Willow Bank Primary School
Willow Bank Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 4 to 11.
Practise what Willow Bank Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Willow Bank Primary School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Academy (sponsored)
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 182
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Seacourt Road, London, SE2 9XB
- Phone
- 02083 201900
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From Willow Bank Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn 1
- Maths
- Learning about shape, pattern and numbers up to 5. Exploring pattern, shape and numbers up to 6
- Phonics
- Writing CVC words through the Little Wandle programme
- Science
- Learning about how things change over time and how children change as they grow
- Geography
- Using maps to draw simple routes to school and local areas
- Art
- Creating Rangoli patterns, firework art and Christmas decorations using salt dough
- PE
- Exploring how bodies can move in different ways through balance and coordination
- PSHE
- Keeping our bodies healthy. Recognising and sharing emotions through the colour monsters. Understanding the school values of resilience, respect, integrity, ambition and teamwork
- Other
- Learning about different families, homes and traditions. Building fine motor skills through provision and Dough Disco
Year 1Autumn 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Place value within 50. Length, height, weight and volume. Multiplication, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Beginning fractions, finding the whole, halves and quarters. Money, recognising coins and notes and solving simple problems. Telling the time with clocks and schedules
- English
- Writing a description of a weather type using adjectives and senses. Writing their own rhyming weather poem
- Reading
- Exploring the book Meet the Weather. Decoding, prosody and comprehension in Early Reading
- Phonics
- Phase 5 phonemes, including new graphemes and alternative pronunciations
- Science
- The human body, including different organs and how our senses can help us. Animal classifications and what different types of animals eat. Revisiting materials, observing and comparing them and their properties. Seasonal changes, including how weather, daylight and nature vary through the year
- History
- The lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and their contributions to nursing
- Geography
- How weather affects people, animals and places around the world and how people adapt to it
- Computing
- E-safety and basic iPad functions. Coding, what it is and how it is used in daily life. Simple networks and how information is connected and shared. Data representation, including creating and interpreting bar charts
- Art
- Types of paint and creating colour and tone through mixing. Printing, creating patterns and block printing a skyline
- Design and technology
- Designing, making and evaluating a freestanding structure
- Music
- Singing the song Round and Round in a Bossa Nova Latin style. Improvising with voices and instruments and composing and performing pieces
- PE
- Social skills through playing games with others and developing running techniques. Games unit on throwing and catching accurately and simple tactics. Handling equipment to strike objects. Dance using the body to create shapes, movements and actions. Athletics: jumping in various ways and landing safely. Gymnastics shapes and movements, plus running, jumping and balancing
- RE
- Who is a Christian and what do they believe. The terms sacred and holy and why places are considered sacred and holy. What it means to belong to a faith community. What it means to belong to a faith community
- PSHE
- Being kind friends and working together. Living in the wider world and being part of a community. Mental health and well-being, healthy diet, exercise and sleep. Recognising and managing emotions in ourselves and others
Year 2Autumn 1 and Summer 1
- Maths
- Number and place value, including the tens and ones in 2 digit numbers. Finding the whole, halves and quarters of shapes and quantities. Telling the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
- English
- Expanded noun phrases to add description and applying adjectives and nouns correctly. Writing a descriptive setting capturing the landscape of a Kenyan village. Composing a third-person narrative about a character's journey
- Science
- Which materials everyday objects are made from and their properties. Testing which materials are suitable for building a house. What animals need in order to survive. Offspring and the importance of a healthy diet and regular exercise for humans
- History
- The life and works of Walt Disney. How film and animation has changed and developed over time
- Geography
- Physical and human features of Kenya and how it compares to the UK
- Computing
- Safe sites, passwords and keeping personal information safe online. Planning and inputting sequences with the Code and Go Mouse Robot using directional language
- Art
- Drawing skills, pencil strokes and the effect of different pencils. Tone and gradient, drawing a Disney character
- Design and technology
- Designing a fruit kebab considering colour, texture and taste
- Music
- Different percussion instruments and their uses. Composing music for a traditional tale. Following instructions on when to start and stop playing or singing. Group music-making and integrating their part into a group performance
- PE
- Fundamental movement skills and invasion games for teamwork and communication. Creative movement and performing a 32-count Animals Motif
- RE
- The religion of Judaism, beliefs, precious items such as the Mezuzah, Shabbat and Chanukah
- PSHE
- Helping everyone feel safe, included and ready to learn in the class community. Teamwork, collaboration and stereotypes. Identifying everyday risks and how to stay safe in different environments
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Year Group Planning Overviews page. The maps: EYFS Autumn 1 Overview, EYFS Autumn 2 Overview, Year 1 Autumn 1 overview, Year 1 Spring 2 overview, Year 1 Summer 1 Overview, Year 1 Summer 2 Overview, Year 2 Autumn 1 overview, Year 2 Summer 1 Overview.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 136932. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what Willow Bank Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.