Curriculum
At Millbrook we are committed to teaching a broad and balanced curriculum that challenges all of our pupils and enriches their life experience. As of September 2014 in line with Government initiative Millbrook is delivering the New Curriculum.
| Term 1 | The Great, the Brave and the Bold |
| Term 2 | The Great, the Brave and the Bold – part 2 |
| Term 3 | Building a Village |
| Term 4 | Inventions |
| Term 5 | Fairgrounds |
| Term 6 | North America |
North America
Maths
- Year 5
- Multiplication
- Time zones
- Money & decimals
- Fraction investigations
- Year 6
- Times zones
- Ratio and proportion
- Understanding measurements
- Understanding number
- Investigation
Literacy
Writing Opportunities
- Leon and the Place Beyond
- Poetry
- Information sheet about North America
- Planning a trip to Yosemite National Park
Grammar
- Speech – setting out correctly
- Commas to clarify meaning
- Formal tone
- Passive voice
Spelling
Word lists to learn at home
Reading
- Leon and the Place Beyond
Guided reading -
- Nelson
Humanities
History
Geography
- Continents & countries
- Comparing landscapes
- Comparing climates
- Comparing places
RE
- Death – Different perceptions, different religions
French
Scheme :Jolie Ronde
Science
- Life expectancy graph
- Charming worms
- Classifying liquids
- The brain and memory
PE
- Principles of cricket and rounders -
- Striking and fielding
- Throwing and catching under pressure
- Bat and ball techniques
ICT
Scheme – Rising Stars Switched onto Computing
- Branching/databses
- Simulations
Creative Arts
- Learn about great artists, architects and designers in history in the context of American artists John Singer Sargent, Helen Frankenthaler and Mary Cassatt
- Modelling – Building Block Houses
- Landscapes
PSHE
- Changing Me
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Recent updates from Hawk class
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Millbrook celebrates the Royal Wedding
We had an amazing afternoon in the beautiful weather on Friday 18th May. The event started with a family picnic on the field, with the packed lunches served in Union Jack boxes. The children then entertained the audience by taking part in various events such as the Kings and Queens Parade, maypole dancing, country dancing, singing nursery rhymes and wedding songs, a wedding hat parade, morris dancing, by our very own Millbrook Maurice Men!, and a rousing finale of traditional…
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May 24, 2018
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Just Joshing!
On Tuesday 4th April Years 2 to 6 watched a fantastic anti-bullying production called ‘Just Joshing’ by Firehorse productions. The children were enthralled and learned a lot to consolidate their understanding of bullying and how to stop it. Thank you to all the parents who have completed our on-line anti-bullying questionnaire. If you want to read our anti-bullying policy, please see the policies section on our website. At Millbrook we are dedicated to ‘blowing the whistle’ on bullying and banning it…
Read more »- April 5, 2017
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Sainsbury’s Active Kids Voucher collection
Millbrook are again collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers this year which are available to collect from all Sainsbury’s stores, petrol stations and when ordering online from Wednesday 25th January. Last year we collected 6529 vouchers which enabled us to purchase some items for the outside area in KS1, this included a giant crossword connect, a camouflage wigwam and a sandbox. The more vouchers collected, the more equipment your children can benefit from in their P.E. lessons, playtime and at after school clubs, so let’s…
Read more »- January 25, 2017
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Anti-bullying Week
The children have been busy making anti-bullying displays to put up in their classrooms to remind them of the ‘Power for Good’. The displays will help the children to understand the difference between bullying and being unkind/mean. They will also help the children to identify different types of bullying and what to do if they see bullying happening at Millbrook.
- November 25, 2016
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Anti-bullying Week 14th – 18th November 2016
This week is anti-bullying week. The teachers kick started the week by dressing up as ‘power for good’ superheroes. Over the course of the week the children will be taking part in lots different activities to refresh their knowledge of what bullying is and how to report it. They will also be making anti-bullying posters and the winning design from each year will be made into a poster to be displayed around school. At Millbrook we have a zero tolerance…
Read more »- November 16, 2016
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Children in Need
At the end of last term we had a special visitor in school, Pudsey Bear came and met all the children to encourage everyone to take part in Children in Need fundraising this year and it certainly worked as we raised the fantastic total of £541. £306 from donations for wearing our “spotty” clothes and £235 from the sale of the amazing cakes that you all made. Congratulations to the winners of the cake competition who were; Foundation stage –…
Read more »- November 3, 2016
