Curriculum Themes

Year A
	EYFS	KS1	Lower KS2	Upper KS2	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Autumn A	I can explore – myself, my home and my school	Little explorers – myself and immediate surroundings	Local explorers – school and local community	Community explorers –differences and cultural experiences	Wider world explorers – global experiences	Difference explorers –contrasts between places	Functional explorers– applying learning to real life
Autumn B	My Celebrations – my special times and traditions	New Celebrations – experiencing a wider range of celebrations	Local Celebrations – exploring celebrations in school and community	Community and Cultural Celebrations – identifying differences between personal celebrations	World Celebrations – experiencing celebration traditions from around the world	Celebration Contrasts – identifying differences in celebrations outside of our personal experiences	Functional Celebrations – applying celebrations to real life meaningful experiences
Spring A	Safe with Me – people who I know and keep me safe	Safe explorers – builds safety into early exploration, asking for help at simplest form	Keeping safe – in home and school	Keeping safe in my community – builds on local explorers	Safe choices – Safety in different environments – builds on safety differences	Danger Danger – builds on world exploration	Staying safe in real life – build toward independence
Spring B	Little animal explorers – animal types and groups	Little animal homes – differences in animals and very simple habitats	Animals – in our local environment and simple grouping	Who lives in a house like this? – animals categories and habitats	The Impact we have – extinction, pollution	Comparing animals – homes and groups	Caring for animals and their homes
Summer A	Senses – discovering my senses through my body	My 5 senses	Being healthy – food choices, exercise and movement	Growing and changing – our bodies	Health explorers – how I feel and what my body needs	Fit for life – making choices to support wellbeing	Functional fit for life – creating a meal plan, exercise regime, identifying what to do locally
Summer B	Journey Explorers – moving and travelling around school and equipment	Our Journeys – walking, buses, simple maps	Local transport – how we travel in our area	Transport history and inventions	Global travel – continents, air/sea travel	Modern transport & sustainability	Function travel – reading timetables and planning routes

Year B
	EYFS	KS1	Lower KS2	Upper KS2	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Autumn A	My Day – my routines and belonging	Our Day – Simple routines, understanding now/next, belonging, social opportunities	The School Day – Organising belongings, following schedules	Life skills at home and school – Simple food prep, tidying, basic independence	Independence Explorers – Managing time, simple choices, self-care	Functional Living – Practical home routines (washing, cleaning, organisation)	Independent Me – preparing for adulthood, jobs around the home, using checklists
Autumn B	People Who Help Me – familiar people in my world	People Who Help Us — police, nurses, shop staff	Community places — shops, parks, libraries	How communities work — rules, roles, responsibilities	Being part of a community — volunteering, helping others	Community spaces & expectations — safe behaviour, social stories	Functional community skills — shopping, asking for help, paying, planning community visits
Spring A	Technology in My World – exploring everyday devices	Press, Click, Swipe – exploring simple technology	Technology that helps me – household items, simple online safety	Communicating with technology – email basics, taking photos, recording	Digital World – Purposeful use of devices, apps for learning	Staying Safe Online – trusted adults, recognising unsafe situations	Functional Digital Skills – typing, using communication apps, online shopping basics
Spring B	Growing and Changing – plants, animals and me	Early nature explorers – basic observation and awareness of lifecycles, human growth, seasonal changes	Local growth investigators – Understanding growth in the local environment	Growth in a changing world – ecosystems, animal reproductions, puberty	Global growth patterns – Food chains and weds, climate, global events i.e. drought, floods	Growth over time & through systems – evolution, sustainability, genetics	Functional growth and independent understanding – growing food (planning, planning cooking), eco projects, environmental responsibility
Summer A	Being Creative – colour, sound and movement	Exploring my Creative World – exploring colours, textures, sounds and movement, simple mark making	Creating My Way – Making choices, simple collaborative art and music	Expressing Myself – developing personal style, using creativity to express thoughts, feeling, combining media	Creative Communication – Experimenting with performance, music technology, digital art, understanding audience	Creative Projects – structured and longer projects, working collaboratively, developing pride	Functional Creativity – Applying creativity to everyday life skills: enterprise, design and communication. Planning and completing a creative project
Summer B	The Weather – early exploration of the types of weather	Weather and Nature – simple seasonal understanding	Caring for my Environment – recycling, looking after plants	Sustainability in Our Community – waste, water, energy	Planet Protectors – pollution, climate at a simple level	Sustainable choices – food waste, ethical choices, reuse projects	Functional Sustainability – growing vegetables, composting, schools eco-projects