School will be closed all day on Thursday 1st December for the funeral of Mrs Bishop
What we teach and when
Maths
The International Primary Curriculum
English
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
- become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately
- reason ma
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
- become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately
- reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language
- can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions
Mathematics is an interconnected subject in which pupils need to be able to move fluently between representations of mathematical ideas. The programmes of study are, by necessity, organised into apparently distinct domains, but pupils should make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency.
English
The International Primary Curriculum
English
The overarching aim for English in the national curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written language, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment. The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils
The overarching aim for English in the national curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written language, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment. The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils:
- read easily, fluently and with good understanding
- develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information
- acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
- appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage
- write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
- use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas
- are competent in the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate
The International Primary Curriculum
The International Primary Curriculum
The International Primary Curriculum
Subjects; Arts, Science, ICT & Computing, Technology, History, Geography & Art and Society
The IPC is our International Primary Curriculum for children aged 5 - 11 years old. It is used by over 730 schools in 92 countries worldwide.
It is a comprehensive, thematic, creative curriculum, with a clear process of learning and specific learning
Subjects; Arts, Science, ICT & Computing, Technology, History, Geography & Art and Society
The IPC is our International Primary Curriculum for children aged 5 - 11 years old. It is used by over 730 schools in 92 countries worldwide.
It is a comprehensive, thematic, creative curriculum, with a clear process of learning and specific learning goals for every subject. It also develops international mindedness and encourages personal learning.
Music, RE & MFL are covered by our own bespoke schemes of work.
Pufflings (Nursery)
Autumn Term 22
Bears
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Making Porridge
Solids and liquids
Changing states of matter
Talk about the differences between materials & changes they notice
Exploring temperature
Hot / Cold
Looking at seasons
Understanding the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Soft / hard materials – “wood chairs”
Explore collections of materials with similar and / or different properties.
We’re going on a bear hunt.
Exploring materials – describing mud, grass, wood, snow, ice
Explore collections of materials with similar and or different properties
Draw information from a simple map.
Making a physical map of the hunt
Draw information from a simple map
Whatever Next
The moon, space, spaceships
Explore the natural world around them
This is the bear
Sorting rubbish – environmental issues
Use all their senses in hands on exploration of materials.
Explore collections of materials with similar and / or different properties
Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
This is the Bear
Floating and sinking
Exploring materials with similar and or different properties
Puffins (Reception)
This term our topic is ‘Big Beasts’. We are reading Three Billy Goats Gruff, Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs, The Three Little Pigs, The Gruffalo and Beauty and the Beast. We are doing many fun activities based on these texts for all of the areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
In phonics, we are learning our letter sounds and will begin to blend them together to read simple words and segment to write. We are also starting to learn our tricky words. In maths, we are comparing and ordering numbers and making patterns. We are learning numbers 1-5 in depth and watching the number blocks videos.
Kingfishers (Year 1)
English
Handwriting and spelling – Penpals scheme and statutory word lists; Spag – no nonsense grammar; Phonics and Reading – Bug Club
Week one mini topic on colour ; Next 3 weeks – narrative unit based on Dogger book
After that, new scheme – writing based on Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Maths
Place value, calculation, fractions and shape / space with Mastering Number scheme alongside
Science
Autumn 1
Humans (human body) IPC Live and Let Live - Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with which sense.
Autumn 2
Seasonal Changes: autumn
· Observe changes across the 4 seasons
· Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Plants IPC Green Fingers (link to autumn: what are the plants like? What are the trees like? deciduous and evergreen trees)
· Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees.
Geography
Autumn 1
IPC From a to b:
· Pupils should develop knowledge of their locality.
· They should understand basic subject specific vocabulary relating to human and physical geography and begin to use geographical fieldwork skills, including first-hand observation.
· Use simple maps, location and directional language.
History
Autumn2
follow-up from a to b unit:
The Wright Brothers/ Neil Armstrong – comparing two people from the past.
Pupils should be taught about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.
Art
Autumn 1
link to Geography
Learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work. To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination. To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
DT
Autumn 2
DT: Wheels and Axles (see plan on server at school). Make a model aeroplane.
Pupils should be taught to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
Music
Charanga Year 1 Autumn
PE
Gymnastics and Invasion Games
RE
Autumn 1 – what does it mean to belong to a faith community
2 – What do Christians believe God is like?
Macaws (Year 2)
During the first half of this term, Macaws will explore a narrative story theme, using the text Meerkat Mail, by Emily Gravett. They will follow and draw a story map of Sunny the meerkat’s journey, as he looks for a new place to live. They will also use the theme to research meerkats then produce an information leaflet. Finally, they will write a postcard to Sunny the meerkat from the story, explaining why he may want to visit our school. Will he decide to visit us? Following this, the children will begin units in our new Literacy Pathways scheme, starting with the text Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson. Throughout, they will continue to learn phonics, spelling patterns and grammatical terms, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and conjunctions.
In Maths, the children will begin with a focus on number and place-value, including two-digit numbers to 100. They will read and write numbers in numerals and words, understand the place value in terms of tens and ones and compare numbers, using language such as greater than/ more than, fewer than/ less than and equal to. After this, they will focus on calculation. They will add and subtract, using one and two-digit numbers and solve calculation puzzles and problems. They will count in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s, and begin to use symbols for multiplication and division. After half term, the children will explore fractions of lengths, shapes, quantities or sets of objects. This will include one half, one quarter, one third, three quarters and two quarters (also understanding that two quarters is the same as one half). They investigate these and write numerals to represent them e.g. ½ ¼ . The children will explore money, identifying different coins and making totals with different combinations of coins. They will tell the time to the nearest five minutes, including quarter past and quarter to the hour. They will learn how many seconds in a minute and how many minutes in an hour.
In Science, the children will begin by exploring things that are living, non-living (never been alive) and dead, considering both plants and animals. They will think about the fact that a picnic bench, for example, is made from wood, which was once part of a living tree. The children will learn about habitats (natural environments or homes of a variety of plants and animals). They will explore habitats around school, including microhabitats e.g. a tree, a flowerbed or under a rock. They will learn about other habitats from across the world, including desert, polar, pond and woodland habitats. The children will be scientists and investigate, making and recording their own observations. The children will plant bulbs in the school grounds, learning about the conditions needed for growth and watch how they grow into mature plants. After half term, the children will look at uses of everyday materials and the properties of those materials. These will include: wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard. They will observe how the same material is used for different purposes and different materials are used for the same purpose e.g. a metal, wooden and plastic spoon. They will explore unusual and creative uses of materials. They work scientifically to investigate and record their observations.
In History, the children will find out about key events from the past. They will learn about The Great Fire of London from 1666. They will find out how the fire started and why it spread so fast. They will learn about Samuel Pepys who recorded events from The Great Fire of London in his diary. They will consider how London changed following this significant event from the past. After half term, the children will learn about Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot from 1605. They will learn about the plan to blow up The Houses of Parliament and the King, and how things didn’t go to plan. They will link this to the 5th of November when people still celebrate ‘Bonfire Night’. The children will also learn about the significance of Remembrance Day in November.
In Geography, after half term, the children will name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans. They will use world maps, atlases and globes to support this. They will use simple compass directions, and locational and directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map. The children will use their fieldwork skills to explore the local environment around school. They will look at aerial photographs and recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features. They will create their own a simple map, including a simple key.
In RE, the children will find out about Islam, including special holy items and holy words to Muslims. They will use stories to explore how the Prophet Muhammad and Allah are special to Muslims, comparing to the beliefs of others, including Christians. After half term, the children will find out about why Christmas is important to Christians. They will explore stories about Jesus, including the Nativity story. They will consider Christmas for those who are Christians and Christmas for those who are not. They will think about what they are personally thankful for.
In PE, the children will develop their gymnastic skills on floor and small apparatus. They will come up with routines to perform, on the mats, benches and vault, including ways to balance, travel, roll and jump, as well as how to start and finish a routine. They will give and receive advice with their peers on improving their skills. After half term, they will transfer their skills onto the high apparatus in the hall. Throughout, they will learn about safety in gymnastics. The children will also develop their ball skills, in throwing, catching and passing to others. They will develop skills in simple invasion games, considering how to play as a defender and an attack.
In Art and Design, the children will develop their skills in drawing and painting, exploring the use of shading and colour. They will use a range of materials creatively to design and make products. They use sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination. They will look and discuss the work of artists. After half term, the children will explore simple mechanisms with sliders and levers. They will observe and discuss how they work and how effective they are. They will explore creating their own sliders and levers, design and make a simple purposeful product of their own.
In Music, the children will develop their skills in singing. They will follow the beat, using their body and tapping or clapping along. They will understand loud and soft. They will begin to play notes in order on a glockenspiel to follow backing music. They will give and receive advice with their peers in order to improve their skills. After half term, they will learn songs and actions linked to Christmas music, ready for a festive performance.
In ICT, after half term, the children will consider purposeful uses of technology, both in and outside of school. They will use basic skills to explore and create documents to support learning in other areas of the curriculum and present their work. They will learn about online safety when using technology for research and leisure purposes.
Hummingbirds (Year 3)
Autumn 1
Maths
Place value and number
Recognising digit value, ordering and comparing numbers, continuing sequences, + or – 1, 10, or 100 from a number, exploring different representations of numbers.
Addition and Subtraction
Mental strategies progressing into written methods for calculation. We will also practise applying this knowledge to problems including measure.
English
Narrative focus- Adventure Stories
We will be learning about ‘Littlenose’ a young boy who had many adventures during the Ice Age. We’ll practise skills such as describing settings and characters and using descriptive features such as similes.
Pathways to Write- Seal Surfer
This is a text based unit. This will be working towards a recount in the form of a letter.
During this unit, we will be practising the following mastery skills:
To group related ideas into paragraphs
To build a varied and rich vocabulary
To use prepositions to express time, place and cause
To introduce inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
Music
We will be completing a Glockenspiel skills unit. We will learn to read and play the notes C,D,E and F
We will improvise using notes C+D
We will compose using notes C,D,E + F
We will perform our songs.
Geography- Rivers
We will identify stages within the water cycle.
We will locate world rivers on a map and research key facts.
We will identify the uses of rivers around the world.
We will identify a rivers journey and name features such as source, mouth, tributary and meander.
We will discuss the effects of flooding and strategies to prevent this
We will discuss the impact humans have on rivers and how we can reduce pollution.
Science- Animals including humans
We will identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. We will also identify invertebrates and sort creatures according to their skeletal structure.
Science- Plants
We will gather seeds that can be ground on our school grounds and use classification keys to identify which trees are growing in our local areas. We will then consider the different methods for seed dispersal.
RE
What do Christians learn from the creation story?
PE
Invasion games and small apparatus gymnastics
IPC- (International Primary Curriculum)
Scavengers and Settlers
Subjects included- History, Art, Science and DT
We will explore the concept of ancestors and tracing back to what life would have been like for early humans. We will look at how scientists believe humans evolved over time and how lifestyle changed including materials, houses, clothes, skills and religion. We will meet ‘Lucy’ the first human, Otzi the Ice age hunter and explore civilizations such as the Nile Valley and Indus Valley. We will look at other first settlements of the stone age such as Skara Brae and then research how life changed through the Bronze and Iron age. We will explore how fossils are formed and also look at artefacts and ‘clues’ from the past. In art we will explore and create our own cave art and clay pots. In DT, we will make flatbread, using the ingredients of early farmers. We will then adapt our recipes to include modern ingredients considering what makes a healthy balanced diet.
Autumn 2
Maths
Multiplication and Division
Recalling known facts, writing as number statements and exploring 2 digit x 1 digit.
Fractions
Recognise tenths, find unit and non-unit fractions of quantities, shape and numbers.
Geometry
Draw 2D shapes and make 3D shapes, find perimeter of 2D shapes, recognise feature of shapes and lines in different orientations.
Statistics
Interpret and present data on bar charts, pictograms and tables.
English
Pathways to write- Winter’s Child
This is a text based unit. This will be working towards a narrative piece in the form of a fantasy story.
During this unit, we will be practising the following mastery skills:
To Use conjunctions and adverbs to express, time, place and cause
To Use a or an according to whether the next word begins with a vowel or consonant
n narratives, to create characters, settings and plot
To Use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
RE
Christianity- What is it like for some someone to follow God?
PE
Orienteering and Large apparatus gymnastics
French
We will practise the basics of pronunciation including the French alphabet and vowel sounds. We will then apply our early language knowledge to explore the story of Little Red Riding Hood ‘Petit Chaperone Rouge’
IPC
Science- Turn it up- Light
We will identify and sort different sources of light. We will explore how we need light in order to see things. We will investigate how shadows are formed and investigate patterns when exploring the size of shadows.
ICT
This term we will be following the ‘Raspberry Pi’ programme. We will be exploring methods of animation and create our own stop-motion animations.
Hawks (Year 4)
Autumn Term 2022
Maths
Number and Place Value:
· Recognising the place value of each digit in a four- digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones)
· Ordering and comparing numbers beyond 1000
· Identifying, represent and estimate numbers using different representations.
Fractions:
· Finding the effect of dividing one or two- digit numbers by 10 and 100 and identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths.
· Counting up and down in hundredths, recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by 100 and dividing tenths by 10.
· Add and subtracting fractions.
· Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions.
Measure:
· Measure and calculate the perimeter of rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres.
Calculations: involving the 4 operations. + - x 
· Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written method of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate.
· Multiplying and dividing two and three digit numbers by a one- digit number using formal written layout in mental calculations
· Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity
English
Narrative- Key Texts:
The Midnight Fox
This is where we read the text and cover a variety of genres such as:
· story settings
· character descriptions
· as well as imitating and innovating our own stories.
Pathways to Writing- Fiction
Gorilla
· Plan writing by discussing the structure, vocab and grammar of similar writing
· Discuss and record ideas
· Compose and rehearse sentences orally
· Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
· Build an increasing range of sentence structures In narratives, create settings, characters and plot Assess the effectiveness of own and others’ writing
· To write a narrative based on the story of ‘Gorilla’
Pathways to write- Recount
Leon and the Place between
· Plan writing by discussing the structure, vocab and grammar of similar writing
· Discuss and record ideas
· In narratives, create settings, characters and plot
· Assess the effectiveness of own and others’ writing
· Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
· To write Leon’s secret diary about what really happened in ‘the place between’, including conversation between Leon and the boy
IPC
The topics covered this term will be:
Bright Sparks – Science unit
Exploring electricity and understanding how it is an energy that flows along wires in our homes, schools, offices, towns and cities to power lights, televisions, computers, cars and trains, and hundreds of other things that we use every day.
All Aboard – history unit
Researching the invention of the railway system and how it transformed the world, helping to usher us in to the modern age that we live in.
Class trip to Llangollen railway.
ICT- Teach Computing- Audio Editing
In this unit, learners will initially examine devices capable of recording digital audio, which will include identifying the input device (microphone) and output devices (speaker or headphones) if available. Learners will discuss the ownership of digital audio and the copyright implications of duplicating the work of others. In order to record audio themselves, learners will use Audacity to produce a podcast, which will include editing their work, adding multiple tracks, and opening and saving the audio files. Finally, learners will evaluate their work and give feedback to their peers.
French- Language Angels- Chez Moi- (My home)
Pupils will learn the first person singular conjugation of the verb “habiter” (‘to live’) by learning and using the phrase “J’habite” (‘I live’). They will learn to say that they live in a house or an apartment and are also provide with five possible locations for their home - in the countryside; in the mountains; by the sea; in a town or in a village.
Music-Charanga - Glockenspiel Skills 2 Mixed Styles
This is a six-week Unit of Work that introduces the children to learning about the language of music through playing the glockenspiel.
The learning is focused around exploring and developing playing skills through the glockenspiel or if you have previous knowledge, the recorder.
DT- build a house
Children will design and build a house using a cereal box and include 2 simple circuits so that the lights can turn on and off and the door bell will buzz when pressed. This links to the science topic. Bright Sparks.
Kestrels (Year 5)
In Kestrels’, we are exploring China as part of our International Primary Curriculum (IPC) topic: Here and Now, Then and There and comparing it to England. This term we will also explore the topic Fascinating Forces and a unit about the Human Body.
In Maths, we are focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and applying these in real life examples. We are also beginning to explore the links between decimals, factions and percentages as well as applying these to real life examples.
In English, we are writing to persuade people to visit a place we would like to visit ourselves, writing stories with different themes and writing reports on our different topics in IPC.
For PE we are preparing for a Netball tournament at the end of half term with Golden Eagles and after half term, we will be practising the skills striking and fielding to play games such as rounders.
In RE, we are exploring the different ways of worship for the different religions. As a wellbeing activity, we have been growing sunflowers in pots. With these, our plastic recycling artwork and turning off electricity in class, we are hoping to achieve a green Blue Peter badge.
Golden Eagles (Year )
Autumn 22
Science
IPC – “Full Power” Electricity
Associate brightness of lamp / volume of buzzer with no. & voltage of cells in a circuit
Compare & give reasons for variations in how components function
Circuit diagrams
History
IPC – The story of English
Breadth study
A study of an aspect or theme in British History that extends pupils chron. Knowledge beyond 1066 – development of English Language
Incl – Anglo-Saxon settlements & culture.
History
IPC – The story of English
Breadth study
A study of an aspect or theme in British History that extends pupils chron. Knowledge beyond 1066 – development of English Language
Incl – Anglo-Saxon settlements & culture.
Science
IPC – “Existing, End-angered, Extinct”
Living things.
How living things are classified into broad groups
Give reasons for classifying plants and animals
Geography
UK – Patterns of settlement (field work)
Name & locate counties & Cities of UK, geographical regions & their identifying human & physical characteristics etc.
Use maps, atlases, globes & digital / computer mapping
Describe & understand key aspects of Geography