Curriculum Map Below is an outline map of our curriculum showing what is covered in each year group and in each subject. Each class teacher holds a Meet the Teacher information evening at the start of each academic year and sends out termly newsletters where they discuss the curriculum in more depth. Art, DT and music are linked to Science, History and Geography topics. Each class has half a term of cookery and half a term of Forest School; and Key Stage 2 has a term of swimming each year. Key Stage 1 Most topics are taught over a two year rolling programme. Year 1 and Year 2 share the same topics for all the foundation subjects. By the end of the key stage, children will have competed the national curriculum requirements for both Year 1 and Year 2. Teachers plan carefully differentiated lessons to ensure that Year 2 children are challenged more within each topic. YEAR A Science History Geography RE Computing 1,2 Materials Y2 Living things Y2 Plants Y1 Animals Y1 Great Fire of London Florence Nightingale Neil Armstrong UK knowledge Weather Continents Our World Who made the world? Why is the world God so important to Christians? Special Occasions Why does Christmas matter to Christians Basic computer skills Pictures/paint Special people What is the good news that Jesus brings? What do Christians believe God is like? Judaism
YEAR B Science History Geography RE Computing 1,2 Materials Y1 Living things Y1 Animals Y2 Plants Y2 George Stephenson and vehicles Homes in the past Toys Local areas and safety Non-European country-kenya Seaside Our World Who made the world? Why is the world God so important to Christians? Special Occasions Why does Christmas matter to Christians Basic computer skills Pictures/paint Special people What is the good news that Jesus brings? What do Christians believe God is like? Judaism Key Stage 2 The only change between Year A and Year B is RE which is on a 2 year rolling programme based on Understanding Christianity (70% Christianity 30%, Other World Faith). Each term will have a Christian unit and a supporting world faith mini unit linking the same themes God Creation Fall People of God Incarnation Gospel Kingdom of God To avoid overlaps with the previous curriculum organisation, Y4 will be studying Tudors 2018-19. YEAR A Science History Geography RE Computing 3 Rocks Forces & Magnets Changes in Britain Stone Age to Iron Age Rainforests and woodlands (Penn Woods) Incarnation What is the Trinity? humans (nutrition and skeletons) Light Ancient Egypt Why do Christians call the day Jesus died Good Friday? Online safety Email Databases Plants Gospel What kind of world did Jesus want? Hinduism
4 States of matter Electricity Sound Living things & their habitats humans (digestion, teeth) The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain 2018-19 Tudors Mountains (UK/S America, Europerelief maps and contours), Volcanoes, Earthquakes Coast, water cycle, rivers, erosion. Incarnation What is the Trinity? Why do Christians call the day Jesus died Good Friday? Gospel What kind of world did Jesus want? PowerPoint Images Email Databases 5 Earth and Space Forces Living things & their habitats (life cycles) humans (human development) Properties and changes of materials Britain s settlement by Anglo-Saxons & Scots; Viking & Angle-Saxon struggle for Kingdom of England Ancient Greece life in Ancient Greece and legacy on British culture London -mapping, rivers, settlement, natural resources Sikhism God What does it mean if God is holy and loving? What did Jesus do to save Human Beings? Gospel What would Jesus Do? Buddhism E-safety HTML Scratch Spreadsheets Google Sketch-up Research Cryptography Digital art 6 Light Living things and their habitats (classification) Evolution and inheritance humans (circulatory system) Habitats Electricity (circuits) Local Area Geography study & Local history study link to Victorians/(railway s) through Disraeli/Hughenden Early Islamic civilisation inc. Baghdad c.ad 900 Fair trade God What does it mean if God is holy and loving? What did Jesus do to save Human Beings? Gospel What would Jesus Do? Islam Internet and WWW : HTML, Scratch Spreadsheets Research Digital art Google Sketch-up Hyperlinking
YEAR B Science History Geography RE Computing 3 Rocks Forces & Magnets humans (nutrition and skeletons) Light Plants Changes in Britain Stone Age to Iron Age Ancient Egypt Rainforests and woodlands (Penn Woods) Creation and Fall What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? Kingdom of God When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost? Online safety Email Databases People of God What is it like to follow God? Hinduism 4 States of matter Electricity Sound Living things & their habitats humans (digestion, teeth) The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain Mountains (UK/S America, Europerelief maps and contours), Volcanoes, Earthquakes Coast, water cycle, rivers, erosion. Creation and Fall What do Christians learn from the Creation Story? Kingdom of God When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost? PowerPoint Images Email Databases People of God What is it like to follow God? Sikhism 5 Earth and Space Forces Living things & their habitats (life cycles) humans (human development) Properties and changes of materials Britain s settlement by Anglo-Saxons & Scots; Viking & Angle-Saxon struggle for Kingdom of England Ancient Greece life in Ancient Greece and legacy on British culture London -mapping, rivers, settlement, natural resources Creation and Fall Creation and Science Complimentary or Contradictory? Link to evolution What difference does the resurrection make to Christians? Kingdom of God What type of King was Jesus? E-safety HTML Scratch Spreadsheets Google Sketch-up Research Cryptography Digital art Buddhism
6 Light Living things and their habitats (classification) Evolution and inheritance humans (circulatory system) Habitats Electricity (circuits) Local Area Geography study & Local history study link to Victorians/(railway s) through Disraeli/Hughend en Early Islamic civilisation inc. Baghdad c.ad 900 Fair trade Creation and Fall Creation and Science Complimentary or Contradictory? Link to evolution What difference does the resurrection make to Christians? Kingdom of God What type of King was Jesus? Islam Internet and WWW : HTML, Scratch Spreadsheets Research Digital art Google Sketch-up Hyperlinking English at Curzon We follow September 2014 National Curriculum. Phonics is taught in small ability groups in Reception and KS1 using the Letters and Sounds programme. Intervention phonics groups are in place in KS2 for those children who need extra support. Reading is taught through whole class shared reading and in guided reading sessions where texts are matched to children s abilities. Pupils have discrete spelling and grammar lessons. Close links are made between these sessions and the rest of the English curriculum. Children in all classes perform poems. Curzon believes that children should apply their learning and creates many opportunities to consolidate and build on literacy skills across the curriculum. Each year group will include at least one unit of writing based on a cross-curricular subject. Below is an overview of the different types of writing that are taught. Key authors and texts are in blue. Class 1 (Reception and Y1) Most of the writing is based around story-telling and Talk for Writing techniques. Children read, retell and write fairy tales, stories from other cultures and fantasy stories. The emphasis is on correct letter formation and spelling of basic words linked to the phonics programme. Children are taught to use spaces between words and introduced to basic sentence punctuation. Non-fiction work includes making lists, giving and writing directions, writing captions and exploring the features of information books.
Fiction Non fiction Poetry Class 2 (Y1 and Y2) Y3 Y4 Stories by the same author (i.e. Anthony Browne, Julia Donaldson, Beatrix Potter) Longer narratives based on traditional tales. Author focus on Roald Dahl (e.g. James and the Giant Peach) Writing own stories based on familiar stories (i.e. Rainbow Fish) Author focus on Dick King Smith (e.g. Hodgeheg, Find the White Horse) Stories inspired by Flat Stanley Greek Myths and Legends Stories from other cultures (i.e. Willow Patterns) Writing play scripts (e.g. The Enormous Crocodile) Recounts based on own real-life events Diaries Non chronological reports - (i.e. About Myself, fictional monsters) - Linked to foundation subject topic Instructions based on first hand experiences (i.e. cookery, creating games) Information texts (linked to literacy topic, such as Peter and the Wolf, Flat Stanley etc.) Instructions: linked to literacy topic News reports (e.g. Talk for Writing Manfred The Baddie) Nonsense poems Patterns in poetry (i.e. Sound Collector) Word choice in short poems Alliteration Haikus Similes Stories based on imaginary worlds (i.e. Narnia, Alice in Wonderland) Stories with historical settings (e.g. Escape from Pompeii, Emil & the Detectives, The Lion & The Unicorn) Persuasive leaflets (Talk for Writing, linked to Humanities topic) Formal and Informal letter writing Y5 Stories from other cultures (e.g. Aesop s Fables) Author focus on Anne Fine/ Malorie Blackman Myths and Legends (e.g. Robin Hood, Just So Stories) Persuasive letters Non chronological reports Explanations (i.e. Wacky Mousetrap) Personification The Highwayman
Film narrative (The Piano) Y6 Writing inspired by narrative poems (i.e. The Highwayman) Kensuke s Kingdom by Michael M - Adventure stories - Descriptions Skellig by David Almond Diaries Journalism Formal writing Discussions balanced argument Newspaper article (Tuesday) Metaphors Haiku Imagery Talk for writing Suspense stories with flashbacks (Kidnapped Talk for writing) Non-chronological A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens - Diary entry - Play scripts - Monologue Maths at Curzon Curzon School follows the 2014 National Curriculum, where the Mathematics curriculum provides breadth and balance and is relevant and differentiated to suit the needs of all pupils for the modern world. It allows children to deepen their learning by providing opportunities for prediction, reflection and reasoning. Although the national curriculum expectation is that the majority of pupils will move through the programmes of study at broadly the same pace, some children may need more time to consolidate concepts whilst others will be ready for further challenge through rich and sophisticated problems. Through our teaching, we make explicit links between different areas of Mathematics and encourage children to identify patterns and reason about their Mathematics. We want our children to fully understand mathematical concepts rather than following methods superficially. Strategies for teaching include: use of concrete resources (e.g. Numicon, Cuisenaire, Dienes) pictures to model concepts giving children a choice of activities to start on bar modelling to help unpick the meaning of word problems use of mini whiteboards for show me activities which involve all children
children using whiteboards to take notes during whole class input working walls which children can refer to during lessons children explaining concepts to each other children making up own questions showing the same concept in lots of different contexts use of NCTEM and White Rose documents In most year groups, children focus predominantly on place value and number skills in the autumn term as these underpin the rest of the curriculum. They revisit and apply these number skills throughout the other terms. Below is a list of topics that are generally covered term by term, although the order sometimes changes depending on the needs of the class. s tables are taught and practised throughout the year. Autumn Spring Summer Y1 Addition and subtraction Shape Number bonds to 20 Counting forwards and backwards Addition and subtraction including 2 digit and teen numbers, adding 3 one digit numbers Multiplication and division Practising and applying number skills Money : weight Y2 Addition and subtraction of two 2 digit numbers Initial written methods for multiplication and division Practising and applying number skills Counting forwards and backwards to 100 Shape applying addition and subtract methods Using < > + to compare numbers Sorting into Venn and Carroll diagrams Statistics including bar graphs, pictograms Money addition and subtraction Y3 Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Shape and symmetry subtraction and addition.
Statistics. multiplication Roman numerals Y4 addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Shape-quadrilaterals and triangles Decimals Coordinates Area and perimeter and decimals Negative numbers Roman numerals Decimals, fractions Y5 addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Shape Decimals, fractions Long multiplication method (including improper fractions) Percentages Decimals Area and perimeter Applying number, fraction and percentage skills Negative numbers Shape Measures, Angles Translating shapes Roman numerals Y6, written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, including multiplying and dividing fractions by whole numbers Ratio and proportion, Decimals Algebra Mean Applying number, fraction and percentage skills 3D shape Coordinates Angles Circumference Area and perimeter Roman numerals