Marvels Lane Primary School
Marvels Lane Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Daily practice for Marvels Lane 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
- 385
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Riddons Road, London, SE12 9RA
- Phone
- 02088 573904
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
The school
- The school aims to create a positive environment in which all children are safe, happy and want to learn.
Source: Marvels Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school follows the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme, taught in Reception and Year 1.
Source: Marvels Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Music, sport and trips
- Children can take part in Violin, Guitar or Brass lessons in small groups during the school day, with a termly charge.
Source: Marvels Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- The school will admit 60 children into Reception in September 2027.
- Children born between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023 should apply for a Reception place for September 2027.
- If the school is oversubscribed, places are allocated to Looked After children, children with a medical or social need, siblings of children already in school, then children who live closest to the school.
Source: Marvels Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Visiting
- Open morning and school tours are at 9:30am on 21 October, 11 November, 2 December 2026 and 6 January 2027.
Source: Marvels Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Marvels Lane Primary School's curriculum maps.
Reception
- Writing
- Representing sounds correctly when writing
- Phonics
- Segmenting and blending sounds in simple words
- History
- Talking about the past and present
- Computing
- Recognising technology and using it for a purpose
- Design and technology
- Exploring materials and making props to retell stories
- Music
- Exploring instruments and the sounds they make
- PSHE
- Understanding that their own actions affect other people. Showing sensitivity to others and to all living creatures. Playing cooperatively with each other
Year 1
- Maths
- Place value to 20. Addition and subtraction. Addition and subtraction. Place value within 50. Multiplication and division. Time and money. 3D shapes
- English
- Poetry about using our senses. Poetry about pattern and rhyme
- Science
- Planting and growing beans and potatoes
- History
- Changes within living memory
- Computing
- Online safety and safe logins. Animated stories. Lego builders
- Art
- Experimenting with line and colour, observational drawing and self-portraits. Printing with a printing block. Creating a collage in the style of Arcimboldo. Creating clay models of animals
- Design and technology
- Designing and making a puppet. Designing and making a Biscuit Bear
- Music
- High and low notes, fast and slow. Listening to and moving to music from different continents. Using and naming percussion instruments, creating rhythm patterns
- PE
- Hit, catch and run games. Attack, defend and shoot games. Attack, defend and shoot games. Running, jumping and throwing
- PSHE
- Caring for each other. Belonging and who I am. Different types of families
Year 2
- Maths
- Place value and number patterns. Multiplication and division. Multiplication and division. Statistics. Properties of shape. Fractions. Measuring length and height. Position and direction. Measurement. Problem solving
- English
- Poetry about silly stuff. Stories by the same author. Explanation and instruction texts
- Reading
- Dictionary skills. Phonics based on letters and sounds. Dictionary skills
- Phonics
- Phonics based on Letters and Sounds
- Science
- The basic needs of animals. Animals that can be used
- Geography
- London's main landmarks
- Computing
- Send and receive
- Art
- Collage with a range of art materials. Mixing and matching colours
- Design and technology
- Design, make and evaluate products with moving parts
- Music
- Performing songs sung in tune. Musical responses to a picture. Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds
- PE
- Attack, defend and shoot games. Hit, catch, run. Run, jump, throw
- RE
- Hinduism
- PSHE
- Empathy and sharing. Simple choices for health and well-being. Keeping safe, recognising risks, rules
Year 3
- Maths
- Place value and numbers to 1000. Multiplication and division. Statistics. Length and perimeter. Fractions. Fractions. Mass and capacity
- English
- Poetry: poems to perform. Grammar: a and an, word families, time conjunctions, paragraphs, present perfect tense. Writing shape poems and calligrams. Reading and writing Greek myths. Poetry focused on language play. Reading a core text, Oliver and the Seawigs. Word families, sequencing adverbs, prepositions and headings
- Science
- Rocks, soils and fossils. How magnets attract or repel. Forces and magnets. Nutrition, the skeleton and muscles. Light and shadows
- History
- The Battle of Marathon and the Trojan wars
- Computing
- Coding with flowcharts, commands and nesting
- Design and technology
- Making Stone Age houses and necklaces
- Music
- Singing songs and composition
- PE
- Football and basketball. Gymnastics and dance. Football and netball or handball. Gymnastics
- RE
- Christianity: the Bible and the Easter story. Sikh beliefs and teachings
- PSHE
- Family differences. Online meanness and being kind with words online
- Spanish
- Simple instructions
Year 4
- Maths
- Decimals. Measurement of money and time. Statistics and graphs
- English
- Inverted commas for speech
- Reading
- Core texts and Destination Reader
- Science
- Electrical circuits, switches, conductors and insulators. Dismantling gadgets to see how they work
- Computing
- Spreadsheets. Writing for different audiences. Online safety and digital citizenship. Hardware investigations. Making music
- Design and technology
- Designing, making and evaluating products involving mechanisms
- Music
- Performing in ensembles using voices. Improvising and composing music for a purpose
- PE
- Indoor dance and gymnastics. Outdoor athletics and cricket
- PSHE
- Differences between males and females. Behaviour and consequences
Year 5
- Maths
- Multiplication and division. Statistics. Multiplication and division. Decimals and percentages
- English
- Poetry and poetic style. Fiction, including stories with flashbacks
- Reading
- Reading with Destination Reader texts
- Science
- Plant reproduction
- Computing
- Creating and using a database. Coding. Spreadsheets
- PSHE
- What makes up a person's identity. Puberty and bodily changes
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum page. The maps: Reception Term 2, Reception Term 3, Year 1 Term 1 25-26, Year 1 Term 2, Year 1 Term 3, Year 2 Term 1 25-26, Year 2 Term 2, Year 2 Term 3, Year 3 Term 1 25-26, Year 3 Term 2, Year 3 Term 3, Year 4 Term 1 25-26, Year 4 Term 2, Year 4 Term 3, Year 5 Term 1 25-26, Year 5 Term 2.
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