*Yearly Overview: Year A (2024-25) KS2
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |||||||
Value | Focus | Respect and Collaboration | Initiative | Curiosity | Risk Taking and Resilience | Application of all Values | ||||||
English | Foxes: TWS- The Invisible by Tom Percival (Story about belonging) Hedgehogs TWS - The Arrival by Sean Tan | Foxes: TWS - Seasonal poetry Foxes: TWS- Non Chron reports - animals | Foxes: TWS: The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (humorous story) adventure/quest set in polar/icy environment, focussing on the setting description) Purpose: illustrated story (handwritten for 3/4 ; ICT produced for 5/6) | Foxes: TWS: Persuasive letter to an author Writing to inform (Polar Geography: short biographies about polar explorers Non-chronological reports: polar animal or environmental issue) | Foxes: TWS: Wisp (Story of Hope) Linked to refugees and The Boy at the Back of the Class | Biography of Armstrong/Lovelace/Blake/Yarnold (linked to biography of Mary Anning in Science) | ||||||
Read aloud Foxes | War Game by Michael Foreman An alien in the jam factory by Chrissie Sains Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson | Shadow Fox by Carlie Sorosiak | The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan | The Wild Robot by Peter Brown | The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf | Varjak Paw by SF Said. | ||||||
Read aloud Hedgehogs | War Game by Michael Foreman War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
| How to be More Hedgehog by Anne-Marie Conway The Snow Girl by Sophie Anderson | The Last Bear by Hannah Gold and Levi Pinfold | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken | Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell The Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning unearthed the truth about the dinosaurs by Kate Winter | Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood & Sally Wern ComportA Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis | ||||||
Maths (Y3) | U1- To be taught in MM U2-Numbers to 1,000 (7w) | U2 cont-Numbers to 1,000 (3w) U4- Manipulating additive relationship and securing mental calculation (4w) | U6-2,4,8 times table (3w) (MM) U5- Column addition (2w) U7-Column subtraction (1w) | U3 -Right angles (2w) U10- Parallel and perpendicular lines in polygons (2w) | U11- Time (1w) U8- Unit fractions (5w) | U9 -Non unit fractions (4w) | ||||||
Maths (Y4) | U1-Review of column and addition and subtraction (3w) U2-Numbers to 10,000 ( 4w) | U2 cont- Numbers to 10,000 (1w) U3-Perimeter (2w) U4 -3,6,9 times table (4w) | U5- 7 times table and patterns (2w) U6 -Understanding and manipulating multiplicative relationships (5w) MM? | U7- coordinates (2w) U8- review fractions (1w) | U9 cont - Fractions greater than 1 (5w) U10- Symmetry in 2d shapes (2w) | U11- Time (1w) U12- Division with remainders (2w) | ||||||
Maths (Y5) | U9 Converting units U1 Decimal fractions U7 Factors, multiples and primes U3 Negative numbers | U4 Short multiplication and division U5 Angles | U8 Fractions | U5 Area and scaling | U9 Converting units U1 Decimal fractions U7 Factors, multiples and primes U3 Negative numbers | Securing calculation | ||||||
Maths (Y6) | U2 Multiples of 1000 U3 Numbers up to 10000000 | U5 Multiplication and division U4 Draw, compose and decompose shapes | U7 Fractions and percentages | U9 Ratio and proportion U6 Area, perimeter, position and direction | U11 Solving problems with 2 unknowns U12 Order of operations | Transition Work | ||||||
Science | Animals including humans (human body: skeleton, muscles and digestive system) - write and record film to tell people about healthy diets. | Evolution and Inheritance (Trip) Create a polar animals and make a mini-documentary about it, detailing habitat and adaptations (Ely Museum Fossil box / Trip to Scott Polar Research Institute | Study of a Famous Scientist - write a biography about Mary Anning. | |||||||||
History | Local History: World War 1 - plan a tea party at which children share mini-reports about their learning and bake treats. | Vikings: Alfred the Great Invasion! Anglo-Saxon / Viking struggle Alfred Why was Alfred successful when Boudicca wasn’t? - concept cartoons | ||||||||||
Geography | Y5/6 Coastal Mapping (Norfolk)?? Hilltop | United we Stand: UK Nations and Regions - poster / leaflet | Polar Geography - make maps and explain key similarities and contrasts between Antarctica and Arctic. | |||||||||
Art & Design | British Designers (Textiles) | Matisse | ||||||||||
D&T | Bread (baking bread for a variety of events: Booknic, Autumn Fayre and WWI Tea Party). | Bread -. (diet of Polar explorers and WWI) | Bug hotels and cello stand | |||||||||
Computing | Computer Systems and Networks Yr5/6 Systems and Searching Yr3/4 Communication - Google Classroom Creating Media: Video production (link to Science) | Creating Media: Video production (link to Science) | Online Safety (linked to PSHE, using Project Evolve)) | Data and Information (flat file databases linked to polar animals). | Programming Y5/6 Selection in Physical Computing / Variables in games Creating media (Google Draw - desktop publishing link to Hist) | |||||||
PE | Core Sport: Netballs | Core Sport: Gymnastics Yr5/6: Outdoor Adventurous | Core Sport: Dance | Core Sport: Tag Rugby | Core Sport: Tennis | Core Sport: Swimming Yr5/6 Swimming 2 | ||||||
RE Yr3/4 | Y3/4: Hinduism: Dharma How does the story of Rama and Sita inspire Hindus to follow their dharma? | Y3/4: Gospel What kind of world did Jesus want? | Y3/4: Judaism: Covenant What symbols and stories help Jewish people remember their covenant with God? | Y3/4: Salvation 2a5: Why do Christians call the day Jesus died Good Friday? | Y3/4: Kingdom of God When Jesus left, what was the impact of the Pentecost? | Y3/4 : Sikhism: Guru How does the teaching of the gurus move Sikhs from dark to light? | ||||||
RE Yr5/6 | Y5/6: People of God 2b.3: How can following God bring freedom and justice? | Y5/6: Incarnation 2b.4: Was Jesus the Messiah? | Y5/6: Humanism: Happiness Why do Humanists say happiness is the goal of life? | Y5/6: Islam: Qur’an What does the Qur’an reveal about Allah and his guidance? | Y5/6: Kingdom of God What kind of King is Jesus? | Y5/6 Buddhism: Triple Refuge How does the Triple Refuge help Buddhists in their journey through life? | ||||||
PSHE | Mental Wellbeing | Caring Friendships (including anti-bullying week) | Internet safety and harms Online relationships (including internet safety day) | Basic First Aid | Families and People Who Care for Me | Y3/4 Growing Up Y5/6 Changing adolescent body and menstruation | ||||||
Music | Keep the Home Fires Burning | Christmas Concert | Ely Arts Festival / Summer Production | |||||||||
French (Yr3/4) | Intermediate Teaching: Je me presente (Presenting myself) | Intermediate Teaching: Traditions et celebrations (Traditions and celebrations) Immersive unit | Early Language Teaching: Les saisons (The seasons) | Progressive Teaching: Vikings | ||||||||
French (Yr5/6) | Intermediate Teaching: En classe (In the classroom) | Intermediate Teaching: Au salon du the (At the tea room) Immersive unit | Intermediate Teaching: Quel temps fait-il? (What is the weather?) | Progressive Teaching: Vikings | ||||||||