Sankey Valley St James CE VA Primary School

Topic planning – 2 year rolling programme

2013-2014

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Year 3 & 4 / Were the Vikings vicious and vile?
HISTORY / Is Mexico marvellous?
Contrasting locality
GEOGRAPHY / How does technology allow us to communicate with the rest of the world?
COMPUTING / Who lives in a house like this?
Biomes and vegetation belts.
GEOGRAPHY
Databases - COMPUTING / Did Stone Age man hunt dinosaurs?
Stone age to iron age
HISTORY / All in one rhythm
Brazil and the World Cup 2014
GEOGRAPHY, SPORT, HEALTH, SOCIAL.
Year 5 6 / How important are Rivers and Mountains?
GEOGRAPHY / Why does what happened in the Tudor period impact on us today?
The changing power of the monarchs.
HISTORY / Why are the Winter Olympics in Russia?
Locational Knowledge
GEOGRAPHY / What was the legacy of the Romans?
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
HISTORY. / How can we stay safe on the internet?
COMPUTING
Geography to be covered over 2 year programme
Locational knowledge
§  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
§  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)
§  human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
Geographical skills and fieldwork
§  use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
§  use the eight points of a compass, four and six-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
§  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.

2014-2015

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Year 3 & 4 / Why did the Egyptians remove the brains of the dead?
China???
Ancient Egypt
HISTORY / Local history and geography focus.
To be decided depending on local news at time
World War 1 centenary. Local regiments and lives. How was Warrington affected? / What gifts did the Greeks leave for the future?
Ancient Greece
HISTORY / Volcanoes
GEOGRAPHY / How do we capture a moment in time?
Photography, presentation and sound.
COMPUTING / What happens when the earth gets angry?
Earthquakes
GEOGRAPHY
Year 5 6 / How do we distribute goods around the world?
Economic activity, trade links and the distribution of natural resources.
GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Silk road to Xi’an
Link to on the move game / Do you have a story for the King?
1001 Arabian Nights
Non-European Society.
HISTORY
a study of Baghdad c. AD 900 / How does the climate impact on our world?
Climate disasters – current or historical
Climate Zones
GEOGRAPHY / Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade?
Britain’s Settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots.
HISTORY
§  Scots invasions from Ireland to north Britain (now Scotland)
§  Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life
§  Anglo-Saxon art and culture
Christian conversion – Canterbury, Iona and Lindisfarne / How can we use ICT to communicate?
COMPUTING
Need to review in light of new curriculum
Or Possibly looking at great artists, architects and designers in history.(new art curriculum)
Da Vinci, Gaudi, Van Gogh
Maybe link 2 together to look at digital art?
Coding