Furze Down School

Furze Down School

A Specialist School for Communication and Interaction

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Overarching Themes and Topics Rotation 1 -Willow

Rotation 1

Autumn 1

The Greeks and me!

Autumn 2

Once upon a rhyme. It’s Christmas time!

Spring 1

Focus on Fables

Spring 2

Dinosaurs

Summer 1

All around the world

Summer 2

Beside the seaside

 

Literacy

Myths, Legends and Traditional Tales

‘The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs’ - Jon Scieszka

Theseus and the Minotaur

Letter writing and poetry to perform

‘Chocolate Cake’ by Michael Rosen

‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ - Allan Ahlberg

Dialogue and Plays 

Focus on Fables 

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Boy who cried wolf

The Lion and the Mouse

Story retelling

Non-chronological reports

‘The Dinosaur’s Diary’ by Julia Donaldson

Focus on explanations and modern poetry: Focus on India

‘The Tiger child’ – Joanna Troughton

‘Pattan’s Pumpkin’ – Chitra Soundar

‘Elephant Dance’ - Theresa Heine

 

Focus on persuasive advertisement: Focus on holidays

‘Horrid Henry’s Holiday’ – Francesca Simon

 

Understanding the world

 

Early People and Ancient Societies: Ancient Greece

Can I describe some features of life in Ancient Greece and select information from one or two sources?

Life in Victorian Britain 

What was life like for children in Victorian Britain?

 

 

 

Maps

Can I develop my map making and direction skills?

Continents and oceans

Can I develop my locational knowledge of the continents and oceans?

Comparing Countries 

A Village in India 

Can I recognise similarities and differences between places in the same country and elsewhere in the world?

 

 

 

Transport and holidays over time 

 Can I compare transport now and, in the past, beyond living memory?

Can I explain why people from different societies had different transport?

 

Art and Design

Art/DT

DT:  Ancient Greece

Can I use clay to design and make a Greek pot?

 

Painting and Drawing

Can I analyse the work of Van Gogh and Cezanne and use paints, pastels, chalk or pencil produce my own work inspired by these artists?

 

Art:  Portraits

Can I explore ideas and collect information about people to create a portrait and a self-portrait.

Can I explore drawings of characters?

DT: Create a volcano

Design and build a volcano including using an electrical circuit.

Art:  Printing/textiles

Can I investigate   pattern from different times and cultures?

Create a textile print using printing inks.

DT Structures: Wheels /Axles 

Can I design and make a moving vehicle?

 

Music

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

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

Living Things

Life exists in a variety of forms and goes through cycles – Plants

Materials and their Properties

The physical properties of materials determine their uses

Physical Processes

Electricity, including making circuits

Living Things

The human body has a number of systems, each with its own function.

Living Things

Life exists in a variety of forms and goes through cycles – Animals.

Living Things

Habitats provide living things with what they need.

Computing

Online Safety

Messaging and Mind maps

 

Computer Science

Coding

Online Safety

The Three Cs

Digital Literacy

IT for Life – touch typing and Word Processing

 

 

Computer Science

Coding with 2Code

Information Technology

Story telling with technology

RE/MFL

MFL: Language unit pupils will be able to recognise and pronounce numbers to 20

 

Founders and Prophets

Who are they? What did they do?

 

 

MFL:  Colours

 

Festivals

Chinese New Year

Lent

Easter

 

MFL: Days and Months

 

Places of Worship

Church

Visit- Winslow Church

 

 

PSHE

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Life skills

Food Safety and hygiene

Ready to cook

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy Snacks- fruit and vegetables

Using Kitchen utensils putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy Snacks

Using Kitchen utensils putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills.

Healthy meals.

Using Kitchen utensils.

Mixing, blending, peeling and chopping skills.

Washing up.

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy Snacks & meals.

Using Kitchen utensils Mixing, blending, peeling and chopping skills.

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy lunches & meals.

Using Kitchen utensils Mixing, blending, peeling and chopping skills.

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy picnic

Using Kitchen utensils and putting things away

Washing up

PE

Multi skills

Focusing on hand eye coordination and working in small groups

Gymnastics

Looking at Shapes, balances on the floor and apparatus.

Vaulting- focusing on flight and elevation

 

Net games

Skills and rules to officiate Badminton, short tennis and Dodge ball.

Invasion Games

Looking at defending and attacking strategies through different games. e.g. basketball, handball

Striking and Fielding 

Focusing on hand eye coordination through striking and fielding techniques needed for Cricket and Rounders

 

Athletics

Running, throwing and jumping disciplines working on beating own personal best scores.

 

Rotation 2

Autumn 1

The Egyptians and Me  

 

Autumn 2

Amazing authors  

 

Spring 1

From Stone to Iron Age 

 

Spring 2

Mountains and more  

 

Summer 1

The Powerful Piano  

 

Summer 2

The World Near and Far

Literacy

 

Stories by significant children’s authors:

Anthony Browne

‘What if...?’ Anthony Browne

‘Me and You’ Anthony Browne

‘Voices in the Park’ Anthony Browne

Instructions and poetry

Stories by significant authors: Dick King-Smith

‘George Speaks’ – Dick King-Smith

‘Please Mrs Butler’ - Allan Ahlberg

Drama Focus: Dialogues and Plays 

‘The Iron Man’ Ted Hughes

‘Stone Age Boy’ – Satoshi Kitamura

‘Ouf Makes an Ouch!’- Duncan Beedie

‘The Stone Age’ - Marcia Williams

Focus on: Writing to explain and inform 

Non-chronological reports

The Man in the Mountain’ – Natalie Ramm

 

Moving Image Focus:  The Piano by Adrian Gibbons 

‘The Bear and the Piano’David Litchfield

Focus on non-fiction writing: Non-Chronological Report: Describing Our School 

 

Understanding the world

 

Early People and Ancient Societies: The Egyptians 

 What do I already know about Ancient Egypt? 

What can we learn about Ancient Egypt from what has survived? 

 

Europe

Can I locate the world’s countries? 

Can I investigate a country that I am interested in? 

 

Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age 

Village settlers 

 Where did early settlers choose to live and why? 

What was life like for early settlers? 

 

The Mountain Environment 

What is a mountain like? 

What sort of features and activities are found there? 

 

The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain 

What was Celtic Britain like when the Romans arrived? 

What happened during Claudius’ invasion? 

Why was Hadrian’s wall built? 

 

Looking at the World /Maps

Can I locate North and South America? 

What do I know about South and North America? 

 

Art and Design

Art/DT

Making an Egyptian Shaduf

Can I make an Egyptian shaduf using a lever?

Landscapes and Journeys 

Opportunities artists 

Can I analyse the work of Van Gogh and produce work in a similar style using paint, crayons, pencils and pastels?

 

ICT and Art: Dreams and Imaginary worlds 

Can I analyse the work of surrealist artists: Dali, Chagall and produce work in a similar style using paint, crayons, pencils and pastels?

 

DT: Making a mountain

Can I use papier mache to make a mountain?

DT: Design and make a Roman villa

Can I make a Roman villa using joining card, a net and cylinders?

Observational Drawings 

Collage using Textiles 

Mini-beasts and Plants 

Can I analyse the work of Van Gogh: The Sunflowers and Matisse The snail?

Can I discuss the medium used, colour, textures and content?

Music

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

Singing & Signing

Playing Instruments

Composing

Music Vocabulary

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

 

Living Things

Moving and Growing

 

Physical Processes

Light

 

Materials and their Properties

Solids and Liquids

Physical Processes

Friction

 

Materials and their Properties

Rocks

Living Things

Evolution and Inheritance

 

Computing

Digital Literacy

Online Safety

 

Computer Science

Instructions and Algorithms

Digital Literacy  

IT to support learning 

Information Technology 

Creating an Art Portfolio

 

 

Digital Literacy
Online Safety films

IT, DL and CS
Story telling with Coding

RE/MFL

What is a pilgrimage? What important journeys do I make? How does going on a pilgrimage make people feel?

Christianity: Lourdes

 

MFL: Where Do You Live? Be able to identify a few places in France

 

Right and wrong

Commandments are important to Christians and Jews

Moses- 10 Commandments

 What are the 10 Commandments?

Good Samaritan

What is right and wrong? How do we decide what is right and wrong?

MFL: Classroom Instructions

 

Creation Story

How do I feel about the natural world?

How do people show they care / don’t care about our world?

Why does it matter how we treat the world?

Focus on Judaism/ Christianity: Creation Story

MFL: Food

 

 

PSHE

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Community and Inclusion

Health

Careers

Emotional Health

 

Life skills

Food Safety and hygiene

Ready to cook

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

Food

Recipes and Cooking skills

Healthy choices

Utensils and putting things away

Washing up

PE

Multi skills Focusing on hand eye coordination and working in small groups

Gymnastics

Looking at Shapes, balances on the floor and apparatus.

Vaulting- focusing on flight and elevation

 

Net games

Skills and rules to officiate Badminton, short tennis and Dodge ball.

Invasion Games

Looking at defending and attacking strategies through different games. e.g. basketball, handball

Striking and Fielding 

Focusing on hand eye coordination through striking and fielding techniques needed for Cricket and Rounders

 

Athletics

Running, throwing and jumping disciplines working on beating own personal best scores.

 

 

 

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