Cycle 1 - Years 1 & 2:
Cycle One - Term: / Focus area: / Key Enquiry Question: / National Curriculum Objectives:
Autumn 1 / History Focus / Can we reach the moon?
(Focus on first landing on the moon – significant event & Neil Armstrong – significant person) /
- Develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. Understand where people and events fit within a chronological framework. Know and use historical terms. Know how we find out about the past.
- Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally, e.g. The Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commentated through festivals or anniversaries
- 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. Elizabeth 1 and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bregel the Elder and LS Lowry, Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightgale and Edith Cavell.
Autumn 2 / Geography Focus / Can I be a real-life explorer/treasure hunter?
(Focus on place locations and features of locations, simple mapping skills) /
- Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas
- Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
- Key physical features, including beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather
- Key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop
- Use simple compass directions and locational and directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map
- Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key
- Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of their surrounding environment.
Spring 1 / Made in Hull – City of Culture 2017
History Focus (with some D & T) / Food, glorious food /
- Develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. Understand where people and events fit within a chronological framework. Know and use historical terms. Know how we find out about the past.
- Working in a range of relevant contexts, e.g. the home, school, gardens, playgrounds etc. engage in a the design process to produce products (process - design, make, evaluate and use technical knowledge)
- Including cooking and nutrition - prepare healthy dishes.
Spring 2 / Science Focus / How does your garden grow?
(Focus on plants and animals who live in our gardens) /
- Year 1:
- Plants (naming basic structures of flowering plants, identify and name variety of common plants)
- Animals, including humans (identify and name common animals, investigate and compare structure of different animals, label human body parts)
- Seasonal changes
- Year 2:
- Living things and their habitats (difference between living, dead and never alive, habitats of different animals, interdependence, name different plants and animals, describe how they obtain food, simple food chain)
- Plants (describe what plants need and how they grow)
- Animals, including humans (animals, including humans have offspring, basic needs of animals, including humans, the importance of exercise)
(Design & Technology)
Summer 1 / Roots and Routes – City of Culture 2017
Geography & History Focus / Where are we in the world and where do we come from? /
- Name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans
- Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas
- Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country.
- Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
Key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop
- 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
- Use simple compass directions and locational and directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map
- Changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life.
Summer 2 / Freedom – City of Culture 2017
History and PSHE/Citizenship Focus / How do we stand up for what we believe in? (focus on racism, discrimination, Rosa Parks and William Wilberforce) /
- Develop an awareness of the past, using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time. Understand where people and events fit within a chronological framework. Know and use historical terms. Know how we find out about the past.
- Changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life.
- Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally, e.g. The Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commentated through festivals or anniversaries
- 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. Elizabeth 1 and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bregel the Elder and LS Lowry, Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightgale and Edith Cavell.
- Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.