Overview of our Curriculum
Our Early Years Curriculum Overview (Reception class)
Loxley Primary School Topic Grid – Reception
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Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
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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. |
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 colour monsters. |
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 = |
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 movements 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 and habitats 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 a bird
feeder |
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 |
Visit to a
garden centre |
Butterfly
House |
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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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HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY |
Whatever the weather Castles |
Castles Out of this world (Moon Landings) |
Best of British New York, New York (comparison with Loxley) |
Continents & Oceans Fire! |
Fighting Fit (Florence Nightingale) Global Gardens |
Super Scotland |
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SCIENCE |
Materials Autumn and Winter INTEGRATED |
Winter and spring INTEGRATED Animals including humans |
Spring and Summer INTEGRATED Plants |
Materials: Good Choices Materials: Shaping Up |
Habitats Our Changing World |
Take Care Growing Up |
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ART and DESIGN |
Painting |
Drawing |
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Coil Pot Making |
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Portraits |
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Paper Sculpture |
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Landscapes |
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DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY |
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Scones |
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Puppets |
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Moving pictures |
Castles |
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Wheeled carts |
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Food Technology – Bread making |
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COMPUTING |
Using school technology independently Pictograms |
Simple Beebot Programs Algorithms |
Simple Beebot Programs Sounds and pictures |
Using a Beebot: routes Powerpoints |
Branching Databases Writing for a purpose |
How do I improve my algorithms? Animation |
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PE – GAMES |
Throwing and catching Kicking and dribbling |
Bat and ball Striking & Fielding |
Athletics Outdoor & Adventurous |
Ball Skills Unit 1: Throwing and catching |
Ball Skills Unit 2: Making games |
Ball Skills Unit 3: dribbling, kicking and hitting Ball Skills Unit 4: Group Games |
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PE – DANCE/GYM |
Weather dances Balance, shape and body rolls |
Balance, shape and body rolls cont. Dance |
Country Dancing Gym |
Gym Basic shapes Dance :
Countries of the globe Gym Unit I: Pathways Dance Fire |
Gym: Spinning and turning/twisting Outdoor Adventurous Activities |
Athletics/sports day Dance 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 |
Traditional music from around the world Fire & water Nativity |
Carnival of the animals Peter & the Wolf |
Recorders |
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Curriculum Specific Educational
Visits (Ideas) |
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Castle Visit |
Visit to Wadsley Church |
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park |
Florence Nightingale Robin Wood |
Our Key Stage Two Topic Grids (Years 3 - 6)
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YEAR
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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 Mapwork |
Journeys – modern migration |
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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 |
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SCIENCE |
Properties and changes to materials |
Earth and space The Circulatory System |
The circulatory system Habitats & Living Things SRE |
Light Variation |
Classification Forces |
Health SRE Electricity |
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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 Greek Sculpture Perspective |
Digital Art |
Watercolours |
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Design & Technology |
Seasonal Cookery |
Carousels –Gears, Pulleys Mechanisms |
Carousels –Gears, Pulleys Mechanisms |
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Bridges |
Textiles: pencil cases |
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Computing |
Conditional Repeats Working with Audio |
Search engines and the Web Networks Graphical modelling |
Graphical modelling Decisions and inputs |
Scratch Robotics |
Digital Art |
Spreadsheets Film Making |
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PE |
Hockey Net and ball games |
Dance Gymnastics |
Rounders/ Cricket/Baseball Outdoor adventurous activities |
Basketball/ Netball Dodgeball |
Dance Gymnastics |
Athletics Rounders Cricket |
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RE |
What does it mean to be a Christian? Christianity |
How do peoples’ beliefs have an impact on their
lives: Islam & Hinduism |
Sacred places and their worship Christianity, Islam, Hinduism & 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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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 All about ourselves |
That’s tasty Family and friends |
School – lessons – objects. Travelling |
Let’s Visit A French Town! Going Shopping |
This is France All in a day |
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Curriculum Specific Educational Visits |
Ewden
Water Treatment Centre Loxley Cemetery Community Project Willersley
Castle Residential |
National Space Centre |
Loxley Cemetery community project |
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Crucial Crew |
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Llandudno Residential |
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