St. Bernadette’s Curriculum Planning
Our curriculum isskills based, active,
enriched and creative.It has been developed over four years.
We have used Chris Quigley resources to develop our skills based approach
and use key texts.
St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary SchoolLong Term Curriculum Overview Year 5
Autumn Spring Summer
RE, EPR and SEAL
New Beginnings, Sex Education, Getting on and Falling Out
Going for GoalsDrugs, and Alcohol
RelationshipsCultural diversity
Good to be meEnvironment
Changes
Year 5
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
(The Victorians)
Life CyclesInterdependence and Adaptation
Lifecycles
Art and Design William MorrisDT Victorian Biscuits
Local study: Preston Manor
Texts: Oliver Twist
Water BabiesStreet Child
The Secret Garden
‘Water, Water Everywhere’
Environmental aspect Coastal erosion and coasts
Weather
Around the world – global warming
Gases around us and Changing State
Art – HiroshigeDT – Wind turbines
Texts: The Ancient Mariner
Kensuke’s KingdomThe Wreck of the Zanzibar
We’ll Meet AgainWW11
Email French childrenEconomic wellbeing- War time rationing –Refugees – Kinder
transportPolitical geographyChanging CircuitsChanging Sounds
Art: WW2 Propaganda Posters –
Ravillious and NewboldTexts: Good Night Mr Tom
The PianoHitler stole my pink rabbit – Judith
KerrCandle in the Dark
Carrie’s War
Enrichment(e.g. Stunning
Starts, Fabulous Finishes,
WorkshopsTrips etc)
Dickens World
Preston Manor
RNLI Visit
Seven Sisters
Brighton Museum Handling Session
VE Day Jive Party
Area of Learning Subject Autumn TermThe Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Oliver Twist, Water Babies, Street Child, Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden
Spring Water, Water Everywhere
Kensueke’s Kingdom, Skelli, The Water Tower, Water myths, legends, fables
Summer TermWe’ll Meet Again
Candle in the dark, Goodnight Mr Tom, The Piano, Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Silver Sword
Religious Education
Babies, Initiation, GiftsWorld Faith – Judaism
Books, Death, New Life Energy Freedom / Responsibility, Special Places
EPR/PSED
Personal Health Sex EducationNew BeginningsGetting On and Falling OutAnti Bullying Week
Personal Health- drugs safetyGoing for GoalsDifference and DiversityRelationships
Development of awareness of local and wider world issues- EnvironmentGood to be MeMoney ManagementChanges
Understanding English, Communication, and Languages
English
Unit 1 Poetic Style – performance, word play, metaphor, rhyme, word choice 2 weeksUnit 4 Older Literature – The Secret Garden – 3 weeksUnit 2 Recounts - 2 weeksUnit 3 Persuasive writing – 3 weeksUnit 2 Traditional stories, Fables, Myths, Legends – 4 weeks
Unit 1 – novels and stories by significant authors - Michael Morpurgo - 4 weeksUnit 2 – Narrative Poetry – The Rime of The Ancient Mariner – 2/3 weeksUnit 3 Persuasive Writing 2 weeksUnit 3 – Stories from other cultures – 3 weeks
Unit 5 – Film narrative, The Piano – 3 weeksUnit 1 – Instructions - 3 weeksUnit 6 Dramatic Conventions 2-3 weeksUnit 2 Recounts – Evacuees – 2 weeksUnit 3 Choral and Performance Poetry – 1 week
ICT
Research – large databases – the internet – research Victorian BritainCommunication PowerPoint/Hyperlinks/Presentation
Controlling Devices Scratch/Coco – log flumes/washing machine
Modeling and simulation – Excel, spreadsheets, planning VE day partyData Handling – Information Workshop – WW2 link
Primary Language
Writing a postcard/recipes and instructions /weather and Christmas
Numbers to 200/The River Seine (link with Water topic)/ Simple presentations
Directions/places in school/objects in school.
Mathematical Understanding
Maths
Place value, ordering and roundingUsing a calculator, Understanding x and ÷Mental calculation strategies (x ÷), Pencil and paper procedures (x ÷), Money and ‘real life’ problems, Making decisions and checking results, Fractions, decimals & %,Ratio and proportion, Handing data
Place value, ordering and rounding,Using a calculator, Understanding x and ÷Mental calculation strategies (x ÷)Pencil and paper procedures (x ÷)Money and ‘real life’ problems, Making decisions and checking results, Fractions, decimals & %,Ratio and proportion, Handing data
Shape and space , Reasoning about shapesMeasures including problems, Mental calculation strategies (+ -), Pencil and paper procedures (+ -)Money and ‘real life’ problems, Making decisions and checking results, Properties of numbersReasoning about numbers
Scientific and Technological
Understanding
Science
Interdependence and AdaptationLife Cycles
Gases around usChanging State
Changing CircuitsChanging sounds
Design Technology
Biscuits and lemonade
Wind Turbines
Make do and Mend
Historical, Geographical
and Social Understanding
History
The Victorians – famous Victorians/schools/work
Water and Coasts World War 2
Understanding the Arts
Art William Morris – Printing techniques Hiroshige Propaganda Posters Ravilious and Newbold
Music Ongoing skills 15, Rhythm and Pulse 16Exploring Rounds 17, Christmas Carols
Ongoing skills – Heroes of Troy BBC Performing together 17 Exploring Sound Sources 18, Lyrics and Melody 19Samba Band
Ongoing skills 15,Performing Together 20Exploring Musical Processes 21
Understanding Physical
Development , Health and Well
Being
Physical Education
Gym Unit 5Dance – Victorian Music – Victorian characters – composition individually/pairs/groups in unison/canon. Net + Wall Un 3TennisStriking and Fielding – Hockey
Gym Unit 5Dance Unit 5Invasion Games Un 3 – netball/basketball/football
Athletics Unit 3Striking + Fielding 2 Rounders/ cricketOutdoor Education
Curriculum 2014• When redesigning our long term plans in light of the new requirements
we wanted to keep what we believe enhances and enriches learning and underpin this with good subject knowledge.
• We looked at history and geography first as most of our current topics are history or geography interwoven with science.
• There was a lot of discussion with teachers negotiating and sharing ideas. There was a realisation that we would need to update our subject knowledge and there were also resource implications.
Teachers looked at the long term plans alongside the new expectations.
They highlighted the new History and Geography curriculum to show what was
covered in which year group.
This allowed any gaps in coverage to be seen.
We found that KS1 needed very few changes.KS2 needed a lot more thinking about.
RE EPR and SEAL
New Beginnings, Sex Education, Getting on and Falling Out
Going for GoalsDrugs, and Alcohol
RelationshipsCultural diversity
Good to be meEnvironment
Changes
Year 1
Wonderful WorldPeople who help usLocal Area-MapsExploring our local area
Ourselves Texts:Various non fiction texts about people who help us
CeltsHomes Long Ago-Celtic roundhousesCeltic way of life –where they settled
Sounds and Hearing Texts:Various non fiction texts about the Celts
Polar Lands Environmental -Global warmingWeather ,TravelPolar animals.Artists: Picasso – Blue periodSorting & Using MaterialsTexts: Non fiction: Extreme survival –Polar RegionsPolar LandsWeatherFiction:Eddie the Penguin saves the World, The Emperor’s Egg, Little PenguinPolar Bear Polar Bear Big Bear, Little BearLittle Polar BearPoetry:Avery first poetry bookPolar animalsOver in the Arctic
Polar Lands/AfricaHow inuits live –now and in the pastAfrican history –comparing our lives with other cultures now and in the pastLight and DarkTexts:Long walk to Freedom children’s versionAfrican texts
AfricaEconomic wellbeing – Fair TradeBreathing PlacesGrowing PlantsPushes and pulls Texts:A is for AfricaBringing the Rain to Kepiti PlainHanda’s SurpriseA Country Far AwayJim and The BeanstalkVarious non fiction texts about plants
Enrichment(e.g. Stunning
Starts, Fabulous Finishes,
WorkshopsTrips etc
Explore our school and the local area
Visit to Butser Ancient Farm-Talks around the fire in an
authentic roundhouseWorkshops including making
Celtic craft
Eddie the Penguin has a message for the children
Drusilla’s zoo to see Penguins and African houses
African singing and dancing workshop
African Day in school
KS2 staff discussed where new objectives could be incorporated into existing topics and came to mutual agreement.
Teachers became very passionate about different areas and because they were involved in the whole process were able to see the big picture. Teachers were on board with the changes as they were making them!
Those which could not be incorporated have become new topics.
New curriculum objectives were stuck on to the long term plan to ensure that all objectives were covered.
Some things which didn’t fit our current model
History CoverageY3• Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age – new topic• The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain – existing, with changes• A non-European society that provides contrasts with British History –
Mayan civilisation – new topic The Mysterious MayansY4 • Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots – a new topic to be
introduced in Autumn term – ‘This Sceptred Isle’ – encompassing History and new Geography objectives
• ‘Incredible India’ moving onto the locality study with Brighton. Royal Pavilion, Brighton as a fishing village- existing, with changes and deeper coverage
• ‘Our Living Planet’ is being introduced - geography and science based.
Y5• Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of
England to the time of Edward the confessor (1066) – invasions
New topic- entwined with an existing ‘water’ topic• A local history study- village of Preston (school
location) – Preston Manor, exploring how the village changed with the introduction of the railways, looking at Census, land use changes, population – Existing topic as part of Victorians, with more focused coverage
• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066- railways as part of the existing Victorian topic ‘The best of times, the worst of times’
Y6• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that
extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 – as part of the work on Exploration,
‘An Awfully Big Adventure’(Shackleton) – existing topic • Achievements of the earliest civilisation – Ancient
Egypt – existing topic ‘I See Beautiful Things’ but alternates with Ancient Greece topic
• Ancient Greece and influence on the Western world – existing topic (‘Aristos Achaion and the Siege of Troy’)
We chose to follow topics chronologically, apart from in Year 6, and linked them as much as we could to our known and successful topics.
We will be introducing our new topics this academic year as far as possible.
An example from Y5
“Water Water Everywhere”, had a geographical and scientific focus over the Spring term.
This has now been moved to the Summer, to ensure more time, and will be re-planned to allow for the History objectives of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, including 1066. This will involve the role of the Channel and ways in which England was invaded.
Long Term Curriculum Overview 2013-2014
Autumn- HSITORY FOCUS Spring- HISTORY/ GEOGRAPHY
FOCUSSummer- HISTORY/ SCIENCE/ GEOGRAPHY
RE, EPR and SEAL
New Beginnings, Sex Education, Getting on and Falling Out
Going for GoalsDrugs, and Alcohol
Relationships
Cultural diversity
Good to be meEnvironment
Changes
Year 5
The Best of Times,the Worst of Times
(The Victorians)Life Cycles
Interdependence and Adaptation
Art and Design William MorrisDT Victorian Biscuits
Texts: Oliver Twist
Diary of a workhouse/ Chimney sweepStreet Child
The Secret GardenCautionary Tales
NEW CURRICULUM
Local study: Preston Manor- local history study- how Preston village changed over
time as a consequence of the introduction of railways, looking at census work – including
map work, symbols and keys, references, looking at plans of the local area, looking at
physical and human features, settlement use, economic activity
We’ll Meet AgainWW11
Email French childrenEconomic wellbeing- War time rationing
–Refugees – Kinder transportPolitical geographyChanging Circuits
Enquiry in an environmental context Changing Sounds
Art: WW2 Propaganda Posters –
Ravillious and NewboldTexts: Good Night Mr Tom
The Piano Hitler stole my pink rabbit –
Judith KerrCandle in the Dark
Carrie’s War
‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ Environmental aspect
Coastal erosion and coastsWeather Around the world – global warming
Gases around us and Changing StateArt – Hiroshighe
DT – Wind turbinesTexts: The Ancient Mariner
Kensuke’s KingdomThe Wreck of the Zanzibar
NEW CURRICULUM AND GLP-
-distribution of natural resources, including water – including discussion of global issues- what is ‘enough’ water, do we all have enough,
can we all have enough, do some have ‘excess’? Understanding physical geography- rivers, the water cycle, understanding physical/ human features (rivers, coasts) using globes, maps,
atlases, locating places around the UK
Ready for 2014- discussion of use of Channel for Vikings, Anglo-Saxons- struggle for the Kingdom of Britain up to 1066? – looking at Pevensey/ Hastings? Possible new topic change – encompassing water, environment, channel, Vikings etc over whole of summer term Including longitude/ latitude for sailors
Enrichment
(e.g. Stunning Starts,
Fabulous Finishes,Worksho
psTrips etc
Dickens WorldPreston Manor
Hove Museum- Victorian toy handling session
Brighton Museum Handling Session
VE Day Jive Party
RNLI Visit
Seven Sisters
An example from Y4
The year 4 teacher took the new curriculum as an opportunity to redesign topics and introduce new ideas. She has designed a new topic to encompass ‘Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots’. There will be many cross-curricular links with Geography.
Next Steps• to think of inspiring topic titles• turn our long term plans into medium term plans • to develop subject knowledge• to find fiction and non fiction texts and books • to find resources and artefacts, places to visit,
visitors, workshops