn more about the role of density, weight, conductivity. their local council.

Geography: Maths Children will learn about extreme weather . Topic: Extreme In maths children will continue to work on their They will describe and understand key aspects mental maths skills to improve their speed and of physical geography including climate zones, accuracy. They will also start to focus on shape and rivers, volcanoes and earthquakes. change space .

English: Visit Music/Drama- The children’s English lessons will focus on the YearVisit 5 will be finding out more about science when Please refer to the music curriculum for the Spring book ‘song from somewhere else’ by A.F they visit ‘The Big Bang Fayre’ at the NEC. Term. Harold. Children will be writing Descriptive settings, characters and atmosphere . They will also learn to integrate dialogue to convey Art – Environmental art – Making an character, and write narrative poems. Computing: Children will be learning how to use publishing artefact from recycled materials, using programs such as ‘Word’ photography/video to record outcomes placed in the natural environment. Spring Term 1 Curriculum Plan Year 6 2018-2019

Science History RE / PSHE/ Value How animals and humans survive In RE children are going to learn about the story The circulatory system and functions of the Children will learn about the life of Nelson of Easter. heart and blood Mandela and how his life impacted others. In PSHE children will look at relationships , How to stay healthy sexual education, and the roles and responsibilities of parents and carers.

Geography Maths Where humans choose to settle and why Human Endurance Children will continue to learn about fractions, Physical and human geography decimals and percentages . They will solve a range Compass pints and Grid references reasoning problems including those based on data and shape and space.

Visit Music- English Children are going to watch a Shakespeare play and Visit Please refer to the music curriculum take part in a workshop from a visiting theatre for the Spring Term. Children will study the story of the Titanic looking company. at it’s journey and the lives of it’s survivors. They will produce a variety of writing including a story, and a non-chronological report. Computing Art – Fantastic Beasts – designing, In the second half of the Spring term children will Children will carry out research into the story of the creating and making 3D models of fantastic study a Shakespeare play. Titanic using the internet. They will also continue to beasts. Outcome – 3D sculpture use Lexia