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Music Curriculum Year 1

Hey You! is written in an Old-School Hip Hop style for children to learn about the differences between pulse, rhythm and pitch and to learn how to rap and enjoy it in its original form. As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose with this song, children will listen and appraise other Old-School Hip Hop tunes.

The learning is focused around two songs: Rhythm In The Way We Walk (Reggae style) and Banana Rap (Hip Hop style). Pupils will Listen & Appraise other styles of music and continue to embed the interrelated dimensions of music through games and singing.

In The Groove is a song that was specially written for classroom use to teach children about different styles of music. This is a very easy song to learn and has been arranged in six different styles; Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk and Funk. Each week pupils will listen and learn a different style of In The Groove.

This unit of work is focused around one song: Round And Round – a Bossa-Nova Latin style. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.

This unit is based on a song about using your imagination. Pupils are able to listen & appraise, improvise ans compose. tool.

This Unit of Work consolidates the learning that has occurred during the year. All the learning is focused around revisiting songs and musical activities, a context for the History of Music and the beginnings of the Language of Music.

History

At St Adrian’s, we strive to make history a curriculum full of curiosity and enquiry. Our intent is to provide pupils with opportunities that develop their love and passion of history, whilst developing their historical skills and knowledge through a progressive curriulum.

We aim to use resources which enable children to develop a deep understanding of historical events that have taken place. Teaching will equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, develop perspective and judgement and teach them that evidence may lead to different conclusions.

They will be able to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change (comparing then and now), the diversity of societies and relationships between different cultural groups (and the impacts they have had) , as well as their own identity and the challenges of our time.

By the time the children leave St Adrian’s, the children will have developed a range of historical skills and the knowledge of the development and change which has occurred in Britain over time. They will have developed discussion and enquiry skills to be able to see if lessons from the past have been or should be learned for the benefit of the future.

Key documents

St-Adrian’s-long-term-plan-for-History

Progression in history skills at St Adrian’s

National curriculum for History

Topics at a glance

History in the EYFS

History in the EYFS is promoted through direct teaching and purposeful learning opportunities across different themes throughout the school year. We use planned themes and make the most of unplanned moments that present themselves to talk about artefacts and significant events to develop conceptual understanding of the passing of time. This includes birthdays, recent events and experiences as well as known points in history.

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SEND

SEND at St Adrian’s

At St Adrian’s we work hard to ensure that inclusion, equity and aspiration are at the heart of every child’s experience here. We believe that children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) should participate fully in our school life and enrich our community.

Find out more about how we work to achieve this and what we offer your child in our SEND Information Report (see right hand side menu).

If you have a question or would like to discuss your child’s needs then please contact our Special Educational Needs & Disability Coordinator (SENDCo) Mrs Hart ( Maternity Leave ) Mrs Karen Gallaher is covering the role . Please make contact through the school office [email protected].

STA SEN Information Report 2024 – 2025

Design Technology

Year 6 – Pop up book
EYFS – Cooking

At St Adrian’s Primary School, we aim to use the teaching of Design and Technology to offer opportunities for the pupils to utilise their imagination and creativity to design and make products that have a real and relevant purpose. Through our curriculum, the pupils are able to make links to designs and designers throughout history, adding historical context and depth to their designs. We also aim to provide opportunities for pupils to critique, test and evaluate their designs and products and the work of others. Where possible, we aim to use cross-curricular links to add more depth and applicability to the products being made.

Key documents

St-Adrian’s-long-term-plan-for-Design-Technology

Progression in Design Technology skills at St Adrian’s

National Curriculum for DT

Topics at a glance

Year 1	Mechanisms – Moving Story Book	Structures -Windmills	Textiles -Puppets	Nutrition: smoothies
Year 2	Structures – Chair for a Bear	Textiles – Pouches	Mechanisms – Making a Moving Monster	Cooking and Nutrition – A balanced diet
Year 3	Structures -Constructing a Castle	Electrical systems – Static Electricity	Mechanisms – Pneumatic Toys	Textiles – Cushions	Food – Eating Seasonally
Year 4	Electrical systems – Create a torch	Mechanisms – Making a Sling Shot Car	Textiles – fastenings	Structure – Pavilions	Food – Adapting a recipe
Year 5	Mechanisms – Pop-Up books	Electrical systems – Greeting Cards	Structure – Bridges	Textiles – Stuffed Toys	Food – What Could be Healthier?
Year 6	Electrical systems – Steady hand game	Textiles – Waistcoats	Structure – Playground	Mechanisms – Automatic Toys	Food – Come Dine With Me

Art

Year 1 – Van Gogh, Self portraits
Year 2 – Angie Lewin, Plants and Growing
Year 3 – Georgia O’Keeffe, Mother Nature
EYFS – Exploring colors and techniques
Year 6 – Botanical Art

At St Adrian’s Primary School, we recognise the importance of Art and Design within our curriculum as it permits curiosity, creativity and self–expression to develop alongside resilience and confidence. We prioritise the development and progression of artistic skills, using the topics as a vehicle in which the children can gain confidence mastering each skill. In each year as the children move through the school, there is a clear progression of these skills, which build on prior learning.

Within our skill-based curriculum, the children are encouraged to become critical thinkers through making observations, and discussing ideas and plans for their own work. They have the opportunity to invent, create and express themselves using different mediums whilst also exploring artistic styles and taking inspiration from a wide range of art and artists, including those from different periods and cultures. Each pupil keeps their own sketchbook which is used as a space for the children to explore and develop their ideas through sketching as well as evaluating finished ideas.

Key documents

St-Adrian’s-long-term-plan-for-Art-and-Design

Progression-in-Art-skills-at-St-Adrian’s

National Curriculum for Art

Topics at a glance

The Courtauld to stage the first exhibition devoted to Van Gogh's Self- Portraits across his career | The Courtauld

Leaf and Bark Rubbing - Tree House Learning

Music

At St Adrian’s, the intention is that children gain a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. Our objective is to develop a curiosity for the subject, as well as an understanding and acceptance of the validity and importance of all types of music, and a respect for the role that music, in all its forms, may play in a person’s life. We are committed to ensuring children understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, and are able to use their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences to involve themselves in music, in a variety of different contexts.

Key documents

St Adrian’s long-term-plan-for-music

Progression in music at St Adrian’s – KS1

Progression in music at St Adrian’s – KS2

National curriculum for Music

Keywords and vocabulary

Topics at a glance

Computing

At St Adrian’s our pupils will:

learn about the science and foundations of computing to develop understanding
develop skills to produce purposeful and creative content for a range of applications, and know that there are many careers they can aspire to by acquiring these skills
be competent, respectful, responsible and safe users of technology, discerning of its content, so that they have the opportunity to participate positively in a global community.

Our aim is to deliver fun and engaging computing lessons within a meaningful context that develop creativity, resilience and problem-solving/critical thinking skills. We look to embed knowledge and use of technology across the curriculum where it can enhance the learning experience, or be used to ensure learning opportunities are made accessible to every child.

Key documents

Long-term-plans-2023-2024-Computing

Progression in computing skills at St Adrian’s

National curriculum for Computing

Topics at a glance

Geography

At St Adrian’s we know that the children care about our world and want to protect it. Therefore, at the heart of the geography curriculum is ‘Protect our beautiful world’.

We believe that geography helps to provoke and provide answers to questions about the natural and human aspects of the world. Children are encouraged to develop a greater understanding and knowledge of the world, as well as their place in it.

The geography curriculum at St Adrian’s provides progression which enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas and which can and are used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Geography is an investigative subject, which develops an understanding of concepts, knowledge and skills. We seek to inspire in children a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people which will remain with them for the rest of their lives; to promote the children’s interest and understanding of diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, together with a deep understanding of the Earth’s key physical and human processes.

Key documents

St-Adrian’s-long-term-plan-for-Geography

Progression in geography at St Adrian ‘s

National curriculum for Geography

Topics at a glance

Geography in the Early Years

TBC

Factors affecting the location of Settlements

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St Adrian’s Catholic Primary School Curriculum

Children at St Adrian’s follow the National Curriculum. However it is our intent to wrap the statutory National Curriculum in a series of interconnecting, overlapping and enriching experiences that will deliver a broad and balanced curriculum.

Click this link for a presentation on The St Adrian’s Catholic Primary School curriculum

Curriculum Principles

Principles and values

Inclusion and enrichment

Skills and attitudes

A link to a presentation on our Long Term Plans for each subject can be accessed here: Curriculum Intent – Long Term Plans

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An overview of the curriculum for each subject at St Adrian’s can be found by following the links in the menu to the right.

The content of our school curriculum in each academic year for every subject can be found by clicking on the appropriate button below. This information may also be found by following the curriculum info link on each of our class pages.

SEND Information Village, March 4th

DSPL7 are inviting parents to the SEND Information Village on Wednesday 4^th March, 10am-12pm at The Hub, Fleetville Junior School.

The event is an opportunity to meet and talk to Specialist Advisors, Educational Psychologists, Service Providers and representatives from Special Schools, Oaklands College and the Voluntary Sector.

More information here Download

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Year 1	The Gunpowder Plot	Changes within living memory – Toys	Intrepid Explorers

Year 2	Let’s Remember	People who care	The Great Fire of London

Year 3	Prehistoric Britain 1	Prehistoric Britain 2	Ancient Egypt

Year 4	Ancient Greece	Roman Britain	Anglo Saxons and Scots

Year 5	Saxons and Vikings	A Local Investigative study of St Albans	The Mayans

Year 6	Tudors – Terrible or revolutionary?	Kingdom of Benin	Significant turning point in British History – WWII

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Year 1	Self portraits	The dark, dark wood	Amazing natural sculptures
Year 2	Colour study Wassily Kandinski	Design a hat Philip Treacy	Plants and growing Angie Lewin
Year 3	Mother nature Georgia O’Keeffe	Pop art	Death masks
Year 4	Greek Pottery	Victorians – William Morris	Henry Rousseaus -Landscapes
Year 5	Viking patterns	Giuseppe Arcimboldo – Fruit portrait	Little Dancer – Edgar Degas
Year 6	Botanical art	Human – fine art Michelangelo	Cubism

	Aut 1	Aut 2	Spg 1	Spg 2	Sum 1	Sum 2
R
	Me!	My stories	Everyone!	Our world	Big bear funk	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y1
	Hey you!	Banana Rap	In the groove	Round and round	Your imagination	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y2
	Hands, feet, heart	Ho ho ho	I want to play in a band	Zootime	Friendship song	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y3
	Let your spirit fly	Glockenspiel Stage 1	Three little birds	The dragon song	Bring us together	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y4
	Mamma Mia	Glockenspiel Stage 2	Stop!	Lean on me	Blackbird	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y5
	Livin’ on a prayer	Jazz 1	Make you feel my love	The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air	Dancing in the street	Reflect, rewind & replay
Y6
	Happy	Jazz 2	A New Year carol	You’ve got a friend	Music and me	Reflect, rewind & replay

	Autumn	Spring	Summer

YEAR 1	_{WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE EDITORS Typing and changing text}	_{WE ARE PRESENTERS Filming the steps of a recipe}

YEAR 1	_{WE ARE CODERS Using a programmable toy}	_{WE ARE ARTISTS Creating digital art}	_{WE ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS Creating a digital self-portrait}

YEAR 2	_{WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely, responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE COLLECTORS} _{Collecting and} _{presenting data}	_{WE ARE CODERS Creating on-screen programs 2}

YEAR 2	_{WE ARE CODERS Creating on-screen} _{programs 1}	_{WE ARE RESEARCHERS Researching and} _{presenting a topic}	_{WE ARE ANIMATORS Making an animation}

YEAR 3	_{WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely,} _{responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE OPINION POLLSTERS} _{Collecting and} _{analysing data}	_{WE ARE CODERS Finding and correcting} _{bugs in programs}

YEAR 3	_{WE ARE CODERS Programming an animation}	_{WE ARE TECHNICIANS Exploring computer networks}	_{WE ARE DIRECTORS Videoing performance}

YEAR 4	_{WE ARE INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely,} _{responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE MUSICIANS Creating digital music}	_{WE ARE PRODUCT DESIGNERS} _{Prototyping an interactive toy}

YEAR 4	_{WE ARE CODERS Making an adventure game}	_{WE ARE HTML EDITORS Making web content with HTML}	_{WE ARE METEOROLOGISTS Researching & presenting} _{the weather}

YEAR 5	_{WE ARE} _{INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely,} _{responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE BLOGGERS Sharing thoughts} _{and opinions online}	_{WE ARE CRYPTOGRAPHERS} _{Cracking codes}

YEAR 5	_{WE ARE CODERS Developing an} _{educational game}	_{WE ARE QUIZMASTERS Creating and analysing data}	_{WE ARE ENTREPRENEURS Launching a digital gallery}

YEAR 6	_{WE ARE} _{INTERNET USERS Using the Internet safely,} _{responsibly & respectfully}	_{WE ARE CODERS Generating geometric art}	_{WE ARE PUBLISHERS Creating a digital yearbook}

YEAR 6	_{WE ARE} _{WEB DEVELOPERS} _{Creating a website}	_{WE ARE ANALYSTS Developing artificial intelligence}	_{WE ARE DETECTIVES Analysing our digital footprint}

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Year 1	My Area – plans, maps, keys and arial photos	Weather patterns	The UK – countries, capitals and seas

Year 2	It’s a Wonderful World Part 1 (Continents and oceans)	It’s a Wonderful World Part 2 (Continents and oceans)	Let’s visit Brazil and compare with St Albans

Year 3	UK towns, cities and features	Water and rivers	Europe and the Americas

Year 4	Compare a region in the UK with a region in Europe and South America	Features of the Earth	A local field study

Year 5	Cutting up the globe	Energy and sustainability	Biomes

Year 6	Population	Migration	Globalisation