Whole school linked curriculum with English 2020-2021

RECEPTION AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts Friendship and Stars and Space Superhero Traditional Tales Growing Seaside Theme Read to Write Animals The something Star in a Jar Juniper Jupiter Little Red The Extraordinary The storm whale Gardner Science Toys – Pushes and Earth and Space. Changing materials – Materials and their What lives under the Gardens, plants and The Natural World superheroes frozen in Properties. Three little sea? Habitats under the bugs. Investigate what pulls & magnetism Light and dark. What ice. Testing materials. pigs test. Test a stick, sea. Which materials happens to plants and History Making gloop & straw and brick roof to float/sink? minibeasts. Past and Present How far can a car is Space? Space Bubbles Solution see which is the most People Culture and windproof. Communities roll? How high can a exploration, space Our own heroes from Materials for Wolfs Den. the past. Geography ball bounce? objects to People who help us. Investigating The Natural World traditional books and People Culture and Investigating investigate. People who help us tales from around the Communities world e.g The German woodland animals. fairy tale Rapunzel Toys from the past Space history- Holidays in the past. What did the seaside look like a long time Looking at first ago? moon landing. Christmas traditions and family customs. Investigating woodland and woodland Investigating houses Beach life- Create Minibeast – where do and grandmas cottage. habitats for sea we find minibeast? animals. Little red - houses creatures. What Recycling and changes joined by a rocky path lives under the Including outside areas of learning. sea?

Year 1 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts History – Living memory Geography - Locality Science – Animals Theme including humans Read to Write The extraordinary Major Glad, Major Rapunzel Hermelin Where the Wild The Secret of Black gardener (F2 text) Dizzy Things are Rock Read Write Inc. Investigation table Animals including Materials Materials Plants Recap on Animals Science activities humans Seasonal change Seasonal change Seasonal change Going Down Under including humans History Discover London Aborigines. The Great Fire of Wales and castles Seasonal change London Sailing the Seven Seas Grace Darling New Brighton as a seaside resort in the past Geography Our School The four countries Going Down Under Sailing the Seven Seas Introduction to of the UK Human and physical features of Wales and maps The physical and Australia New Brighton as a seaside resort today – Birds Eye Views human features of Countries and cities of the UK Introduction to the London a comparison with New Brighton as a compass beach resort in the past

Year 2 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts Geography – Rivers and Seas Science – Living Things, habitats and plants History – Beyond Theme Living memory, Read to Write Where the Wild A River The Night Gardener The Bog Baby Grandad’s Island Great Fire of Steps to Read Things Are (Y1 London text) The King who Banned the Dark Geography Link Fairy Stories and Science Link Traditional Tales History Link The Great Fire of UK Rivers and Seas Poetry Living Things, Habitats and Poetry London and Plants Science Living things and Animals including Materials Materials Plants Y1 Seasonal History Habitats Humans change Healing Hands Mighty Machines Geography Florence Nightingale The Wright Exploration Mary Seacole Brothers Continents & Flight oceans Where in the World? Mighty Machines Antarctic Globes and flat maps Wirral as a Continents, oceans and countries of the UK peninsula Fieldwork Poulton Road

Year 3 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts Science – Forces and Magnets Geography – Mountains and Rivers History - Themes Egyptians Jack and the Baked The Iron Man Fox The Rhythm of the Jemmy Button Egyptology Read to Write Beanstalk (Y2 text) Rain Steps to Read Science Link Stories and Poetry in Geography Link Fairy Stories and History Link Science Forces and Magnets Different Forms Egyptians History / Rocks Mountains and Rivers Poetry Plants Geography Forces and Magnets Animals including Rocks Humans Light Y4 Sound A study of Claremont Farm – From the Savage Walk Like an Egyptian Foraging & Stone Age to the Farming Inventive Iron Age Homing In A comparison of a city in the UK, Italy and Brazil

Year 4 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts Science – Living Things, habitats, animals History - Vikings Geography - Theme Europe Read to Write Into the Forest (Y3 The Whale Leaf Arthur and the The Lost Happy The Journey text) Golden Rope Endings Steps to Read Science Link Stories and Poetry in History Link Myths and Geography Link Legends Europe Science Living Things, Different Forms Vikings (Y3) 2020-21 History Habitats and Animals Rocks Animals including Forces and Magnets Light Sound Plants Humans Road to Rome A study of the Romans and the Romans in Eureka Chester. Over the Border A brief history of Wales A study of the Ancient Greeks Geography Eureka Over the Border A study of the human and physical A comparison of local area and an area geography of modern Greece of North Wales

Year 5 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts Science – Space History - Victorians Geography – Theme North and South America / World Read to Write The Lost Happy Where Once we FArTHER The Hound of the The Promise King Kong Endings (Y5 text) Stood Baskervilles Steps to Read Science Link Stories and Poetry in History Link Myths and legends Geography Link Space North and South Different Forms Victorians Animals including America Humans Habitats Science Earth and Space Forces Materials Materials History Raiders and Invaders Mystery of the Mayans A study of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings A study of the Ancient Mayan Civilization Geography Mystery of the Mayans Earth Matters Global map work Natural disasters, rivers and biomes The Americas

Year 6 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER Literacy Counts History - War Science – Evolution and Inheritance Geography - Theme Coasts Read to Write King Kong (Y5) Rose Blanche A Story Like the Wind The Origin of the Wolves Species Hansel and Gretel Steps to Read History Link Modern Fiction and Science Link Literacy Heritage War Poetry Evolution and and Plays Geography Link Science Electricity Inheritance Coasts Habitats Y5 +Y6 Humans Evolution and Light Inheritance Revisit and address any gaps in learning. History Beyond Face Value The Legend of Heritage Geography Liverpool A study of Seacombe , Wallasey and Wirral A study of the history of Liverpool Mapwork Study of the geography of our local area