Curriculum Map (Reception – Year 6)

Big idea: Welcome to School; settling in

Big Idea: Celebrations, Our local community 

Big Idea: Seasons, nature, woodland creatures

Big idea: Transport, journeys, maps, adventures

Big Idea: Life cycles, growing, the natural world

Big Idea: super heroes, people who help us

Making friends

Who am I? Making friends and recognising similarities and differences.

The Nativity (Oral story)

Diwali, Christmas, family celebrations, Role play and oral storytelling. 

Celebrating similarities and differences between different members of our community.

Goldilocks and the 3 bears

Seasonal changes,

Freezing and melting, Winter, different types of weather and local environments.

We all go travelling by

Parts of the world, comparing different countries, looking at maps, describing different modes of transport, making models

The Ugly Duckling

Lifecycles and plants, growing fruit and vegetables

How do animals, including humans, change as they grow.

Comic books

Superheroes

People who help us and keep us safe – the roles of people in our community. Celebrating and thanking those around us.

Initial sounds

Begin Phonics

Rhyming words

Beginning to form letters correctly

Introduction of Drawing Club – giving meaning to words and writing for fun

Reading and Writing common exception words (red words)

Writing simple sentences – captions

Reading words using phonics skills – beginning to read simple sentences.

Pattern and early numbers. 

Adding and subtracting within 6. 

Measures.

Shape and sorting. 

Calendar and time. 

Addition and subtraction within 10. 

Grouping and sharing.

Doubling and halving.

Shape and pattern. 

Number patterns within 20. 

Number patterns beyond 20. 

Measures. 

Exploration of patterns within number. 

Dance. 

Multi Skills.

The areas of learning are: Personal, social and emotional development; physical development; communication and language; literacy; maths; understanding the world; expressive arts and design. In music, the children are learning to listen to and copy simple songs, and to move in time with the music. They perform in a festival of light concert in the Autumn Term. 

We teach specific lessons for project, maths, shared reading, phonics and RE.

Project Focus: Our Local Area

Project Focus: Comparing our city now/then

English: The Great Fire of London, 

Emma Adams (Picture with words). Vlad and the Great Fire of London, Kate Cunningham (Picture with words), Highway Rat by Julia Donaldosn; Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

Guided Reading: Fiction/Non-fiction

Project Focus: Safety/Computing

English: Handa’s Surprise, Eileen Browne ; Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty, Rosie Reverse Engineer by Andrea Beaty

Guided Reading: Fiction/Non-fiction

Project Focus: Plants

English: Greta and the giants, Zoë Tucker (Picture with words), Insect Detective, Steve Voake, Butterfly Park, Elly MacKay (Picture with words)

Shared Reading Fiction/Non-Fiction: PM Purple 

Fiction. 

Non-fiction 

Poem.

English/ Shared Reading:: A range of Julia Donaldson books e.g. Room on the Broom, Zog, Stick Man and Superworm 

(Picture with words)

Guided Reading: Fiction/Non-fiction

Guided Reading: Fiction/Non-fiction

Addition and subtraction within 10. 

Shape and patterns. 

Addition and subtraction within 20. 

Exploring calculation strategies within 20. 

Numbers to 50. 

Fractions. 

Measures (1): Length and mass.

Addition and subtraction (applying strategies).

Money. 

Measures (2): Capacity and volume. 

(humans)

(animals)

Text:  Value Story

Texts: 

The High Street (Alice Melvin)

A Walk in London (Salvatore Rubbino)

Texts: The Great Fire of London (Emma Adams)

Text: Pumpkin Soup

Helen Cooper

(Picture with words)

Book: Toys in Space, Lost in the toy museum  

Text: The Gruffalo (Julia Donaldson)

Computing: Scratch Space Race

Text: Look Up

1.2 BHM: Lubiana Himid

1.3 Natural landscape: Seasonal trees

1.5 Artist Study: Kandinsky

1.7 Identity portraits

Making music together

Performing in the Festival of Light concert

Putting actions with music

Developing pitch in singing

End Games. 

Gymnastics. 

Project Focus: Coasts. UK compared to non-European

Project Focus: People who changed the world

Project Focus: Animals around the world

Project Focus: Recycling/computing

Shared Reading (Fiction/Non-Fiction) and Poetry: The Owl Who is Afraid of the Dark, 

Jill Tomlinson. 

Shared Reading (Poetry): The Early Owl, Oliver Hereford

Shared Reading: (Picture book) Look up, Nathan Bryon

Shared Reading (Picture book): Yours sincerely, Giraffe, Megumi Iwasa

Shared Reading (Poetry): My Shadow, Robert Louis Stevenson

 Shared Reading (Fiction/Non-Fiction) and Poetry: Esio Trot, Roald Dahl. KidsKonnect – Tortoises.

Shared Reading (Picture book): Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, Roald Dahl 

Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers. 

Addition and subtraction word problems. 

Graphs. 

Multiplication and division: 2, 5 and 10. 

Fractions. 

Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (regrouping and adjusting).

Faces, shapes and patterns; lines and turns. 

Measures: Capacity and volume. 

Measures: Mass. 

Exploring multiplicative thinking: 2,3,4,5 and 10. 

Multiplication and division: 3 and 4.

Text:  Value Story

Texts: The Storm Whale 

(Benji Davis)

The Whales’ Song 

(Dyan Shledon)

Text: I was a Rat

(Phillip Pullman) – 8 weeks

Text: Where the Wild Things are

Books: Little people, big dreams

Book: Giraffes Can’t Dance

Cooking – Picnic (3 weeks)

Book: What’s in my lunchbox

2.2 BHM: Faith Ringgold

2.3 Under the sea. 

2.4 Victorian toys

2.6 Identity portraits. 

Adding actions to music

Performing in the Festival of Light concert

Games to find the beat

Playing percussion instruments

Introduction to the Ukulele and the recorder

End Games. 

Gymnastics. 

Project focus: Comparison to non-European country.

Project Focus: Stone-age.

Project Focus: Magnets/Forces.

Project Focus: Computing

South Africa, Beverly Naidoo (Novel)

Shared Reading (Fiction): Iron Man, Ted Hughes.

Shared Reading (Poetry): Iron Man, Brenda Williams

Shared Reading (PB): The Tin Forest,Helen Ward

South Africa, Beverly Naidoo (Novel)

Shared Reading (Fiction): Ice Palace, Robert Swindells.

Shared Reading (Poetry): Lady Winter’s Rap, Grace Nichols.

Shared Reading (Fiction): How to Train your Dragon, 

Cressida Cowell

Shared Reading (PB): The Dragon Machine, Helen ward.

Shared Reading (Fiction): Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White.

Shared Reading (Poetry): A Prayer to Talk to Animals, 

Nickole Browne.

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): National Geographic Website, National Geographic – pigs.

Shared Reading (PB): The Zoo, Anthony Browne.

Shared Reading (Poetry): Good and Evil, Mark Spencer

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Levers and pulleys, Alex Brinded.

Shared Reading (Fiction): Edward Tulane, Kate DiCamillo.

Place value. 

Graphs.

Length and perimeter. 

Deriving multiplication and division facts. 

Fractions. 

Measures. 

Exploring calculation strategies and place values. 

Text:  Value Story

Text: 

Journey to Jo’berg 

(Beverly Naidoo)

Text: 

The First Drawing 

(Mordicai Gerstein)

Book: Story Orchestra Swan Lake

Book: Secrets of a Sun King

Computing: Scratch – Maze (3 weeks)

Book: Series of Unfortunate Events

3.2 BHM: Temi Coker

3.3 Festive cards

3.4 Brief: Pottery/Mosaic

3.6 Identity portraits. 

Learning about percussion instruments

Performing in the Festival of Light

Ukulele strumming and picking and first chords

Introduction to the recorder and playing a melody

End Games. 

Gymnastics. 

Project Focus: Computing

Project Focus: Comparison South American and UK

Project Focus: Anglo-Saxons/Vikings

Project Focus: Electricity/Light/Sound

Project Focus: Spark Speeches

Shared Reading (Fiction): The Boy at the Back of the Class, Onjali Q. Raúf (Novel)

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Who are Refugees and Migrants? Michael Rosen

Shared Reading (Picture book): 

The Day War Came, Nicola Davis 

Shared Reading (Poetry): The Amazon River Dolphin, Linda Rodriguez.

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Amazon, DK.

Shared Reading (Poetry): What me Mudda Do, Grace Nicholls.

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction/Fiction)/Shared Reading (PB): Viking Invader,

Fergus Fleming.

Shared Reading (Fiction): Kensuke’s Kingdom, Michael Morpurgo.

Shared Reading (Poetry): The Sea’s Hands, George Szirtes.

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Animalium, Jenny Bloom.

Helen Ward (Picture Book)

Shared Reading (Fiction): Robot Girl, Malorie Blackman.

Shared Reading (Poetry):  My Robot’s Misbehaving, Kenn Nesbitt

Shared Reading (Picture book): The Art of Robots, Amid Amidi.

Addition and subtraction. 

Interpreting and presenting discrete and continuous data. 

Fractions. 

Time. 

Area and perimeter. 

2D Shape and symmetry.

Reasoning with patterns and sequences. 

3D Shape. 

Text:  Value Story

Text: Journey to the River Sea 

(Eva Ibbotson)

Text: Beowolf

Text: Beowolf

Text: Gods, Emperors and Door Mice, Escape from Pompeii.

Text: The Firework Maker’s Daughter

4.2 BHM: Basquiat

4.3 Rivers

4.4 Myths and Legends

4.6 Identity portraits

Developing Ukulele skills

Performing in the Festival of Light

Creating and rehearsing a performance of a well-known musical

Producing and performing a well-known musical

End Games. 

Gymnastics. 

The Explorer, 

Katherine Rundell (Novel)

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Our Planet, Matt Whyman and Sir David Attenborough

Shared Reading (Picture book): Window, Jeannie Baker

Shared Reading (Poetry): The Benin Bronze, George the Poet 

Shared Reading (Poetry): The Robots are Coming, Kyle Dargan

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): How to build Robots, Louise Derrington

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): Counting on Katherine, Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk

Chris Callaghan (Novel)

Shared Reading (Poetry): Chocolate Cake, Michael Rosen

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction):Cadbury family fact sheet, Cadbury world 

Problem solving with integer addition and subtraction. 

Line graphs and timetables. 

Perimeter and area. 

Angles. 

Transformations. 

Calculating with whole numbers and decimals. 

Volume. 

Problem solving. 

Text:  Value Story

Chocolate in savoury and sweet recipes

Book: The Great Chocoplot

Computing: Scratch – Quiz (3 weeks)

Text: TrooFriend (Robot)

What skills do we need to form an effective ensemble?

Core Practices: Ensemble, Creativity, Community

End Product: Ensemble performance at the Festival of Light 

Forming our big band/wind band/string ensemble- How do we start learning our instruments and start making an authentic sound? 

Core Practices: Mastery, Ensemble

End Product: Year group performance at end of term assembly/exhibition

How do we prepare for our first concert as instrumental musicians? 

Core Practices: Mastery, Ensemble, Flow, Community  

End Product: Band Project Gala Concert- a selection of whole phase, class and small group performances

Dance. 

FIT21.

-Introducing and describing yourself in Spanish. Saying your age,saying when is your birthday ( Months of the year). 

Exit Quizzes

-Learning about the day of the death in Mexico.Using the movie to learn about new words such as: food,colours,pets & clothes. Using the movie to revise key language such as descriptions of people.

Exit Quizzes

-Saying your nationality.Saying which country you live in and which language you speak. Saying which country you DON’T live in, which language you DON’T speak.

Exit Quizzes

-Saying the names of 6 pets. Saying it is or isn’t a certain pet; Describing pets & colours.Joining descriptions with a conjunction. Creating strange animals and describing them.

Exit Quizzes

-Naming items of clothing. Describing clothes using colours.

Describing clothes with colours, sizes and styles. Saying clothes that you have using a conjunction.Saying clothes that you DON’T have using a conjunction.

Exit Quizzes

-Describing someone else’s sizes and colour.Naming parts of the head and face.Describing a monster’s head and face and joining descriptions with conjunctions.Making monsters descriptions better using intensifiers.

Exit Quizzes

Welcome to Nowhere, 

Elizabeth Laird (Novel)

Shared Reading (Poetry/Picture book):

Shared Reading The Day the War Came, Nicola Davis

Shared Reading (Poetry): We refugees, Benjamin Zephaniah

Shared Reading (Picture book) The Arrival, Shaun Tan 

Shared Reading (Poetry): Dulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen

Shared Reading (Picture book): Erika’s Story, Ruth Zee 

Shared Reading (Poetry): Poems from The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien 

Shaking up Shakespeare 

Shared Reading (Poetry): Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll

Shared Reading (Non-Fiction): The Monsterology Handbook, Ernst Drake

Multiplication and division 

Fractions 

Missing angles and lengths 

Fractions 

Percentage and statistics 

Problem solving 

(review of previous units covered)

Text:  Value Story

History: Ancient Greece (3 weeks)

Transition Project: Shakespeare

celebrations?

Core Practices: Ensemble, Mastery, Community

End Product: Festival of Light concert 

Core Practices: Ensemble, Mastery, Flow

End Product: Tea Party Recital for Y6 students and families

Core Practices: Ensemble, Mastery, Flow, Community

End Product: Band Project Gala Concert 

Dance. 

FIT21.

-Saying some food words and saying you want to have some of these foods. Saying someone else or you is hungry, hot or cold.Giving opinions about singular foods and joining opinions with conjunctions.

EXIT QUIZZES

-Saying different sports. Saying which sports you play and do, which sports you don’t play and do , and joining sentences using conjunctions.Giving opinions in different sports and joining opinions using conjunction.Saying what sports you do in different weathers. Saying what kind of clothes you wear to do different sports.

EXIT QUIZZES

-Drama sessions in Spanish. Students create scripts where they introduce themselves, they describe people, they are in a restaurant, they give opinions about food , family , clothes, and animals.

SHOW PERFORMANCE

-Saying some places there are in town. Saying what there is and it’s not in the town.Saying where in town you are going to and what transport you are taking there.Giving opinions on the town and explaining these opinions. Describing places in town. 

EXIT QUIZZES

-Students create a book/photo album of their area.  They take pictures and then describe their borough, things that there are in the borough and there aren’t.

-Students say things/places that there are not in their area. 

-Students write their opinions on their area and say what they would like for their area to have.

Students simulate a restaurant in a classroom or perhaps in the canteen? 

Students take the roles of waiters, chef and customers.

Students perform ordering food and giving opinions on their food.  Students to create a menu of Spanish/Latin food for their restaurant setting.

This will be filmed and shown to other year groups.

Electrical Engineer 

Students explore and create electrical circuits, then apply this knowledge to the design of toys which feature movement, sound and light powered by their circuit.

Anthropologist

Students create miniature societies, designing all aspects of life before learning about the impacts of colonisation through history

Storyteller

Students create original stories inspired by the Greek Myth style, and sculpt original monsters to star in these. They learn their stories and perform live.

Textile Designer

Students ‘travel’ the world to learn about the importance of different patterns. They collect these and use them to inspire their own original design 

Coder

Students investigate the stories that are told through games, then create their own original computer games using block coding, bringing these together in an arcade.

Orator

Ignite Speeches: Excellence

Students prepare and deliver their original speeches, reflecting back on how they have developed and demonstrated excellence in their learning