Subject / Autumn
Superheroes & Space / Spring
‘Meerkat Mail’ / Summer
Who had More Fun
Science / Ourselves
Senses / Notice that animals inc. humans have offspring that grow into adults; find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, inc. humans, for survival (water, food and air); describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food and hygiene
Growing
(Animals including Humans - Y1 unit) / Plants Year 1
And 2
Everyday Materials
Growing
** Seasonal changes – continuous unit **
History / 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
(eg Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, Tim Peake) / ‘Ourselves’
Our own history so far
Who am I? Where am I?
Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality. (e.g. World Cup, Olympics, Jubilee, Birth of Royals.) / 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 eg, monarchs or artists such as
Robert the Bruce (Scottish Monarch) and Prince William.
Link with Art
Toys through time.
Geography / Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment
Families & Neighbours: Places & a trip around the local area+ ‘tripgeo’ website / Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans, the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles
Food and Farming: Food around the world / Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the UK Stockport and Isle of Coll. (Katie Morag-Hebredes)
Ongoing geography / 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
Throughout the year:
  • Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage
  • Use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West), locational and directional language (eg, near and far, left and right) 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

Computing / Espresso Coding ( Y1 unit)
Coding BBOT to find doubles/halves/2/10 x tables / Espresso Coding (Y2 unit)
We are story makers – use comic life or book creator - link to one of a pair of explorers (MGL)
S / iMovie photostory, Facetime
Research/Publisher
Languages / Introduce everyday instructions and the register in French
PE / Gym (Y1, Y2/1, Y2)
Dance (Y2/1, Y2)
Forest School (Y1, Y2/1, Y2) / Dance (Y1, Y2/1, Y2)
Forest School (Y1, Y2/1, Y2)
Multi-skills (Y1) / Athletics (Y1, Y2/1, Y2)
Forest School (Y1, Y2/1, Y2)
RE / Stories Jesus told
Christmas
Level 2 RE module (ask Sandra) / Intro (or continue) concept of ‘The Island’ – values & citizenship, birth of a baby/baptism.
Rulers & Leaders. Compare & contrast within different religions.
PSHE / Linked to History/Geog/RE / Linked to Geog/Hist/Computing / Geog/D & T/Hist/Computing
Art / Roy Lichtenstein – self portraits.
Space, solar system- pastels / Painting, Textiles and Materials
Link the art to the Geog / Drawing – Leonardo da Vinci
Printing
DT / Build and improve structure and mechanism. Evaluate products and ideas ‘Vehicles- Rockets’ / Understand where food comes from – (Caribbean fruit cocktail or design a healthy pudding – linked to Science and Geography) / Build and improve structure and mechanism. Evaluate products and ideas
‘Playgrounds’
Music / Sing songs
Play tuned and unturned instruments musically
Listen and understand live and recorded music
Make and combine sounds musically / Sing songs
Play tuned and unturned instruments musically
Listen and understand live and recorded music
Make and combine sounds musically
Link the music to the Geog – a continent / Sing songs
Play tuned and unturned instruments musically
Listen and understand live and recorded music
Make and combine sounds musically
Link the music to the History/Geog – Seaside songs/music and Indian music (compare and contrast with UK/European)

Version 5: June 2015 (KS1)