Ripple Primary School
Ripple Primary School is a primary school in Barking for ages 3 to 11.
Daily practice for Ripple Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 856
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Suffolk Road, Barking, IG11 7QS
- Phone
- 02082 704670
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From Ripple Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 1
- Science
- Everyday materials. Animals: sensitive bodies. Plant detectives
- History
- How have toys changed?
- Geography
- What is it like here?. What is the weather like in the UK?. What is it like to live in Shanghai?
- Computing
- Technology around us. Creating digital painting. Programming a moving robot using instructions. Creating digital writing. Introducing new instructions
- Art
- Drawing, making a mask. Craft and design, woven wonders
- Design and technology
- Cooking and nutrition, making smoothies. Structures, constructing a windmill. Mechanisms, wheels and axis
- Music
- Pulse and rhythm, tempo. Musical vocabulary, timbre and rhythmic patterns. Pitch and tempo. Vocal and body sounds
- PE
- Sending and receiving, dance. Gymnastics, yoga. Striking and fielding games, team building. Invasion games, ball skills
- RE
- What do some people believe God looks like?. Why should we care for the world?. Why should we care for others?
- PSHE
- Health and wellbeing. Economic wellbeing. Transition
Year 3
- Writing
- Persuasive writing and scrolls
- French
- Greetings
Year 5Summer 2 and Spring 2 and Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1
- English
- Narrative writing focused on structure, suspense and developing stories. Verse, poetry, song writing and retelling from a character's perspective. Recounts, diaries and graphic novels
- Science
- Animals including humans. Changes of materials. Properties of materials. Living things and their habitats
- History
- Tudors. Victorians
- Geography
- Biomes. Transatlantic slave trade
- Art
- Clay pots. Batik. Portraits
- Music
- Musical theatre based on The Lightning Thief
- RE
- How Christmas is celebrated throughout the world
- PSHE
- Relationships. Alcohol and drugs
Year 6
- Maths
- Statistics. Problem solving
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Overview page and the school's Curriculum Overviews page and the school's Year 5 Curriculum Map 2021-2022 page. The maps: Year 1 jigsaw 2024-2025 revised 2, Year 3 Yearly Curriculum Overview 2026-27, Year 5 Yearly Overview 2021-2022, Year 6 Yearly Curriculum Overview 2026-27.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 101198. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Daily challenges that keep pace with your child's school year
For Years 1 to 6, with a weekly view of what they have mastered and an 11+ track when you're ready.