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ARK John Archer Primary Academy

ARK John Archer Primary Academy is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.

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At a glance

Type
Academy
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
195
Who it's for
Boys and girls
Admissions
Not selective
Address
Plough Road, London, SW11 2AA
Phone
02072 281710

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The school

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Music, sport and trips

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Nursery

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Visiting

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The school day and clubs

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What each year group is learning

From ARK John Archer Primary Academy's curriculum maps.

Year 1

Maths
Confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. Working with numerals, words and the four operations, including with practical resources. Recognising, describing, drawing, comparing and sorting shapes. Measuring and comparing length, mass, capacity, time and money
Reading
Reading an increasing number of words by sight, including red words. Answering questions about what they have read, showing understanding of main events, characters and settings
Writing
Forming each letter correctly. Writing sentences of increasing complexity using hold a sentence and accurate punctuation. Using adjectives to make writing more exciting. Using proper nouns and capital letters for them. Using question marks and exclamation marks to create different sentence types. Using suffixes to change the meaning of words. Using sentence starters to make writing interesting and varied. Using a range of punctuation in writing. Handwriting focusing on size and direction of letters and digits and spacing between words
Phonics
Saying and reading speed sounds, progressing from set 1 to sets 2 and 3 with special friends

Year 2

Maths
Mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. Number bonds to 20. Recognising, describing, drawing, comparing and sorting shapes. Measuring length, mass, capacity, time and money. Rapid recall of times tables
English
Writing simple stories that make sense, real or fictional. Subordinating and co-ordinating conjunctions. Using exclamation marks, commas in lists and apostrophes. Adding suffixes to change the meaning of words
Reading
Reading words by sight, including red words. Answering questions about main events, characters and settings. Reading more complex texts and a range of genres
Writing
Handwriting: size and direction of letters, spacing and beginning to join
Phonics
Reading speed sounds, including set 2 and 3 'special friends'. Blending sounds to read words of increasing complexity

Year 3

Maths
Fluency with whole numbers, the four operations and place value. Solving problems including simple fractions and decimal place value. Analysing shapes and their properties and describing relationships between them. Using measuring instruments and connecting measure and number. Rapid recall of times tables. Weekly homework on Mathletics linked to class learning
Reading
Reading with fluency, decoding challenging words using fluency grids. Identifying punctuation and using it to read with accurate phrasing and expression
Writing
Writing coherent simple stories with clear characters, settings and plots. Using headings and subheadings in non-fiction writing. Paragraphing to make writing interesting, varied and related. Using inverted commas to punctuate speech. Using adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and powerful verbs. Varying sentence length and changing tenses. Writing expanded noun phrases. Using a range of punctuation in writing. Handwriting: size and direction of letters and digits and correct joining
Science
Skeleton and muscles: scientific names of main bones and how the skeleton supports movement. Identifying rock types and sorting them by properties. Fossils, how they are formed and the work of Mary Anning. Light sources, shadows and how light reflects to let us see objects. Transparent, translucent and opaque objects. Plant needs for growth and the purpose of roots, stem and leaves. Forces as pushes or pulls and how magnets work. Scientific enquiries, fair tests and recording findings

Year 4

Maths
Becoming fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including place value. Solving problems with simple fractions and decimal place value. Describing shapes and their properties and relationships. Memorising times tables up to the 12 times table
Reading
Reading with fluency and decoding challenging words using fluency grids. Using punctuation to read accurately with correct phrasing and expression
Writing
Writing coherent stories with clear characters, settings and plots. The simple past tense using have. Paragraphing to make writing interesting, varied and related. Using nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition. Using adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and powerful verbs. Varying sentence length and changing tenses. Using suffixes and prefixes and singular and plural subject/verb agreement. Using a range of punctuation in writing, building on earlier years. Handwriting, including size and direction of digits and letters and joining
Science
Teeth and digestion, including the digestive system. States of matter and the water cycle. Classification and environments, including food chains and food webs. Sound, including how it travels, pitch and volume. Electricity, circuits and conductors and insulators. Working scientifically through practical enquiries and fair tests

Year 5Summer 2

Maths
Place value and the number system extended to larger integers. Connecting multiplication and division with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio. Solving a wider range of problems using written and mental calculation methods. Learning the language of algebra to solve problems. Classifying shapes with complex properties. Rapid recall of times tables
English
Suffixes and prefixes and singular and plural subject and verb agreement. Using commas to avoid ambiguity in writing. Weekly spellings, including words such as accommodate, conscience and rhythm. Punctuation including parentheses, colons and ellipses
Reading
Reading with fluency, decoding challenging words and practising fluency grids. Identifying punctuation in texts and using it to read with phrasing and expression. Reading a range of complex texts across genres and fiction and non-fiction
Writing
Using formal and informal tones. Writing for different purposes and audiences with cohesive devices across paragraphs. Modal verbs and keeping tense consistent and correct. Relative clauses using who, which, whose and that. Varying sentence length to make writing more interesting. Handwriting focusing on size and direction of letters and correct joining
Science
Earth and space: the solar system, Sun and Earth, phases of the moon, day and night, seasons. Forces: defining forces, Newton's work, friction, air and water resistance. Materials: properties, reversible and irreversible changes, conductivity, magnetism. Acids, bases and the pH scale, corrosion and neutralisation. Life cycles of animals and plants, including reproduction and gestation. Human growth and ageing, from womb to infancy and the impact of ageing on the body. Planning enquiries, controlling variables and taking accurate measurements. Recording data in tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs

Year 6

Maths
Extending understanding of place value to larger integers. Connecting multiplication and division with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio. Learning the language of algebra to solve problems. Classifying shapes with complex properties. Fluency in written methods including long division. Rapid recall of times tables
Reading
Reading with fluency and decoding challenging words. Learning to identify and use punctuation to read accurately
Writing
Writing for different purposes and audiences with cohesion across paragraphs. Using relative clauses with who, which, whose and that. Using suffixes and prefixes and singular and plural subject verb agreement. Using commas to avoid ambiguity in writing. Weekly spelling list and spelling test. Using a range of punctuation including semi-colons and parentheses. Handwriting with correct joining and letter size
Science
Light, how the eye works, reflection, refraction and shadows. Classifying living things, including the work of Carl Linnaeus. Microorganisms and habitat loss. Evolution, fossils and adaptation. Inheritance of characteristics through genes

Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's List by year group page. The maps: Year 1: Curriculum booklet for parents (3.3 MB), Year 2: Curriculum booklet for parents (2.29 MB), Year 3: Curriculum booklet for parents (2.4 MB), Year 4: Curriculum booklet for parents (2.18 MB), Curriculum Map - Summer 2 (416.36 KB), Year 5: Curriculum booklet for parents (2.18 MB), Year 6: Curriculum booklet for parents (1.97 MB).

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