Swindon Village
Primary School
Year Group Overviews
Year 1 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Poem
Fact file
Story
Report/letter
Story Letter Description
Postcard
Story
Poem
Cor
e
Text(
s) Tell me a
dragon
The Lonely
Beast
The Snail and
the Whale
The Robot and
the Bluebird
Beegu Lila and the
secret of rain
Gui
ded
read
ing
texts
A dragon in my
classroom
Leaf Man
The Great
fire of London
The Brave
Beast
The Great
Explorer
Penguins on
Ice
The
Caterpillar
The Owl and
the Pussycat
Halibut
Jackson
Grendel
The big book
of bugs
The Secret
Sky Garden
The Big Book
of Blooms
Wild
What is the
sun?
Phon
ics
Letters and
Sounds Phase
4
Letters and
Sounds Phase
5 – New
Graphemes
Letters and
Sounds Phase
5 – Revision of
Graphemes
Letters and
Sounds Phase
5 –
Alternative
Pronunciations
Adding s, es,
ed, er, est,
ing – no
change to
root word.
Word ending
y, prefix un
and compound
words
Spe
llin
g
he, she, we,
me, be, was,
you, they, are,
all, my, her,
here
said, so, do, have, like, some,
come, were, there, little, one,
when, out, what
oh, their,
people, Mr,
Mrs, looked,
called, asked,
would, should,
could
don’t, old, I’m, by, time, house,
about, your, day, made, came,
make, here, saw, very, put,
push, pull, full, today, of, they,
love, where (NC non-statutory
words)
Take from Next 200 common
words (pg 195 Letters and
Sounds)
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value:
Up to 30
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Addition and
Subtraction
Number and
place value up
to 100
Addition and
Subtraction
facts 7-11
Geometry:
properties of
shape
Addition and
Subtraction
facts 11-16
Measurement:
Length
Addition and
Subtraction
facts 17-20
Geometry:
position and
direction
Measurement:
Time
Addition and
Subtraction
Fractions
Multiplication
and Division
Measurement:
Money
Measurement:
Mass and
Capacity
Sci
enc
e Seasonal
changes
Use of
everyday
materials
Seasonal
changes
Use of
everyday
materials
Seasonal
changes
Seasonal
changes
Animals
including
humans
Seasonal
changes
Plants
Year 1 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History
The Great Fire
of London
Who was to
blame and who
helped in the
Great Fire of
London?
Edward Wilson
Why is Edward
Wilson a
famous
Cheltonian?
Geography
UK/Swindon
Village
What
countries
make up the
UK and where
do we live
within it?
Africa
What are the
differences
between
African
countries and
the UK?
Art
Collage/textiles
Edward Wilson
Collage/textiles
Edward Wilson
Painting
Sam Morris
Painting
Sam Morris
Printing
John
Muafangelo
Printing
John
Muafangelo
DT Food
Technology
Winter Fair
Project
Mechanisms Food
Technology
Structures
Computing Online safety Computing skills
Word
processing
Coding Computing
skills
Data handling
Creation
Presenting
Information
PE Balance and
agility
Dance Gymnastics Throwing and
catching
Athletics Kickball
Music Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga
French About me Animals Numbers French
songs/poems
Days of the
week
Food
RE
What do
Christians
believe God is
like?
Why does
Christmas
matter to
Christians?
Who is Jewish and how do Jews
live?
The Easter story
Who do
Christians say
made the
world?
How should we
care for the
world and for
others, and
why does it
matter?
PSHE Interpersonal education
Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips Cheltenham
Literature
Festival
Wilson Gallery
Cheltenham
St Lawrence’s
Church
Cogges’ Farm
Assessments 60 day core
assessments
120 day core
assessments
180 day core
assessments
Year 2 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Poem
Recount
Postcard
Discussion
Diary
Instructions
Recount
Non
Chronological
report
Poem
Story
Formal letter
Poem
Persuasive
letter
Narrative
Cor
e
Text(
s) Polar the
Titanic Bear
Amazing
Grace
The Dark George
Speaks
The Secret of
Black Rock
Kai and the
Monkey King
Gui
ded
read
ing
texts
Orion and the
Dark
There are Big
Waves
The Black and
White Club
Cracking
Comprehension
The Bear and
the Piano
Cracking
Comprehension
Fantastic Mr
Fox
Cracking
Comprehension
Welcome to our
World
Cracking
comprehension
Ruby’s Wish
Spe
llin
g Spelling Pathway term 1 Spelling Pathway term 2 Spelling Pathway term 3
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value to
1000
Geometry:
properties of
shape
Multiplication
and Division:
Times Tables
Addition:
mental
methods
Subtraction:
mental
methods
Fractions
Addition:
written
methods
Subtraction:
written
methods
Multiplication
and Division
Measurement:
Money
Fractions:
Calculating
Measurement:
Time
Measurement:
Length, Mass
and Capacity
Geometry:
Properties of
shape (angles)
Statistics
Sci
enc
e Use of everyday materials Living things and their habitats
Plants Animals
including
Humans
Year 2 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History
Titanic
Who was to
blame and what
changes have
happened
because of this
tragedy?
Rosa Parks
How has Rosa
Parks changed
the world that
we live in
today?
Geography
Seaside
What are the
similarities and
differences
between the
key physical
and human
features of our
local
environment
compared with
a seaside
location?
China
What are the
differences
between China
and the UK?
Art Painting
Ton Schulten
Textiles
Alex Katz
Digital Media
Roy Lichtenstein
DT Wheels and
axles
Winter Fair
DT
Food
Technology
Textiles
Computing
Online safety Computing
skills
presentations
Coding Computing
skills
Online
research
Creation
Video diary
PE Multi Skills
Gymnastics
Dance
Balance and
agility
Throwing and
catching
Gymnastics
Football
Dance
Athletics
Health Related
Education
Kickball
Orienteering
Music Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga
French About me Animals Numbers French
songs/poems
Days of the
week
Food
RE
What makes
some places
sacred to
believers?
What does it
mean to belong
to a faith
community?
The Christmas
story
What is the
‘good news’
Christians
believe Jesus
brings?
Why does
Easter matter
to Christians?
Who is a Muslim and how do they
live?
PSHE Interpersonal education Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips Gloucester
Mosque and
cathedral
All things wild Cotswold hill Cheltenham
Science
Festival
Assessments 30 day
Assessment
90 day
Assessment
SATS week
Year 3 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Story
Instructions
Poetry
Poem
Information
Text
Persuasive
explanation
Narrative
Story
Poem
Glossary
Non
Chronological
report
Persuasive
letter
Poem
Blog
Newspaper
report
Persuasive
letter
Story
Instructions
Non
Chronological
report
Cor
e
Text(
s)
Stone Age
Boy
Farther
The Little
Match Girl
The Princess
and the
White Bear
King
Charlotte’s
Web
Charlotte’s
Web
Werewolf
Club Rules
The Iron Man Greek myths-
Daedalus and
Icarus
Gui
ded
read
ing
texts
Ug
Skara Brae
The Sound
Collector
The Grotlyn
Winter’s
Child
Winter’s child
Usain Bolt
biography
I have an
oasis
Greenling
Plants
All Pigs are
beautiful
Volcanoes,
tsunamis,
tornadoes
Iron Man-
Performance
poetry
The wooden
Horse
Jim
Spe
llin
g Spelling Pathway term 1 Spelling Pathway term 2 Spelling Pathway term 3
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value
Geometry:
Properties
of Shapes
Addition
Subtraction
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Multiplication
and Division
Geometry
Position and
Direction
Multiplication
and Division
(Times
Tables)
Measurement:
Length and
Mass
Fractions
Measurement:
Time
Measurement:
Money
Statistics
Measurement:
Capacity and
Temperature
SECURE
Place Value
Addition and
Subtraction
Multiplication
and Division
Sci
enc
e Rocks Light Animals
including
Humans
Plants Forces and
Magnets
Year 3 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History
Stone Age,
Bronze Age
and Iron Age
What was life
like in Early
Britain and
how do we
know?
A History of
Cheltenham
How was life
different in
Gloucestershire
in Victorian
times?
Geography
Earthquakes
and volcanoes
What are the
key physical
features of
volcanoes and
earthquakes?
Mediterranean
inc mountains
What are the
differences
and similarities
between
Greece and the
UK?
Art Painting
LS Lowry
Sculpture
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Printing
Katusushika
Hokusai
DT Winter Fair DT Mechanisms Food
Technology
Textiles
Computing
Online safety Computing skills
Word
processing
Coding Computing
skills
Presenting
information
Creation
Comic Creation
PE
Swimming
Athletics
Dance
Swimming
Gymnastics
Football
Swimming
Health Related
Education
Multi Skills
Netball
Swimming
Gymnastics
Rounders
Swimming
Gymnastics
Cricket
Swimming
Health Related
Education
Music Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga
French School Daily routine French
songs/poems
Numbers The Weather
RE
What is it like
for someone
to follow God?
How do
festivals and
family life show
what matters
to Jewish
people?
The Christmas
story
What do
Christians learn
for the
Creation story?
Why do
Christians call
the day Jesus
died ‘Good
Friday’?
What kind of
world did
Jesus want?
How and why
do people try
to make the
world a better
place?
PSHE Interpersonal education Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips
Cheltenham
History Walk
and museum
walk
Cheltenham
Dance Festival
St Lawrence’s
Church
Cheltenham
Jazz Festival
Assessments 60 day core
assessments
120 day core
assessments
180 day core
assessments
Year 4 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Character and
setting
description
Letter
Persuasive
poster
Poem
Story
Non-
Chronological
report
Letter
Story
Recount
Diary
Poster
Interview
Review
Newspaper
article
Persuasive
Letter
Setting
description
Poem
Story
Play script
Letter
Recount
Non-
chronological
report
Persuasion
Cor
e
Text(
s) Varjak Paw
The Door
The Promise The
miraculous
journey of
Edward Tulane
Leon and the
place between
Moon Man
I was a Rat
I Was a Rat
Gui
ded r
ead
ing
texts
Zoo
Into the
Forest
Ancient
Greece
Non fiction
The Deep-not
so plastic
fantastic
Fireworks
and
remembrance
poems
Romulus and
Remus
Poo
Diary of Killer
Cat
Daffodils
City Atlas
The Green
Children
The boy in the
dress
Spe
llin
g Spelling Pathway term 1 Spelling Pathway term 2 Spelling Pathway term 3
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Multiplication
and Division:
including
Multiplication
Tables
Addition:
Mental
Methods
Subtraction:
Mental
Methods
Multiplication
and Division:
Times Tables
Addition and
Subtraction:
written
methods
Multiplication
and Division
Properties of
shapes:
Angles
Decimals
Measurement:
converting
units
Fractions:
calculating
Fractions
Addition and
Subtraction:
Decimals
Measurement:
Time
Measurement:
Perimeter and
Area
Geometry:
Position and
Direction
Statistics
Sci
enc
e Living things and their
habitats
Animals
including
humans
Electricity States of
matter
Sound
Year 4 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History The Romans
How did the
Ancient Roman
invasion of
Britain
influence so
much of our
lives today?
Ancient
Greece
Did the
people, places,
power and
pastimes of
the Ancient
Greeks make
them great?
Geography Bristol
Why do people
settle in
Bristol?
UK map skills
How is the
United Kingdom
organised and
what are its
key features?
Art Painting
Cath Hodsman
Collage/textile
Katie Essam
Digital media
Banksy
DT Winter Fair
Project
Structures Electrical and
mechanical
Components
Food technology
Computing Online safety Computing
skills
Word
processing
Coding Computing
skills
Presenting
information
Creation
Comic Creation
PE Football
Gymnastics
Multi-Skills
Dance
Health Related
Education
Hockey
Netball
Rugby
Rounders
Athletics
Cricket
Invictus
Music Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga Charanga
French School Daily Routine Sports Resume Food
RE What do
Hindus believe
God is like?
What does it
mean to be
Hindu in
Britain today?
The Christmas
Story
How do
festivals and
worship show
what matters
to a Muslim?
What is the
‘Trinity’ and
why is it
important for
Christians?
The Easter
Story
For Christians,
when Jesus
left, what was
the impact of
Pentecost?
How and why
do people mark
the significant
events of life?
PSHE Interpersonal education Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips Deanfield
Study Centre
Bristol field
Trip
Cheltenham
Science
Festival
Cheltenham
Street Art
Tour
Assessments 60 day core
assessments
120 day core
assessments
180 day core
assessments
Year 5 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Setting
description
Narrative
Report
Narrative Narrative
Biography
Recount
Review
Poetry
Biography
Diary
Persuasive
Argument
Letter
Newspaper
Article
Cor
e
Text(
s) The Rain player
The magic of
the brain
Beowulf
The last wild Way Home
River
The Explorer There’s a boy
in the girls’
bathroom
Gui
ded r
ead
ing
texts
The Invisible
boy
Professor Astro
cat
The skies above
our eyes
Cosmic
The Storm
Warning
Tin forest
Egg
Way home
Varmints
Jane Goodall
If you find
this
Rainforests
The magic of
the brain
There’s a boy
in the girls’
bathroom
Hiawatha
Spe
llin
g Spelling Pathway term 1 Spelling Pathway term 2 Spelling Pathway term 3
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value
Decimals
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Addition and
Subtraction
Multiplication
and Division:
Powers of 10
Multiplication
and Division:
Properties of
Number
Multiplication
and Division:
Written
Methods
Geometry:
Position and
Direction
Fractions,
Decimals, and
Percentages
Measurement:
Length, Mass,
and Capacity
Fractions:
Calculating
Measurement:
Area and
Volume
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
(Angles)
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Statistics
Sci
enc
e Earth and space Forces Animals
including
humans
Living things and
their habitats
Properties
and changes
of materials
Year 5 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History
The Mayans
What can we ask
of the Mayans
about their
civilisation
compared to
ours?
The Anglo
Saxons
How did the
Anglo-Saxons
live and how
has that
influenced
Britain today?
Geography
Rainforests
Why are
rainforests so
important to
human and
physical life
on Earth?
USA
What are the
physical and
human
characteristic
similarities
between the
USA, Bristol
and Greece?
Art
Drawing and
Painting
Illuminated
letters
Painting
Anglo Saxon
tattoos
Sculpture
Giacometti
Printing
O Keefe
Printing
Kahlo
DT
Electrical and
mechanical
components
Winter Fair
Project
Food technology Pulleys, axles
and wheels
Computing
Online safety Computing
skills
Word
processing
Coding Computing
skills
Presenting
information
Creation
Comic Creation
PE
Health Related
Education
Swimming
Football
Rugby
Swimming
Dance
Basketball
Swimming
Gymnastics
Swimming
Gymnastics
Hockey
Swimming
Dance
Athletics
Swimming
Football
Handball
Music
Tuned
instruments
(recorders)
Tuned
instruments
(recorders)
Tuned
instruments
(recorders)
Music
Junction
Ukulele tuition
Music
Junction
Ukulele tuition
Music
Junction
Ukulele tuition
French School Daily Routine Sports Resume Food
RE
Why is the Torah
so important to
Jewish people ?
What does it
mean if
Christians
believe God is
holy and loving?
The Christmas
Story
Why do
Christians
believe Jesus
was the
Messiah?
Christians and
how to live: ‘What
would Jesus do?
The Easter Story
What does it
mean to be a
Muslim in
Britain today?
Why do Hindus
want to be
good?
PSHE Interpersonal education Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips
Cheltenham
Literature
Festival
Gloucester
Cathedral and
Cheltenham
Synagogue
Young Voices
at the
Birmingham
NEC
Assessments 60 day core
assessments
120 day core
assessments
180 day core
assessments
Year 6 Overview Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Wri
ting
Diary
Poem
Report
Letter
Narrative
Character
profile
Persuasive
advert
Diary
Letter
Biography
Non
chronological
report
Writing to
reflect
requirements
of end of
KS2 SATs
Autobiographical
memories
Cor
e
Text(
s) Rose Blanche Stormbreaker The
Highwayman
The Human
Body
SATs
practice
Macbeth
Gui
ded r
ead
ing
texts
Diary of Anne
Frank
Erika’s story
Flanders’s
fields
Alex Rider
Series
Alex Rider –
The Gadgets
Three Rusty
nails
Timothy
Winters
Human Body SATs
practice
Witches chant
from Macbeth
Spe
llin
g Spelling Pathway term 1 Spelling Pathway term 2 Spelling Pathway term 3
Mat
hem
atic
s
Number and
Place Value
Multiplication
and Division
Addition,
Subtraction,
Multiplication
and division
Geometry:
Position and
Direction
Fractions,
decimals and
percentages
Geometry:
Properties of
Shapes
Angles
Addition,
Subtraction,
Multiplication
and division
Fractions:
calculating
Decimals:
Calculating
Ratio and
proportion
Measurement:
converting units
Measurement:
area and volume
Algebra
Statistics
Targeted
revision for
SATs
SECURE
Fractions,
decimals and
percentages
Algebra
Ratio and
Proportion
Sci
enc
e Living things
and their
habitats
Animals
including
humans
Evolution and
inheritance
Light Electricity
Year 6 Overview
Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
History
World War II
What was it
like to be a
child during
World War II?
Vikings
Who were the
Vikings and
why did they
come to
Britain?
Geography
Geographical
study
Broadhaven
How is living in
Broadhaven
different to
living in
Swindon
Village?
Water
Do we really
drink dinosaur
wee?
Art
Painting
Rothko
Painting
Turner
Textiles Collage
Rosby
Digital Media
Warhol
DT Structures Winter Fair
DT
Cams and
pneumatics
Food
Technology
Computing
Online safety Computing
Skills
Internet
surfing
Coding Computing
Skills
Handling and
presenting
data
Creation
Website
Design
PE Health Related
Education
Football
Rugby
Dance
Netball
Gymnastics
Hockey
Golf
Cricket
Athletics
Handball
Invictus
Music Music Junction
Ukulele tuition
Music
Junction
Ukulele tuition
Music Junction
Ukulele tuition
End of year
performance
songs
End of year
performance
songs
End of year
performance
songs
French School Daily Routine Sports Resume Traditional Tale: Little Red
Riding Hood
RE
Why do some
people believe
in God and
some people
not?
What matters
most to
Humanists and
Christians?
The Christmas
Story
Creation and
science:
conflicting or
complimentary?
For Christians,
what kind of
king is Jesus?
What do
Christians
believe Jesus
did to ‘save’
people?
How does faith
help people
when life gets
hard?
PSHE Interpersonal education Relationship and Sex Education British Values
Trips Cotswold
Railway
Evacuation
Broadhaven
residential
visit
Assessments 30 day mock
SATS
90 day mock
SATS
SATS week