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Curriculum Overview
Curriculum
Learning at Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park is exciting, engaging and relevant. It prepares children for the world we live in now and for our future. In January 2014 we introduced a brand new curriculum which links learning to a theme. Each half term there is a whole-school theme, which is then divided into year group specific aspects, and most subjects are taught through the theme where possible.
Our curriculum has been written to be in line with the new national curriculum for England. As half termly units are completed they will be published on our website.
There are daily lessons in English (Reading, Writing, Phonics, Spelling and Grammar) and Mathematics for children of all ages. This helps to make sure that they become confident readers, writers and mathematicians in the earliest years of their education.
Children also learn science, history, geography, RE, PE, art, design technology, drama, dance and music. They study Personal, Social and Citizenship education and begin learning a modern foreign language in Year 3. PE, Dance and Drama are taught by two specialist teachers which ensures children reach the very highest standards possible in all subjects.
Creativity, fun and self-expression are important aspects of Academy life and, across every subject, we make sure there is time and space for children to develop their imagination and their thinking skills.
Please see our Curriculum overviews for Autumn 1, Autumn 2 and Spring 1. Further overviews will appear in due course.
Curriculum Overview
We have our own, unique curriculum at Harris Primary Coleraine Park that has been written especially for our children, and is fully in line with the new national curriculum.
Our curriculum is exciting, engaging and relevant for the world our children are in now and prepares them for the future. Each half term there is one or two whole-school themes and these are then broken down into specific topics for each year group to study. Each theme has key areas of the curriculum that covered but other subjects that are relevant to the theme are taught as well.
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Term |
Theme |
Length of Theme |
Key areas of curriculum |
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Autumn 1 |
Breaking News |
2 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
Geography |
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Our Heritage |
5 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
History, (Geography) |
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Half Term |
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Autumn 2 |
Ethical Entrepreneurs |
4 wks |
DT |
SMSCD |
Geography |
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Christmas Cracker |
3 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
Art, DT, (Music. Geography) |
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Christmas Holidays |
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Spring 1 |
Amazing Adventures |
6 wks |
English |
SMSCM |
Science. History, Geography |
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Half Term |
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Spring 2 |
Wonderful Me |
4 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
Science |
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Easter Holidays |
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Summer 1 |
8 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
Science, History, Geography |
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Half Term |
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Summer 2 |
3 wks |
English |
Science |
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3 wks |
English |
SMSCD |
Art |
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The themes are then broken down for each year group:
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Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
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Breaking News |
Our Heritage |
Ethical Entrepreneurs |
Christmas Cracker |
Amazing Adventures… |
Wonderful Me |
Time Travelling through London |
Mad Science |
Art Attack |
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Reception |
This theme is dependent upon what news is breaking in our world at the time. Last year we studied the Ebola crisis and safeguarding children – how to keep ourselves safe. This year we studied the anniversary of Queen's ascension to the throne, becoming Britain's longest reigning monarch. |
Our Family |
Pudsey Bear |
Story of Christmas |
…in a land before time |
We are Special |
London Today |
Alexander Bell & Sound |
Jackson Pollock |
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Year 1 |
Mother Theresa |
Pudsey Bear |
Story of Christmas |
…Animal Adventures |
Senses |
London Today |
James Dyson & everyday materials |
Kandinsky |
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Year 2 |
Nelson Mandela |
Indosole (Indonesia) |
Story of Christmas: Shepherds and Angels |
…in the Rainforest |
My Body a Temple |
Victorian London |
Henry Ford & use of everyday materials |
Warhol |
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Year 3 |
Ghandi |
Jack’s Soap (South America and Russia) |
Story of Christmas: Innkeeper & Mary and Joseph (Homelessness) |
…in Ancient Egypt |
My Bones |
Roman London |
Wright Brothers & Forces/Magnets |
Picasso |
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Year 4 |
Emily Pankhurst |
Tearfund (India) |
Story of Christmas: Bethlehem Census (Immigration Laws) |
…in the Mayan Civilization |
My Engine Room (digestion) |
Stone Age London |
Alexander Bell & Sound/mobile phone |
Monet |
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Year 5 |
Martin Luther King |
Cadbury’s (UK) |
Story of Christmas: Herod & Mary and Joseph (Asylum Seekers) |
…in Space |
Circle of Life (reproduction, lifecycles, germs) |
World War London |
Brunel and Watt Tyler: steam engine/properties and changes in materials |
Hundertwasser |
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Year 6 |
William Wilberforce |
WaterAid (Africa) |
Story of Christmas: Joseph’s viewpoint (teenage pregnancy) |
…in Ancient Greece |
My Body the Machine (circulation, brain, organs) |
Anglo-Saxon London |
Jenner: vaccination and electricity |
Van Gogh |
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