Topic Autumn 1 (History) Autumn 2 Geogr Spring 1 (History) Spring 2 (Geogr) Summer 1 (History) Summer 2 (Geogr) History/Geogr Homes To identify changes within living memory I can understand some of the ways in which we find out about the past The UK To name an locate the four countries and four cities of the UK I can locate key features using an atlas Year 1 Toys To explore events beyond living memory I can identify similarities and differences between ways of life Writing Focus Description Post card from London Persuasive poster about a toy Weather To identify seasonal/daily weather patterns in the UK and the location of hot and cold areas of the world I can compare/contrast using simple geographic vocabulary I can use an atlas to locate different parts of the world Weather report Famous People To investigate the lives of significant individuals who have contributed to national and international achievements (Queen Elizabeth II, Francis Drake, Brunel, David Beckham, The Beetles, Marie Curie) Biogr Letters Local Area To use basic geographical vocabulary I can use simple field work and observational skills Leaflet of a local area Treasure Island On Holiday Who am I? Polar Explorers On Safari Green Fingers Shelters Classifying Changes Clothing Resources Identify Desert animals Parts of the Materials Looking common Materials Sun body Sorting/classifying after things Ship biscuits Senses animal species Invertebrat and trees es/ humans Name the parts of a flower Writing Focus Recipes Mr. Bean s holiday Diary Instructions Description Information Computing Link (youtube clip) (youtube clip) (youtube clip) Online Internet Safety (Smartie Penguin class agreement) Navigate Beebots around a treasure map. 2Create: make a book about an animal studied in science Book creator: make a book comparing toys from today and Navigate Bluebots around the arctic (safe searching) PurpleMash: Using Mashcam to take on Purple Mash
Physical Structures Castles in History I can use rigid materials to make constructions, learning to join them in different ways Print Making of an animal studied in science Explore shape and colour Monoprinting the past the role of a significant individual studied Wind-up Toy Cars I can explore and use mechanisms such as wheels and axels Group of 7 Landscape Painting Colour Mixing I can mix secondary colours by using primary colours I can control the lightness and darkness of colours by using black and white (shades and tints) Textiles I can explore a variety of fabric designs I can measure, mark, cut and shape Trip Tower of London Tate Modern Toy Museum Soane Centre Through Brunel s tunnel and observatory in Greenwich History/Geogr Florence Nightingale To research the life of a significant individual who has contributed to national achievements I can collect information River Study of the Thames To use basic geographical vocabulary I can use photographs to recognize human and physical features Year 2 The Great Fire of London To research events beyond living memory I can collect significant historical events The World we Live in To name and local the world s seven continents and oceans I can use a world map, atlas and globe to identify countries Local History (Isle of Dogs) To identify some changes within living memory I can develop a chronological framework I can collect information Food Growing cress and using it to make sandwiches I can design purposeful and appealing products Docklands Museum Becoming a Mudlark Exhibit Local Comparison (Japan) T o compare the local area with a contrasting environment I can compare and contrast using observation skills I can identify
Writing Focus Setting Description Recount of trip Diary entry Materials Identify and compare the suitability of everyday materials Find out how the shapes of solid objects can be changes Report about the Thames Poem about rivers Explanation text Mini Worlds Note that animals and humans have offspring which grow into adults Animal survival Writing Focus Information leaflet Information text Life Cycle Computing Online Internet Link (Hector s World book/pic) (youtube video) Physical ChatterPix: Florence Nightingale Sewing Florence Nightingale Puppets I can make, cut and join I can explore how Bluebots Daisy the Dinosaur Colour Mixing Painting in the style of Claude Monet Impressionism I can explore painting by adding texture Explanation Biogr Diary Entry Recount Little Master Chef Explore how to make healthy food more appealing Explore the five food groups Create own recipes Instruction Letter (Horrible Histories/BBC clip safe treasure) Blue-bots Kodable Baking Bread Design purposeful and appealing products Description Explanation Post card Living Things Identify that most living things live in habitats Identify and name a variety of and animals in their habitats Explore food chains Information leaflet Healthy Me Exercise Emotional well-being Healthy diet human and physical features Post card Persuasive Travel Advert Gardeners Name parts of Grow Make observati ons Persuasive letter Making a menu Investigation (digital footprint) Scratch Jr Sculptures Design sculptures of minibeasts using wire and beads I can use techniques such as coiling and bending Purple Mash & Mashcam: living on the Isle of Dogs throughout the ages Printmaking Repeating Patterns Comparing Piet Mondran and Kandinsky I can fold, tear and Online Internet Daisy the Dinosaur Digital Media Collage Using ICT to create collages of a trip to Japan Anime techniques
materials can be decorated I can understand the work of past artists I can investigate different sculptures and make observations and comments cut to make simple repeating patterns I can explore ways in which materials can be decorated I can plan a mixed media piece I can enrich mixed media by incorporating paint Trip History/Geogr Florence Nightingale Museum Stone Age To identify key changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age I can note connections, contrasts and trends over time Local walk of the River Thames into Greenwich Europe To locate Europe on a world map and locate the human and physical features I can locate key information using maps and atlases St. Paul s Cathedral London Aquarium Dinosaurs Literacy Stepney City Farm Year 3 Iron Age To identify key changes in Britain from the Iron Age the Bronze Age I can note connections, contrasts and trends Physical Features of the Earth understanding of: -rivers -mountains -volcanoes -earth quakes I can explain the key characteristics of physical features The Bronze Age understanding of Bronze Age religion, technology and travel I can note connections, contrasts and trends UK Study: Scotland To study a region of the UK I can note connections, contrasts and trends Writing Focus Report Holiday Brochure Diary entry Poetry Persuasive Writing Play Script about Lochness Monster Earth Rocks Food and Our Bodies Magnets We are Astronauts Mirrors, Light and How does your Hard rock cafe Bones Magnetic Moon craters Shadow Garden Grow? A family affair Muscles forces Rockets Reflection Explore Fantastic fossils Food groups Magnetic/n Comparing Shadow the onmagnetic with Earth Light sources growth of forces Seed dispersal
Writing Focus Narrative Advice Column in health magazine Computing Link (Hector s World rules on cube) Book Creator: Flintstones book (Lee and Kim twinkl avatars) Espresso Coding Creative Writing; how can we use magnets for creative ideas (wacky inventions) (SMART Crew Video and Scenarios) LGFl Prehistoric worksheets (AR) Leaflets with QR codes Myths/Legends Description / Persuasion (internet community online) Scratch online (posers to report concearns) What is the internet and how does it work? Letter from the perspective of nature (bee or flower) Book Creator: turn play scripts into puppet show Physical Drawing and Painting Creating Cave Drawings I can work for a longer period of time I can make good observations to support my work Food Traditional dishes from Europe I can measure ingredients I can select ingredients I present my food in an impressive way Sculpture Making a coin in the style of bronze age using clay I can use sketchbooks to collect information and compare ideas and styles from past traditions Junk Modelling Use recycled materials to create a rocket ship I can construct sculptures by using a wide range of materials Pottery Paper mache pots I can plan and develop sculptures from observational drawings I can use sketchbooks to collect information Textiles Make a plush lochness monster I can plan and execute a design I can piece and select media independently and adapt designs Trip Docklands Museum I can make clay forms from the observation of objects
History/Geogr Writing Focus Ancient Egypt To study the achievements of the earliest civilizations I can research, comment and evaluate on a particular period Instruction Legend Teeth and Eating Human and animal teeth Digestion Food chains Fieldwork To develop and improve fieldwork skills I can use fieldwork skills to observe, measure and record Persuasive Writing Brilliant Bubbles! Investigations Fair testing Pattern seeking Observations Year 4 Romans (Invasion and Resistance) understanding of the Roman invasion and resistance (Boudicca) I can explain/show events in a chronological timeline Newspaper Fashion Columns Letters What s that sound? Identify how sounds are made Vibrations Patterns Settlements understanding of human geogr I can explain how and why settlements started and compare how localities have been effected by humans Report Compare/contrast Power it Up! Circuits Romans (Impact) To explore the Roman empire and its impact on Britain I can evaluate the legacy of the Roman empire Debate/Persuasion States Solids, liquids and gases The Americas To locate the world s countries using maps and atlases I can use maps Report Letter Living Things Differenc es between animals and humans Habitats Writing Focus Leaflet on oral hygiene for Egyptians Instructions Information Write a song Report about an instrument Flow Chart Biogr (Thomas Edison/Alexander Graham Bell) Annotated Diagram/Explanatio n text Weird and Wonderful animal report Computing Link (lee & Kim s e- popplet poster) Comic Life (Horrible Histories age Pic Collage Poster) Lightbot (meonline website explore) Appmaker LFGL (plagiarism) What is the world wide web? -plagarism PurpleMash: news report about the Making own game in PurpleMash
Physical Sculpture Creating Egyptian Death Mask using mod roc I can use my sketchbook to collect information I can experiment with more inventive ways of arranging collage materials Espresso Coding Printmaking To create prints of things found in nature using string printing. I can observe the natural environment and develop drawings into printed images I can develop my printmaking skills (more than one colour) (Romans) Mosaic To create a roman tile for a Roman Bath I can create different effects with materials, exploring symmetry and balance I can plan a piece and select media independently to adapt an existing design Make a popplet mind map about different settlements from around the world Potato Alarm Clock To use knowledge of circuits to create a visually appealing alarm clock I can explore and use mechanism I can evaluate my ideas against design criteria Romans Food To create a roman banquet I can select from and use a wide range of ingredients I can design purposeful and appealing products 2DIY3D Painting To create a piece of work in the style of native American art I can experiment with colour to express mood I can return to work in stages I can select the best tools and techniques Trip British Museum Horniman Museum