Oak
Overarching Themes and Topics Oak
Rotation 1 |
Autumn 1 It’s Good to be me! |
Autumn 2 Fire! Fire! Ho! Ho! Ho! |
Spring 1 Up up and away! Journeys |
Spring 2 Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside! |
Summer 1 Down at the bottom of my Garden! |
Summer 2 Healthy Me |
Literacy Fiction – Talk for Writing
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Stories in familiar settings about being an individual Elmer – David McGee Amazing Grace – Mary Hoffman Chopsticks – I’m Special I’m Me – Anne Meek Only One Me - Linda Kranz Where the Wild things are - Maurice Sendak The Invisible Boy - Patrice Barton The Colour of Home – Mary Hoffman |
Traditional tales The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Bonfire Poems
Christmas Stories
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Stories from Air and Space A balloon for Grandad – Nigel Grey and Jane Ray A voyage in the Clouds - Matthew Olsen The Story of Icarus The Man in Space How to Catch a Star The Way Back Home Here We Are – Oliver Jeffers The Darkest Dark – Chris Hatfield One Giant Leap – Robert Burleigh The Sea of Tranquility – Mark Haddon |
Stories from the Sea The Little Boat- Kathy Henderson Mousehole Cat – Antonia Barber Where the forest meets the Sea – Jeannie Baker When the Whales Came - Katie Morag Stories
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Stories by a familiar author Oliver’s Vegetables Oliver’s Fruit Salad Oliver’s Milkshake - Vivian French and Alison Bartlett Stories in a familiar setting Granpa’s Garden – Stella Fry Handa’s surprise – Eileen Browne James and the Giant Peach – Roahl Dahl Yukky Worms – Vivian French The Gigantic Turnip – Alexksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey · The Curious Garden by Peter Brown · The Tiny Seed – Eric Carle · Tree – Steve Parker |
Stories about the Body Once there were giants – Martin Waddell The Growing Story - Ruth Krauss Titch – Pat Hutchins Your Fantastic Elastic Brain - Joann Deak Hugh Boy - |
Literacy Non-Fiction |
Recounts About our holiday Dictionary People who help us Builders etc. |
Recounts About our holiday Non-chronological and information texts Great fire of London Recounts Newspaper articles Letters to Father Christmas |
Recounts About our holiday Non-chronological and information texts Flight including Space Travel Lists, captions and diagrams Flight |
Recounts About our holiday Letters home Diaries
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Recounts About our holiday Instructions Recipes and growing Lists, diagrams and captions Plants Mini beasts |
Recounts About our holiday Explanatory texts About how to stay healthy Dictionary Parts of the body |
Understanding the world |
History My school and schools in the past House in the past* Geography Schools in other countries Where I live, my house and features of house |
History Bonfire Night^* The Great Fire of London *^ Geography Christmas Around the World – Aerial views ^ |
History History of flight including. Hot Air Balloons and the Wright brothers^ Neil Armstrong* Tim Peake Geography Places in the world using the globe, the Earth in space |
History Seaside holidays in the past * Christopher Columbus Geography Holidays around the world* |
Geography Food from around the world Where does it come from? History May Day |
History Florence Nightingale * |
Art and Design Art
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Self-portraits* Picture Frame
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Jackson pollock Christmas Cards
Delightful Decorations |
Matisse – The Fall of Icarus Eric Carle – Draw Me a Star inspired paintwork Papier Mache Balloons
Kites |
Seascapes and Lowry ^ Easter Cards |
Giuseppe Arcimboldo* Van Gough Sunflowers*^ Katie and the Sunflowers - James Mayhew Picasso Bouquet of peace Matisse’s Garden - Samantha Friedman |
Henry Moore ^ - sculpture Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Human Bodies – levers and sliders |
Maths |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Know and Use Number Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions Money Time Statistics Shape, Space and Measure |
Science |
Classify Living things To know that Living things can be classified according to observable features
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Habitats Know that habitats provide things with what they need |
Day and night Day, night, month, seasonal change and year are caused by the position and movement of the Earth |
Light and sound Light and sound can be reflected and absorbed and enable us to see and hear |
Rocks and Fossils
Different rocks have different properties and the formation of soil and fossils can be explained |
Materials Materials have physical properties which can be investigated |
Computing |
Digital Literacy Staying safe online |
Computer Science Programming using Beebot, Purple Mash and other apps |
Information Technology Presenting work using ICT (eBooks in 2CAS and Book Creator) |
Information Technology Creating music and sound |
Computer Science Programming using Beebot, Purple Mash and other apps |
Information Technology Creating movies using IT |
RE/MFL |
Remembering Harvest |
MFL – Greetings, nos 1-12, colours. |
New beginnings Easter |
MFL – Greetings, nos 1-12, colours. |
Special Clothes Prayer |
MFL – Greetings, nos 1-12, colours. |
PSHE |
Oak Class - Working together How I am special |
My emotions – Zones of Regulation, Social Stories |
Diversity and communities |
Managing Risk |
Healthy lifestyles |
Drugs and Medicines Personal Hygiene Sex Ed |
Life skills |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
PE |
Games/Multiskills Table tennis, table cricket, Polybat, Boccia |
Indoor Athletics |
Multi-skills invasion games Basketball, Hockey Dance |
Multi-skills invasion games Football, Netball, TAG rugby |
Multi-skills net games Tennis and Badminton |
Outdoor Athletics |
WOW |
Visit old schools Walks around Winslow
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Theatre visit School Production |
Air museum Luton Planetarium Visit |
Visit to Seaside |
Garden Centre Planting and Growing |
Hospital – visit by nurse, doctor, dentist Visit Doctors’ Surgery |
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Rotation 2 |
Autumn 1 My home is my castle |
Autumn 2 Toys Ho! Ho! Ho! |
Spring 1 Whatever the Weather! |
Spring 2 Water, Water Everywhere! |
Summer 1 The Enormous Crocodile and Friends |
Summer 2 Superheroes |
Literacy Fiction – Talk for Writing
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Traditional Tales Jack and the Beanstalk - The Princess and the Pea – Lauren Child
Farmer Duck Bear Under the Stairs Rosie’s’ Walk Bear Hunt Owl Babies The Owl who was afraid of the dark
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Toy Stories The Wooden Camel- Wanuri Kahiu and Manuela Adrean Stanley’s Stick - Neal Layton Where’s my Teddy – Jez Alborough Monkey and Me - Emily Gravett Dogger – Shirley Hughes
Christmas Stories |
Stories from around the world about Weather The Snowy Day – Ezra Keats When the Rains Come – Tom Pow and Malika Favre Mia’s Story – Michael Forman Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Verna Aardema Hurricane – Jonathon London and Henri Sorenson The Storm Book – Charlotte Zolotow Lila and the Secret of Rain – David Conway and Jude Daly |
Narrative Diaries - Lighthouse keepers’ lunch The little Captain – Claudio Monoz Rainbow Fish- Tiddler – Julia Donaldson Rainbow fish Dougal’s Deep-Sea Diary – Simon Bartram
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Stories by a familiar author – Roald Dahl The Enormous Crocodile The Minpins The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me |
Stories with imaginary settings about Superheroes Eliot Midnight Superhero – Anne Cottringer and Alex Smith Ten Rules of Being a Superhero – Deb Pilutti Superhero ABC – Bob McLeod |
Non-Fiction
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Recounts About our holiday castle visits Dictionary Topic words |
Recounts About our holiday Instructions Recipes Letters Father Christmas |
Recounts About our holiday Non-Chronological and information texts People who help us e.g. Weather forecasters Rescue workers
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Recounts About our holiday Information and Non-Chronological texts People who help us e.g. lighthouse keepers Lifeboats Coastguards Books on Grace Darling |
Recounts About our holiday Letters To Dahl characters Lists captions and diagrams |
Recounts About our holiday Explanatory texts How to be a superhero |
Understanding the world |
History Famous Castles * History of Castles Geography Where I live in the world |
History Toys from the past* Geography Toys Around the World |
Geography Weather around the world* |
History Grace Darling Geography Lighthouses and coastline |
Geography African animals * |
History Heroes Throughout History (Florence Nightingale) * |
Art and Design Art
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Design and make a castle Paul Klee - Castles |
Christmas Cards
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Colour Mixing* Mondrian^ Henri Rousseau – Surprised! Tiger in a Storm
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Sketching with pencils Fish Easter cards and Easter Art – marbling eggs |
Clay crocodiles and habitat African Art* Quentin Blake art^
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Design a costume for a superhero
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Maths |
Know and Use Numbers (Recognition & Identifying) Addition Time (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months)
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Know and Use Numbers (Place Value) Subtraction Money
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Know and Use Numbers (Statistics) Multiples 3D Shapes
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Know and Use Numbers Multiplications Length & Weight
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Know and Use Numbers Division Money
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Know and Use Numbers Addition & Subtraction Time (reading the time)
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Technologies Science |
Light – light and sound can be reflected and absorbed and enables us to see and hear |
Materials Materials have physical properties which can be investigated and compared |
Day and night Day, night, month, seasonal change and year are caused by the position and movement of the Earth |
Contact and non-contact forces There are contact and non-contact forces; these affect the motion of objects |
Life Cycles – Animals Know that life exists in a variety of forms and goes through cycles - Animals |
Life Cycles – Plants Know that life exists in a variety of forms and goes through cycles - plants |
Computing |
Digital Literacy Staying safe online |
Computer Science Programming using Beebot, Purple Mash and other apps |
Information Technology Presenting work using ICT (eBooks in 2CAS and Book Creator) |
Information Technology Creating music and sound |
Computer Science Programming using Beebot, Purple Mash and other apps |
Information Technology Creating movies using IT |
RE/MFL |
Hinduism – Diwali/Rama & Sita |
Christianity – The Nativity Story |
Judaism - Hanukkah |
Christianity - Easter |
Islam - Ramadan |
Places of Worship |
PSHE |
Why we need rules |
Family and Friends |
Anti-bullying |
Drug Education |
Managing Change |
Sex Education |
Life skills |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
Fine Motor/Gross Motor skills Develop gross motor skills To develop dressing skills Use tools safely and with care Cutting skills |
Food Recipe and cooking skills Drinks, fruit, veg. Using utensils and putting things away. Washing up |
PE |
Games/Multiskills Table tennis, table cricket, Polybat, Boccia |
Indoor Athletics |
Multi-skills invasion games Basketball, Hockey Dance |
Multi-skills invasion games Football, Netball, TAG rugby |
Multi-skills net games Tennis and Badminton |
Outdoor Athletics |
WOW |
Warwick Castle |
Toy museum Christmas Production |
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Lighthouse Visit |
Great Missenden Roahl Dahl Museum - Aylesbury |
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