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Curriculum

Long Term Planning

Year 1

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

We are what we eat & Who Am I? (7+7) Focus Science: Healthy Food Geog: Where food comes from PSHE/Citizenship: Self – feelings, individuals Art: Portraits		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Swimming Balanceability	Forest School Balanceability

Spring (11 weeks)

Live and Let Live (2) Science: naming & grouping	Time Travellers (5 1⁄2) Focus: History: Local History – must link to Jet Age	Spring / Easter production Focus: Literacy
Balanceability	Forest School	Spring / Easter production Focus: Literacy

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

Seeing the light (7) Focus: Art: Light and Dark Geog: Day and Night Science: growing seeds, Materials	Focus Week	Hooray let’s go on Holiday (8) Focus: Geog: Places
		Forest School

Year 2

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

People of the Past (5 1⁄2) Focus: History: Famous explorers, inventors – Must be: Christopher Columbus v Neil Armstrong		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Forest School	Swimming

Spring (11 weeks)

Flowers & Insects (7) Focus: Science: How and where seeds grow, honey, butterflies		Spring / Easter production Focus: Literacy
Forest School

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

From A to B (9) Focus: Geog: Travel, maps History: Transport ART: Turner/Monet	Focus Week	Super Humans (3 1⁄2) Focus: Science: Body parts, senses DT: Healthy Meal
Forest School

Year 3

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

Scavengers and settlers (6) Focus: History: Stone, Bronze, Iron Age		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Food Tech	Forest School

Spring (11 weeks)

Chocolate (8) Focus: Geog: Cacao bean History: discovery Science: Tooth care ART: Wrappers		Shakespeare Production
Swimming	Forest School

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

Bright Sparks (3) Focus: Science: Electricity & Magnetism	Material World (3) Focus: Science: incl. gears and levels	Focus Week	Local History Jet Age linked to WW2
			Forest School

Year 4

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

Temples, Tombs and treasures (7) Focus: History: Ancient Egyptians		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Forest School	Food Tech

Spring (11 weeks)

Land, sea and sky (5) Focus: Science: Habitats and life cycles must cover Year 4-6 ‘habitats’ requirements	Active Planet (6) Focus: Geog: Volcanoes and earthquakes Science: Solids, liquids and gases 2017/18 – Must complete Chocolate
Forest School	Swimming

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

Saving the World (9) Focus: Geog: Rainforest Science: rocks and soils	Focus Week	Theatre production Focus: Literacy
Forest School

Year 5

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

Space Explorers and KS2 Science Sound and Light (7 1⁄2+) Focus: Science: Space & Light		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Forest School

Spring (11 weeks)

Go with the flow (11 1⁄2) Focus: Geog: Rivers and Floods
Food Tech Forest School	Food Tech Bike Skills

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

Saving the World (9) Focus: Geog: Rainforest Science: rocks and soils	Focus Week	Theatre production Focus: Literacy
Forest School

Year 6

Autumn (13 1/2 weeks)

Mission to Mars (8) Focus: Science: broad revision D/T: moon buggies		Anti – Bullying w/b 27th Nov	Christmas 2 full weeks w/b 4th Dec
Forest School

Spring (11 weeks)

The great. The bold. The brave (8) + Local History of Gloucester City Focus: History: Greeks and Romans
	Forest School

Summer (13 1⁄2 weeks)

Making New Materials (6 1⁄2) Focus: Science: Dissolving, melting, glass, conductors insulators	Focus Week	Out of Africa (4 1⁄2) Focus: Science: evolution	Leavers Production Focus: Literacy
Food Tech		Forest School Food Tech

Festivals and events throughout the year

Other Information

Please check out Maths Chase, where you can quickly test your times tables!

https://www.mathschase.com

Autumn

Literature Festival International
Languages Day Harvest
Remembrance
Hour of Code
Diwali
Hanukah

Spring

Chinese New Year
Shove Tuesday & Lent
St David’s Day
World Book Day
St Patrick’s Day
Holi
Mothering Sunday
The Big Pedal
Good Friday & Easter
St George’s Day

Summer

Ramadan & Eid
Fathers’ Day
Science Festival
Maths Day
Sports Week
Sex Education

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