Barley Lane Primary School
Barley Lane Primary School is a primary school in Romford for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what Barley Lane Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Barley Lane 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
- 840
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Huxley Drive, Romford, RM6 4RJ
- Phone
- 02085 908474
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From Barley Lane Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn
- Maths
- Matching, sorting, comparing amounts and one-to-one counting
- English
- Reading skills such as making predictions, making inferences and retelling stories
- Writing
- Letter formation and name writing
- Phonics
- Daily phonics sessions. Reading individual letters by their sounds and blending sounds into words
- Science
- Day and night and nocturnal animals
- Geography
- Seasons and their changes
- Art
- Self-portraits, paintings, handprints and collages
- Music
- Musical focus on timbre, beat and pitch. Singing nursery rhymes and body percussion, exploring sounds of instruments
- PSHE
- Understanding feelings, making friends and sharing and taking turns. Learning about school rules and behaviour system
Year 1Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Place value to 100. Addition and subtraction to 20. Multiplication and division by making equal groups and sharing. Measurement of length, height, capacity and weight. Time to the o clock and half past. Money, recognising coins and notes. Fractions, finding half and a quarter of shapes and objects
- English
- Writing a short narrative and character descriptions. Letter writing and diary entries. Persuasive writing. Writing for different purposes, including diary entries, letters and short narratives
- Science
- Identifying and naming parts of the human body and the senses. Properties of everyday materials. Animal groups, habitats and food chains. Seasonal changes and different types of weather. Identifying and naming plants and their basic structure
- History
- Lives of significant people such as Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and King Charles III
- Geography
- Using maps, atlases and globes to locate places
- PE
- Gymnastics and rock and roll. Aiming, throwing and catching. Athletics skills
- PSHE
- Understanding that washing hands stops germs spreading. Brushing teeth twice a day and visiting the dentist
Year 2Autumn and Spring
- Maths
- Money: making totals and finding change. Counting in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards. Money, including making amounts using coins
- English
- Forming letters correctly and beginning to learn handwriting joins
- Science
- Plants and how different plants grow. Living things and habitats
- History
- The Great Fire of London. The life of Florence Nightingale
- Geography
- Exploring Kenya. Following maps and routes. Continents and oceans
- Computing
- Programming on screen in Scratch Jr.
- Art
- Exploring African patterns and art. Observational drawings of plants
- Design and technology
- Food preparation: making different types of bread
- PE
- Basketball skills. Indoor dance
- PSHE
- Healthy eating and foods that help us stay healthy. Respecting differences and similarities between people
Year 4Autumn and Summer and Spring
- Maths
- Place value to 10,000 and rounding. Addition and subtraction of four-digit numbers. Times tables facts up to 12 times 12. Decimals, tenths and hundredths. Money and converting between pounds and pence
- English
- Narrative and descriptive writing from different perspectives. Persuasive and speech writing about making the world a better place. Newspaper report writing
- Reading
- Poetry and narratives derived from poetry
- Computing
- Coding for micro:bit
- Art
- Roman mosaics and Roman architecture. Printing based on Viking art
- Music
- Composing music inspired by colour and art
- PE
- Netball and invasion games
- RE
- Judaism and what it means to be Jewish
- PSHE
- Caring friendships and respectful relationships
Year 5Autumn and Spring and Summer
- Maths
- Place value. Decimals and percentages. Volume and converting units. Statistics. Telling the time and time duration
- Science
- Earth and space
- History
- Elizabeth I as a female political leader. Tudor exploration and discovery
- Geography
- The water cycle
- PE
- Dance, orienteering, swimming, outdoor games, fitness and rounders
- RE
- Features of a mosque. Monotheism and polytheism
Year 6
- Geography
- Map skills, including direction, location, OS map symbols and drawing maps
- Design and technology
- Mechanisms, including creating moving toys using cams
- PE
- Athletics, cricket and rounders
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Our Curriculum page. The maps: Reception, Reception, Year 1, Year 1, Year 2, Year 2, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 102840. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Help your child with what Barley Lane 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.