WILLOW TREE ACADEMY CURRICULUM OVERVIEW: 2021-2022 Year Group
EYFS 2 YO Provision
EYFS FS1
Foundation 2
Format 1
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Topic: What Makes Me, Me? Key Themes to explore: Starting school-routines and expectations, All about me, my family, my teacher, my class/friendships, my body.
Topic: Why do the leaves fall off the trees? Key Themes to explore: Autumn, Harvest, Healthy eating, Bonfire Night, senses, Christmas Science: Seasonal Changes
Topic: What will I be when I grow up? Key Themes to explore: People who help us, Jobs, Aspirations Science: Space
Topic: How does your garden grow? Key Themes to explore: Minibeasts, New life (links to farms), planting, growth and decay, Easter Science: Plants
Topic: What makes a happy ending? Key Themes to explore: traditional tales, alternative tales, Summer Science: Everyday materials
Texts: Going to school, my family, We’ve all got belly buttons, The great big book of families Visit: School grounds, pond and autumn walks . STEM: Height chart - ch make their own using hand and foot prints.
Texts: That’s not my owl, helpful hedgehog, guess how much I love you, winter Visit: STEM: Winter text - make a house for the rabbit.
Texts: Topsy and Tim, Five Minutes Peace, the growing story, The Rainbow Fish Visit: STEM:
Texts: Leaf Man, the very hungry caterpillar, Stick Man Visit: STEM:
Texts: Colour Monster, Who’s in my family? What makes me, me?, Sharing a shell, Super Daisy , Supertato , etc Visit: Pops Adventure/ What makes me super day STEM: Picture Frame, Balloon superheroes
Texts: Shark in the park on a windy day, Olivers Vegetables, Lost and found Visit: STEM: Making a firework (Bonfire party)
Texts :The Wonderful things you will be , Peppa and the police car , We all go travelling by. STEM: Hot air balloons
Texts: Think Big , Detective Dog, Emergency. Visit: Local community walk/ Little Town of Play STEM - detective senses fingerprints / vehicle making.
Texts: When I grow up , Burglar Bill, Jolly postman. Visits: Star dome/Magna space/Sheffield Fire Museum STEM: Superhero capes
Texts: I love bugs, Noisy animals, Planting a rainbow. STEM: Nature walk - bug hunts .
Texts: Oi Frog, Rosies chick,Jaspers beanstalk Visit: STEM: Life cycle of a plant
Texts: Norman the slug with the silly shell, Farmer Duck, Sam plants a sunflower. Shark in the park , Oliver’s vegetables, Lost and Found Visit: Twycross Zoo/Cannon Hall farm STEM:
Texts - Traditional tales The Enormous turnip , Three Billy goats, Three bears and Three pigs. STEM - making a house for the 3 little pigs - which is the strongest? predictions - use a fan to see what materials blow down. Texts - The foggy foggy forest , Little red riding hood, The gingerbread man STEM - Making a bridge
Texts - Jack and the beanstalk ,The smallest giant ,The knight who wouldn't fight. Visit: Chatsworth House/Sundown STEM - Hansel & Gretel live the story week (camping, bread ,making, trail, sweets, witch) Rapunzel's tower/Ariel's mermaid fin
Term 6 Topic: What’s special about where we live? Key Themes to explore: houses and homes, transport, shopping, local area walks, maps Science: Living things & habitats Texts - You choose and Peppa Recycles. STEM - To create vehicles linked to local area Dustbin lorry , bus.
Texts - Handas Surprise Look after your planet. STEM - Recycling
Text -Peepo , Someone swallowed Stanley STEM - Recycling
Year 1 & 2 (Cycle 1)
Topic: Around the world in 75 days Visit: Greasbrough Dam NEMESIS: Outdoor classroom Text: Around the world in 80 tales. Genres: information texts, instructions, poetry, posters, letters, narrative. STEM – fabric tea towels/shopping bags to sell Science – Y2 Living things and their habitats
Topic: Food Glorious Food!/Messy Mixtures/Chocolate Visit: York Chocolate Story NEMESIS: Outdoor classroom Text: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Genres: humorous poems, traditional tales, recounts, information texts STEM – Mother’s Day chocolates/Fair trade links, Willy Wonka afternoon tea for parents, Science – Y2 Animals, including humans
Year 1 & 2 (Cycle 2)
Topic: Fur, Feathers and Skin (Should animals be used for purpose or pleasure?) Visit: Yorkshire Wildlife Park NEMESIS: Pet hamper to donate to local animal charity/sponsor an animal Text: Dear Zoo, Giraffes Can’t Dance, Elmer, The Giraffe ,the Pelly and me Genres: Stories, information texts, instructions STEM – Make a pet/animal enclosure Science – Y1 Animals, including humans
Topic: Towers, tunnels and Turrets (Who lives there?) Visit: Bolsover Castle/Conisbrough Castle NEMESIS: Pet hamper to donate to local animal charity/sponsor an animal Text: Knight in Training series Genres: Non-fiction, poetry, recounts STEM – make a shield and a gobblet Science – Y1 Everyday Materials & Y2 Uses of Everyday materials
Topic: Farm to Fork Visit: Cannon hall farm Nemesis: https://education.nfuonline.com/stemterprise / https://www.farmvention.com/ / https://www.rethinkfood.co.uk/ Text: Fantastic Mr Fox/Babe/Charlotte’s Web/Farm Boy Genres: Descriptive writing, instructions, explanations, diaries, formal letters STEM – Pneumatic Fox head and moveable scarecrow Science - Animals, including humans/Plants
Topic: Made in South Yorkshire Visit: Sheffield Hallam uni/ Kelham Island/AMRC Nemesis: The future of Sheffield film/past/Men in Sheds Links to isolated people community centres/ British heart foundation Text: Meet me by the Steelmen, Iron Man, Iron Woman Ted Hughes Genres: Stories with different setting, poetry, narrative – fantasy STEM – Science - Forces and magnets
Topic: Into the Forest Visit: Tropical World/Use of school grounds /Stockheld Park/Butterfly House Nemesis: Rangatan Palm oil Nursery /Nursery Expert Text: The Great Kapok Tree, There’s a Rang-Tan in my bedroom, Old enough to save the planet, Biblioburro, Waiting for the Biblioburro, seeds of change wangari's gift to the world Genres: Descriptive writing, instructions, explanations, diaries, formal letters to Iceland STEM – Designing and creating Bug Hotels using DT and Science Regeneration of the conservation areas Science - Animals including humans Living things and their habitats
Topic: Time Travellers (Bronze Age & Stone Age/River states of matter) Visit: Cresswell Crags (links to Peak District history residential next term) NEMESIS Project: Food Project with CLP Text: Stig of the dump- Clive King, Woolly Mammoth Stories, The Boy with the Bronze Axe, Stone Age Boy, Wolf Brother - Michelle Paver, The WIld Way Home - Sophie Kirtley, The First Drawing - Mordicai Gerstein Why water’s worth it - Lori Harrison, The rhythm of the rain - Grahame Baker-Smith, The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet - Meredith Hooper & Chris Coady Genre: Poetry, Narrative, Discussion, Persuasion, Diaries, STEM – Science – Electricity, states of matter (water cycle)
Year 3 YEAR 2 of Y3/4 CYCLE
Year 4 YEAR 1 of Y3/4 CYCLE
Format 1
Topic: London (Great Fire Of London and Paddington) Visit: Sheffield NEMESIS: Outdoor classroom Text: Paddington visits London Genres: letters, information texts, stories, poetry STEM – Bird houses for Summer Fayre Science – Y1 & Y2 Plants, Topic: Land Ahoy! (How can we be seaside safety superheroes?) Visit: Cleethorpes NEMESIS Pet hamper to donate to local animal charity/sponsor an animal Text: Lighthouse Keepers Lunch series, At the Beach Roland Harvey, Katie Morag, A First Book of the Sea Nicola Davies Emily Sutton, Storm Whale Genres: Stories, information texts, poetry STEM – design and make a seaside themed board game. Science – Y1 Seasonal changes Topic: Victorians making History Visit: Residential Castleton Abbeydale Nemesis:: Across academy Victorian day Great Inventions Exhibition (Home Learning / Family Learning) Text: Street Child, Scabbajack, Gaslight - Eloise WIlliams, Hetty Feather, Oliver Twist Genres: Story with a historical setting, instructions, explanation text STEM – Peg Dolls Toy making Science –Rocks/Light, Great inventions /first flight/telephone /electric light,
Topic: Medical Breakthroughs (Perilous Plague) - links to global pandemics Visit: Eyam Residential NEMESIS :Greasbrough Park Text: Children of winter- Berlie Doherty, Text? Genres: Narrative, instructional writing, diaries. STEM – Eyam Shoes Science – , Sound impact and change - use of medicines
Year 5
Year 6
Topic: Stargazers (Are we alone in the universe?) Visit: In school Space Day/Leicester Space Centre Text: The Jamie Drake Equation/Cosmic Genres: Non-chron report – Space, debate/newspaper report – flat earth vs Sphere, free verse poetry, science fiction. setting description STEM – Rockets- (bloodhound)/ space buggies Science Forces/Earth & Space Topic: Coastal Invasions. How do we protect our coastline? Visit: Northumberland Residential/ Coastal Day visit NEMESIS: Plastic in oceans - Raising awareness Text: Alone on the wide wide sea, How does a lighthouse work - Roman Belyaev, Song of the Dolphin Boy - Elizabeth Laird, Kensuke’s Kingdom Genres: Explanations, recount, diaries, non-chronological reports, adventure stories, poetry, argument, newspaper, character descriptions STEM – Lighthouses Science - living things and their habitats, Electricity
Topic: The Elizabethans/ People who shaped the Future Visit: Stratford residential / Gainsborough Old Hall NEMESIS Equality Text: Treason/Shakespeare texts Genres: Play scripts, narrative (short stories/letters) non chron- instructions persuasion STEM – Designing and making a performance area Science - Properties and changes of materials
Topic: Vikings Visit: Murton Park/SLS Text: Viking Boy Genres: Character description, narrative, biography, diary, persuasion newspaper reports STEM – Science – Animals, including humans/Living things and their habitats
Topic: How does War change lives? Visit: Eden Camp/Kelham Island Text: Goodnight Mr Tom, War Horse, Machine Gunners, Once series - Morris Gleitzman, The boy in the striped pyjamas, Genres: Instructions, diaries, persuasion, stories with historical settings, poetry, formal/informal letters, character descriptions, reports STEM; Science - Light
Topic: What makes me, me? Visit: Willow Tree Olympics Text: Wonder Genres: narrative, biography, report, explanation STEM- A model of the circulatory system Science -Animals, including humans Evolution & inheritance
Educational Visits Year Group Early Years Y1/2 Cycle 1 Y1/2 Cycle 2
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Local Walk into Greasbrough/Pond area/ POPS adventure
Little Town of Play/Sheffield Fire Museum/Twycross Zoo/Cannon Hall Farm/Magna
Sundown Adventure Land/Chatsworth
Greasbrough Dam
York Chocolate Story
Sheffield
Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Bolsover Castle/Conisbrough Castle
Cleethorpes
Meadowhall/Magna/Kelham Island/AMRC
Abbeydale/Castleton residential
Cresswell Crags
Eyam Residential
Y4
Tropical World/Use of school grounds /Stockheld Park/Butterfly House Tropical World/Stockheld Park/Butterfly House
Y5
National Space Centre
Stratford residential
Murton Park
Y6
Northumberland residential Coastal Day visit
Eden Camp/Kelham Island Crucial Crew Remembrance Talk - Library service
Willow Tree Olympics
Y3
Format 1