Gillespie Primary School
Gillespie Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what Gillespie Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Gillespie 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
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 227
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Gillespie Road, London, N5 1LH
- Phone
- 02072 266840
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From Gillespie Primary School's curriculum maps.
Year 1Summer 1 and Summer 2 and Spring 2 and Spring 1
- Maths
- Place value within 10. Place value within 20. Multiplication and division. Fractions. Addition and subtraction within 20. Position and direction. Shape. Place value within 50. Place value within 100. Length and height. Money. Weight and volume. Time
- English
- Poetry performance and poetry writing. Instruction writing. Non-fiction writing about vertebrate animal groups
- Writing
- Prefixes, suffixes and contractions
- Science
- Animals, including humans
- Geography
- Names and locations of the seven continents and five oceans. Compass directions and locational language
- Computing
- Creating a self-portrait using shapes in a paint programme
- Art
- Exploring paint and printing
- Design and technology
- Levers and sliders
- RE
- Who is a Christian and what do they believe?. Sacred places
Year 2Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Place value and addition and subtraction. Multiplication and division, fractions and time. Measurement of money, length, mass, capacity and temperature
- English
- Writing recounts such as diaries and letters. Writing non-chronological reports. Writing narratives and instructions
- Reading
- Reading poetry and picture books such as Here We Are
- Science
- Uses of everyday materials. Living things and their habitats. Plants and how they grow. Animals including humans
- Geography
- Locating London and its landmarks on a map
- Computing
- Coding. Online safety and effective searching. Spreadsheets and presenting ideas
- Design and technology
- Mechanisms, including wheels and axles. Designing, making and evaluating a fruit smoothie
- Music
- Composing simple rhythms and melodies
- PSHE
- Different types of family and how home life differs. Growing from young to old and caring for self and others. Healthy eating and physical activity, sleep and rest. Why medicines are taken and keeping safe around medicines
Year 3Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 2 and Summer 1 and Spring 2 and Autumn 2
- Maths
- Place value. Money and time
- English
- Shape poems about rainforest animals. Direct speech in narrative writing
- Science
- Rocks and soil: rock broken down into pebbles and soil. Forces and magnets. Light, reflection and shadows. Animals including humans: skeleton and muscles. Plants and what they need to grow well
- Geography
- Locating Egypt on a map of Africa. Investigating the importance of the River Nile in Ancient Egypt
- Computing
- Coding. Spreadsheets and databases. Touch-typing
- Art
- Cave art and early communication: cave paintings, signs and symbols. Ancient Egyptian art
- Music
- Playing percussion instruments and composing in groups
- French
- Introduction to body parts, colours and numbers
- Spanish
- French vocabulary on animals, instruments and numbers
Year 4Spring 1 and Autumn 1
- English
- Writing a newspaper report on the Battle of Marathon. Myths and legends: Theseus and the Minotaur
- Science
- Animals including humans: digestive system and teeth
- Geography
- Locating Greece and Italy and their main cities on the map
- Computing
- Coding and logo programming
- Art
- Pencil drawing and still life with bold shape and colour
- Music
- Recorder playing and learning the note D
- PE
- Cricket: striking the ball into space to score runs
Year 5Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Spring 1
- Maths
- Perimeter and area. Negative numbers and converting units. Position and direction
- Writing
- Cosmic science fiction short story. Information leaflets
- Science
- Forces and gravity. Life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds
- Computing
- Coding and game creation
- Art
- Surrealism and sculpture
- Design and technology
- Designing, making and evaluating a savoury dish
- Music
- Learning to play the violin, viola and cello
- RE
- Why some people believe God exists. What it means to be a Muslim in Britain today
- PSHE
- Keeping safe online
- French
- Telling the date and birthday in French
Year 6Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 1 and Autumn 2
- Maths
- Place value, fractions, decimals and percentages. Shape, position and direction. Converting units of measurement
- English
- Writing persuasive and balanced arguments based on Windrush Child
- Reading
- Reading Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Wild Electricity
- Writing
- Writing a non-chronological report about Charles Darwin
- Science
- The circulatory system and the heart. Habitats and adaptation
- Computing
- Coding and introduction to Python. Blogging
- Art
- Drawing techniques using chalk and charcoal. Studying the work of artists such as Gustave Dore, Katsushika Hokusai and Banksy
- PSHE
- Understanding what mental health is and how to look after it
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Overviews & Schemes of work page. The maps: Y1 Curriculum Overview, Y2 Curriculum Overview, Y3 Curriculum Overview, Y4 Curriculum Overview, Y5 Curriculum Overview, Y6 Curriculum Overview.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100405. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what Gillespie 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.