Year Six Topics
Autumn Term 2007
Science:	Human Body. Fitness. Healthy Eating.
History:	Victorians.
Geography:	Rivers.

Spring Term 2008
Science:	Solar System.
History:	Victorians (continued). Titanic disaster.
Geography:	Rivers (continued)

Summer Term 2008
Science:	Forces/Sound/Light
History:	Titanic disaster (continued). Second World War.
Geography:	Mountains. Mapping skills.

Year Five Topics
Autumn Term 2007
English:	Different genres of text (such as poetry, myths, legends and traditional tales.) Consolidating and extending grammar and reading skills.  Spellings.  Interpretation of the written word. Verbal Reasoning skills.
Mathematics:	Place Value. Number Skills. Fractions. Multiplication. Division. Decimals. Data Handling. Angles.
RE:	'Here I Am' Syllabus: Homes and Families, Signs and Symbols, Visitors.
Science:	Light. How we see things.  Micro Organisms.
History:	Tudors
Geography:	Fieldwork: A contrasting UK Locality
Art:	Harvest. Links to the Tudors. Portraits. Advent. Christmas.

Spring Term 2008
History:	Stuarts
Geography:	Europe and Climate. Adapting to extreme climate.
Science:	Micro Organisms and Decay. Reversible changes.

Summer Term 2008
Geography:	Europe
Science:	Solids, Liquids and Gases. The Water Cycle.

Year Four Topics
English:	Revision and extension of basic grammar principles.         Comprehension and creative writing – fiction and non-  fiction – exploring a range of genres.
Mathematics:	Times tables and mental maths activities. Consolidate and develop understanding of place value, shape, time, money, measurement, direction, fractions, and decimals, handling data and the four basic mathematical concepts.
Geography:	Origin and Development of Settlements. Comparison of lifestyles of children living in the UK and Kenya.

Autumn Term 2007
RE:	'Here I Am' Syllabus: Homes and Families, Signs and Symbols, Visitors.
History:	Invaders and Settlers- Ancient Romans
Science:	Moving and Growing. Keeping Warm.
Art/DT	Paints (tints and tones). Extending line and colour using oil pastels. Portraits. Sewing. Salt Dough Modelling.

Spring Term 2008
History:	The Invaders - Anglo Saxons.
Science:	Friction, Solids and Liquids.
RE:	'Here I Am' Syllabus: Celebrations, Thanksgiving and Self - Giving.

Summer Term 2008
History:	The Invaders - The Vikings.
Science:	Habitats. Circuits and Conductors.
RE:	'Here I Am' Syllabus: Building Bridges and Differences.

Year Three Topics
English:	Consolidating knowledge of grammar and introducing new grammar skills. Creative Writing will focus on genres of poetry and fiction and non-fiction writing. Planning and structuring of a story.
Mathematics:	Timestables and mental exercises. Place value, including the four rules of number. Shape, measures and handling data.

Autumn Term 2007
Science:	Healthy Eating. Teeth. Magnets and Springs
History:	Ancient Egyptians.

Spring Term 2008
Science:	Materials. Rocks and Soils.
History:	Ancient Egyptians (Up to half term).
Geography:	Countries of the U.K., Capital Cities, Scale and Local Environment. (Gidea Park) Climatic Regions of the World. (Second half of the term).

Summer Term 2008
Science:	Plants and Plant Life.
Geography:	Holidays. Climate - hot and cold.

Year Two Topics
Autumn Term 2007
English:	Recognition and use of verbs. Spelling patterns for adding 'ing' and 'ed' and creating plurals. Working to develop a cursive script. Punctuation. Writing stories, poems and instructions.
Mathematics:	Place value. Reading and ordering numbers to 1000. Number bonds to 10, 20, 100. Simple fractions. Using the 4 rules of number mentally and in solving problems. Reading time to at least the quarter hour.
Science:	Forces and Movement. Electricity: circuits.
History:	Victorians: Houses.
Geography:	Island life - differences from mainland life. Geographical language.
Art:	Buildings (exploring shapes and pattern). William Morris
D.T.	Create moving vehicles.

Spring Term 2008
Science:	Plants and animals.
History:	Florence Nightingale.
Geography:	Places around the world.
Literacy:	Stories and poems from other countries.
Art:	Mother Nature, designer (QCA)
D.T.	Making puppets.

Summer Term 2008
Science:	Grouping and changing materials. Light and shadows.
History:	Victorians: Seaside.
Geography:	Weather and going to the seaside.
Art/D.T.	Van Gogh (The 'Take a seat' QCA unit).

Year One Topics
Autumn Term 2007
English:	Consolidating alphabet: consonants and vowels. Revise known blends and introduce extension blends, beginning blends and end blends. Poetry and rhyme. Spellings. Grammar - revise sentence structure: capital letters, full stops, finger spaces. Introduce question marks and exclamation marks. Fiction - story planning, settings, events, order and characters. Non-fiction - use and layout of texts. Reading/reading comprehension.
Mathematics:	Revising and consolidating numbers to 10, 20 and 100. Addition/subtraction – consolidating number bonds to 10, numbers to 20, teen numbers, number bonds, adding 10 to 1 digit numbers. Ordering numbers and number names. Money. Counting in 2's. 2D/3D shapes. Time – digital and analogue: o'clock and half past. Sorting – Venn diagrams.
RE:	Babies, Initiation (learning to belong and to respond) and Gifts.
Science:	Sources of light/sound. Uses and misuses of electricity.
History:	Houses now and then. Firework night/Guy Fawkes. Poppy Day.
Geography:	Our journey to school. The local area.
Art:	Links to Homes (History): Themselves: Their homes; Autumn; Guy Fawkes; Winter; Diwali; Christmas.
D.T.	Links to History (Homes, Poppy Day); Links to Literacy (Zig-Zag Book); Links to Christmas (Salt dough decorations, cards and envelopes.

Spring Term 2008
Science:	The Solar System. Ourselves/Growing..
History:	Neil Armstrong/Space. Schools.
Geography:	Town/Country. Directions.

Summer Term 2008
Science:	Mini beasts. Caring for our world.
History:	Transport. George Stephenson. Mary Seagle.
Geography:	Looking at the differences between Leicester and Delhi.

 

Transition Topics
English:	Revise and consolidate sounds/names of letters, capital and lower case letter formation. Revise known blends/introduce extension blends. Poetry, rhymes and rhyming words. Grammar: capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Stories: listen, retell, copy.
Mathematics:	Revise and consolidate numbers to 10, then 20. Addition and subtraction - consolidating number bonds to 10. Ordering numbers and number games. Money - recognising coins. Revise 2D shapes; introduce 3D shapes. Time - digital and analogue (o'clock). Sorting - size shape and colour.
Creative Development	Topic related to art and craft activities. Christmas related activities: music, painting, cutting, sticking, etc.

Autumn Term 2007
Knowledge and Understanding of the World:	Ourselves. Growing. Living/non-living things. Guy Fawkes/Firework Night. Lapland. Christmas. Reindeer.

Spring Term 2008
Knowledge and Understanding of the World:	Forces. Materials - natural/man-made. Dinosaurs.

Summer Term 2008
Knowledge and Understanding of the World:	People and Inventions. China. Paper.

Reception Topics
Autumn Term 2007
First half:	Numbers 1- 5. Sounds: c, o, a, d, g, h, i, f, p, e, m. All about me. Colours. Autumn. Nursery Rhymes. Focus on hand-control skills (cutting, tracing, playdough, threading).
Second half:	Number 6 - 10. Sounds: b, j, k, l, n, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z. Winter festivals. Winter.

Spring Term 2008
First half:	To be confirmed.
Second half:	To be confirmed.

Summer Term 2008
First half:	Growing plants. Growing-ourselves. Opposites. Where I live. Senses. Mini Beasts.
Second half:	Water capacity. Journeys. What are things made from? Food. Sounds. Summer/holidays..

Nursery Topics
Autumn Term 2006	Colours - red, yellow, blue, green and orange. Autumn - leaves, hedgehogs and scarecrows. Harvest Festival. Diwali. Fireworks. Christmas - lanterns, cards, calendars, stained glass windows, stockings, glitter pictures, Christmas Story and concerts.
Spring Term 2007	Winter - snowmen, birds, warm clothes. Chinese New Year. Pancake Day. Mothering Sunday. Shape - circles, squares, triangles, rectangles. Pets - caring for pets - etc. Kites - windy days. Spring -flowers, daffodils and blossom. Farms - baby animals. New life - flowers, blossom, chicks, lambs. Easter - eggs, chicks and rabbits.
Summer Term 2007	Life cycle of a butterfly - caterpillar and butterflies. The Hungry Caterpillar. Fruit tasting. People who help us - police, nurse, doctor, fire fighter, mum, dad, teachers and lollipop lady. Numbers 1 -5. Summer - discuss their holidays and weather. Seaside - shells, sand, buckets and spades.

 

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