Key Stage 2 Curriculum Implementation
Year 3
| Year 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Main theme – | Traditional Tales | Celebrations | Food Glorious Food | Reach for the Stars | Mother Nature | Seaside Adventure |
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| Literacy (Fiction, non-fiction, poetry every ½ term) | Traditional Tales e.g. Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, Three Bears/Pigs | Writing about different events and celebrations Plan an assembly Seasonal Poems | Food stories Food poems Information about food | Space stories Who is Neil Armstrong? Space Poems | Garden stories – The Quiet Cricket Bad Tempered Ladybird Hungry Caterpillar | Seaside poems Seaside stories Writing about the seaside |
| Mathematics (White Rose) | Measurement – length, height Place value | Geometry/Shape Addition | Measurement -Money – class shop Subtraction | Measurement -Time Place Value | Fractions Sorting, ordering, sequencing | Measurement -Capacity Place Value |
| Science | Materials | Sound | Keeping Healthy | Solar System | Plants and Growing | Habitats – underwater |
| History | Now and Then Winnie growing up! | Remembrance Day | Meals from the past | Moon Landing | History of local park e.g. Haigh Hall / Menses Park | Holidays in the past – seaside |
| Geography | Forest Environment | Celebrations Around the World | Food around the World | NASA – America | UK Countryside, Environment | Seaside Towns – Blackpool, Southport |
| Music (Charanga) & Thematic | Me! Nursery Rhymes | My Stories Christmas | Everyone Food Songs & Chants | Our World Space Songs | Big Bear Funk Outdoor percussion | Reflect Rewind & Replay My favourite songs |
| Art | Drawing skills, tracing, lines | Mixing Mediums | Food Pictures/ Collage Giuseppe Arcimboldo | Tones / light and dark Shadows / silhouettes | Pictures using nature – flower pressing | Water colour painting Monet |
| DT | Building Models | Seasonal Craft | Design a chocolate bar and packaging | Junk Modelling | Bird Feeders | Textiles – Design a T-shirt |
| Cooking & Nutrition | Story Based Menus | Seasonal Activities | British Produce | Biscuits | Colourful Foods | Picnics |
| Computing (purple mash, Helpkidzlearn) | Cause and Effect Digital Storytelling/ Story Sequencing (create simple digital stories using basic multimedia tools/ create physical storyboards using art resources to sequence traditional tales) | Making Pictures Digital Cards and Invitations (design and create digital cards and invitations for various celebrations) | Unplugged Coding with Recipes/ Creating Recipes (Using the concept of recipes, students will learn the basics of algorithms and sequencing without using computers. They will follow and create simple step-by-step instructions.) | Make a moving picture Space Exploration Simulations (explore basic coding and simulation tools to create simple space exploration projects. Create digital representations of a space mission using graphic programmes or PPT.) | Nature Data Collection/ Nature Walk and Data Collection | Adding text and images Seaside Adventure (Digital Maps and Navigation/ Beach diorama building) |
| PE | Gymnastics | Dance | Games – skills – throwing, kicking, catching | Outdoor & Adventure | Athletics | Dance |
| PSED | Playing and Working Together | Taking Care of Ourselves | Baby to Adult | Keeping Safe | Belonging to A Community | People Who Are Special to Us |
| RE | Being Special | Special Times – Christmas | Special Stories | Special Times – Easter | Special Places Christianity | Special People |
Year 4
| Year 4 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Main theme – | Pirates | Step Back in Time | Diggin’ Dinosaurs | Terrific Transport | Jobs People Do | Rumble in the Jungle |
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| Literacy (Fiction, non-fiction, poetry every ½ term) | Pirate Stories Pirate Poems Sound Stories | Writing about the past Information Texts Poems – linked to the past | Dinosaur poems Dinosaur stories Facts about dinosaurs | Transport stories Transport poems Transport labels | Writing about different jobs Poems – world of work Information Texts | Jungle stories Animal poems Facts about animals |
| Mathematics (White Rose) | Money Place Value | Time Counting patterns | Measurement – mass – volume Place Value | Measurement – length, height Addition | Geometry – shape Subtraction | Geometry – Position & Direction Place Value |
| Science | Materials | Light | Habitats on land | Forces & friction Stopping / starting / rolling | Electricity | Food Chains |
| History | Christopher Columbus | Life in Different Eras | Long, long ago…fossils | Vehicles from the past | Jobs in the past e.g. factories | Famous Explorers |
| Geography | The Water Cycle | Time Zones | Landscapes, sea and land | Reading Maps & Journeys | Jobs in the local area | Jungle Environment |
| Music (Charanga) & Thematic | Hey You! Pirate Songs | Rhythm in the way we walk Music from different times | In the groove! Dinosaur Songs | Round and Round Transport Songs, sounds and music | Your Imagination Sound lotto – workplace | Reflect Rewind & Replay Jungle songs |
| Art | Pointillism | Portraits – Andy Warhol | Clay Work / printing Print Winnie’s paw! | Painting pictures and models | I am an artist! Learn about an artist. | Rubbings and texture – painting and other materials |
| DT | Make a treasure chest | Build a time machine | Moving Dinosaurs | Design a vehicle that moves | Textiles -Design a (tie, badge, uniform) | Animal Masks |
| Cooking & Nutrition | Food Groups | Food through History | Breads and Rolls | Soups | I am a chef – creating meals | Plants we can eat |
| Computing (purple mash, Helpkidzlearn) | Making Pictures Treasure Hunt Coding/ Treasure Map Creation | Historical Timelines/ Historical Role Play (Information organisation, adding images and text, digital presentation/ research events, develop scripts, prop making, performance). | Recording audio Dinosaur Fact Files/ Dinosaur Excavation | Transport Animation/ Transport Model Making | Technology in different Jobs Digital Career Posters/ Career Role Play | Jungle Adventure Game Creation/ Jungle Diorama (learn to design game elements, set challenges, and use block-based coding to bring their game to life/ learn about jungle ecosystems, animal habitats, and biodiversity) |
| PE | Games – hockey | Dance | Gymnastics | Games | Athletics | Outdoor & Adventure |
| PSED | Getting on With Others | Healthy Eating | Identifying And Ex-Pressing Feelings | Trust | Jobs People Do | Respecting Different People |
| RE | Being Special | Special Times – Christmas | Special Stories | Special Times – Easter | Special Places Buddhism | Special People |
Year 5
| Year 5 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Spring 2 | Summer 2 |
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| Main theme – | Fantasy World | Monster Stories | Kings & Queens | Food and Farming | Stone Age Showdown | All Around the World |
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| Literacy (Fiction, non-fiction, poetry every ½ term) | Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Pinocchio, mermaids, unicorns, Fairy-tale Poems | Loch Ness monster Colour Monster Monster poems | Facts about the Royals Poems about the Royals If I was ‘king’ for the day story | Farm stories Animal poems Facts about farming | Stone Age Stories Cave Baby Caption Writing | Stories from around the world Poems from around the world |
| Mathematics (White Rose) | Geometry -Shape Place Value | Measurement – mass Addition | Time Subtraction | Money Statistics | Geometry Place value | Geometry – position-direction Fractions |
| Science | Chemical Reactions | Magnets & Magnetism | Inheritance – animals and humans | Plants | Evolution | The Environment |
| History | Castles and Ciges | UK national animals | A Royal Timeline / The Great Fire | Farming in the past | Stone Age Settlements | Wonders of the World |
| Geography | Castles & Bridges | Contrasting locality – Scotland | Learning about London | What grows where? | Where were the Stone Age settlements? | Rivers and Mountains |
| Music (Charanga) & Thematic | Hands, Feet, Heart Disney Songs | Ho ho ho! Bagpipes, Christmas | I wanna’ play in a band! National Anthems / British Pop | Zoomtime! Animal songs | Bringing us Together Chants | Reflect, rewind, replay Musical instruments |
| Art | Printing – Henri Matisse | Colour mixing | Royal Portraits | Landscapes, fields and farms | Cave Paintings | Art from around the world |
| DT | Design a e.g. wand for the fairy godmother | Moving Monsters | Design a crown | Design a Plant Pot Design Winnie a new neckerchief! | Rock painting | Design something that can fly! |
| Cooking & Nutrition | Shape Foods | Monster snacks | Afternoon tea | Baking bread | Rock Buns | Food from different places in the world |
| Computing (purple mash, Helpkidzlearn) | Build a World! (design landscapes, characters, and story elements) | Monstrous Tales (combine text, images, and sounds to tell a story) | Who on Earth! (research, organise information, and use presentation software to create informative and engaging biographies) | Build a Farm (Farm Model Creation – digitally or unplugged) | Digital Time Travel/ Stone Age Tools and Crafts (create digital projects that simulate life in the Stone Age/ create replicas of Stone Age tools and crafts using natural materials, learn about Stone Age technology and craftsmanship) | Where To? (research, organise information, and use graphic design tools to create brochures for different countries. Also unplugged – create displays and presentations about different countries and cultures) |
| PE | Gymnastics | Dance | Games | Outdoor & Adventure | Games -football | Dance |
| PSED | Kind and Unkind Behaviours | Keeping Well | Changes at Puberty | Keeping Safe Online | Taking care of the Environment | Money |
| RE | Being Special | Special Times – Christmas | Special Stories | Special Times – Easter | Special Places Judaism | Special People |
Year 6
| Year 6 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Summer 1 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Main theme – | Home Sweet Home | Ancient Maya | At the bottom of the deep blue sea! | Wonderful Wigan | Inventors Who Changed the World | Super Safari (special journeys) |
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| Literacy (Fiction, non-fiction, poetry every ½ term) | The Wizard of Oz Poems – lion, tin man, scarecrow Houses– non-fiction | Ancient Stories from Maya Poema about – sun, moon, stars | Non-fiction – Titanic Sea Poems Sea Stories | Facts about Wigan Wigan poems | Non-fiction Job poems | The Water Princess We all went on safari! Animal Poems |
| Mathematics (White Rose) | Measurement – length/ height Place Value | Time Addition | Measurement – capacity Pattern, number sequences, multiplication | Measurement – length height Place Value | Measurement -Money Subtraction | Measurement – temperature Statistics |
| Science | Seasonal Change – extreme weather | Sun, Moon, Stars | Forces – floating/sinking/ buoyancy | Forces – push/pull | Experiments!!!! | Growing & Changing |
| History | Films then and now | Invention of Chocolate | Titanic | Wigan Pier Coal, Cotton, Canals | Great Inventors | Extinction |
| Geography | Story Maps, Tornado Valley | What is in a settlement? | Cold water-Antarctica | Houses and Homes of Wigan / sports buildings | Great Inventors – where are they from? | South Africa |
| Music (Charanga) & Thematic | Let your spirit fly Wizard of Oz music | Three Little Birds Christmas | The Dragon Song Sea rhymes, songs | Friendship! George Formby / songs from Wigan | Stop! Making own musical instruments | Reflect, rewind and Replay Leaving assembly performance. |
| Art | Collage | Maya Hieroglyphic Drawings | Digital Art | Charcoal art | Comic Strips | African Prints |
| DT | Design a shoe | Maya Masks | Make a boat that floats | Design a flag for Wigan | Junk modelling inventions e.g. telephones | Design a safari Jeep |
| Computing (purple mash, Helpkidzlearn) | Interactive Storytelling (use multimedia tools to create interactive stories based on “The Wizard of Oz”, combine text, images, and interactive elements/ storyboard creation) | Digital Archaeology (use digital tools to create virtual reconstructions of Ancient Maya sites, 3D modelling and virtual tours) | Marine Life Exploration (use digital tools to create presentations or videos about marine life, research, organise information, and use multimedia tools to present, create simple marine animations). | My Wigan (Research local history, use digital tools to create presentations, photos or videos, and share their findings) | Digital Inventor Profiles/ Invention Prototypes (research, organise information, and use presentation software/ design and create prototypes of their own inventions using recycled materials, learn about the invention process, problem-solving, and creativity). | Using Video Create a video for leavers assembly! Give Winnie a starring role in your film! |
| Cooking & Nutrition | Rainbow food groups | Chocolate Recipes | Titanic Menu | Pies and Pastry | Invent a new dish! | African Meals |
| PE (swimming & water safety) | Gymnastics | Dance | Games – basket ball skills | Team Games, Ball Skills – tag rugby, football | Athletics | Outdoor and Adventure |
| PSED | Rules and Law | Taking Care of Physical Health | Different Types of Relationships | Public and Private | Managing Strong Feelings | Things We Are Good At Nb – Transition to seniors |
| RE | Being Special | Special Times – Christmas | Special Stories | Special Times – Easter | Special Places Hinduism | Special People |