KS2

Class 1 – JS

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class text

Escape from Pompei

Where the wild things are

Stone Age Boy

Man on the Moon

Castles

Romans on the Rampage

Hook

Enter darkened classroom with video of volcano erupting

Build Max’s boat in the classroom

BBC history video- A day in the life of a 10 year-old in the Stone Age.

Moon landing footage

Scatter moon landing news clips around the classroom

Castle visit

Virtual reality castle tour

Roman day in school

Trip possibilities

Chester zoo - Amazonia

Poole’s cavern

Jodrell bank

Beeston Castle

Chester – Dewa  Roman experience

History

Climate change over time across the globe – including climate zones and understanding of the equator/tectonic plates.

Changes in land use over time with a focus on deforestation.

Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron age.

Including a study of Skara Brae.

Space discoveries – Chronology of space developments.

The end of the Anglo Saxon era in Britain and the start of the Norman rule.

Including - Edward the confessor and his death in 1066.

Battle of Hastings.

The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.

Geography

Physical geography – volcanoes and earthquakes.

Physical geography – vegetation

Rainforests.

Locating Forts/tribal kingdoms on a map of Britain and compare with and locate modern regions.

Identify the position of latitude and longitude, Hemispheres, Tropics, Arctic/Antarctic .

Human geography – types of land and settlements.

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human/physical geography.

A region of a European country.

Italy.

Science

Animals including humans. Fit for success.

Sound. Sounds spectacular!

Living things and their habitats. A world of living things.

Plants – a feast of flowers, fruits and seeds.

States of matter.  What’s the matter?

Forces and magnets. Magnetic fun and games.

Art

Artefact sketches.

Artist study – Stephen Brown contemporary artwork – sketch ‘new animal’ in Stephen Brown’s style.

Cave paintings

Pebble drawings

Sketches of the moon.

Sketches of castles - charcoal

Roman mosaics

Roman shields

DT

Build a working volcano

Build layers of the rainforest

Junk modelling – build a rocket

Puppet characters for the castle – glove of characters.

Italian food making

SMSC

Democracy – a right to vote – Looking at deforestation.  Hold a ballot-style vote as to whether the class agree/disagree with deforestation.

Rule of law – What laws were around in the stone age? How do they compare to modern laws?

Individual liberty – There’s only one you – shoot for the moon – How can you ensure that you aim high?

Mutual respect, tolerance, diversity – other cultures.  Why should we respect Italian tradition if we go to Italy?

Music

MAPAS – keyboard – different slots

Computing

DB Primary

Class 1

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class text

Vlad and the Great Fire of London

The Boy Who Dug

The Dinosaur’s Diary

At the Beach (ROLAND HARVEY AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAYS)

Christopher Columbus (Usborne young readers) and

Little people, big dreams.

Asterik at the Olympic Games.

Aesop’s Fables.

Hook

Canal walk

Start with egg discovery in class.

Sensory play sand/water trays.

Naughty Bus – week one of topic

Opening ceremony – music, flags, kits

Trip possibilities

Bakery?

Leigh Spinners Mill

Manchester museum

Formby beach

Transport museum

Barton airport.

History

Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally e.g. the Great Fire of London.

Pupils should be taught about an aspect of local history – The Industrial Revolution.

Chronology – timeline the Jurassic period.

How have seaside resorts changed through the years?

The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods

e.g. Christopher Columbus and Amelia Earheart.

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.

Geography

London – capital cities in Europe.

Mapwork – tube maps. Locating key places of interest.

Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.

Mapwork – where in the world have they found dinosaur bones?

Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.

Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night).

Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Science

Art

House sketches/charcoal

To learn about great artists in history - Lowry

Dinosaur sketches.

Pebble art.

Coloured sand jars/pictures.

Clay – Ancient Greek vases.

T shirt design – sports day tops.

DT

Baking bread – design and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes.

Junk modelling – build large dinosaur structures out of boxes/paste.

STEM kit – build a wind turbine.

Lego builds – different modes of transport.

Paper aeroplanes – design, make, evaluate, adapt.

Healthy diet – making and preparing healthy food.

Build a life-size Trojan horse.

SMSC

Important events in British History. Development of important British institutions and landmarks.

Understanding Britain’s place in the world.

Understanding of the Great British Empire and the industrial revolution and how it has shaped Britain today

Aspirations, dreams and challenge.

Adventure and discovery.

Understanding beginnings of Great Britain as we know it – The island nation and the empire.

Understanding our own personal identity and place in British society today.

Helping the community

Caring for the environment

Working together to make things better

Greek democracy

Greek myths – include morals

Music

MAPAS – keyboard – half termly per class.

Circle time

All about me – 5 weeks

Hygiene

British Values

New year goals – growth mindset

Money sense

Team building

Relationships education

Computing/DB Primary

Programming 1/2

Programming 1/2

Programming 1/2

Programming 1/2

Programming 1/2

Programming 1/2

Class 2 - NW

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class text

Street child

Crossing the wire

Journey to Jo’Burg

Titanic

Charlie and the chocolate factory

Awful Egyptians

Hook

Watch the opening scene of Oliver Twist.

Day of the dead festival in school

Footage of the segregation in South Africa

Maritime museum trip

Chocolate tasting

Film

Virtual tour of Tut’s tomb

Mummification process

Trip possibilities

Leigh Spinners Mill

LS Lowry museum

Liverpool Maritime Museum

Cadbury world

Manchester museum

History

Undertake a local history study – Victorians/Industrial revolution

A study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.

Mayan civilization AD 900

A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history.

Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid in South Africa

Changes in an aspect of social history – the way in which the different classes were treated on board the Titanic.

The history of chocolate including the discovery of and the changes of chocolate since the first discovery. We will discover how Cadbury chocolate, chocolate packing and advertising chocolate has changed and expanded over the years.

The achievements of the earliest civilisations – Ancient Egypt.

Geography

Map skills –

 To map the four corners of the British Empire.

Mexico

Geographical similarities and differences through studying the physical and human features  of a region of North or South America. 

Human geography – economic activity including trade links and the distribution of natural resources in South Africa.

Identify time zones – including day and night.

How many time zones did the Titanic sail through?

Where does chocolate come from?

Mapping skills

Africa environmental study – use a variety of sources including Google Earth to locate countries and describe the features.

Science

Living things and their habitats. Illustrating life cycles.

Properties of materials. Materials consultants.

Light. Theatre lighting technicians.

Electricity. Electric art.

Animals including humans. The human species.

Medical manoeuvres.

Art

Study a key artist in history:  L.S. LOWRY

Clay work - Aztec masks.

Tribal artwork – painting techniques.

Charcoal drawings

Hieroglyphics

DT

Making a Mexican feast

Comparing diet between English and African cuisines.

Junk modelling – can you build a boat that will float?

To create their own chocolate bar.

SMSC

The Rule of Law – Crime and punishment in the Victorian Era.

Mutual respect, tolerance, diversity - Is the American president showing tolerance towards Mexico?

Individual liberty – Nelson Mandela

Democracy – Hold a class ballot – Was it fair to treat the different classes so differently?

The rule of Law – Were the punishments given for stealing in the chocolate factory just?

Music

MAPAS – keyboard – Friday am – slots.

Computing

E-Safety

Robotics

DB Primary Programme

DB Primary Unit 25

DB Primary Unit 26

DB Primary Unit 27

Class 2 - NW

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class text

Once – Morris Gleitzman

Iron Man – Ted Hughes

Firework Makes Daughter – Phillip Pullman

Pirates and Pistols – Chris Mould

How to train your dragon – Cressida Cowell

Who Let the Gods Out? – Max Evans

Hook

Build a life size air raid shelter at forest school.

Trip to MOSI

Chinese New Year celebrations.

Pirate day in school

Re-enact battle of Lindesfarne

Sports day

Watch opening ceremony

Trip possibilities

Imperial War Museum

Bus tour – Salford

Trip to MOSI

China town

Maritime museum

Tatton Park  - Viking experience day.

History

A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

An aspect of local history.

The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

Chronology – pirates through the ages.

The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. With focus on Viking raids and invasion.

Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world.

Geography

To locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities

Use fieldwork to observe, measure record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.

Use the 8 points of a compass, 4- and 6-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.

Locational knowledge – where in the world is China? Geographical features human and man-made including great wall of China, aerial imaging and google map.

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage.

To identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night).

Locational knowledge – Where did the Vikings come from and what was their route to Britain?

To understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region in North or South America – Country studies.

Science

Art

To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Mod roc – air raid shelters

To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting.

Sketches

To learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Charcoal

To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Paper mache – Viking hats

To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials.

Clay - vases

DT

To make model aeroplanes.

To evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work

To understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.

Building robots with circuits.

Willow pattern China decorating.

DT2/2.1    Cooking & Nutrition – Chinese cuisine.

To select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.

Build a pirate ship with flag.

To select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.

Build armour.

DT2/2.1    Cooking & Nutrition – Greek cuisine.

SMSC

Tolerance of different faiths and beliefs – links to WW2 topic – Judaism

Democracy – local area MP/issues

Mutual respect – Somali pirates respecting water boundaries.

The rule of law - Anglo-Saxon laws and justice.

Individual liberty – Olympics/personal goals.

Music

MAPAS – keyboard – half termly per class.

Circle time

All about me – 5 weeks

British Values

British Values

New year goals – growth mindset

Money sense

Team building

Relationships education/puberty

Computing – DB Primary

Programming 1/2

Computer science

Programming 3/4

Online safety

Programming 5/6

Digital literacy

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class 1 – RM

1 week

Getting to know you

5 weeks

Where the wild things are

Rainforests

4 weeks

Man on the moon

Space/Explorers

5 weeks

Stone Age Boy

Stone Age to Iron Age.

Mon 15^th – Thurs 18^th

April

Easter

1 week

Science week

5 weeks

Escape  from Pompei

Volcanoes/natural disasters

1 week – Christmas (Religious)

5 weeks

Castles

Battle of Hastings – 1066 – British History

5 weeks

Romans on the Rampage

Romans

1 week

Harvest – Vegetables/wheat

1 week Christmas

(Craft)

1 week

Multi-faith week

Class 2 - NW

1 week

Getting to know you

5 weeks

Crossing the wire

Mexico

5 weeks

Journey to Jo’Burg

Africa

4 weeks

Titanic

Regional study – Liverpool/Merseyside

Mon 15^th – Thurs 18^th

April

Easter

1 week

Science week

5 weeks

Street child

Victorians

1 week – Christmas (Religious)

1 week

The feast of St Valentine

(poetry week)

5 weeks

Charlie and the chocolate factory

History of chocolate

5 weeks

Awful Egyptians

Egyptians

1 week  Harvest – Tea/coffee

1 week Christmas

(Craft)

1 week

Multi-faith week

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Class 1 – JS

1^st week – 3 days

Getting to know you

5 weeks

The Boy Who Dug

Local History

5 weeks

The Dinosaur’s Diary

Dinosaurs

5 weeks

At the Beach

Britain’s coasts

5 weeks

Christopher Columbus and

Little people, big dreams.

Transport

1 week

Multi faith week

5 weeks

Vlad and the Great Fire of London

London

1 week – Christmas (Religious)

5 weeks

Asterik at the Olympic Games.

Ancient Greeks/Olympics

1 week – Crime week

1 week Christmas

(Craft)

1 week

The feast of St Valentine

(poetry week)

1 week - Easter

1 week

Transitions

Class 2 - NW

1^st week – 3 days

Getting to know you

6 weeks

Iron Man

Robots/technology

5 weeks

The Firework Makers Daughter

Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.

5 weeks

Pirates and Pistols

Pirates – mapwork

5 weeks

How to Train Your Dragon

Vikings

1 week

Multi faith week

5 weeks

Once

World War 2

1 week – Christmas (Religious)

1 week

The feast of St Valentine

(poetry week)

1 week - Easter

5 weeks

Who Let the Gods Out?

Ancient Greeks/Olympics

1 week

Crime week

1 week Christmas

(Craft)

1 week

Transitions