Communication & Interaction Resource Base: Curriculum Overview
POPLAR 4 Year Thematic Rolling Program
CYCLE 1 | |
Autumn 1 | Who Am I Ourselves and Outdoors |
Autumn 2 | Houses and Homes Buildings and Construction |
Spring | Traditional Tales Seasons and Weather |
Summer | Pets and Animals The Great Outdoors |
CYCLE 2 | |
Autumn 1 | This is me Our Community |
Autumn 2 | What a wonderful world |
Spring | Watch me grow Myths and Legends |
Summer | Awesome animals Our super senses |
CYCLE 3 | |
Autumn 1 | Here I am |
Autumn 2 | Healthy Lifestyles Food and Farming |
Spring | Toys and Technology |
Summer | Tremendous Transport |
CYCLE 4 | |
Autumn 1 | Better together Fun and Games |
Autumn 2 | Space Family and Celebrations |
Spring | Our Earth Growing |
Summer | Transport, Travel and Holidays |
Wider Curriculum Planning Map
POPLAR | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring | Summer |
English | A strange place to call home Information writing – facts - sentence writing - punctuation - Answering the 5 Ws Sidney and the Seven Seas Pie Corbett – magpie story Nothing Rhymes with Orange Character description The Making of Milton Diary Writing The Invisible/Invisible Isabel
Acorns Group: Feelings Superheroes | Stories about Witches and Wizards – Halloween, alphabetical order Rama and Sita Diwali story - word types/spellings
Charging About: The Story of Electricity Comic-strips, using ‘how something works’ in a story
The Last Tree in the City Sentence writing
What the Romans did for us/Ancient Romans – non-fiction (diagrams, annotations and captions)
The Sound of Silence Tabby Mctat Acorns Group: Julia Donaldson Feelings | Around the World with Max and Lemon Imaginative writing, reading assessments The Story of the Mountains Descriptive Writing, places That Moose is my Moose Writing rules/instructions, using adverbs, statements/exclamations The Good Samaritan (Parables) Inference Green Peas and Ham Rhyming words, poetry Acorns group Traditional tales |
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Maths | Number – sequencing/patterns Time – half/quarter hourly Number – number, fractions (half) Number – number, fractions (third, quarter) Money – multiple coins (adding) Measure - weight
| Number – subtraction Number Shape Time Measure - capacity Number
| Addition Addition/Subtraction Time Number Money Life skills |
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Science | Living things and their habitats – classification, environmental changes (natural and man-made)
| Electricity - circuits | States of matter – Solid liquid gas |
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Food Technology | Healthy ad unhealthy foods | Keeping Healthy | Basics in the kitchen |
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Art | Sketching Fruit and Vegetables (Italian/ Mediterranean) |
| Artist - Jen Aranyi Landscapes |
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Design Technology | Scones – taste, design and make |
| Catapults (woodwork) |
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History |
| Roman Britain | Tudor Times – The influence on Britain |
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Geography | Geography Europe including. the Mediterranean and Italy
| Environmental studies | Mountains (Europe |
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RE | RE Key features of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
| What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? | Religions Teaching good/bad |
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Music | Pulse and Rhythm | Following a Piece of music | Technology |
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Computing | Creating Media – Audio editing (Audacity) | Coding – Bugs and Botley | Logo Repetition of shapes Photo Editing |
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PSHE | Respect Uniqueness | Respectful Relationships Caring Friendships Families and People who care for me | Health and prevention Online relationships and safety |
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PE | Parachute games Tem games | Hockey Boccia Yoga Circuits | Gymnastics Boccia. Yoga Circuits Scooter time |
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Trips |
| Visit from Miniature Dachshund | Beacon Hill Queens Park- Museum |
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