Downshall Primary School
Downshall Primary School is a primary school in Ilford for ages 3 to 11.
Daily practice for Downshall 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
- Academy
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 501
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Meads Lane, Ilford, IG3 8UG
- Phone
- 02085 902157
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From Downshall Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn 1 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 2
- Science
- Life cycles of different animals. Mini-beasts and their habitats. Changes and events during Autumn and light and dark
- PSHE
- Healthy eating
- Other
- Exploring the new school and environment and learning about friendship and kindness. Retelling and role playing favourite stories. How things in the past are different from today
Year 1
- Maths
- Adding and subtracting, developing mathematical reasoning and logical problem-solving
- Reading
- Decoding and reading an increasing range of words and beginning to comprehend texts
- Writing
- Forming letters correctly with the correct pencil grip. Reading and spelling Common Exception words
- Phonics
- Systematic phonics using the Read Write Inc. programme
- Science
- Living things and their habitats, animals including humans, plants and everyday materials
- History
- Britain's past and the wider world through chronology and narrative. History of schools
- Geography
- Fieldwork and collecting, analysing and communicating data. London, through the book See Inside London
- Computing
- Computational thinking, algorithms, data representation, digital systems and safe web research
- Music
- Listening to and responding to different musical styles, singing and performing
- PE
- Fundamental movement skills and co-operative physical activities
- RE
- A termly topic from the Redbridge SACRE syllabus about the major faiths and beliefs
Year 2
- Maths
- Place value of each digit in two-digit numbers. Addition and subtraction facts to 20 and related facts to 100. Two, five and ten times tables. Solving one-step problems, including word problems
- English
- Writing grammatically correct sentences with punctuation
- Reading
- Reading unfamiliar passages and answering questions using retrieval and inference
- Writing
- Writing for different purposes and building writing stamina. Neat joined-up handwriting. Spelling words on the Year 2 list
- Phonics
- Systematic phonics using the Read Write Inc. programme
- Science
- Living things and their habitats, animals including humans, plants and everyday materials
- History
- Britain's past and the wider world through chronology and narrative
- Geography
- Physical and human processes of the Earth and fieldwork
- Computing
- Computational thinking, digital systems, programming and safe web research
- Art
- Drawing, painting, sculpting and printing with various mediums
- Music
- Listening to and responding to different musical styles, singing and composing
- PSHE
- Emotional literacy, resilience and mental and physical health through the Jigsaw scheme
Year 3
- Maths
- Times tables: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10. Mentally adding 1-digit and multiples of ten to 3-digit numbers
- English
- Reading and spelling Year 3 and 4 word list
- Reading
- Reading longer books independently
- Writing
- Using the school handwriting model in independent writing
- Phonics
- Systematic phonics using Read Write Inc.
- Science
- Living things and their habitats, animals including humans, plants, everyday materials
- History
- Britain's past and the wider world through chronology and narrative
- Art
- Drawing, painting, sculpting and printing with various mediums
- Design and technology
- Designing and developing products that solve real-life problems. Nutritional benefits of fresh ingredients and food preparation techniques
- Music
- Listening to and performing diverse musical styles and composing
- PE
- Fundamental movement skills and team activities
- RE
- Major faiths and beliefs of the world
- PSHE
- Emotional literacy, resilience and mindfulness through Jigsaw
- French
- Spanish basic sentence structures and vocabulary
Year 5
- Maths
- Mastering key mathematical facts and calculation methods. Developing mathematical reasoning skills to problem-solve logically
- English
- Spelling age-appropriate words and using a dictionary competently. Expressing themselves in Standard English with confidence, clarity and purpose
- Reading
- Reading a range of complex and lengthy texts with fluency and understanding
- Writing
- Writing at length for a range of purposes using carefully chosen vocabulary. Persuasive letters and descriptive writing about emotions and setting. Narrative short stories with dialogue and character description. Writing in the third person and developing narrative voice. Writing a suspense narrative. Writing the next chapter of a story to entertain
- History
- Britain's past and that of the wider world through chronology and narrative
- Geography
- Key physical and human processes of the Earth
- Computing
- Computational thinking, programming and safe research on the world wide web. Digital systems, programming and safe research on the world wide web
- Music
- Listening and responding to different musical styles and composing
- PE
- Fundamental movement skills and co-operative physical activities
- Spanish
- Spanish, showing understanding and responding in speech and writing
Year 6
- Maths
- Mastery maths with breaking concepts into small steps of learning. Mental and written calculation strategies and reasoning skills
- English
- Reading with fluency, spelling, punctuation, grammar and writing
- Science
- Living things and their habitats, animals including humans, plants and everyday materials
- History
- Britain's past and the wider world through chronology and narrative
- Geography
- Physical and human processes and how landscapes and environments form and change
- Computing
- Computational thinking, programming and safe research on the world wide web
- Art
- Drawing, painting, sculpting and printing using various mediums
- Music
- Listening and responding to different musical styles, singing and performing
- PSHE
- Emotional literacy, resilience, mental and physical health and mindfulness
Read on 11 November 2026 from the school's Parent Curriculum Booklets page. The maps: Curriculum map, Curriculum map, Curriculum map, Curriculum map, Year 5, Curriculum map.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 149520. Checked 9 November 2026.
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