Our Lady of Grace Whole School Curriculum Long Term Overview
Year 1 & 2 Year A |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Creation
Families and Celebrations |
Prayer
Advent |
Christmas
Jesus Teacher and Healer |
Forgiveness
Lent and Holy Week |
Easter Pentecost
Sharing Jesus’ life |
Following Jesus today |
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Book |
Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella Jack and the Beanstalk
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Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Book? The true story of the three little pigs The Flower |
Lost and Found The Snail and the Whale |
How to wash a woolly mammoth Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Monkey Puzzle The Tiger who came to tea |
Vlad and Florence Nightingale
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English genres |
Traditional Tales |
Traditional tales with a twist |
Fiction/recounts Non-fiction- Read, retrieve, write |
Understand, read, follow and write instructions |
Description/ recounts Poetry |
Information texts Letters |
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History |
Geography |
Seasons (geography): How does the weather affect our lives? |
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Local Area Study (Yr 1 & 2)
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Local area in the past (Yr2) |
Polar regions (Yr1) |
Significant person from the past (local) – Josiah Wedgewood (Yr1) |
Food from around the world |
Significant person from the past (global)
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Art |
D & T |
Colours |
Pottery
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Design a model and make it stronger |
Famous portraits |
Create a dish from around the world
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Design, make and evaluate functionality of necessary products
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Science |
Animals including humans (humans) (Yr1) |
Animals including Humans (animals) (Yr1)
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Materials (Yr1) |
Uses of everyday Materials (Yr2) |
Animals including humans (humans) (Yr2) |
Animals including Humans (animals) (Yr2)
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
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PE |
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Year 1 & 2 Year B |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Old Testament Stories
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Sharing in the Life of Jesus Advent |
Christmas Miracles and Parables |
Special Celebrations Lent and Holy Week |
Easter Pentecost
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Our Church The Mass |
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Book |
Stick Man Jack and the Beanstalk Goldilocks and the three bears Gingerbread Man |
Elmer Night Monkey, Day Monkey |
Meerkat Mail The Enormous Crocodile |
Fantastic Mr Fox Gorilla
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Tom and Lucy and the Seaside Tiddler Commotion in the ocean |
Vlad and the Great Fire of London The Owl who was afraid of the dark |
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English genres |
Traditional Tales |
Recounts Using description |
Narrative Descriptive poetry |
Non Chronological Reports |
Instructions Poetry- rhyme |
Non Fiction
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History |
Geography |
Climate |
Toys from the past
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Non-European Comparison study
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Great explorers |
Seaside in the present |
The Great Fire of London
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Art |
D & T |
Environmental art Andy Goldsworthy |
Design and make a product that moves
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Patterns, printing, IT package |
Design, make and evaluate functionality of necessary products
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Design and make a picnic |
Portraits/ landscape |
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Science |
Living things and their habitats (Yr2) |
Plants (Yr1) |
Plants (Yr1)
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Plants (Year 2) |
Seasons (on-going observation over time) |
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
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PE |
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Year 1 & 2 |
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Music Year 1 |
Exploring sounds around us and using our voices developing into 3 pitch songs (Harvest Songs) |
Exploring timbres of instruments. Keeping the beat. Singing longer songs; rhymes and alliteration (Christmas Production) |
Taking turns and sequencing sounds when playing instruments. Adding sound effects to a picture. |
Explore pitch and tempo changes to express the meaning of a known nursery rhyme. |
Introduction to basic rhythm and relative pitch notation. |
Performance practice: posture, memory, vocal control (Summer Concert) |
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Music Year 2 |
Singing together, following a conductor, 5-8 pitch songs, rhythm recap. |
Changing dynamics and tempo for effect. Finding the difference between the beat and the rhythm. |
Instrumental timbre groups Basic song structure; verse and chorus |
Exploring musical contrasts and ternary form. |
Musical story telling; beginning, middle and end. Creating expressive contrasts. |
Accurate pitch in songs (Summer Concert) |
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Year 1 & 2 |
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Computing Year 1 |
Word Processing Skills Computer Skills |
Painting
Programming Toys |
Online Safety
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Scratch Junior Programming
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Using and Applying
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Recap ‘Sticky Knowledge & skills’ ALL units |
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Computing Year 2 |
Presentation skills |
Computer Art |
Online Safety |
Using the internet |
Preparing for turtle logo |
Programming Turtle Logo and Scratch |
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Year 3 & 4 Year A |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Belonging We Listen to God’s word at Mass
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Prayer Advent
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Christmas Reconciliation
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Lent Holy Week
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Easter Pentecost
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The Eucharist is a thanksgiving to God
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Book |
Hansel and Gretel Anthony Browne |
The Iron Man Ted Hughes |
The Abominables Eva Ibbotson |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis
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The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce |
Cat Tales Linda Newbery |
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English genres |
Narrative – Traditional Tales Diary Instruction writing
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Report writing Letters – Formal Poetry |
Biographies Non-chronological reports |
Narrative - Stories set in imaginary worlds
Play-scripts
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Non-chronological reports
Poetry |
Recounts
Explanation text |
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History |
Geography |
Stone age – iron age |
Volcanoes and Earthquakes |
Ancient Ancients - Egypt |
Rivers – The River Nile |
Ancient Greece |
Mediterranean country study |
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Art |
D & T |
Stone age wall art
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Design, technology and evaluate (electrical) |
Digital art – Digital images Photographs |
Design/ product that floats |
Pottery (Greek) |
Food from farm to fork (harvesting, combing, creating, comparing) |
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Science |
Animals including humans (Yr 3) |
Rocks (Yr 3) |
Animals including humans (Yr 4) |
Living things and their habitats (Yr 4)
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Plants (Yr 3) |
Plants (Yr 4)
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
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PE |
Dance |
Multi-skills |
Swimming |
Gymnastics |
Netball |
Athletics |
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French |
Je Parle Francais |
Je me Presente |
En Famille |
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Year 3 & 4 Year B |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Creation and the Story of Abraham to Joseph Jesus Teaches Us How to Pray |
Advent |
Christmas Jesus: Light of the World and Beloved Son |
Old Testament: Moses - King David Lent: Living as Followers of Jesus Holy Week |
Easter Pentecost |
Sharing in the Life of Christ: The Church as a Community Special Roles and Responsibilities |
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Book |
Journey to Jo’burg (Beverley Naidoo) |
Voices in the Park (Anthony Browne) |
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White) |
The Firework Maker’s Daughter- (Philip Pullman)
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Why the Whales Came (Michael Morpurgo) |
The Snow Walker’s Son (Catherine Fisher) |
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English genres |
Narrative: setting description based on Johannesburg. Narrative: diary entry Non-fiction- non chronological report. |
Narrative- Autobiographies, Letters Non-fiction: Formal letter from the point of view of an integral character petitioning for a job. |
Narrative- stories: based on the themes of CW. Non-fiction non-chronological reports Poetry |
Non-fiction: Persuasive Writing Poetry: create vivid images using language techniques such as metaphors and similes |
Narrative-Setting Description inspired by the island of Bryher. Non-fiction- debates/arguments inspired by the environment al impact on Whale’s habitats. Poetry. |
Non-fiction- play scripts based off the narrative. Poetry: Construct an image poem based off a setting from the narrative. |
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History |
Geography |
Stone age – iron age |
The UK
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Romans |
Maps Where in the world |
Shang Dynasty |
Mountains |
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Art |
D & T |
Design, make and evaluate (mechanical) |
UK Artist |
Mosaic |
Creative cooking |
Ceramist study (artist & clay) |
Design, make and evaluate |
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Science |
Electricity (Yr 4) |
Sound (Yr4 ) |
Forces (Yr 3) |
States of matter (Yr 4) |
Light (Yr 3) |
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
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PE |
Gymnastics/Dance |
Tennis/Hockey |
Swimming |
Parkour/Tag Rugby |
Street Dance/Cricket |
Orienteering/Golf |
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French |
Les Animaux |
Mon Anniversaire |
Le Monde |
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Year 3 & 4 |
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Music Year 3 |
Music reflecting nature Vivaldi – Four Seasons Saint Säens – Carnival of the Animals Families of orchestral instruments |
Semiquaver rhythms. Music in 2- or 3-time. |
Notes of the treble stave. Boomwackers. |
Historical Comparison: Orchestral Music by Vivaldi and John Williams |
Listening skills development through singing games. (Summer Concert) |
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Music Year 4 |
Recorders- Notes B, A & G |
Recorders- Lower notes E, D |
Recorders- Upper notes C, D |
Recorders- Improving fluency and expression; Festival pieces |
Comparison of harmonic sound and structure: Mozart and Stravinsky |
What features make music suitable for dancing? (Summer Concert) |
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Year 3 & 4 |
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Computing Year 3 |
Word processing |
Internet Research and communication |
Online Safety Using and Applying |
Programming Turtle Logo and Scratch |
Drawing and DTP |
Presentation skills |
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Computing Year 4 |
Online Safety |
Word Processing |
Scratch: Questions and Quizzes
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Programming Turtle Logo
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Animation
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Using and Applying |
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Year 5 & 6 Year A |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Unit A: Creation Unit B: Miracles & The Sacrament of the Sick |
Unit L: Marriage
Unit F: Parables & The Sayings of Jesus Unit C: Advent |
Unit D: Christmas Unit E: Baptism |
Unit G: Lent
Unit H: Holy Week
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Unit I: Easter
Unit J: Pentecost
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Unit K: The Work of the Apostles
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Book |
Running on the Rooftop of the World |
Varjak Paw |
Oranges in No Man’s Land |
Trash |
The Girl of Ink & Stars |
Journey To The River Sea |
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English genres |
Narrative: Suspense & Atmosphere
Narrative: tales with a historical setting.
Poetry- poems that convey an image.
Narrative: Stories from other cultures |
Non-fiction: formal letter
Non-fiction: non- chronological report.
Narrative: use imaginative description- Interweave descriptions of characters, settings and atmosphere with dialogue. |
Narrative: Issues/ dilemma.
Non -fiction: newspaper article.
Poetry: Create vivid images by using alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification. |
Narrative: Adventure story.
Narrative: Stories from other cultures.
Non- fiction: biography [Greta Thunnberg] |
Narrative: Legends
Non-Fiction: Explanation Text |
Non- fiction: Persuasive piece.
Narrative: adventure.
Poetry: look at Rudyard Kipling poems. |
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History |
Geography |
Mayans
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Mexico (north/south America) |
Anglo Saxons
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Climate change and sustainability
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Vikings
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Fair trade |
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Art |
D & T |
Design a product – Pulleys or gears
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Observational Art |
E resources to create art
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Make product with electrical component – alternative energy.
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Norse Mythology Artist study
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Come dine with me (fair trade episode) – create within a budget. |
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Science |
Animals including humans (Yr 5) |
Forces (Yr 5) |
Materials (Yr 5)
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Earth and Space (Yr 5) |
Animals including humans (Yr 6) |
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Being me in my World |
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PE |
Swimming |
Multi-skills |
Dance |
Gymnastics |
Netball |
Swimming |
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French |
Les Animaux |
Mon Anniversaire |
Le Monde |
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Year 5 & 6 Year B |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Unit A: The Story of the People of God
Unit B: Followers of Christ |
Unit K: Belonging to the Church community
Unit G: Prayers in the lives of the followers of Christ
Unit C: Advent |
Unit D: Christmas
Unit E: Baptism and Confirmation |
Unit F: Lent
Unit H: Holy Week
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Unit I: Easter
Unit J: Pentecost
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Unit L: Celebrating the life of St Mary’s and the saints
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Book |
Street Child |
River Boy |
Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone |
Skellig |
The Nowhere Emporium |
FaRther The Arrival |
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English genres |
Narrative: tales with a historical setting.
Poetry- poems that convey an image.
Narrative: Stories from other cultures |
Non-fiction: formal letter [Deforestation]
Non-fiction: non- chronological report.
Narrative: use imaginative description- Interweave descriptions of characters, settings and atmosphere with dialogue. |
Narrative: Issues/ dilemma.
Non -fiction: newspaper article.
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Narrative: Adventure story.
Narrative: Suspense & Atmosphere
Narrative: Stories from other cultures.
Non- fiction: biography
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Narrative: Legends
Non-Fiction: Explanation Poetry: Create vivid images by using Text, alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification. |
Non- fiction: Persuasive piece.
Narrative: adventure. Inferettial and Atmospheric Writing |
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History |
Geography |
The British Empire |
Jungles and Deserts |
World war II |
European Study Mega Cities
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Local History Study
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OS maps/Google Earth
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Art |
D & T |
Mood, feeling & emotions in Art |
Design a product using scientific knowledge to design |
Design & make replica product -Anderson shelter |
European City Artist Study
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Source, track, combine ingredients (lobby) |
Getting from A to B |
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Science |
Living Things and their Habitats (Yr 5)
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Electricity (Yr 6) |
Living Things and their Habitats (Yr 6)
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Light (Yr 6)
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Evolution (Yr 6) |
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PHSE |
Being me in my World |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals |
Healthy Me |
Relationships |
Changing Me |
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PE |
Swimming |
Multi-skills |
Dance |
Gymnastics |
Netball |
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French |
Mon Ecole et Moi |
Qu’est-ce Que Tu Veux |
Les Sports |
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Year 5 & 6 |
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Music Year 5 |
Texture in Music- Melody and accompaniment Ukuleles- chords |
Ukuleles- Melodies using tablature |
Ukuleles – Minor chords |
Dramatic Music 19th Century programmatic music |
Song accompaniments and story telling Mozart, Schubert and Gershwin |
Score reading: Graphic scores |
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Music Year 6 |
Swing Music (1930s-40s): 3-part singing, instrumentation, swung rhythms, scatting. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald |
Early Rock ‘n’ Roll (1950s-60s): Blues structure, Ukulele 3 chord songs, lyric structure, Bass clef, compose a melodic introduction. Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bobby Darin, The Beatles (early songs).
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Contemporary commercial music “Happy” by Pharrell Williams (2013), “Fireflies” by Owl City (2009) |
My music legacy at OLOG; End of year event preparation (Summer Concert) |
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Year 5 & 6 |
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Computing Year 5 |
Online Safety |
Scratch: Developing Games |
Controlling Devices: Flowol |
Radio Station |
3D Modellling: Sketch Up |
Online Safety |
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Computing Year 6 |
Unit 1: Scratch: Animated Stories |
Unit 2: Spreadsheets |
Unit 4: Online Safety |
Unit 3: Kodu Programming |
Unit 5: Film Making |
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