Curriculum Map
Reception
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Settling in Curriculum focus: Growing Curriculum focus: Transition
Literacy: recognising and writing name,
pencil grip
Phonic songs
Sound recognition and discrimination
Introducing letter sounds and formation.
Writing patterns. Anti-clockwise
movement, top to bottom. (whole class)
Guided reading
Acting out stories
Daily choice of Book Corner book.
L&Comm: Chatterbox activities, learning
‘Stop signal’ Good listening, sitting etc.
Talking Tables – Teacher scribing.
Literacy: letter sounds and
formation (ability groups)
Descenders and ascenders.
Segmenting and blending
High frequency words. Decoding
words.
Introducing sentences (full stop,
finger space)
Daily Supported Reading DSR
Individual reading books
Re-telling stories
L&Comm: Chatterbox activities,
Good listening, sitting etc.
Speaking in full sentences.
Paired Talk
Talking Tables –children scribing.
Literacy: High frequency words
Segmenting and blending
Introducing sentences (full stop, finger
space, capital letter)
WOW words
Reading full sentences.
Individual reading books
Daily Supported Reading DSR
Applying phonics to writing.
L&Comm: Chatterbox activities,
Talking Tables –children scribing.
Listening for prolonged time. Joining in with
repeated phrases at story time.
Numeracy: number songs and nursery
rhymes
Number formation to 10.
Counting in 1s
Number recognition up to 10.
Ordering numbers to 10.
Repeating Patterns
2D shapes
Positional language (on, under, in)
Numeracy: Addition/subtraction
Number sentences.
Ordering numbers to 20,
forwards and backwards.
1 more/1 less
Ordinal number (first, second...)
Time (sequence of events, night,
day, tomorrow, yesterday,
o’clock)
3D shapes
Measure – ordering
height/length/weigh/capacity.
Coin recognition and counting
with 1p coins.
Numeracy: Sharing/halving/doubling
Positional language (right, left, beside, next
to)
Measure- non-standard units. Estimating.
Balancing weights. Problem solving.
Time - half past, revise days of the week.
Recognition of coins up to £1
Understanding the World
seasonal changes
Visit a library, local shops and a park
Light and dark- light sources, shadows.
School environment
Cooking skills
Daily weather reports
languages from classroom (register)
Being aware of languages spoken in
classroom. Stories in different languages
Understanding the World
seasonal changes
Materials
Animals- Life cycles – chicks.
Dinosaurs.
Cooking skills
Plants- growing vegetables and
flowers, weeding.
Maps (local and global)
Visit to shop
Understanding the World seasonal changes
Plants- growing vegetables and flowers,
weeding.
Countries of the world
Animals: life cycles- Butterflies.
Cooking skills
Habitats
Space
Farm visit
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Christmas
Diwali
Guy Fawkes Night
E Safety: computer rules (home and
school)
Being aware of languages spoken
in classroom.
Helping each other to learn
English.
Chinese New Year
Pancake Day
Easter
St. George’s Day
Mother’s Day
E Safety: computer rules (home
and school)
Being aware of languages spoken in
classroom.
Helping each other to learn English.
People who Help us.
Ramadan
Father’s Day
E Safety: blogging
Expressive Arts and Design:
daily child initiated activities linked to
topic
Self-Portraits
Leaf Rubbing
Junk Modelling
Celebration cards, calendar
Splatter painting and printing
nursery rhymes, Singing Phonics
Christmas Show
Expressive Arts and Design:
daily child initiated activities
linked to topic
Colour mixing
Observational drawing
Singing Concert? (Song Sack)
Singing Assembly
Celebration cards.
Art Week activities.
Expressive Arts and Design:
daily child initiated activities linked to topic
Celebration cards.
Physical Development:
Cutting Skills
Outdoor area – fine/gross motor skills,
travelling over, under equipment.
Changing
PE timetabled
hall rules
Spatial awareness, floor work, throwing
and catching, sending and receiving.
Physical Development:
Outdoor area fine/gross motor
skills, travelling on, over, under
equipment.
PE timetabled
Bouncing and Catching.
Team rules.
gymnastics (floor work) Zumba
Physical Development:
Outdoor area fine/gross motor skills,
travelling over, under, through equipment.
PE timetabled
Dance - learning routines and responding to
music.
gymnastics (apparatus)
HFF week
Using equipment – racquet etc.
PSE: settling in/routines rules and
boundaries circle time, hygiene, working
as a team/class
PSE: Sunshine
circle time
independent skills
sleeping/bedtimes
Talking about themselves and
others in positive terms.
PSE: self-awareness
healthy eating
road safety/getting lost
Transition: Hopes, wishes, changes in
routines/ assemblies etc.
In their first year we aim to lay foundations for future learning experiences. All children can become competent learners, be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. We are committed to establishing positive partnership with parents and children to enable children to be strong and independent from a base of caring and secure relationships. We provide an environment that plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning. We recognise that children develop in different ways and different rates and that all areas of learning and development are equally important and inter-connected. We aim to achieve a balance between child initiated and adult led activities. Throughout the year we deliver a range of activities to meet the diverse interests of the children to support their development, teaching and learning. This incorporates a visit to Willows Farm, Walks in the Environment, and Celebrations of different cultures with visitors/parents to support. We embrace visitors to give talks about areas of expertise. The children have the opportunity to take part in a Christmas Production which is presented to the whole school and their parents.
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 1
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Geography of our school /Christmas Show Starting point: Tour of school and school grounds End product: Show/ growing bulbs/maps
Curriculum focus: Toys Starting point: Bring favourite toy to school End product: Making a Toy Visit to Bruce Castle museum
Curriculum focus: comparison of historical figures Starting point: Own research End product: Exhibition to parents of Independent research project
Science: Animals including humans. Seasonal changes
Science: Everyday materials. Plants – Seasonal changes
Science: Plants, Seasonal changes.
Geography: Geography of our school Geography: My local area Geography: UK and its weather
History: Changes in living memory – Toys and homes
History: Comparison of 2 historical figures. Ex. Neil Armstrong and Columbus
ICT: Graphics 2Simple -painttastic - busythings.co.uk
ICT: Bee-bots 2Go – Scratch, Espresso, Coding
ICT: Text based Desk Top Publishing -chrome book or Google Drive
Art: Linked to Seasonal changes -Sketchbooks -Pattern -Colour mixing painting – Primary colours
Art: Art Week -Planning and making a Sculpture – Artist or Craftsperson D&T: Toys Making a moving toy
Art: Art related to the history unit Drawing – investigating tone Collage
MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 1: Greetings, numbers Unit 2: Age, months of the year, numbers
MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 3: Verbs, birthdays, colours Unit 4: Parts of the body, nouns, days of the week
MFL: Spanish (bbc.languages.co.uk) Unit 5: Likes/dislikes, hobbies Unit 6: Dates, my family
RE: Birthday of Guru Nanak Christianity – visit to church - Christmas/ Hinduism – Diwali
RE: Growing up in a Muslim home Holi & stories of Krishna
RE: Growing up in a Jewish home – Visitor
Music: Unit 1: Ourselves Unit 7: Our school Black History Month Singing
Music: Unit 2 Year 2 Toys Unit 8: Pattern Unit 2: Number
Music: Unit 3: Animals Units 4: Weather
E Safety: Blogging (Kim and Lee) E Safety: Keeping details private. (Kim and Lee)
E Safety: Safe Websites to use.
PE: Gymnastics – Travelling & Safety Games – Bouncing & Catching Dance – Christmas Show Games – Travelling with a ball
PE: Gymnastics – Balancing Games – Sending & Receiving Dance – Linked to Art
PE: Athletics – Field events Games – Net/Wall Games Athletics – Preparation for Sports Day Gymnastics – Performance & Creating Sequences Dance: - Preparation for Fete
PSHE: Heritage Week Relationships: New Beginnings
PSHE: Health and Wellbeing: Daily routine Keeping clean
PSHE: Living in the wider world: Outdoor safety Environment
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Keeping safe in school Being a good friend. -Secrets and surprises.
Growing and changing Medicines Good touch/bad touch
Looking after my money
Maths links to themes: Frequencies: high and low sounds (Link to music) Co-ordinates (linked to Geography and computing) Repeating patterns Negative numbers – seasonal weather
Maths links to themes: Measurement Days of week Dates in books
Maths links to themes: Patterns and Sequences (Link to Gymnastics) Time line – linked to History topic
Literacy: -Labelling and captions -Stories from other cultures -Familiar settings -Poems on a theme
Literacy: -Recounts -Traditional tales -Non-chronological reports -Pattern and rhyme -Instructions
Literacy: -Familiar settings (s) -Patterns and predictable texts -Poetry- learning by heart -Fantasy -Extra Unit – adventure story
The transition between Reception and Year One is planned for and carefully managed in the Summer term at the end of Reception and in the Autumn term. Outdoor learning opportunities are provided more regularly at the beginning of the year to enable a smooth transition. Subjects are incorporated into theme teaching, for example: In the Autumn term the theme is ‘The Geography of Our School’; the children will study Science (the Seasons), Art (self-portrait) and Literacy (labelling) through this theme. This ensures learning is creative and cross-curricular and most importantly, exciting! The theme approach to teaching and outdoor learning continues throughout the year providing opportunities to take learning beyond the classroom. The children will use the local area to help with the development of their geographical and citizenship skills as well as enjoying trips further afield i.e. Local museums, Legoland, places of worship. During curriculum weeks and as part of our theme we also invite members of the local community to visit our children, thus continuing to develop community cohesion. By the end of Year One we aim to have developed the children’s ability to work more independently and to be responsible for themselves and their belongings. This will provide a firm foundation for the children as they move into Year Two.
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 2
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Winter Show Starting point: Winter show End product: Winter Show performance!
Curriculum focus: Great fire of London Starting point: Samuel Pepys Visit (trip to the Museum of London) End product: Display diary entries
Curriculum focus: Animals Starting point: Science End product: Zoo trip – Paradise Wildlife park
Science: Living things and their habitats Plants
Science: Uses of everyday materials Plants
Science: Animals including humans Living things and their habitats Plants
History: Events beyond living memory – The Plague.
History: Events beyond living memory – The Great Fire of London Geography: Up, up and away (knowledge-based geography unit – equator, poles, oceans and continents. Link to report writing for literacy)
Geography: India – a distant locality
Computing: E books Cloud Computing
Computing: 2DIY – Games design (algorithms) Email – recognise an email address
Computing: Video (Movie Maker) Sound recording (Learnpads)
Art: Flower press and leaf print and patterns Sketchbooks - drawing Art from the 1600s (link to the plague) Self portrait
D&T: Pneumatic systems Art: Art Week Sculpture
Art: Textiles and Indian arts and craft D&T: Sewing
MFL: Spanish (bcc.languages.co.uk) Unit 1: Greetings numbers, geography Unit 2: Age, months of the year, numbers
MFL: Spanish(bcc.languages.co.uk) Unit 3: Verbs, birthdays, colours Unit 4: parts of the body, nouns, days of the week
MFL: Spanish Unit 5 : likes/dislikes, hobbies Unit 6: Dates, my family
RE: Birthday of Guru Nanak Diwali / Christmas / Hanukkah
RE: Ramadan + Eid-ul-Fitr Easter-including a visit to a Greek Orthodox Church
RE: Introduction to Buddhism - visitor
Music: Singing Ourselves Number – patterns. Link to BHM (African Art)
Music: Water Storytime – link to literacy
Music: Animals Our Bodies: link to PSHE Travel - India
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E Safety: Think U Know E Safety: Hectors World E Safety: Privacy setting
PE: Gymnastics – Balance Dance – linked to production
PE: Gymnastics – High and Low Dance – Traditional British
PE: Gymnastics – Spinning, Turning and Twisting Athletics Dance – Fete performance
PSHE: Heritage Week Staying safe - drugs and medicines Anti bullying week Being healthy: hygiene Enjoy and achieve – CP
PSHE: Positive contribution: community
PSHE: Sex and relationships – Relationships and changes Emotional health: similarities and differences Healthy Eating Transition to KS2
Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked to plants and nature
Maths links to themes: Measuring heights of plants – Science Algorithms – games design
Maths links to themes: India patterns and symmetry
In this final year of Key Stage 1, we aim to inspire creativity, promote independence and initiative and encourage the children to take responsibility for their own learning. Year 2 is a year of fun! Learning takes place through a series of theme-based units and we provide opportunities to learn in and out of the classroom. Visits and visitors enhance and enrich a broad and balanced curriculum. Throughout Year 2, the children will explore new skills, new places and new challenges. This will allow them to achieve their full potential at the end of Key Stage assessments. Every child matters! We teach the importance of valuing others and to be respectful. Each day is filled with fun and excitement. We firmly believe that a day without laughter is a day wasted. It is always sad at the end of the year when we have to say goodbye, but we are particularly proud of the mature individuals that they have become.
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 3
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Seaside Starting point: Seaside day End product: Marketing campaign for Southend
Curriculum focus: Stone Age to Iron Age Starting point: Stone age visitor End product: History team challenge
Curriculum focus: Ancient Greece / Weather Starting point: Show and Tell End product: Ancient Greek Day
Science: Rocks Magnets and forces
Science: Animals including Humans Plants
Science: Plants Light
Geography: UK regional study (Seaside)
Geography: Where does our lunch come from? History: Stone Age to Iron Age
Geography: Climate History: Ancient Greece
ICT: Cloud Computing Blogging
ICT: Logo E books
ICT: Data collection eBooks (Book creator) 2 DIY game design Sound recording
MFL: All about me Songs and games
MFL: Celebrations Portraits
MFL: Friends / Animals Growing Things
Art: Fossils pictures (mixed media MODROCK) Drawing - Light and dark – pencil techniques (texture, space, form, line, shading, hatching, line variation) Sketchbooks
D&T: Pneumatic systems Art: Art Week – sketchbooks Graphics – Dazzle Painting /printing
Art: Architecture of ancient Greece Great artists, architects and designers in history Collage - mosaics D&T: Sewing
RE: Hindu and Sikh Diwali The Christian Bible and stories of Jesus Diwali Show
RE: Living as a Muslim – Trip to Mosque The Torah and stories of the Jewish people
RE: Introduction to Buddhism – Buddhist visit
Music: Poetry Environment
Music: Recorders Human Body
Music: Ancient Worlds Communicating (linked to Computing)
E Safety:
E Safety:
E Safety: Privacy setting
PE: 1st half term: Dance 2nd half term: GymInvasion Games and Net Games throughout
PE: 1st half term: Dance 2nd half term: GymInvasion Games throughout
PE: 1st half term: Athletics 2nd half term: Gym Invasion Games throughout
PSHE: Heritage Week – Relationships: other people’s lives
PSHE:Being healthy: nutrition PSHE: Emotional health: Self Esteem
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Staying safe- Outdoors Enjoy and Achieve: Rights and responsibilities
Positive Contributions: Jobs Saving Londoners Lives
Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked
Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked
Maths links to themes: Symmetry – linked
In Year 3 we aim to provide a broad, balanced and distinctive curriculum that inspires children with opportunities to develop their independence through skill based activities. Literacy and mathematics skills and knowledge will be taught daily as building blocks in a cross curricular manner to support independent learning during our themed sessions and subject specific areas. We aim to equip the children with a positive attitude towards learning by offering them confidence building opportunities in a purposeful, happy and motivational setting, for example through performance and media.
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 4
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Animals Starting point: Investigating local habitats End product: Animal visitors please? Or dress up as your favourite animal to present topic?
Curriculum focus: Roman Empire Starting point: Archaeological dig/ investigating historical artefacts End product: St Albans trip
Curriculum focus: Water Starting point: Water investigation around school and school field/pond. End product: Lee Valley canal trip/ Tottenham marshes canal walk
Science: Living things and their habitats (Environments and habitats) Animals including humans
Science: Sound Electricity
Science: Living things and their habitats (Adaptation, endangerment, natural selection) States of Matter
Geography: Europe (Choose region linked to History) European Regional Study History: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots
History: Roman Empire and local history study
Geography: Water Cycle Rivers - Lee Valley canal trip
ICT: Scratch Data – create a branching database
ICT: Animation (Stop motion animation) Email linked to Google account
ICT: Video (Movie Maker)
MFL: Carnival of animals and habitats All aboard (Science, Geography and art and Music links)
MFL: Tell me a story Pocket money (ICT animation links)
MFL: What is the weather? Our sporting lives (PE Games, Geography and Science links)
Art: Drawing Journeys – positive/ negative space, choosing materials and why, different pencil types, graphite and charcoal. Sketchbook starter session.
D&T: Switches Art: Music into Art – abstract art Art Week –sculpture (Artists, architects, crafts/designers)
Art: Painting Compare colour wheel – seasons Colour, shape, form. Choosing colours – colour wheel, complementary colours, mixing and matching colours to nature, mood, pattern. D&T: Money containers
RE: Judaism – Sukkot and exploring Judaism through the Synagogue Trip to Southgate Progressive synagogue The Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
RE: Living as a Hindu Rangoli patterns The Christian Church – Sistine Chapel?
RE: Guru Nanak Sikhism
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Music: Recorder project Carol concert Environment Sounds
Music: In the past Recycling Music into art Songs for the Easter Show
Music: Around the world Poetry
E Safety: Social networking, blogging
E Safety: Staying safe - recognising dangers, cyber bullying
E Safety:
PE: Gymnastics (HT1) – receiving body weight Dance (HT2)– folk dance Games –outdoor and adventurous activities
PE: Gymnastics (HT1) - Balance Dance - (HT2) Characters Games – Invasion Games (Marking and Tackling) Games – Keeping Possession Swimming for 7 weeks
PE: Gymnastics (HT1 + 2) Athletics (HT1 + 2) Games – Over The Net / Wall games Striking and Fielding Athletics Swimming for 8 weeks
PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition Classroom expectations, Emotional health – assertiveness
PSHE: SRE4 Feelings Relationships - accepting differences, staying safe, recognising dangers
PSHE: Drugs unit staying safe - recognising dangers. Positive contribution - environment, being healthy - being active.
Maths links to themes: Maths links to themes: Maths links to themes:
Year 4 is exciting and fun-packed, and builds on the excellent foundations that have been established in Year 3. We aim to develop children’s knowledge and understanding through a skills-based and personalised curriculum in a variety of scenarios. It is dynamic, creative and innovative, and will inspire children to become lifelong learners. Confidence is developed throughout the year through regular participation in assemblies and larger scale performances.
Promoting independence is at the heart of everything we do. In particular, children will be given their first opportunity to experience a residential visit where they are confronted with a range of challenges (not least putting on a duvet cover!). In addition to this, a range of visits give the children the chance to explore the world outside their classroom. All of this blends together to make a purposeful and memorable year for children and staff alike.
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 5
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Space Starting point: Planning a space mission End product: Star gazing / Astronomy Project
Curriculum focus: Shakespeare Starting point: Young Shakespeare Workshop End product: A trip to the Globe (in school)
Curriculum focus: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Starting point: Video about natural disasters End product: Safety film about Earthquakes
Science: Earth and Space Science: Life Cycles Forces
Science: Properties and changes of materials
Geography: Our World from the International Space Station Mapping
History: Non-European Society – Mayan Civilisation Geography: The Americas overview
Geography: Volcanoes and Earthquakes History: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
ICT: E books Cloud Computing E Safety: Privacy setting
ICT: Internet research E Safety: Privacy setting
ICT: Scratch (The Ghostly Woods) Logo (Programming) E Safety: Privacy setting
MFL: Unit 18 The Planets Unit 14 I am the music man
MFL: Unit 13 Healthy Eating Unit 17 Return of Spring
MFL: Unit 15 On the way to school Unit 16 Beach Scene
Art: Space theme - using digital media to collect & store images View from the ISS
Art: Mayan art – 3-d work including sculpture – clay work Art Week D&T: Bread
Art: Linked to D&T – work with fabrics & textures Printing D&T: Talking textiles
RE: Heroes and Heroines linked to Buddha and his teachings.
RE: Islam, Christianity + Passach RE: Sikhism – trip to Gurdwara N11
Music: Linked to The Planets (from Holst – Bowie) Singing for the show
Music: Unit 5: At the movies Unit 3: Life cycles
Music: Unit 4: Keeping Healthy
PE: Games-Invasion Games Dance and choreography for the show
PE: Gymnastics-bridging Net Games
PE: Games Striking and Fielding Athletics
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PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition Being healthy Relationships and types of relationships
PSHE: Staying Safe – First Aid Emotional health Childline visit
PSHE: Positive contribution Saving Londoners Lives (First aid) Puberty
In their penultimate year at Oakthorpe there is a real emphasis on encouraging the children’s independent learning skills. These are the fundamental building blocks needed for success throughout their academic journey ahead. Year 5 promote a personalised learning approach to cater for every child’s needs. This allows children to take ownership of their progression through this inspirationally distinctive journey. This curriculum now includes a themed approach, encompassing a natural fusion of subjects. Furthermore, the children are exposed to team building activities during camp, the swimming programme, curriculum weeks, the year 5 and 6 show, radio broadcasting, film editing and the residential and activity week experience (but to name a few). Not forgetting our weekly commendable assemblies along with our daily dose of fun and adventure!
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Curriculum Map
Year Group 6
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Curriculum focus: Brazil Starting point: Book – Window by Jeannie Baker End product: Letter to MP asking them to save the rainforests
Curriculum focus: WW2 Starting point: HMS Belfast Create own WW2 website.
Curriculum focus: Transition Starting point: End product: Leavers show
Science: Light Electricity
Science: Living things and their habitats Properties and changes of materials
Science: Animals including Humans Evolution and inheritance
Geography: Sustainable tourism Brazil – region within Americas How do we impact the environment?
History: WW2 British history beyond 1066
History: Achievements of early civilisations – Ancient Sumerians Victorians – link to IOW visit
ICT: Multimedia animation (Monkey Jam) Video (Movie Maker)
ICT: Blogging Data Collection
ICT: Programming (Scratch - Temple Run) (Kodu)
MFL: Unit 20 The World around us Unit 19 Our school Art: Collage linked to “Window” book (Illustrators) What a performance: costumes D&T: Set stage design/ costumes
MFL: Unit 21 Then and Now D&T: Shelters Art: WW2 Art Art Week Drawing (Henry Moore WW2) Sculpture (Hepworth)
MFL: Unit 22 Out and About Unit 23 A visit to a cafe Unit 24 What’s in the news Art: Painting A sense of place - Sumerian Art Wax resist and Batik D&T: Slippers
RE: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Shabbat and the Jewish home
RE: Islam Hajj and Eid Ul Adha Christianity + Pesach
RE: The Buddhist community - Shintoism (visitor from Buddhist temple) Sikhism
Music: Unit 5 Year 4: Building (linked to Window)
Music: Unit 1 Year 5: Our Community
Music: Unit 6 Year 5 Celebration
E Safety: Reporting/flagging and online risks
E Safety: E Safety: Privacy setting
PE: PE: Gymnastics – dance
PE: Athletics, Gymnastics
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Gymnastics – dance Games – Invasion Games tactics (How can we improve our performance?)
Invasion Games – putting the skill into practise in a game
Swimming gala Games -Striking and Fielding
PSHE: Heritage Week Speech competition
PSHE: Sex and relationships unit Drugs unit
PSHE: Transition
Maths links to themes:
Maths links to themes:
Maths links to themes:
In this final year, as the children complete their journey through Oakthorpe, they will be exploring new skills, new places and new challenges. They will have the opportunity to “perform”, realising their potential in both creative and academic contexts. We aim to develop children’s independence in preparation for secondary school involving them in collaborative projects; allowing children to take more responsibility not only for their own learning but also for building positive relationships with others. They will have access to the curriculum in many forms: camping, clubs, curriculum weeks, celebrations, shows, assemblies, visits and visitors. We aim to foster a dynamic approach to learning through a variety of approaches in order for every child to understand and reach their potential.