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Curriculum Overview 2023/24

           Curriculum Map 2023/24

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Y1

Science:  Animals including humans (The human body)

Geography: Our city

Art: Marina Birds

Science: Animals including humans (Animals)

History: Childhood & Toys

DT: preparing fruits and vegetables

Science:  Seasons

Geography: Weather around the world

Art: Spirals

Science: Everyday Materials

History: Kings and Queens

DT: Mechanisms - sliders and levers

Science: Plants

Geography: The UK

DT: Structures

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

South America

Art: South America drawing and collage based on Flora and Fauna 

Y2

Science:  Living things & their habitats

History: Industrial revolution of Manchester

Art: Local Architecture

Science: Animals including humans

Geography: Manchester to Dubai

DT: Textiles - templates and joins 

Science: The environment

History: Great Fire of London

Art: Explore and Draw

Science: Plants

Geography: Settlements in the UK

 

DT: Travelling objects (wheels and cars)

Science: Materials

History: Famous Explorers

 DT: perfect pizza

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

Africa (South Africa)


Art
: monoprinting

Y3

Science: Animals including humans

Geography:  Greater Manchester Mountains FIELDWORK STUDY

Art:  Gestural drawing with charcoal

Science: Forces and magnets

History:  The Stone Age to Iron age

DT: Food - healthy and varied diet

Science: Rocks

Geography: Earthquakes and volcanoes

Art: Telling stories through drawing and making

Science: Light

History: Ancient Egyptians

DT: Mechanisms - levers and linkages

Science: Plants

Geography: What is a Biome?

DT: Mechanisms - pneumatics

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

Europe

Art: Exploring shape and colour with printmaking and collage

Y4

Science: Living things & their habitats


History: Shang Dynasty

Art: storytelling through drawing

Science: Animals including humans

Geography: Land Use - comparison in Brazil and the UK

 

DT: Shell structures

Science: Sound

History: Romans

Art: Festival Feasts

Science: States of Matter

Geography: Biome - specific focus Rainforest

DT: electrical systems - circuits and switches

Science: Electricity

 

History: Anglo Saxons

DT: Textiles

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

Asia (India)

Art: exploring patterns

Y5

Science: Living things & their habitats

Geography: Manchester & Madrid (tourism)

Art: Typography and Maps based on Akinyemi Oludele

Science: Forces

History: Vikings

DT: Mechanisms - CAMS

Science: Earth and Space

Geography: Biome - focus on Polar

Art: Architecture

Science: Animals including humans

History: Kingdom of Benin

DT: footwear

Science: Materials

Geography: Rivers (including water cycle) FIELDWORK STUDY 

DT: Food 

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

Asia (China)

Art: Mixed Media Landscapes: drawing and painting

Y6

Science: Living things & their habitats

History: Migration in Manchester

Art: Manchester Protest Banners

Science: Light

Geography: Trading and Economics

DT: Mechanisms - pulleys and gears

Science: Evolution and Inheritance

History: Ancient Greece

Art: Greek Art (2D to 3D art)

Science: Animals including humans

Geography: Biome - desert (focus on North America)

DT: electrical systems - switches and circuits

Science: Electricity

History: World War II

DT: Structures

Going Global - learning about our world through a study of the continents:

North America

Art: Exploring Identity