Curriculum Introduction

The aim at Croft is to provide opportunities for children to develop as caring and confident learners who are inspired and inspire others to fulfil their potential, as well as providing a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.

The units that each class studies have been carefully selected to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.

During the 2025/2026 academic year, we will be following cycle B.

If you would like to know more about our curriculum and what your child will be studying, please contact their class teacher.

ArtAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2SpiralsFlora and FaunaMaking birds
Year 3/4CharcoalShape and ColourAnimated drawings
Year 5/6Typography and MapsMonotypesSet design
ComputingAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Computing systems - Technology Around Us / Creating digital media paintingProgramming A - Robot Algorithms / Creating Media - Digital MusicProgramming B - Programming Quizzes / Data - Grouping Data
Year 3/4Connecting Networks / Sequencing SoundAudio Production / Data LoggingPhoto editing / Events and actions in programs
Year 5/6Communication / Video ProductionVariables in Games / Sensing MovementSpreadsheets / Introduction to Vector Graphics
DTAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Fabric BuntingDips and DippersMoving pictures
Year 3/4The Great Bread Bake OffJuggling BallsBattery operated lights
Year 5/6Global FoodProgramming adventuresAutomated animals
FrenchAutumnSpringSummer
Year 3/4Family and Friends / Our SchoolTime / All around townGoing shopping / What’s the time?
Year 5/6Pleased to meet you / That’s tastySchool life / Let’s go shoppingAll in a day / Our precious planet
GeographyAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Contrast with KenyaAirports and StationsWhy do we recylce?
Year 3/4RiversMediterraneanBiomes
Year 5/6MapsImmigration
HistoryAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Home over timeVictoriansWhat lessons have we learnt from the Great Fire of London?
Year 3/4Ancient EgyptCrime and punishmentLocal History Study - How has Leicester changed over time? Richard III Museum
Year 5/6Islamic CivilisationWW2What did the Ancient Greeks bring to the world?
MusicAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Fairy Tales and Traditional Songs / Sounds Are All AroundMachines and Robots / Out of this WorldLondon’s Burning / An Orchestra Adventure
Year 3/4Water music / A flavour of West AfricaIt’s a Rap! / Songs of celebrationInto the woods / Decade of Disco
Year 5/6The evolution of music / chill outWartime songs and music / singing the bluesPutting on a show / Music at the movies
PEAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Throwing and catching / invasion games / Gym:landscapes and cities / Dance: gunpowder plotAttacking and defending / animal olympics / circuit training / Dance: PlantsTarget games / bat and ball / Gym: Under the sea / Dance: toys
Year 3/4Outdoor adventurous activities / invasion games / gymnastics / dodgeballHockey / Badminton / circuit training / Dance: Carnival of the animalsCricket / athletics / gymnastics / dance: water
Year 5/6Outdoor adventurous activities / invasion games / dance: WW2 / gymBasketball / striking and fielding / circuit training / dance: eco danceTennis / athletics / gym / handball
REAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Who is Jewish and how do they live?What makes some places sacred to believers? / Why does Easter matter to Christians?How should we care for others and for the world, and why does it matter? / What does it mean to belong to a faith community?
Year 3/4What is the Trinity? / What is it like to follow God?Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’? / When Jesus left, what was the impact of the Pentecost?What kind of world did Jesus want?
Year 5/6What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? / How can following God bring freedom and justice?What matters mosts to humanists and Christians? / What difference does the resurrection make for Christians?Why do Hindus want to be good? / Why is the Torah important to Jewish people?
ReadingAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2Siba and Saba / SulweLook up! / Izzy GizmoThe Barnabus Project
Year 3/4There’s a Pharoah in my bathtub / Flat Stanley - The great Egyptian RobberyNim’s IslandInto the Jungle
Year 5/6OdysseusFriend or FoeWindrush Child
ScienceAutumnSpringSummer
Year 1/2HabitatsSeasonal change / body partsParts of plants
Year 3/4Sound / states of matterSkeletons and muscles / forcesPlants
Year 5/6EvolutionClassification of living things / electricityHeart
ArtAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSSelf portraits / what can we see: CezanneArt in nature / observational artVan Gough: Sunflowers / How can we use our bodies to make art?
Year 1/2Explore and drawMonoprintBe an architect
Year 3/4StorytellingExploring patternInventiveness and determination
Year 5/62D/3DActivismBrave colour
ComputingAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSContinuous provisionContinuous provisionContinuous provision
Year 1/2IT around us / digital photographyPictograms / digital paintingMoving a robot / Programming animations
Year 3/4The internet / stop frame animationRepetition in shapes / branching databasesDesktop publishing / repetition in games
Year 5/6Systems and searching / web page productionSelection in physical computing3D modelling / flat file databases
DTAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSContinuous provision and parts of art topicContinuous provision and parts of art topicContinuous provision and parts of art topic
Year 1/2Fabric facesPirate Paddy’s packed lunch problemsSensational salads
Year 3/4Mechanical postersLet’s go fly a kiteEdible garden
Year 5/6Felt phone casesMarbulous structuresSuper seasonal cooking
FrenchAutumnSpringSummer
Year 3/4Getting to know you / all about meFood glorious food / on the moveWhere in the world / holidays and hobbies
Year 5/6All about ourselves / Family and friendsTime travelling / let’s visit a French townThis is France / more to explore
GeographyAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSWhy are we all the same but also different? / celebrations around the worldWho are the people that help us? / Where in the world?Why are all towns and cities not like ours? / How will I know my way around?
Year 1/2What do I know about the UK?Beside the seasideMagical mapping
Year 3/4The UKEnough for everybodyExtreme earth
Year 5/6Trading and economic activityThe amazing AmericansOur changing world
HistoryAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSWhat is my family tree? Remember remember the 5th NovemberHave toys always been the same?How do we know that’s famous?
Year 1/2War and RemembranceKings and QueensSignificant explorers
Year 3/4Stone Age to Iron AgeThe RomansAnglo Saxons and Scots
Year 5/6Vikings and Anglo SaxonsMayan CivilisationThe Railways
MusicAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSRhyme time and instrumentsRhyme time and instrumentsRhyme time and instruments
Year 1/2Animals / yummy, yummy in my tummySea shanties / under the seaOur heroes / mooving and grooving
Year 3/4Singing for performance / songs for all seasonsSounds great / rocking and rollingTraditional tunes of the UK / roll up, roll up!
Year 5/6Taste of the Caribbean / Hooray for BollywoodMusic of the 80s and 90s / a dash of Latin AmericaMusic for today and tomorrow / recylced music
PEAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSDance / best of balls / skills / big movesGym in the jungle / dance like a dinosaur / yoga / small gamesThe Olympics / jumping jacks and rock and roll
Year 1/2Throwing and catching / invasion games / Gym: animals / Dance: starry skiesAttacking and defending / bat and ball / circuit training / Dance: the seasonsRunning and jumping / sports day / Gym: traditional tales / yoga
Year 3/4Outdoor adventurous activities / invasion games / gymnastics / dance: extreme earthNet and wall games / Football / Gym: shape / Dance: the RomansGym: shape / athletics / dance: rainforest / striking and fielding
Year 5/6Outdoor adventurous activities / invasion games / dance: through the decades / gym: spaceVolleyball / Gym: shape and balance / circuit training / NetballGym: movement / athletics / leadership in PE / striking and fielding
REAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSBeing special - where do we belong? / Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas?Why do some Christians put a cross in an Easter Garden? / Being special, where do we belong?What places are special and why? / Which stories are special and why?
Year 1/2Who do Christians say made the world? / Why does Christmas matter to Christians?What do Christians believe God is like? / What is the ‘good news’ Christians believe Jesus brings?Who is a Muslim and how do they live?
Year 3/4What do Hindus believe God is like? / What does it mean to be Hindu in Britain today?How do festivals and worship show what matters to Muslims? / How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?How and why do people mark the significant events of life? / How and why do people try to make the world a better place?
Year 5/6What does it mean if Christians believe God is holy and loving? / Creation and science: conflicting or complementary?How do Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah? / How do Christians decide how to live? ‘What would Jesus do?’What do Christians believe Jesus did to ‘save’ people? / For Christians, what kind of king is Jesus?
EnglishAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSTime for school no worries / Binny’s Diwali Bonfire night poem Kitchen discoAuthors - Julia Donaldson, Oliver Jeffers, Tom Fletcher / Poetry: Pete the cat, The great egg-scape, Hot cross bunnyFairytales / Seaside: Lighthouse keepers lunch, Ahoy! The boy who unplugged the sea
Year 1/2Grandad’s Islands - Adventure Story and Diary / We’re Going on A Bear Hunt - Persuasive Letter and Setting DescriptionWash a wooly mammoth / clean upAnd Tango makes 3
Year 3/4Stig of the Dump - diary; character description; adventure story; newspaper reportThe Hodgeheg nonchron; narrative poem; adventure story; magazine articleCharlotte’s Web - persuasive letter; newspaper; setting description
Year 5/6Arthur and the Golden Rope -Character Description; DiaryHoles - persuasive booklet; diary; character description; legend writingBoy at the back of class / Harry Potter - writing independence
ScienceAutumnSpringSummer
EYFSHow have I changed since I was a baby? / Seasonal changeWhat are the materials around us called? How do things grow from seeds?What can I feel, taste, hear and smell? / How many creatures are on our Earth?
Year 1/2Animals including humans / being healthyMaterialsPlants and trees
Year 3/4Light and dark / rocks and soilsElectricity / ClassificationDigestion
Year 5/6Light / life cyclesMaterials / SpaceForces