Curriculum Overview and Learning Challenges

This is our curriculum overview. For more details please click on each year group below.

Our SHINE values underpin everything we do and help focus our learning.

Success= S, Happy=H, Included=I, Nurtured=N, Enriched=E

 

Term

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year

School Learning  Challenge

Outcome

Year Group

Learning Challenge

Outcome

Year Group

Learning Challenge

Outcome

EYFS

 

Who am I? Where am I?

 

How are we the same? (I)

 

How are we different? (I)

 

 

Pop-up museum

 

Portraits of me and my family

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Traditional Tales

 

Can I retell the stories I have learnt? (H, I, S)

 

Can you talk about living things in stories? (N, E)

 

 

 

 

Gingerbread Making Workshop

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Lower the Drawbridge!

 

What makes a house a home?

(I, N)

 

Why were castles built?

(E)

 

 

Visit to Dudley Castle

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

 

Diversity

Questions

How would it feel to live in a world where everybody was the same?

 

What makes others special?

Why is it helpful to read about the lives of people who are different from you?

 

What do you learn about settings in books?

How do others live around the globe?

 

Can we explore different homes around the world? 

Focus Provision

 

Year 1 of rolling

program

Traditional Stories

Who are the characters in our traditional tales? (E)

How are their families the same/different to mine? (I)

Where do the characters live?

(E)

How are their houses the same/different from mine? (I)

How are celebrations different? (I)(S) (E)(H)

Celebrations parent workshop. Diwali and Bonfire Night

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Into the woods

What animal can you see? (E)(I)

Where do animals live? (E)

Why is Easter important? (S) (H)

Animal Lady in school experience.

 

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Water, Water, everywhere

What do you use water for? (N) (E)

What colours are in a rainbow? (I) (N)

What animals live in the sea/rock pools? (E) (N)

Sealife Centre visit

 

 

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Focus Provision

 

Year 2 of rolling

program

The Great, The Bold and The Brave

Who helps me? (N)

Can I share how to call 999 with my peers? (I)

 

Pop-up museum:

Our Superheroes  - Emergency services - past and present

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Our World and Space

 

What is around me? (I)

Where do I live? (H) (I)

Who is in my family? (H) (I) (N)

What is in the sky and beyond? (E)

Planetarium .

World and Space art exhibition.

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Healthy Lifestyle and Super Sports

Who helps me to stay healthy? (N)

How can I stay healthy?(H)

Healthy eating trip and cooking.

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Diversity

Questions

Can I notice any similarities and differences between myself and my friends in my class?

How are places different?

Where does my food come from?

Where does my water come from?

Year 1

People who help us

Who am I and who nurtures me? (N, I)

 

Who has been successful at helping others in the past ? (S)

Pop-up museum -

Ourselves, our family and pets and people who help us  - past and present

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

My local area

Where is my local area? (E)

What makes my local area special? (H)

How can I look after my local area? (N)

 

Public display about Oldbury (in the local library)

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

The great outdoors

 

Who has explored the great outdoors? (E)

 

Can I explore it and what can I create there?(S)

 

Garden centre

Sell plants grown

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities: Led by the children

Diversity

Questions

How have diverse individuals influenced life today?

What makes me special and unique?

How many languages are spoken in our local community?

How does our community celebrate special events?

Which explorers have changed the world?

How can we protect the world for future generations?

Year 2

What happened during ‘The Great Fire of London’?

 

How do we know about The Great Fire of London? (E)

 

What positive things followed because of the Great Fire of LondonL? (N, S, E)

 

 

Pop-up museum -

Significance of fire on our country

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

 

What is life like in China?

 

What did I learn and enjoy from the Museum visit? (E) (H)

 

How can we embrace Chinese culture in our own lives ? (I)

 

 

Chinese ‘gallery of culture’

 

(Use proceeds raised to adopt a panda)

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

 

What can I do to make myself

happy and healthy? (H)

 

How can I teach others to be happy and healthy? (I)

 

How can I successfully raise funds for the British Heart Foundation? (E/N)

Keeping healthy event

Jump Rope – BHF link

Create a Fitness DVD with advice booklet and recipe book to sell to raise awareness and funds

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Diversity

Questions

What did a firefighter look like in the past compared to now?

 

Who can be a firefighter?

What powerful Chinese women have made an impact on the history of China and how does this impact on the future of China? 

 

How is Chinese culture similar or different to your own culture?

Can anyone work in the fitness industry? 

 

What famous women have shaped the future of sports/olympics?

Year 3

What was it like to be in Ancient Greece?

What made the Greeks so successful? (S)

Was Ancient Greek society inclusive? (I, H)

Pop-up museum -

What was it like to be in Ancient Greece?

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

What are natural disasters?

Who has been affected by a natural disaster and how? (H, N)

How can I help people who have been affected by a natural disaster? (I)

Fundraising  Campaign - to raise awareness and funds for relief of a natural disaster.

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

What does being British mean?

How has our land changed from the Stone Age to the Iron Age? (E, S)

Where do I belong in Britain? (H, N, I, )

Traditional Afternoon British Tea

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities: Community Led by the children

 

 

Diversity

Questions

Was it fair that women were not allowed to be soldiers?

Was the school system in Athens and Sparta fair?

Was the social structure in the Roman Empire fair to all?

Should non-citizens be treated differently to citizens?

What famous female artists are there?

How are different locations in Britain diverse?

Year 4

Ancient Egyptians

What was it like to be in Ancient Egypt?

What have I learnt from the Ancient Egyptians? (S, E)

How have the Egyptians enriched our lives? (E)

 

Pop-up museum - :

The Impact of the Egyptians on history

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

Europe

How can we celebrate the culture of Europe?

How can I celebrate different parts of Europe? (I, E)

How and who can I share this with? (S, I, E)

 

Parent workshop where children cook and eat a European dish with their parents.

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

 Led by the children

Water

Why is clean water so important to the world and how can we access it?

Why is water so important to us? (H, E)

How can I help save water? (S, E, N)

Campaign - to Use Water Responsibly to raise awareness and raise funds for Water Aid

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

 

 

Diversity

Questions

How diverse was Ancient Egypt? What was the impact of female females in ancient Egypt?

What was Boudicca’s impact to Roman Britain? How did she change the course of British history?

What is the physical effect on women's bodies when transporting water? Is it fair that some children have to drink dirty water?

Year 5

Invaders

How did invaders leave their mark? (S)

How did invaders establish communities?(E)

How have invaders enriched our lives? (S, E)

How did invaders include themselves in society? (I)

Pop-up museum-

How Invaders left their mark

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children  

Rainforests

How can we help nurture rainforests around the world? (I,N)

How can we show compassion for our planet?(I, N)

Can I promote positive change? (S, H, I, N, E)

Campaign - to raise funds for rainforest animals e.g Orangutan

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

 

Inventions

What makes a successful invention? (S)

Do inventions always mean progress? (S,H)

How do inventions improve our lives? (E)

Can I invent a product and pitch it in order to get investment? (S, H, E)

Dragons Den

Invent and pitch a moving machine for an agreed purpose to present

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

Diversity

questions

Is invasion right? How does it impact on those that live there and those that invaded? What can each bring to one another?

Is fair trade really fair for all?

Were the Spanish right to try and take over Maya land and establish Spanish culture? Why?

What do you notice about the most famous inventors?

Is this a fair reflection of the people who invent things for us? Why?

Year 6

What is the cost of war?

How does peace and harmony make us happy? (S, H, N)

 

What successes can be taken from war? (S)

 

Pop up museum - about the cost of war

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

How can we turn dreams into reality?

How do we achieve our dreams? (H, N)

What are our aspirations? (S,I)

‘Dream’ Speeches - share hopes and aspiration poetry/speech with other children, parents and the local community

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

How do you leave a legacy?

How can we leave lasting positive memories? (H, I, E)How can we all be included in leaving a legacy  for Christ Church? (I, E)

Leave a legacy

- share with parents and share with community (newspaper)

 

 

Courageous Advocacy opportunities:

Led by the children

 

Diversity

questions

We know of German concentration camps but what of the Kenyan camps created by Britain?

How did people of different ethnicities support the British war effort?

Was Nelson Mandela right to use violence? Why?

Who achieved the most for society: Malala, MLK or Nelson Mandela?

Can legacies ever be bad?

Are all people’s legacies represented equally?