How Does Your Dinner Grow

Long Term Overview

Mercury Class

How does your dinner grow? / Whatever the weather / We need a hero! / The Circle of Life / Let the Games Begin! / Famous for more than five minutes.
Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 3 / Spring 4 / Summer 5 / Summer 6
Literacy / Non Fiction: Information texts.
Poetry: Pattern and rhyme
Fiction: Stories with familiar settings.
farmyard stories,
Little red hen. / Non Fiction: Weather reports.
Drama: Becoming reporters.
Poetry: Weather poems.
Stories: Animal seasons. / Non fiction: Instructions
Fiction: Fantasy stories.
Poetry: Humorous poems. / Non Fiction: Lists and labels.
Fiction: Traditional tales. / Non Fiction: Letters
Fiction: Sporting stories.
Poetry: Senses / Non Fiction: Information texts.
Fiction: Traditional tales. The Brothers Grim.
Hans Christian Anderson.
Walt Disney
Numeracy / Number and place value. / Addition and subtraction / Addition and subtraction / Multiplication and division / Fractions.
Money
Measure and shape. / Measure and shape.
Time and position.
Science / Plants.
Harvest / Seasonal changes / Forces / Animals (including humans)
Living and growing. / Everyday materials. / Senses
History and Geography / Explore food and farming around the world.
How is food harvested in Malawi?
Development of farming techniques. / Climate change.
Weather differences between Weald and Malawi.
Hot and Cold climates. / Heroes throughout history. Including; Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Florence Nightingale and Winston Churchill. / Animal habitats.
Extinct animals. / History of the Olympics.
London 2012 legacy. / Explorers. ChristopherColumbus. Captain Scott.
Royal family. Home and away.
Art and DT / Make pictures out of food.
Still life drawings. / Rain makers.
Wind chimes.
Sun catchers. / Clay superheroes.
Superhero scene. / Life cycle pictures.
Butterfly hangers. / Paper mache.
Medals.
Trophies.
Olympic rings / Maps.
Telescopes.
Crowns.
PE / Games – Super skills
Gymnastics – Body awareness and jumping / Games – Super skills
Gymnastics – Stretching and travelling. / Games – Super skills.
Dance – Superhero dance. / Games – Super skills.
Dance – animal dance. / Games – Super skills.
Athletics. / Games – Super skills
Athletics.
ICT / Label different foods and plants.
Use drawing programmes to create pictures. / Write weather reports.
Understand symbols needed in a weather report. / Explore online comic books.
Create own superheroes. / Life cycle pictures. / Posters for Olympic games.
Espresso / Research famous people
Espresso.
Music / Sounds Interesting:
Exploring sounds / The long and short of it:
Exploring Duration. / Feel the pulse:
Exploring pulse and rhythm. / Taking off:
Exploring pitch / What’s the score?
Exploring instruments and symbols / Timbre, Tempo and Dynamics.
RE / Myself. / Christmas / Jewish and Christian Stories. / Jesus the miracle worker.
Easter story / Belonging / Beliefs.
Islam
PSHCE
Whole school topic: Development. / Development of farming. / Climate Change / Development of equality / Development in sport. Changes to the Olympics. / Development in travel and technology.