Richard Durning’s Endowed Primary School
Curriculum Overview 2016-2017
Subject
English
Autumn 1
Topic:
Geography
Contrasting Places
(Local Area and
India)
Fiction- Letters
(The Day the
Crayons Quit)
NarrativeTraditional tales and
Alternative Tales
Non FictionInstructions
Autumn 2
Topic:
Geography
Contrasting
Places (Local
Area and
India)
Winter
Wonderland
Narrative Other Cultures.
Poetry –
Autumn Poetry
Non Chronological
Reports
Year: 1
Spring 1
Topic:
History
Significant
People
(Christopher
Columbus and
Neil
Armstrong)
Spring 2
Topic:
History
Significant People
(Christopher
Columbus and Neil
Armstrong)
Summer 1
Topic:
History
Great Fire of
London
Summer 2
Topic:
History
Toys and
Teddies from
Past Times and
Modern Day
NonChronological
Reports
Narrative
Non Fiction Recount
Non FictionInstructions
Poetry
Narrative
Letter Writing
Diary Writing
Non Fiction
Narrative
Non Fiction –
Newspaper
Report
Non Fiction –
Recount
Diary Writing
Mathematics
Number and Place
value
Length/Mass/Weight
Addition and
Subtraction
2D and 3D shape
Counting,
multiplication
and sorting
Statistics
Fractions,
capacity and
volume
Money
Time
Number and
place value
Mass/Weight
2-D and 3-D
shape
Counting and
money
Multiplication
Length/Mass/Weight Number and
place value and
Addition and
statistics
Subtraction
Addition and
Fractions
subtraction
Position and
direction
Time
Division
Capacity,
volume and
temperature
Fractions
Position and
direction
Time
Multiplication
and Division
Statistics
including
finding the
difference
Measurement
Sorting
Time
Science
Materials – everyday
materials, how
materials can be
used and how
suitable they are for
different purposes.
Seasonal
Changes –
observational
wellie walks
outdoors.
Weather –
looking at how
the weather
changes
through the
seasons, what is
the weather
like in the
arctic.
Mini-beasts/ Pond
Life/ Outdoor
science focusing on
simple habitats of
mini-beasts and basic
life cycles.
2-D and 3-D
shape
Animals - how
they grow and
change.
Plants
Basic parts of
plants, what
plants need to
survive.
Outdoor
science/observ
ational walks
linked to
seasonal
changes.
Computing
Religious
Education
E Safety – know
their responsibilities
in following school
ESafety rules.
E Safety recognise the
importance of
computers.
Programming
(Algorithms and
Debugging) using
simple algorithms in
instructions and what
debugging means.
Islam
Key Question
How do we respond
to the things that
really matter?
Programming –
(Algorithms and
Debugging) –
create simple
programs and
debug.
Christianity –
God
Key Question
How do we
respond to the
things that
really matter?
Focus Question
Does worship have to
happen in a certain
time or place?
Focus Question
What do special
stories teach
worshippers
Technology how to save,
create and
retrieve digital
content.
How to search
effectively and
safely.
Buddhism
Key Question
How do we
respond to the
things that
really matter?
Focus Question
How and why do
symbols show
us what is
important in
Technology – how to
save retrieve and use
digital content.
Touch Typing –
develop their use of
everyday technology.
Christianity – Jesus
Key Question
How do we respond
to the things that
really matter?
Focus Question
Why do some people
have religious
rituals?
Multimedia –
understand and
use multimedia
to create a
simple
presentation,
movie or audio
file.
Multimedia –
understand and
use multimedia
to create a
simple
presentation,
movie or audio
file.
Sikh Dharam
Key Question
How do we
respond to the
things that
really matter?
Christianity –
Key Question
How do we
respond to the
things that
really matter?
Focus Question
What makes us
go wow or
makes us think
hard?
Focus Question
Can worship
help people
remember what
Physical
Education
Striking and
Fielding– taught by
specialist coaches
from West
Lancashire School
Sports Partnerships.
and others?
religion?
Net/wall–
taught by
specialist
coaches from
West
Lancashire
School Sports
Partnerships
Invasion –
taught by
specialist
coaches from
West
Lancashire
School Sports
Partnerships
History
History of the local
area (links through
Geography)
n/a
Geography
Compare and
contrast another
country
Sketching and
Painting
Pointillism - Georges
Seurat
Lancashire
Programme – Three
Little Birds. Games,
Singing and
Instrumental.
Compare and
contrast
another country
Sketching and
Printing
Indian Art Pattern Printing
SingingChristmas
carols and
production.
Art
Music
is important?
Gymnastics – taught
by specialist coaches
from West
Lancashire School
Sports Partnerships
Dance – taught
by specialist
coaches from
West
Lancashire
School Sports
Partnerships
Swimming
Significant
People
Christopher
Columbus and
Neil Armstrong
Map and Field
Work
Significant People
Christopher
Columbus and Neil
Armstrong
Designers Boats
Painting
Andy Warhol – Pop
Art
Lancashire
Programme Games, Singing
and
Instrumental
Lancashire
ProgrammeBenjamin Britten,
There was a Monkey.
Appreciation,
Map and Field Work
Great Fire of
London
Athletics –
taught by
specialist
coaches from
West
Lancashire
School Sports
Partnerships
Swimming
Toys from Past
Times and
Modern Day
n/a
n/a
Sketching and
Pastels –
London’s
Burning
Lancashire
Programme- Let
Your Spirit Fly.
Games,
Instrumental
Craft Makers –
Collage Toys
Lancashire
ProgrammeReflect, Rewind
and Replay.
Games, Singing
PSHE
Working Together,
Democratic
Elections,
SEAL: New
Beginnings,
SEAL: Anti-Bullying.
Kind and Caring
Hands.
Design
Technology
Computing – Puppets
Keeping Safe –
e.safety,
Economic
Citizenship
linked to
Business and
Enterprise
Week,
Kind and Caring
Hands.
Textiles Fabric Printing
Basic Sewing
Weaving
SEAL: Changes,
Emotional
Health and
Well-Being,
Kind and Caring
Hands.
Make: Cutting,
shaping and
joining – Boats
and Rockets
Composition and
Singing.
Changing and Growing
(SRE),
Kind and Caring
Hands.
and Singing.
Food (Balanced Diet,
hygiene and food
preparation)
Building
Structures –
Pudding Lane
SEAL:
Relationships,
Emotional
Health and
Well-Being,
Kind and Caring
Hands.
and
Improvising.
Drug Education,
Kind and Caring
Hands.
Mechanisms Toys