Portway Primary School
Spring Term 1 and 2 Curriculum Overview 2016/17
ONE
History
Geography
The UK
Year
1
London
landmarks
Year
2
Year
3
Year
6
Uses of
everyday
materials A
We Are Treasure
Hunters
-Use programmable
toys
-Coding with
Beebots
-Coding with 2code
and Beebots
-Online safety and
Hector Protector
Rocks A
The Amazon
Living things
and their
habitats B
Coding with Scratch
Forces
Coding with Scratch
The Scottish
Highlands
Ancient
civilisations
(Shang
dynasty)
Animals
including
humans B
Computing
Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
Year
4
Year
5
Science
Ancient
civilisations
(Shang dynasty)
Coding with Scratch
Online safety
Cyberpass +
Trustme
Online safety
Cyberpass +
Trustme
Online safety
Cyberpass +
Trustme
Evolution /
Inheritance
Coding with Scratch
Online safety
Cyberpass +
Trustme
Art
DT
Music
PE
RE
Painting
(Fauvism)
UK River
Animals
In the
Groove
(tempo and
rhythm)
Gymnastics
What does it
mean to be a
Muslim?
YCT1(20
words)
Papercutting
Painting
(Fauvism)
UK Animals
Glockenspiel
Games and
Dance
What special
stories are told
at Easter?
YCT1(20
words)
Papercutting
Painting
(Fauvism)
Egyptian
Animals
ECAM –
Whole class
Flutophone
Games and
Dance
How did Jesus
and Buddha
make people
stop and think?
YCT1(20
words)
Papercutting
Painting
(Fauvism)
Amazon
Animals
ECAM –
Whole class
Ukelele
Games and
Dance
What happens
when someone
gets married?
YCT1(20
words)
Papercutting
Painting
(Fauvism)
ECAM –
Whole class
Guitar
Games and
Dance
Why is
Muhammad
important to
Muslim people?
YCT2(25
words)
Papercutting
Painting
(Fauvism)
Chinese
New Year
Zodiac
Animals
ECAM –
Whole class
Guitar
Games and
Dance
What qualities
are important to
religious
leaders?
YCT2(25
words)
Papercutting
and Dance
Mandarin
Portway Primary School
Spring Term 1 and 2 Curriculum Overview 2016/17
TWO
History
Geography
Science
Art
DT
Music
PE
RE
Rap and
Rhythm
(rests and
rhythm)
Gymnastics
How do you
belong to
Christianity?
Old and new
Materials B
We Are Painters
-Illustrating an
eBook
-Book Creator
Construct
ion
Great fire of
London
Uses of
everyday
materials B
We Are
Zoologists
-Collecting data
about bugs
Textiles
Play in a
band
(ensemble
performing)
Gymnastics
Mechanis
msLevers
and
linkages
ECAM –
Whole class
Flutophone
Construct
ion-Card
Construct
ionPulleys
and
gears
Year
1
Year
2
Computing
Move on to
Living things
and their
habitats (1
week or 2
weeks)
Animals
including
humans
Ancient Egypt
Year
3
Ancient Maya
Sound
The Vikings
Animals
including
humans
Year
4
and Dance
What does it
mean to say
sorry?
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
Games and
Dance
What do Sikh
symbols and
sayings tell us
about Sikh
beliefs?
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
ECAM –
Whole class
Ukulele
Games and
Dance
Why is Easter
important to
Christians?
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
ECAM –
Whole class
Guitar
Games and
Dance
How do
Christians try
and follow
Jesus’ example?
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
ECAM –
Whole class
Guitar
Games and
Dance
What happened
on the first
Easter Sunday?
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
and Dance
-Purple Mash
We Are Network
Engineers (NWP)
-Exploring
networks, including
the internet
-Classroom with
time in the
computing suite
We Are Musicians
Producing Digital
music
Purple Mash
Year
5
We Are Web
Developers
Creating a website
about cybersafety
-Webteach tutorial
Year
6
Ancient
civilisations
(Shang
dynasty)
Ancient
civilisations
(Shang dynasty)
Evolution /
Inheritance
Mandarin
YCT2(25
words)
Calligraphy
Modelling
Textiles
with
Electricity