Literacy and Phonics
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Willow Tree Class: Spring 2017 Curriculum Overview
Read, Write, Inc. or an English lesson daily
Creative writing
To practice handwriting daily
To practice reading and comprehension
skills
Narrative writing including stories and
writing about own experiences
Poetry writing
Non-fiction writing including instructions
Science
 To be able to identify, name, describe,
classify and compare properties of materials
 Look at practical uses of everyday materials
 To look at the basic needs of a plant (light,
water, temperature)
Mathematics
 Number, place value and rounding
 To add and subtract numbers mentally and
using written methods
 To recognise the relationships between
numbers (e.g. the inverse)
 To solve problems using known facts
 To recall and use multiplication and division
facts for times tables 2, 5, 10
 To multiply and divide numbers,
understanding that they are the inverse
 To find, name and write simple fractions
 Data handling/ Statistics
 Geometry – position and direction
 Geometry – properties of shapes
 Time, money and measures
French
Will not be taught as a discrete lesson but
over the year the children will learn some
vocabulary and phrases.
History and Geography
 To look at the lives of significant Britain’s
(Grace Darling)
 To ask questions about the past
 To find out what lighthouses are used for
and the history of them
 To compare and contrast a small area of the
UK with that of a non-EU country
Computing
Computing
 To code using Scratch and other
programs
 To connect through blogs and emails
 Devise and construct databases
 To communicate ideas, work or
messages professionally
Art and DT
Music
 To play and perform music
 To listen to different
music with attention to
sounds
 To begin to appreciate
different types of music
Physical Education
 Invasion games
 Gym
 Dance
PSHCE and RE
 To review our
class charter
 Through circle
time to discuss
goals and
targets
 RE – taught
through links to
other subjects
such as art and
literacy
 Learn about some artists,
sculptors and designers from
history
 To use a variety of media and
skills including, collage, clay,
painting and printing
 To use skills of planning,
developing, improving, creating
and evaluating
 To develop some art techniques
including how to build up a
painting, brush techniques and
spatula work