Thames View Junior School

Thames View Junior School is a primary school in Barking for ages 7 to 11.

Daily practice for Thames View Junior School pupils

Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.

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At a glance

Type: Academy (sponsored)
Ages: 7 to 11
Pupils: 390
Who it's for: Boys and girls
Address: Samuel Ferguson Place, Barking, IG11 0TR
Phone: 02045 119240

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What each year group is learning

From Thames View Junior School's curriculum maps.

Year 1

English: Learning to spell the sounds of the alphabet and letter combinations. Spelling common exception words and days of the week. Forming regular plurals and adding prefixes and suffixes. Writing simple sentences and joining ideas with 'and'
Writing: Composing sentences orally before writing them

Year 2

English: Spelling words with contracted forms and the possessive apostrophe. Forming sentences as statements, questions, exclamations and commands. Using co-ordination and subordination to join clauses. Using expanded noun phrases to describe
Writing: Writing narratives about personal and fictional experiences. Proofreading writing for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors

Year 3Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2 and Spring and Autumn and Summer and Summer 1

Maths: Place value, addition and subtraction. Fractions. Length, perimeter, mass and capacity. Time and statistics. Place value
English: Writing innovated stories and tales. Writing narrative poems and biographies. Debating and speaking like an expert. Writing setting descriptions and creative stories about Stone Age Boy. Fiction setting description of Stone Age Boy. Creative writing about a mythical creature linked to Viking Tales. Fiction reading of Viking Tales by Terry Deary. Reading Who Let the Gods Out with vocabulary and retrieval practice. Non-fiction reading of Amazing Africa with explaining answers. Poetry reading of The Volcano by Judy Billcliff. Writing a non-chronological report on Anglo Saxons. Writing a balanced argument on types of farming. Writing a gothic narrative based on Hansel and Gretel. Writing a persuasive text on the abolishment of slavery. Writing a historical narrative about Mary Anning or Rose Blanche. Writing a poem about Windrush 75. Writing a play script about a Greek comedy. Writing a brochure after visiting the British Museum. Writing a diary entry about Pompeii. Writing an explanation text on the water cycle. Writing a non-chronological report on Farming in the UK. Spelling the ei, eigh and ey sound
Reading: Reading for pleasure and reading Accelerated Reader books. Non-fiction reading on vocabulary, prediction and retrieval. Accelerated Reader and reading for pleasure
Writing: Handwriting practice and writing simple sentences. Fiction writing on setting descriptions. Writing a non-chronological report about farming in the UK. Writing a persuasive text on the abolition of slavery. Writing a play script about a Greek comedy
Science: The water cycle, explained in an explanation text. How the digestive system works. Rocks: comparing and grouping rocks by appearance and physical properties. How fossils are formed when living things are trapped within rock. Parts of flowering plants and their functions. Requirements of plants for life and growth. Pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal in flowering plants. Animals need the right types and amount of nutrition
History: Prehistoric Britain, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Everyday life in ancient Rome and the founding of Rome. The Roman army and the Roman invasion of Britain. Stone Age settlements and life in the Stone Age. Diary entries about the eruption of Pompeii and responding to disasters. Ancient Egyptian civilisation and mummification. The Greeks and Greek myths. Through the Ages. Invasion. Groundbreaking Greeks. Ancient Civilisations. Off With Her Head
Geography: Plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes. Comparing Britain and Italy. Rocks, relics and rumbles. Misty mountains and winding rivers. Rocks, relics and rumbles. Misty mountains, winding rivers. Investigating our world
Art: Clay sculpture
Design and technology: Cooking and nutrition
Music: Charanga units including reggae and glockenspiel
PE: Gymnastics, yoga, handball and dance. Football, hockey, netball, athletics and tennis
RE: Exploring belief systems, values, myths and moral choices
PSHE: Being me in my world and celebrating difference. Making safe choices and emotional responses to danger. Making safe choices and danger awareness. Rights respecting learning about children's right to education, safety and protection. Family roles and responsibilities. Recognising how words can be hurtful. Recognising and managing big feelings. Healthy eating and exercise. Conception and how babies grow
Spanish: Seasons, musical instruments, vegetables, ice-creams and minibeasts

Year 4

Science: Classification keys to group and identify living things. Grouping materials as solids, liquids or gases. Evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. Functions of the parts of the human digestive system. Types of teeth in humans and their functions
PSHE: Being part of a class team and being a school citizen. Rights, responsibilities and democracy. Understanding bullying. Understanding protected characteristics. Healthy friendships. Resilience and overcoming disappointment

Year 5

Science: Life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird. Properties of everyday materials such as hardness, solubility and conductivity. Dissolving and recovering substances from solutions. Separating mixtures by filtering, sieving and evaporating. Reversible and irreversible changes of materials. Changes as humans develop to old age
PSHE: Respecting cultural differences and challenging discrimination. Online safety and risk. Healthy and unhealthy relationships

Year 6

Science: Classifying living things into broad groups using observable characteristics. Fossils provide information about living things from millions of years ago. Offspring vary and are not identical to their parents. Adaptation of animals and plants to their environment and evolution. Main parts of the human circulatory system and their functions
PSHE: Identifying goals for the year and personal learning goals. Children's universal rights and citizenship. Understanding disability. Consent, pressure and choice in relationships. Online safety and technology safety. Sexting and boyfriends and girlfriends. Exploitation and grooming

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