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Christchurch Primary School

Christchurch Primary School is a primary school in Ilford for ages 3 to 11.

Daily practice for Christchurch Primary 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
Community school, run by the council
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
1,084
Who it's for
Boys and girls
Address
Wellesley Road, Ilford, IG1 4LQ
Phone
02084 785560

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What each year group is learning

From Christchurch Primary School's curriculum maps.

ReceptionAutumn and Spring and Summer

Art
Exploring a range of media and techniques independently
Design and technology
Building pencil control and muscle strength through finger gym and dough disco
PE
Throwing, catching and moving around the space with bean bags and balls. Dance and gym introduction indoors. Hoops, quoits, ropes, bats and ball games outdoors
PSHE
Accepting that everybody is different and showing sensitivity to others' needs. Understanding that our actions affect other people. Knowing how to help if someone is being bullied. Staying motivated and finding ways to keep trying when something is difficult. Making healthy choices and understanding a healthy, balanced diet. Making friends and solving friendship problems. Understanding that everyone is unique and special and expressing how we feel when change happens

Year 1Autumn and Spring

Maths
Telling the time to the hour and half past the hour
English
Writing character descriptions and captions. Story structure and traditional tales. Non-chronological reports and fact files
Science
Life cycles of animals and humans
Art
Colour: hot and cold colours and colour mixing
Design and technology
Mechanisms: wheels and axles
PE
Throwing, catching and aiming games. Gymnastics balances and apparatus work
RE
Festivals celebrated by different religions
PSHE
Feeling special and safe in my class. Rights and responsibilities as a member of my class. Making my class a safe place for everybody to learn. Feeling proud of an achievement. Recognising choices and understanding their consequences. Identifying similarities between people in my class. Identifying differences between people in my class. Understanding what bullying is. Knowing who to ask for help when being bullied or unhappy. Making new friends. Differences making us all special and unique. Setting simple goals. Knowing how to achieve a goal. Working well with a partner. Facing new challenges. Identifying obstacles and how to overcome them. Celebrating success. Difference between being healthy and unhealthy. Making healthy lifestyle choices. Keeping myself healthy and safe. Medicines can help us to feel better. Crossing the road safely. How being healthy helps us feel. Common characteristics of family life. What being a good friend means. Who can help me in my school community. Ways to praise myself. Why we appreciate someone special to us. How I have changed since I was a baby. Body parts covered by underwear belong to them. How we change when we learn new things. Explaining changes that have happened in my life

Year 2Autumn

English
Recounts and narrative writing
Reading
Inference: working out meaning from a picture or passage
Writing
Personal writing using time connectives and adjectives. Predicting story events and writing story endings
Science
Life cycles of animals. How medicines work in our bodies. Which foods our bodies need every day to stay healthy. Cycles of life in nature. Natural process of growing from young to old
PE
Games: throwing, catching, dribbling, kicking and hitting. What keeps our bodies healthy and benefits wellbeing
PSHE
Identifying hopes and fears for the year ahead. Understanding the rights and responsibilities of belonging to a class and school. Sharing ideas about rewards and consequences. Working cooperatively and problem solving with others. Understanding that the choices we make have consequences. Exploring stereotypes and how they can be unfair. Understanding some ways girls and boys are different. Understanding that bullying is sometimes about difference. Recognising right and wrong choices in bullying situations. Not judging people who are different from us. Understanding what makes us special and unique. Choosing a realistic goal and how to achieve it. Learning to persevere when tasks are challenging. How working with others can help us learn. Working cooperatively in a group to create an end product. Sharing success with other people. The difference between feeling relaxed and stressed. Who the emergency services are and when to call them. Some people behave differently online. Understanding and valuing that everyone's family is different. Acceptable and not acceptable forms of physical contact. Things that cause conflict with friends. When and when not to keep secrets. Who to ask for help. How my body has changed since I was a baby. Body parts covered by underwear belong to them. Different types of touch. Looking forward to moving to the next class

Year 3

Computing
Touch typing. Strategies for keeping myself safe online. Responding to a person you don't know online. How online friendships may be different to face to face friendships
Design and technology
Identifying the steps needed to achieve a challenge
PE
How exercise affects my body
PSHE
Why rules are needed and how they relate to rights and responsibilities. How my actions affect myself and others. Everybody's family is different and important to them. Differences and conflicts that sometimes happen among family members. What it means to be a witness to bullying. How witnesses can make bullying situations better or worse. Recognising that some words are used in hurtful ways. How our words affect someone's feelings. Describing a person who has overcome challenges and achieved success. Identifying a dream or ambition that is important to me. Overcoming barriers and obstacles in a challenge. Evaluating my own learning process. How the amount of calories, fat and sugar I eat affects my health. Knowledge and attitude towards drugs. Identifying things, people and places that I need to keep safe from. Identifying when something feels safe or unsafe. How complex our bodies are and how to look after them. Roles and responsibilities of each member of my family. How the actions and work of people around the world help and influence our lives. How my needs and rights are shared by children around the world. Expressing appreciation to my friends and family. Knowing that body parts covered by underwear belong to them
Other
Identifying positive things about myself and my achievements. Facing new challenges, making responsible choices and asking for help

Year 5

Maths
Negative numbers in context
English
Writing recipes
Science
Scientifically naming body parts
PSHE
Setting personal goals and facing new challenges positively. Understanding rights and responsibilities as a citizen of my country. Making choices about behaviour by understanding rewards and consequences. How individual behaviour can affect a group. How democracy and having a voice benefits the school community. Cultural differences sometimes causing conflict. Understanding what racism is. How rumour spreading and name-calling can be bullying behaviour. Differences between direct and indirect types of bullying. Comparing my life with people in the developing world. Understanding a different culture from my own. Needing money to help achieve some dreams. Range of jobs carried out by people I know. Identifying a job I would like to do when I grow up. Dreams and goals of young people in a different culture. Learning from each other by communicating with someone in a different culture. Encouraging peers to support young people here and abroad. What makes a healthy lifestyle. What constitutes a healthy diet. How an active lifestyle benefits mental and physical health. Importance of good quality sleep routines. Emotions are part of everyday life. Managing changing friendships, conflict and peer pressure. Healthy friendships welcome and include others. Rights and responsibilities in an online community or social network. Rights and responsibilities when playing a game online. Staying safe when using technology to communicate with friends. Self-image and how my body fits into it. Recognising and reporting feelings of being unsafe about any adult. How boys and girls bodies change during puberty. Characteristics of a healthy family life

Year 6

PSHE
Setting personal goals for the year ahead. Universal rights for children and that many do not have them met. How my actions affect other people locally and globally. Making choices about my own behaviour. How democracy and having a voice benefit the school community. Different perceptions of what normal means. How power can be held by one person or group over another. Reasons why people use bullying behaviours. Examples of people with disabilities who lead amazing lives. How difference can be a source of conflict and a cause for celebration. Knowing my learning strengths and setting realistic goals

Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Overview page. The maps: Reception, Year 1, Year 1, Year 2, Year 2, Year 3, Year 3, Year 5, Year 5, Year 6.

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